The heroes known as Insert Credit return to do battle with Two Point Eight-A video games, Vectourmaun, and giving yousa unna bongo.
Questions this week:
- If you could play a video game with any three people, living or dead, who would they be, and what would the game be? (01:47)
- What is the best way for video games to represent aging? (05:28)
- What’s the stupidest argument you’ve ever been part of over a video game? (11:37)
- How much does it cost to make a video game? (14:39)
- The Adaptation Game: Adapt the OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) handbook into a video game. (21:26)
- Dirtbag Anonymous asks: I recently had a job interview where I was asked ‘If your personality was a video game, what game would it be and why?’ How the hell was I supposed to answer this? (28:27)
- How effective can an adaptation of a video game be if considering only the lore of a series and not the gameplay? (35:17)
- How can you tell a game was made in Europe? (41:03)
- What is the seizing in your leg after you wake up that indicates you’re about to experience a horribly painful leg cramp over the next 30 seconds of video games? (46:20)
LIGHTNING ROUND: The Time is Right (53:08)
Recommendations and Outro (01:01:41)
Should you discuss this episode in the forums? I mean I think it would be pretty cool personally, yeah
A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:
-
Left 4 Dead
-
Final Fantasy XIV Online: A Realm Reborn
-
Joe Montana II: Sports Talk Football
-
Joe Montana
-
Pat Summerall
-
Joe Montana twitter clip
-
Rock Band
-
Joan Chen
-
Rutger Hauer
-
Christopher Lambert
-
VIDEOBALL
-
Lewis Hamilton
-
Sifu
-
Wizardry games
-
Neil deGrasse Tyson tweeting about the Hulk
-
Fable
-
Animal Crossing series
-
Crusader Kings series
-
Crusader of Centy
-
Dragon Quest V: Tenkū no Hanayome
-
Lufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals
-
Mother 3
-
NieR series
-
The Simpsons: Bart vs. the Space Mutants
-
Dragon Ball GT: Final Bout
-
Skullgirls series
-
Sharknado: The Video Game
- Tim’s Formula: (((average age of developer * number of developers) * 100) * 18) + (CEO yearly salary * 1.5)
-
Grasshopper Manufacture Inc.
-
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
-
Wrecking Crew
-
Frank’s screenshot of the OSHA game
-
The Hazfinder site
-
Hazfinder text version
-
Silent Hill series
-
Gran Turismo series
-
Disco Elysium
-
PaRappa the Rapper series
-
Star Wars Trilogy Arcade
-
Destiny series
-
The Mandalorian
-
Joker (2019)
-
Smallville
-
Warcraft (2016)
-
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
-
John Carter (2012)
-
Conan the Barbarian (2011)
-
VectorMan
-
Cyberpunk 2077
-
Rayman series
-
Assassin’s Creed series
-
Euro Truck Simulator series
-
Sea of Thieves
-
Rumble in the Bronx (1995)
-
Rabbids series
-
Returnal
-
Celeste
-
Buckcherry
Recommendations:
Brandon: My Kung Fu Sweetheart (2006)
Tim: You Love To See It featuring Tim Rogers, the F1 TV app
Frank: Sam & Max: Save the World
Jaffe: Watch Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) if you’re Frank
Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Tim Rogers and Brandon Sheffield. Edited by Esper Quinn. Original Music by Kurt Feldman.