Your wise and benevolent Insert Credit panel covers industry shifts caused by Helldivers II, decides the Dreamcast 2 launch lineup, and imagines the gritty Super Monkey Ball: Act Zero. 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 can you tell from a video game’s color scheme? (03:42)
Which video game has the best original take on what the internet is? (09:17)
In games where you pick from an assortment of guys, when do you pick the big guy, and when do you pick the little guy? (15:03)
Design a fourth-person shooter. (18:53)
rose asks: What would the ideal starting lineup be for the Dreamcast 2? (25:44)
Who is the most famous person who could beat you at Street Fighter? (33:01)
What is the taking a melatonin and drinking a caffeinated beverage of video games? (38:37)

LIGHTNING ROUND: Console Genre Associations (44:02)
Recommendations and Outro (51:35)
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A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:


O. J. Simpson


Billy Joel


J. Jonah Jameson


Gears of War


Resident Evil (film series)


Steven Soderbergh


Batman Begins (2006)


The Dark Knight (2008)


Front Mission 3


Phantasy Star Online


Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor


.hack series


.hack//Versus


.hack//Beyond the World (2012)


District 9 (2009)


God of War III


Stealth (2005)


WipEout Pure


Short Peace: Ranko Tsukigime’s Longest Day


Rocko’s Modern Life


Tokyo Jungle


Dragon’s Dogma series


Samurai Shodown series


Street Fighter series


Baldur’s Gate III


Helldivers II


Rainbow Six series


Call of Duty series


Overwatch


Five Nights at Freddy’s


The Third Man (1949)


The 7th Guest


Free Guy (2021)


Super Mario Bros.


Pac-Man


Geist Force


Geist


Gaist Crusher


Dreamcast


Sonic Adventure series


Ryū ga Gotoku / Like a Dragon / Yakuza series


OutRun


Crazy Taxi


Jet Grind Radio series


Altered Beast series


Shinobi series


NiGHTS into Dreams…


Star Fox


Horizon: Zero Dawn


Rent A Hero


The Typing of the Dead


Ghost Squad


Wicked Monsters: BLAST!


Yuji Naka


Amanda Waller


Suicide Squad


Air Twister


Mathew Kumar


Queen


Unicorn Overlord


Ogre Battle


Jamie Lee Curtis


Evo


Lil Nas X


Mortal Kombat games


Serena Williams


Michelle Yeoh


Dean Kamen


Robert Atkins


John Cena


Shake ’n Bake


Ringo Sheena


Caffeine


Melatonin


The Last of Us: Part II


Nintendo DS


Henry Hatsworth in the Puzzling Adventure


Hermie Hopperhead: Scrap Panic


Super Monkey Ball series


Bomberman: Act Zero


Gunvalkyrie


Recommendations:
Brandon: Only use a half-cup of flour in Brandon’s “Daddy’s Dusters” Dog Treat Recipe, Klaus Nomi - The Cold Song Live, Trencher
Frank: Brandon’s “Daddy’s Dusters” Dog Treat Recipe
Tim: Ripley
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