Ep. 395 - We've Got Enough Nuts McSquirrels (Patreon)

Your Insert Credit panel covers open world games, the Tango & Cash NES platformer, and the many secrets of The Ooze. Plus, credits are spent to make everyone to play a game. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Ash Parrish, and Brandon Sheffield. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.

SHOW NOTES:

1: Ash, how was Summer Game Fest? (02:16)

• Summer Game Fest

• Astro Bot

• Resident Evil Requiem

• Outer Worlds 2

• Ben Starr

• Magic the Gathering

• Final Fantasy XVI

• Clive Rosfield (Vial Smasher the Fierce)

• Doom

• John Carmack

• Killer7

• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

• Cam Clarke

• Die Fledermaus

• The Tick

• Liquid Snake

• Chairface Chippendale

2: merritt k asks, which classic film should have gotten an inexplicable platformer on the NES? (10:22)

• Tango & Cash (1989)

• Turner & Hooch (1989)

• Nintendo Entertainment System

• Last Action Hero

• Arachnophobia (1990)

• Arachnaphobia

• Ocean’s Eleven (2001)

• Ocean’s 11 (1960)

• Relooted

• Indiana Jones

• Lara Croft

• Nathan Drake

• Ernest Goes to Jail (1990)

• Flatliners (1990)

• Highlander (1986)

• It (1990)

• Highlander

• Super Mario Bros. the Movie (1993)

3: When should a video game have an open world? (16:23)

• Red Dead Redemption

• Kaizen Game Works

• Paradise Killer

• Promise Mascot Agency

• Any Austin

• Demonschool

• Pragmata

• Brandon’s Robocop 3 post

• Transformers: Kiss Players

• Marvel's Deadpool VR

4: Happy pride! What are some extremely complicated things developers can do to make their games more queer? (24:20)

• The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy

• Twine

• Stellar Blade

• David Cage

5: Littleboat asks, what is the worst goo in a videogame? (29:04)

• Gooigi

• Super Mario Bros. Wonder

• The Ooze

• Boogerman: A Pick and Flick Adventure

• Death Stranding

• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze (1991)

• A Boy and His Blob

• Chemical Plant Zone

• Captain Planet and the Planeteers

• Gooey

• Slime

• Final Fantasy Tactics

• Kingdom Hearts

• Doctor Who missing episodes

6: How were 90’s video games informed by their wider historical context? (35:15)

• G. I. Joe

• Disney's Toy Story

• Clockwork Knight

• Sonic 3D Blast

• The Adventures of Batman & Robin

• Sega Genesis

• Demoscene

• Mr. Nutz

• Punky Skunk

• Awesome Possum Kicks Dr. Machino's Butt

• Daxter

7: What is the “BlueSky is dying” of video games? (41:32)

• NBA 2K23

• Magic: The Gathering Arena

• Fallout series

• Assassins Creed series

• Final Fantasy VI

• Triple Triad

LIGHTNING ROUND: Famicom Feud - Repeatedly Novelized Game Series (47:45)

Recommendations and Outro (01:00:29):

• Brandon: Support your alt weeklies, Guns and Guts (1974)

• Ash: Subscribe to the Patreon at a $10 level to get drag names from Ash, Steam Next Fest

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