IGN news director and Axe of the Blood God creator Kat Bailey joins the panel to discuss Metacritic scores, ranked polls, and what the ESRB actually does all day. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Tim Rogers, Brandon Sheffield, and Kat Bailey. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.
Questions this week:

Frank Cifaldi asks: What are the best British games? (05:11)
Why doesn’t a Sight & Sound-style poll work for video games? (12:22)
How does IGN review games? (25:33)
If ESRB ratings were literal, which games would actually be for everyone, for teens, and mature? (29:43)
Insert Credit Ad Break - Sully: A Very Serious RPG (36:45)
Azurelore Korrigan asks: What medium is best for adapting to video games? (38:29)
What’s something you wished video games would do, they eventually did, and now you’ve had enough? (45:14)
What counts as video game news? (50:12)
Did everyone here always know what IGN stands for? (58:09)

LIGHTNING ROUND: From Yeso - Oblique Game Designs (59:24)
Recommendations and Outro (01:06:54)
Discuss this episode in the Insert Credit Forums
A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:


Final Fantasy VII: Remake


Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles


Final Fantasy XV


Final Fantasy V


Sonic R


Plok


July 4th Best British Games Spectacular, with Bennett Foddy and Mathew Kumar


Cannon Fodder


Batman


Ste and John Pickford


Solar Jetman: Hunt for the Golden Warpship


Equinox


Tim Follin


The Bitmap Brothers


The Chaos Engine series


Judge Dredd


Alien³


OutRun series


Snake Rattle N Roll


Battletoads


Bubsy series


Slippy Toad


Star Fox


Croc: Legend of the Gobbos


Donkey Kong Country


Star Fox Adventures


Slalom


Highlander: The Last of the MacLeods


Cobra Triangle


R.C. Pro-Am


Sensible Soccer series


Football Manager series


Dog’s Life


Red Dog: Superior Firepower


Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975)


The Sight and Sound Greatest Films of All Time 2022


100 best video games, ranked by experts


Ernest Borgnine


Laser Mission (1989)


From Here to Eternity (1953)


Seven of Nine


Wild Arms series


The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild


The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time


StarCraft


The Last of Us


Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings


Super Mario Bros.


Pac-Man


Final Fantasy VI


Tetris


Sonic the Hedgehog games


Academy Awards


Goichi Suda


NetHack


Dwarf Fortress


Factorio


IGN


Eurogamer


Edge


Metacritic


Hyper Gunsport


Deadly Premonition


ESRB Ratings


Call of Duty series


Wii Sports


Diablo II


Mad Planets


California Extreme


Skies of Arcadia


Koudelka


Flappy Bird


Candy Crush Saga


Grand Theft Auto series


Mortal Kombat games


MSCHF’s Tax Heaven 3000


Star Wars: Jedi - Survivor


Disco Elysium


David Cage


VIDEOBALL


Baroque


Neon White


2K Sports


Jake From State Farm Is A Character In NBA 2K22’s City


God of War


Marko’s Magic Football


Michael Jordan: Chaos in the Windy City


Fire Pro Wrestling series


Dear Boys


Captain Tsubasa licensees


Football Drama


Dragon Quest series


Carcassone


Baldur’s Gate


Forgotten Realms


Pathfinder licensees


Cyberpunk 2077


Disney’s DuckTales


Battlefield series


Legend of the Red Dragon series


Final Fantasy XIV Online


Ultima Online


EverQuest


World of WarCraft


Kingdoms of Amalur series


The Lord of the Rings Online series


Star Wars: The Old Republic


The Matrix Online


Destiny


Phantasy Star Online


Monster Hunter series


GameDeveloper.com


Thegia


Recommendations:
Brandon: Continue to listen to this if we keep doing it, I Am a Hero (2015)
Kat: Episode 400 of Axe of the Blood God with Felipe Pepe
Frank: Episode 34 of Video Game History Hour with Felipe Pepe
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