Game designer, composer, and co-creator of Idle Thumbs Chris Remo joins the panel along with Mathew “Agent of Chaos” Kumar to cover the Honda Prelude, Crossword of the Dead, and live on-air cat noises.
Questions this week:
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Jeff Gerstmann asks: What’s the coolest vehicle to ever appear in a video game? (04:54)
- Are the Myst games still good? What should people play instead? (10:55)
- What kind of feeling does acoustic guitar give to a game? (16:41)
- What’s better in a video game, an elevator or stairs? (22:45)
- What six C-list video game villains would you recruit for a government black ops team? (28:20)
- Dirtbag Gaagaagiins asks: What’s the best autoscrolling section in video games? (33:08)
- When and how do games successfully recontextualize frustrating tropes? (40:28)
- Review the concept of crossword puzzles based on their graphics and mechanics. (44:57)
- What are some of your favorite harmless video game hoaxes? (50:41)
- What is the Waiting for Godot of video games? (56:48)
LIGHTNING ROUND: Name Design – Jodi Picoult (01:01:44)
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A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:
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Dennis Miller action figure
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Musee Mechanique
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Warthog
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Pale Wing
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Vic Viper
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R-90 Ragnarok
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Sonic mine cart
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Honda Prelude
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Tokyo Highway Battle
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Fortnite Vehicles
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Kung Fu Rider
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Dolphin Blue
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Nier Boar
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OutRun
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Lotus Esprit Turbo Challenge
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Myst
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Riven: The Sequel To Myst
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The Witness
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Michael Brough
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Stephen’s Sausage Roll
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Habitat
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Firewatch
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Elevator Action
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Snake’s ladder climb
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Mickey Mania
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Ys: Book I & II
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Batman: The Telltale Series
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The Suicide Squad
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Rez
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Peter Molyneux
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Zool
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Battletoads
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The Adventures of Batman and Robin
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WTF: work time fun
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I Wanna Be The Guy
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Chris Remo’s YouTube channel
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The Bobby Kotick image
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Ermac
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Missingno
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The Blue Box Studios thing
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Waiting For Godot
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SNK VS. CAPCOM Card Fighters DS
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P.T.
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Jodi Picoult
Recommendations:
Brandon: To Kill With Intrigue (1977), Walker (1987)
Mathew: Gold Ninja Video fundraiser
Chris: Police Story (1985)
Edited by Esper Quinn. Original Music by Kurt Feldman.