Journalist Shannon Liao joins the panel to cover game journalism, the Twitch meta, and hot sauce recommendations. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Tim Rogers, and Shannon Liao. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.
Questions this week:

What is, and what is not, video game news? (06:40)
When was the last time a screenshot of a video game was enough to drive interest? (14:18)
The concept of video game unions is still pretty new. How do you see it paying off? (19:57)
What is the Twitch Meta in 2023, and where is it headed? (25:40)
In the song “Player of Games,” Grimes claims to be “in love with the greatest gamer.” Assuming that you did not know anything else about Grimes, who would you think this song was about? (30:57)
Insert Credit Quick Break - Hypnospace Outlaw (36:49)
LeFish asks: What can the average person do to preserve videogames outside of financial contributions? (38:36)
Who is the Christopher Nolan of video games? (44:34)

LIGHTNING ROUND: Name Design - City Pop Hits (54:58)
Recommendations and Outro (01:04:23)
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A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:


Cholula Hot Sauce


Fly By Jing


El Yucateco Hot Sauces


Tapatío Hot Sauce


Valentina Hot Sauce


Unity announces its revamped pricing model


Splatoon 3’s single-player expansion launches in 2024


Hideo Kojima


Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles licensees


XFF Chili Oil & Crisps


Metal Gear Solid


Metroid Dread


Neopets


Super Mario Bros. Wonder


Elden Ring


Starfield


Mortal Kombat 1 On Switch Seems To Look Worse Than MK11


The Lord of the Rings: Gollum


Microsoft wins FTC fight to buy Activision Blizzard


Sega workers form largest multi-department video game union in the US


The Ninja Warriors


Wild Guns: Reloaded


Pocky & Rocky Reshrined


Assassin’s Creed series


TwitchCon


Museum of Pop Culture


Metropolitan Museum of Art


Stephen’s Sausage Roll


xQc


Minecraft


Juice Wrld


Elgato


Grimes - Player Of Games


Grimes


Lana Del Rey


Lana Del Rey - Video Games


Call of Duty series


Undertale


My Chemical Romance


StarCraft series


League of Legends


Pete Davidson


Machine Gun Kelly


Megan Fox


Grand Theft Auto series


What We Do in the Shadows


Girls


The Video Game History Hour


Atari Lynx


Donkey Kong


Chrono Trigger


Internet Archive


The Legend of Zelda


The Day the Clown Cried (1972)


David Lynch


Christopher Nolan


Todd Howard


Todd Howard Is the Video Game World’s Christopher Nolan


Christopher Nolan filmography


Batman: Arkham series


Ken Levine


David Cage


Death Stranding


Getting A Lot Of Boss Baby Vibes From This


Barbie (2023)


Dave Gilbert


God of War series


Cory Barlog


Skyrim series


Fallout games


Recommendations:
Shannon: Updater, Shannon Liao’s gaming newsletter, Baldur’s Gate III
Frank: Don’t complete with Frank for the things he needs on eBay, if you have any family who might have a Polaroid Freeze Frame Video Recorder please get in touch, say hello and visit the snuggle tent at the Portland Retro Gaming Expo
Tim: Taeko Onuki - Aventure
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