Editor Esper Quinn joins the table to give thanks for a feast of listener submitted questions. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Tim Rogers, Brandon Sheffield, and Esper Quinn. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.
Questions this week:

Max asks: What is the most fun or interesting scoring mechanic in a shooting game? (10:59)
Malcove asks: How would you reintroduce vampires to modern video games? (14:44)
A Most Handsome Boy asks: Thoughts on a good steam? (16:56)
ColdPie asks: what type of tourism opportunities would you take advantage of if you were visiting the Republic of Gamers? (20:37)
BreadyToDie asks: Have you ever played the sequel of a game before playing the original? (22:53)
Pannekoeken asks: What happened to rhythm games? (26:32)
Dilson asks: Which cooking games aren’t boring? (33:56)
Ripley Rose proposes an Improv Zone – Sonic’s Dad Got Arrested (38:19)
Gaagaagiins asks: When has a video game adaptation been objectively better than the source material? (43:33)
Anonymous asks: What singleplayer game should have gotten a competitive multiplayer mode? (48:49)
Ross Hamrick asks: Which arcade racing game has the best manual transmission? (52:01)
Cole asks: are Japanese video game scores better for a reason? (56:32)
Kiko B asks: Which two video game franchises would be improved by swapping protagonists? (01:04:28)
Terrace asks: What was the Secret of Evermore?(01:06:52)

LIGHTNING ROUND: Crumbling Zero asks to Rank the Metacritic Top 10 (01:07:50)
Recommendations and Outro (01:32:22)
A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:


Klonoa series


The Club


Battlefield 1942


Ikaruga


Star Soldier


Unreal Tournament series


Bulletstorm


Vampyr


Castlevania / Akumajō Dracula series


Vampire Survivors


Itch.io


Internet Archive


JDownloader


Call of Duty: Warzone


Blinx 2: Masters of Time & Space


Mother / EarthBound series


Surge


NOS


Yakuza / Ryū ga Gotoku series


Final Fantasy series


Ninja Gaiden


Madden series


Tony Hawk skateboarding series


NieR series


PaRappa the Rapper


Gitaroo Man


Groove Coaster series


Theatrhythm series


Beat Saber


Vib Ribbon series


Samba De Amigo


Guitar Freaks series


Guitar Hero series


Rock Band series


Ore no Ryōri


Legend of Zelda series


Cooking Mama series


Yoshinoya


Yakiniku Bugyō


Overcooked!


Sonic creator Yuji Naka arrested in insider trading scandal


Astral Chain


Inferno


Dante’s Inferno


Street Fighter (1994)


Street Fighter: The Movie


King Kong (2005)


Peter Jackson’s King Kong: The Official Game of the Movie


The Chronicles of Riddick (2004)


The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay


Casablanca (1942)


Citizen Kane (1941)


Donkey Kong 64


Transistor


What We Do In The Shadows


F355 Challenge: Passione Rossa


OutRun 2


Initial D licensees


Lorenzen’s Soil


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Jazz Jackrabbit series


Celeste


Tak series


TY the Tasmanian Tiger series


Vexx


Brave: The Search for Spirit Dancer


Banjo-Kazooie


Gears of War series


Conker games


L.A. Noire


Secret of Evermore


Secret of Mana


Recommendations:
Frank: Nutritional yeast
Brandon: Duma
Tim: Nothing so mundane as a grocery store
Esper: Princess Tutu
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