Frank Cifaldi, Tim Rogers and Brandon Sheffield develop a new video game show, up our Tallarico quota, and return to 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:

Let’s try to develop the first episode of Frank’s show with recipes for playing video games (05:30)
When have you fallen out of love with a video game you once liked all the way through playing the first time? (18:05)
What will the eight episode season one arc be for Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s Tomb Raider? (24:43)
Luis asks: Was Tetris inevitable? (31:17)
Rank these actions from best to worst: sliding, spinning, flipping. (39:10)
What is the guy outside of an airport pretending he’s an Uber driver of video games? (43:00)

LIGHTNING ROUND: Violence Island (51:39)
Recommendations and Outro (01:09:10)
Discuss this episode in the Insert Credit Forums
A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:


Elden Ring


Family Guy


MiSTer FPGA


Open Broadcaster Software


EarthBound


Dragon Quest V: Tenkū no Hanayome


Final Fantasy VI


Elevator Action Returns


Soulslike


Super Mario Bros.


Rolling Thunder


Metal Slug


Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age


Jerry Lewis


Freakazoid!


Mike Allred


Madman


Good Eats


Passage


Jason Rohrer


God of War: Ragnarök


Ape Escape


Valis III


Landstalker


Phoebe Waller-Bridge


‘Tomb Raider’ Series From Phoebe Waller-Bridge Greenlit at Amazon


Tomb Raider series


Fallout


Killing Eve


Fleabag


No Time to Die (2021)


Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023)


Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)


The Hardy Boys


Star Wars


Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)


Marx Brothers


Ripley


Jodie Comer


Assassin’s Creed series


Tetris


Alexey Pajitnov


Shigeru Miyamoto


Pac-Land


Yu Suzuki


Marvel Spider-Man 2


Super Mario Odyssey


Yars’ Revenge


Tetris 2


Tetris (2023)


Ted Lasso


Severance


Zach Cherry


Tetromino


Puyo Puyo


iPhone


TurboExpress


Sonic the Hedgehog series


Bonk series


Crash Bandicoot


Tasmanian Devil


Link


Castlevania: Circle of the Moon


Andy Bogard


Mega Man series


Yakuza 4


Tommy Tallarico


David Cage


Ep. 338 - The Speed of Speed


Secret of Evermore


Final Fantasy Tactics Advance


Inuyasha


Forspoken


Puggsy


Bubsy


Lemming


Pikmin


Kid Dracula


Child of Light


Frey Holland


Ada Wong


Recommendations:
Brandon: Read Only Memories: Neurodiver, Animal Well, Crow Country, Conan the Barbarian (1982) soundtrack
Frank: info@gamehistory.org if you have a bunch of old video game magazines you don’t want anymore, or buy “Mystery Box” Vintage Video Game Magazines
Tim: Connor O’Malley - Stand Up Solutions
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