Writer and Video Producer for Polygon Jenna Stoeber joins the panel to litigate whether P.T. is a complete game, milking for sport, and Zapdouglas.
Questions this week:
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K Thor Jensen asks: does your inventory management system reflect your real-world inventory management style? (04:56)
- What is the most incorrect prediction about video games you’ve ever heard or made? (10:25)
- What video game series should be adapted to young adult novels? (15:35)
- Which dormant video game series with three or more entries ended on the highest note? (19:41)
- What twitter account would you start to influence a trend in video game development, a la Can You Pet The Dog? (24:32)
- Dirtbag MVB asks: What are some good games made from reused assets? (30:09)
- What’s some of the juiciest drama you’ve seen in a video game community or message board? (35:16)
- What songs not written for video games do you associate with video games? (39:55)
- How do you make failure in video games fun? (45:28)
- What is the Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho of video games? (50:34)
LIGHTNING ROUND: Pokedexperts (54:03)
Recommendations and Outro (59:05)
I don’t see why you wouldn’t discuss this episode in the forums, you know?
A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:
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Metal Gear Solid 2
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Dead and Buried (1981)
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Evil Dead II (1987)
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Cat People (1982)
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Animorphs TV series
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Unpacking
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Resident Evil 4
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Solatorobo
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Fallout 3
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How accurate were 2009’s video game predictions?
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Curiosity: What’s Inside The Cube?
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Project Milo
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Insert Credit’s Own Mathew Kumar
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Stardew Valley
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Halo novels
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League of Legends
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Injustice: Gods Among Us
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Uncharted
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Sonic Mania
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Silent Hill series
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Can You Pet The Dog?
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Is Something Behind The Waterfall?
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Sega Genesis Development Kit
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Rayman Fiesta Run
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Batman: Arkham Origins
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King of Fighters Dream Match 99
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The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask
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I Wanna Be The Guy
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Delores: A Thimbleweed Park Mini-Adventure
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Mad World
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All I Want by Offspring
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Greensleeves
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Music of the Fallout series
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Beyond the Sea
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The Ink Spots
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The Beatles Rock Band
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Through The Fire and Flames
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Star Trek Enterprise intro
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GROW series
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Nightshade
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Celeste
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Dangerous Curves soundtrack
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QWOP
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Crime Scene Kitchen
Recommendations:
Frank: The Ink Spots baby, take Frank’s file boxes
Jenna: Inscryption
Brandon: Get a buyout from your landlord if you’re moving out of a rent-controlled apartment
Edited by Esper Quinn. Original Music by Kurt Feldman.