Ep. 203 - Tomb of the Unknown Gamer, with Mathew Kumar and Liz Ryerson

Leading game industry professionals and Insert Credit Show regulars Mathew Kumar and Liz Ryerson rejoin the panel for cryptid talk, Nintendo Direct, and pissing on gentrifiers.

Questions this week:

1. Vincent Diamante asks: What’s the best money you’ve spent on a free-to-play game? (04:33)
2. How do you make blocking in a game feel as good as attacking? (10:40)
3. What ideas does Quantic Dream have for Star Wars? (14:37)
4. Which games were most interesting to you prior to their release? (21:04)
5. Improv Zone: Nintendo Direct (25:15)
6. Dirtbag PrivatelyAttack asks: What cryptids show up in an Altus JRPG set in the American midwest? (31:44)
7. Who are the heroes and role models in the video game industry today? (40:01)
8. Make a video game about Passion Orange Guava juice without making it entirely about POGs. (45:58)
9. What is the I Love Lucy of video games? (50:54)
10. Would the world be better off if there weren’t video games? (54:13)

LIGHTNING ROUND: Name Design: Old Cursewords (from Dirtbag Yeso) (01:00:14)

Don’t even act like you don’t wanna discuss this episode in the forums!

A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:

• Ireland
• Scotland
• Sensible World of Soccer
• Sensible Soccer ’98
• Sensible Soccer 2006
• Sensible Soccer European Champions
• Prey
• Steel Battalion
• PlayOn Kinect Game Boat
• World Flipper
• Bejeweled 3
• PS2 Swap Magic
• Asuka 120%
• Roblox
• Tommy Tallarico settles dispute over ‘oof’ sound in Roblox
• Quantic Dream is making a Star Wars game
• Detroit Become Human patches out its ending
• Indigo Prophecy
• Kinect Star Wars
• Star Wars: Masters of Teras Kasi
• Star Wars: Jedi - Fallen Order
• Star Wars: Squadrons
• Cruelty Squad
• Yakuza: Like a Dragon
• McGruff’s SMART KIDS Album
• Ogopogo
• Mothman
• Loveland Frog
• Jersey Devil
• Ghost Adventures
• Jake from State Farm in NBA 2K22
• Hirokazu Yasuhara
• Michael Brough
• Cinco Paus
• Jake Elliott
• Pog
• Zuckerberg forcing Hawaiian land sales
• I Love Lucy
• Bayonetta
• King’s Quest
• Video Dames #0
• Girl’s Garden
• Phantasy Star
• America’s Army
• Satanic Panic
• Hylics

Recommendations:

Brandon: Jack Frost (1997), Pig (2021)

Liz: Cruelty Squad, Salad Fields

Jaffe: Batman the Audio Adventures

Edited by Esper Quinn. Original Music by Kurt Feldman.