Ep. 269 - Pure Podcast Content, with Christa Lee

Console modification expert Christa Lee joins Brandon and Tim on the panel to cover raytracing in 4K at 120 fps, the things players care about that developers don’t, and the return of Violence Island. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Tim Rogers, Brandon Sheffield, and Christa Lee. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.

Questions this week:

1. From Ash Parrish: What video game would you swear into Congress on? (01:59)
2. What can you tell about a video game cartridge from its circuit board? (09:41)
3. Is raytracing just a graphical enhancement, or can it be gameplay? (15:02)
4. What do players think about a lot more than game developers? (20:33)
5. What is the best dead video game company? (26:32)
6. Spencergifs asks: When did video games become mainstream? (29:51)
7. Violence Island (36:57)
8. How should games signal that a “point of no return” is coming? (46:57)

LIGHTNING ROUND: Pokedexperts (01:02:41)

Recommendations and Outro (01:09:37) Discuss this episode in the Insert Credit Forums

A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:

• Bonk series
• Canceled Duke Nukem 3D remake is the latest Duke project to leak
• They Live (1988)
• Robert Garcia (D-CA) sworn into Congress on Superman #1
• Bible
• The Witness
• Sneak King
• Disaster Report / Zettai Zetsumei Toshi series
• Xevious
• Darius
• Gradius
• Anarchy Reigns
• Murakumo: Renegade Mech Pursuit
• Armored Core series
• Super Mario series
• Shenmue series
• Voyeur
• INSANE PAIN
• GameShark
• Game Genie
• Sonic the Hedgehog series
• Super Noah’s Ark 3-D
• Pokémon series
• Game Freak
• Digital Foundry
• Hitman series
• Ray Tracers
• The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
• Cyberpunk 2077
• Ridge Racer series
• Cleopatra Fortune
• Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (2022)
• Space Harrier series
• Sakura Taisen series
• NiGHTS series
• Hudson Soft
• Nihon Bussan
• Game Arts
• Midway Games
• Hasbro Interactive Ltd.
• Frogger
• MediEvil
• SNK
• Neverland
• Halo series
• GoldenEye 007
• Pong
• Pac-Man
• The Sonic Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade crash: An oral history
• Candy Crush Saga
• Words With Friends
• TwoDots
• Wordle
• Maximo series
• The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
• Half-Life
• Panzer Dragoon Saga
• Banjo-Kazooie
• Tomb Raider
• Angry Birds
• Donkey Kong Jr.
• Jr. Pac-Man
• Master Hand
• Crazy Hand
• Balrog
• Mike Tyson
• Sam & Max
• Lucky & Wild
• Persona series
• Harvestella
• Chrono Trigger
• Live A Live
• God of War: Ragnarök
• Red Dead Redemption II
• Yakuza / Ryū ga Gotoku series
• Final Fantasy VII: Remake
• Legend of Heroes series
• The Last of Us series
• Ratchet & Clank series

Recommendations:
Brandon: Bee and PuppyCat
Christa: Mushihimesama

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