Ep. 391 - Deploy the WonderSwan (Patreon)

The finest minds in video games reconvene to cover Chicago game industry history, schadefreude, and the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Ash Parrish, and Brandon Sheffield. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.

SHOW NOTES:

• Metaphor: ReFantazio

An Update to the Insert Credit Prize Wall (03:32)

• Pee-wee's Playhouse

• Red Hot Chili Peppers

• Hot Red Chili Peppers

1: Frank, what’s up with Duelin’ Firemen? (05:57)

• Duelin’ Firemen

• 3DO

• Steve Albini

• Tony Hawk

• Rudy Ray Moore

• CD-ROM

• Urban Yeti!

• Eugene Jarvis

• Raw Thrills

• Roger Sharpe

• Pinball: The Man Who Saved the Game (2022)

• Midway

• Incredible Technologies

• Golden Tee series

• Time Killers

• Jeff Lee

• Q*bert

• Mad Planets

• California Extreme

2: DIDDY WATCH: Frank, Nintendo has produced evidence that Diddy Kong is still alive and will be in Bananza. When have you been wrong about a video game before? (13:46)

• After Redesigning Donkey Kong, Nintendo Has Tweaked Another Classic Character

• Bigger Luke

• Indiana Jones and the Great Circle

• Indiana Jones and the Great Circle would’ve been better as a movie

• The 7th Guest

• Battle Arena Toshinden

• Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike

• Adrian Monk

3: What’s the greatest love story in a video game that isn’t a dating sim or RPG? (19:19)

• Mario

• Pauline

• The Last of Us

• God of War series

• Red Dead Redemption series

• Doom: the Dark Ages

• Doomguy

• Doom: The Dark Ages is for lovers and slayers

• Doom 4

• Isabelle

4: When have you gotten the most personal joy from a video game company’s misfortune? (25:05)

• Acclaim Entertainment

• Edge

• Six Feet Under

• Web3

• Cybertruck

• Starlink

• Tesla Starts Accepting Cybertruck Trade-Ins – According to Tesla, a Cybertruck Loses $35,000 Over 6,000 Miles ($5.6 Per Mile)

• Target

• Bonk

• Sega Saturn

• NiGHTS into Dreams...

• TurboGrafx

• WonderSwan

• Dragon Age: Inquisition

• Anders

5: Isla asks, what is a game mechanic or system you really like that is in a game you don't like? (32:01)

• Bayonetta 3

• Metal Gear Solid series

• David Cage

• Detroit: Become Human

• Heavy Rain

• Bioshock series

• Zero4 Champ

• Final Fantasy XV

• Cindy Aurum

• Tails' Skypatrol

• Sonic the Hedgehog 2

6: Liz Ryerson asks, what are some of your favorite video game sound effects? (38:18)

• Sonic the Hedgehog series

• Hideo Kojima

• Metal Gear Solid series

• King of Fighters series

• Neo Geo

• Astro Bot

• Astro Bot sounds as great as it plays

• Senua's Saga: Hellblade II

• Indika

• Ghostwire: Tokyo

7: What is the hack stand-up comedian making jokes about airline food of video games? (44:01)

• Peter Molyneux

• Madden series

• NBA 2K series

• EA FIFA / EA Sports FC series

• WWE 2K series

• Dark Souls series

• Eat Lead: The Return of Matt Hazard

• Rick & Morty

• High on Life

• Forspoken

• Splatterhouse

• Portal series

• Left 4 Dead

• Cake

LIGHTNING ROUND: Who’s the Boss? (50:37)

Credit Report (01:01:13)

Recommendations and Outro (01:02:16):

• Brandon: Ghostwire: Tokyo

• Frank: Stay tuned for a possible “Let’s Figure Out What’s On These Taito EPROMs” stream from the VGHF, possibly on the 28th

• Jaffe: Mailbag Mountain - Live Unboxing 1000 Pounds of Video Game Magazines

• Ash: Last Defense Academy: the Hundred Line

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