Frank Cifaldi, Tim Rogers and Brandon Sheffield answer Alex Jaffe’s questions about Nintendo’s last video game ever, committing fraud, and Turds of the Castle. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Tim Rogers, and Brandon Sheffield. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.
Questions this week:

What’s still easier for you to do in real life than in a video game? (11:10)
How do you scam the speculative market with a storage container of five hundred copies of an underwhelming NES game? (16:49)
What will be the title of Nintendo’s last game? (24:25)
SpencerGifs asks: Has the video game controller been finalized? (34:58)
What is the video game equivalent of film’s “award bait” traits? (43:27)
Jean-Michel Basquiat said that art is how we decorate space, and music is how we decorate time. What do we decorate with video games? (52:09)

LIGHTNING ROUND: GameFAQ&As - Doom (53:47)
Recommendations and Outro (58:55)
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A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:


Cracker Barrel


Bacchanal Buffet


Metal slime


Dragon Quest series


Socrates


Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)


Steven Spielberg


Unicorn


Thomas the Tank Engine


IKEA


Densha de Go! series


R.E.M. - Stand


R.E.M. - It’s The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)


Top Gear


Gran Turismo series


Red Dead Redemption


Red Dead Revolver


Red Dead Redemption II


The Last of Us


Chun-Li


Retro City Games


Impossible Mission


CheetahMen II


The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom


The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild


Game Dev Story


Lady and the Tramp (1955)


Wii Vitality Sensor


Synecdoche, New York (2008)


Wim Hof Method


Frasier


Cheers


SCUF Controllers


DualShock


Duncan Ironmonger


Vin Diesel


Duncan Ironmonger


Fortnite: Battle Royale


Call of Duty series


Leonardo DiCaprio


Annapurna Interactive


A24


Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)


The Witch (2015)


The Lighthouse (2019)


Under the Skin (2013)


Florence


The Last of Us: Part II


Crash Bandicoot


The Game Awards


Super Mario series


A Plague Tale series


Ryū ga Gotoku / Like a Dragon / Yakuza series


HowLongToBeat.com


Marvel Spider-Man


Ghost of Tsushima


Horizon series


God of War


Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice


Elden Ring


Gravitas Ventures


Alan Wake series


Jean-Michel Basquiat


Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer


Recommendations:
Frank: Subscribe to the Video Game History Foundation newsletter, Small Saga
Brandon: Demonschool Battle Mechanics trailer
Tim: Goblin Bunker Public Access 3 on 12/9 at 6PM PST
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