Game design lead for Future Club Mathew Kumar joins the panel to cover piles of graphics cards, Dall E, and customer service at the dream factory.
Questions this week:
- What makes a video game “obscure?” (06:27)
- Brandon Sheffield re-asks: What is a game you didn’t like until you played it? (14:52)
- Imagine you’re streaming through a glitch where half your viewers get audio but no visuals, and half get visuals but no audio. What game could you play that both audiences would enjoy the most? (21:00)
- Design a new mode for Minesweeper (27:59)
- Dirtbag Seth asks: What responsibilities does a King of Fighters have to their subjects? (34:27)
- What will AI-generated video games be like? (37:31)
- Does fast travel mean traversing a game’s world isn’t interesting? (44:39)
- Which video game feels the most Scottish? (51:48)
LIGHTNING ROUND: Famicom Feud - Top 8 Video Game movies on Rotten Tomatoes (56:36)
Recommendations and Outro (01:13:47)
Check out that AI forum game and lots more in the forums!
A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:
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NBA 2K series
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Façade
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Planetokio
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Wurm: Journey to the Center of the Earth
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EarthBound
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Space Invaders variants
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Live a Live
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ObsCure
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Linda³
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Insert Credit
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Obscure: The Aftermath
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Crusader of Centy
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Fortnite
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Unreal Tournament series
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Beethoven’s 2nd
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Contra: Rogue Corps
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Real Sound: Kaze no Regret
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Sam & Max licensees
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Monkey Island series
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LSD: Dream Emulator
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Hitman series
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Yakuza / Ryū ga Gotoku series
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The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
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Sudoku
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Minecraft
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The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
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Hexic
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King of Fighters series
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The Santa Clause (1994)
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DALL·E 2
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Half-Life
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Dwarf Fortress
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What’s that game? (neural network generated image mode)
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Marvel Spider-Man
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Marvel Spider-Man: Miles Morales
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Marvel’s Wolverine
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Braveheart
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Dragon Force
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Grand Theft Auto series
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Excite series
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Forza Horizon 4
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Lemmings
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Kasumi Ninja screenshot
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Shrek SuperSlam
Recommendations:
Frank: If you know any retired or semi-retired game developers in the midwest, let Frank know
Brandon: Tool Assisted Speedrun of Pac-Man World for PSX, mikeyeldey: the album for Sega Genesis, set up a nice time for yourself
Tim: Say thank you for things in your life
Mathew: Ignore Big Luhrman, Mickey Reece’s Alien (2017)
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Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Tim Rogers, Brandon Sheffield and Mathew Kumar. Edited by Esper Quinn. Original Music by Kurt Feldman.