Kinda Funny Games host and producer Blessing Adeoye Jr. joins the panel to cover review scores for video games, Frank’s answer for good adventure game design, and the Capcom Five. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Tim Rogers, Brandon Sheffield, and Blessing Adeoye Jr. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.
Questions this week:

What do people expect from a review of a new game? (06:29)
Who have been the best level designers since Doom? (17:23)
How can a difficult video game puzzle keep players from losing patience and resolve to solve it? (25:06)
Let’s all record some all purpose video game sample dialogue. (33:13)
Insert Credit Ad Break: 100 Gold (37:36)
Lloyd Irving asks: Rank the Capcom Five (38:50)
Koei Tecmo wants you to scout the right IP for their next Musou game. Who do you approach? (46:46)

LIGHTNING ROUND: Reccing Crew - Star Wars characters (54:42)
Recommendations and Outro (01:07:06)
Discuss this episode in the Insert Credit Forums
A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:


Chun-Li


The Pest (1997)


K’


Terry Bogard


Garou: Mark of the Wolves


Asuka 120% series


Blue Mary


Ramlethal Valentine


Eddy Gordo


Scorpion


Takeda Takahashi


Fight Night Round 3


PS5 controller could track your sweat and heart rate


The Last of Us: Part I


Redfall


Star Wars: Jedi - Survivor


Dead Rising


Cyberpunk 2077


Pokémon Scarlet


Xenoblade Chronicles 2


Fallout: New Vegas


GamePro Magazine


Super Mario series


Doom


Gears of War series


The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds


Dishonored


Prey


Deathloop


Hitman series


Hirokazu Yasuhara


Sonic the Hedgehog series


Uncharted series


Sonic R


Jak X: Combat Racing


Ghostwire: Tokyo


Silent Hill series


Resident Evil series


Nintendo patents in-game hint system


Digital Pictures


Until Dawn


The Quarry


Star Wars: Jedi - Fallen Order


Horizon II: Forbidden West - Burning Shores


Call of Duty series


Audio Atrocities


Vincent Price


Bloody Wolf


Capcom Five


P.N.03


Viewtiful Joe


Dead Phoenix


Resident Evil 4


Killer7


The Silver Case


Flower Sun and Rain


Shenmue series


Huge Earthbound Fan Excited to Play It for First Time


Gundam


God Hand


Ace Attorney / Gyakuten Saiban series


Koei’s Warriors / Musō series


Hyrule Warriors


Funko Pop


Dragon Quest Heroes: The World Tree’s Woe and the Blight Below


Berserk and the Band of the Hawk


Berserk Millennium Falcon Arc: Seimasenki no Sho


Super Smash Brothers series


Fortnite: Battle Royale


Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain


Bloodborne


Nioh


Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty


Ninja Gaiden series


Kingdom Hearts series


Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin


Dissidia: Final Fantasy NT


Mortal Kombat series


Warriors All-Stars


Earth Defense Force series


Recommendations:
Blessing: Check out The Blessing Show on Kinda Funny Games and the Phil Spencer interview from Kinda Funny
Brandon: Demonschool public demo, Koudelka
Tim: Play the Shadow Hearts series and Sōkaigi if you want to play a couple other weirder lesser talked about or looked at video games that are all somewhat related to Koudelka, have a unionized workplace if you have the option
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