Giant Bomb, Gamespot and Friends Per Second’s Lucy James joins the panel to cover video game convention panels, Oppenheimer, and getting Americans to care about 4X games. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Brandon Sheffield, and Lucy James. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.
Questions this week:

Is there a meaningful distinction between a minigame and a game within a game? (07:25)
How do you make a really big game without overwhelming players? (12:48)
What are the practical reasons to set a video game in the post-apocalypse? (18:38)
What are the pitfalls to avoid when organizing or participating in a video game panel? (22:02)
The Adaptation Game: Adapt Oppenheimer (2023) into a video game. (28:23)
Insert Credit Quick Break: Moonstone Island on Steam (35:52)
Tom Arrow asks: What are video games that best exemplify tragedy, comedy and romance? (37:15)
What kind of video games do Americans not care about, and is there a way to change that? (43:32)
What is the “You couldn’t make Blazing Saddles today” of video games? (48:10)

LIGHTNING ROUND: GameFAQ&As - Mortal Kombat (53:43)
Recommendations and Outro (57:25)
Discuss this episode in the Insert Credit Forums
A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:


Super Mario Land


Ace Attorney series


Puyo Puyo~n


Captain Marvel (2019)


The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023)


Kojima’s Twitter


Resident Evil 4


Metal Gear Solid


NieR series


Yakuza / Ryū ga Gotoku series


Virtua Fighter series


BioShock


Pipe Dream


Save Room


Harmful Park


Stardew Valley


Ōkami


Sonic Frontiers


Final Fantasy XV


Evony: The King’s Return


The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom


The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker


Dreams


Roblox


Fallout games


Warriors of the Wasteland (1983)


Exterminators of the Year 3000 (1983)


Pitfall series


Nvidia Broadcast can now deepfake your eyes to make you look at the camera


Leisure Suit Larry series


Monkey Island series


Budweiser Frogs


Pepsiman


Oppenheimer (2023)


Curran Walters


Batman Begins (2005)


Fallout Shelter


X-COM series


Game of Thrones


The Godfather: The Game


Cyberpunk 2077


The Sims 4


Peter Molyneux


David Cage


Omikron: The Nomad Soul


Detroit: Become Human


Elder Scrolls series


Ribbit King


There Is No Game: Wrong Dimension


The Stanley Parable


Disco Elysium


Football Manager series


FIFA Manager series


Pro Evolution Soccer / Winning Eleven / eFootball series


Diner Dash


Tapper


FarmVille


Train Simulator series


PowerWash Simulator


Lawn Mowing Simulator


Animal Crossing series


Wall Street Kid


Blazing Saddles (1974)


Everything (game)

Everything (windows software)

You Need a Budget


Bubsy series


Gex series


Blasto


Greendog: The Beached Surfer Dude!


Normy’s Beach Babe-O-Rama


Pirates of the Caribbean


Batman Begins


Batman Begins


Cool Spot


Grimace’s Birthday


Recommendations:
Frank: Everything, send your full video game interviews to the Video Game History Foundation
Brandon: Kimimi The Game-Eating She-Monster, try using your own website for once if you’re one of the people who make Ko-fi
Lucy: The New York Times Mini Crossword, The Design Behind Immortality’s Occult Secrets, JeffJeff’s Bizarre Adventure S03E01: Oh, those aren’t bullets, Baldur’s Gate 3 boss on Xbox Series S and “Redefining The RPG” I Friends Per Second Episode #26
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