The panel you just can’t get enough of covers immediate pick-up-and-play-right-now games, Charles Marinet’s departure as Mario, and the stunning return of Violence Island. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Tim Rogers, and Brandon Sheffield. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.
Questions this week:

Tim Rogers asks: what’s the deal with people thinking you need to have played earlier games in a triple-A franchise’s newest release? (04:56)
Brandon Sheffield asks: What are five games you could play any time? (14:04)
What does a Mario Ambassador do? (23:00)
Seth asks: If you could replace one of your arms with the arm of a video game character, whose arm would you pick? (34:36)
If you could only judge real world animals by the way they were presented in video games, how would your opinions on animals be different? (39:07)
What was the most significant “sliding doors” moment in video game history? (42:27)
What happens when a player reports a bug in a video game? (47:28)
What are the Mario and Sonic of food? (49:15)
Tim Rogers asks: What if Charles Martinet just starts his own video game company, and like he makes a new character named Charlieo? (53:36)

LIGHTNING ROUND: Violence Island Season 3 (55:13)
Recommendations and Outro (01:15:26)
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A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:


Diablo IV


Baldur’s Gate III


Final Fantasy XVI


Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon


Street Fighter 6


87% Missing: the Disappearance of Classic Video Games


Street Fighter: 30th Anniversary Collection


Resident Evil series


Legend of Zelda series


Dragon Quest series


Kingdom Hearts series


Metal Gear series


Final Fantasy VII: Remake


Super Smash Bros. Ultimate


Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance


Gunstar Heroes


Ys series


Sonic the Hedgehog series


Battle Garegga


Donkey Kong Country


H.E.R.O.


Shark! Shark!


Minesweeper


Picross series


Doom 64


Turok: Dinosaur Hunter


Quake series


Another World


Castlevania: Rondo of Blood


Cadash


Super Mario Bros. 3


Blazing Lazers


Galactic Attack


Charles Martinet Retires From Longtime Voice Role Of Nintendo’s Mario


Conan O’Brien meets Charles Martinet


Disney DuckTales: Remastered


Banjo-Kazooie


Super Mario Bros. Wonder


Super Mario Galaxy


The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023)


Coach


Coach Ernie Pantusso


Craig T. Nelson


Dead Rising


Enchanted Arms


Wild Arms series


Ruin Arm


Loadout: Arm Floaties


Arms


Mega Man series


Dizzy series


Thousand Arms


Rayman series


Plok


Just Arms


Bayonetta


Cooking Mama


Ecco the Dolphin


E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial


Tetris


Super Mario 64


Pilotwings


Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games series


Inti Creates


Ceaseless Discharge


Gargantua Blargg


Mario


Sonic the Hedgehog


Browny


Robbit


The Noid


Mr. Domino


Recommendations:
Brandon: Adopt this dog I’ve been fostering if you’re a single person or a couple without children, Steve Stanchfield’s Video Collection (Thunderbean)
Frank: Mini golf is pretty fun still
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