Insert Credit Co-founder and legendary game composer Vincent Diamante joins the panel to cover Fighters Megamix romance, Russian Adventure, and the top 5 Sonic games that aren’t the immediately great ones.
Questions this week:
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Kris Graft asks: Which two fighters from Fighters Megamix would make the best or worst romantic couple? (05:17)
- Now that we have a little distance, what features of the PS4/Xbox One era will feel retro someday? (09:45)
- On what occasions have you restarted a game from the beginning before finishing it? (15:02)
- What is “immersion” in video games? (19:54)
- Design an “In This House We Do Disney” piece of wall art for gamers (25:16)
- Dirtbag Salvatore Romano asks: Excluding 1, 2, 3, & Knuckles and Mania, what are the top 5 Sonic the Hedgehog games? (30:36)
- Which video game series took the greatest number of entries to start getting good? (36:16)
- What is the best logo design in video games? (41:38)
- Is Nintendo evil? (46:31)
LIGHTNING ROUND: Acronymizer (50:33)
Recommendations and Outro (56:30)
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A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:
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Bram Stoker’s Dracula
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Dan Slott’s Spider-Man run
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Children of Virtue and Vengeance
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World Trigger
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SimCity 2000
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Fighters Megamix
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Bean the Dynamite
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Bark the Polar Bear
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Daytona USA
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Virtua Cop
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Rent A Hero
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Banjo-Kazooie
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Kumachan
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Candy
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Herbie
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Jeffry McWild
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Dural
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Tomb Raider series
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Marvel Guardians of the Galaxy
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Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin
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Balan Wonderworld
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Yuji Naka says Square Enix doesn’t ‘value games’ after Balan Wonderworld mess
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Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
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The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
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Time Traveler
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The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening
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Super Hydlide
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Uncharted: The Lost Legacy
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Chrono Cross
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Loop Hero
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the stupid disney thing Jaffe talks about
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Fortnite series
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Elden Ring
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Battlefield 1942
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Zombie Revenge
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Disaster Report
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Sonic R
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Sonic & All-Stars Racing: Transformed
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Sonic Adventure
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Sonic Rush
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Sonic the Hedgehog Chaos
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Dr. Robotnik’s Mean Bean Machine
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Sonic the Hedgehog: Triple Trouble
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Knuckles’ Chaotix
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Rush’n Attack series
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Tetris
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Final Fantasy series
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Madden series
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Bubsy 3D: Bubsy Visits the James Turrell Retrospective
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Bubsy: Paws on Fire!
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Mortal Kombat games
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Street Fighter series
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Asuka 120% series
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Castlevania / Akumajō Dracula series
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Need for Speed series
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The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
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Mass Effect 2
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Capcom cubes logo
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Ibrahim Hamdi’s game logos in arabic
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Brain Grey logo
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HOT B Logo
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TWEWY logo
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original Puyo Puyo logo
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Reggie Fils-Aimé on contractor woes: ‘This isn’t the Nintendo I left’
Recommendations:
Vincent: Scritti Politti
Brandon: Halloween (1978)
Frank: Dan Slott’s Spider-Man run
Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Brandon Sheffield and Vincent Diamante. Edited by Esper Quinn. Original Music by Kurt Feldman.