Happy holidays! Gamespot’s Lucy James drops down the Insert Credit chimney to cover Welsh elves, the first official weed strain for a video game, and Dreiblade. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Tim Rogers, Brandon Sheffield, and Lucy James. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.
Questions this week:
- As the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future, which three video game characters would be best at teaching Ebenezer Scrooge to change his miserly ways? (09:23)
- Do sliding ice physics ever positively contribute to a video game? (15:19)
- What do you think is the best selling non-video game item at GameStop as a gift this season? (21:35)
- Design the greatest Santa Claus video game of all time (30:48)
- How could dreidel be improved? (35:49)
- Which video game company probably holds the best Christmas party? (42:43)
- Based on video games, what do we know about elves? (49:05)
- What is the Rankin Bass of video games? (54:53)
LIGHTNING ROUND: Name Design - Christmas Songs (01:01:19)
Recommendations and Outro (01:12:28)
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A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:
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Mariah Carey - All I Want for Christmas Is You
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Eggnog
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The Genealogy of Jesus the Messiah
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Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree
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Monstera deliciosa
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The Twelve Days of Christmas
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The Da Vinci Code
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A Christmas Carol
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Ebenezer Scrooge
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Tetsuya Nomura
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Organization XIII
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The World Ends with You
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Marluxia
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Mickey Mouse
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Kazuma Kiryu
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Goro Majima
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Davy Crockett
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Bob Cratchit
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The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)
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Mickey’s Christmas Carol (1983)
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Mickey and the Beanstalk
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Pinocchio (1940)
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Jiminy Cricket
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James Stewart
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Lies of P
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Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio (2022)
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Pinocchio: A True Story (2021)
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Pinocchio (2002)
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Navi
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Super Mario series
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Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back
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Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End
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The Last of Us series
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X-Men licensees
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Kickle Cubicle
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Chip’s Challenge
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Loki #248 Funko Pop! - Thor Ragnarok
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Pikachu Squishmallows Plush
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Breaking Bad
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Minecraft
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Jay and Silent Bob
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Fortnite
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Sonic the Hedgehog series
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Halo series
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The Lost and The Wicked
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Tom Holland
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Darth Vader Christmas Sweater
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Pokémon Trading Card Game
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Alan Wake: Remastered
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Tom Clancy’s The Division
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Tom Hiddleston
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Santa Claus
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Mortal Kombat series
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John Wick (2014)
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BioShock
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Death Stranding
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Norman Reedus
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Stardew Valley
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Daze Before Christmas
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Hanukkah
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Dreidel
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Hanukkah gelt
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Paper fortune teller
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Beyblade
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Mario Party series
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Sega
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Christmas NiGHTS into Dreams…
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Konami
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Tokimeki Memorial games
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Wargaming
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Devolver Digital
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Keita Takahashi
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Noby Noby Boy
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Tim Schafer
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Jack Black
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Heather Hawkins
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Dreamcast
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Limp Bizkit
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Ted Lasso
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The Matrix (1999)
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The Eras Tour
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Elf Bowling
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Legend of Zelda series
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Keebler Company
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Fudge Stripes
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Elves
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The Lost Vikings
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Three Dirty Dwarves
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Two Crude Dudes
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Rankin/Bass Animated Entertainment
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Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964)
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Frosty the Snowman (1969)
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Rudolph’s Shiny New Year (1976)
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The Year Without a Santa Claus (1974)
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ThunderCats
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Norman Rockwell
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FromSoftware
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Doom
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Rockstar Games
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American McGee’s Alice
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Kingdom Hearts series
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Super Smash Bros.
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Boba Fett
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Pornhub’s Most Popular Video Game Character In 2023 Was Chun-Li From… Fortnite?
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Insomniac Games
Recommendations:
Frank: Check out gamehistory.org where there will be a video about a very strange game called Super Sushi Pinball
Brandon: Raiders of Atlantis (1983)
Tim: Ferrari (2023)
Lucy: Godzilla Minus One (2023)
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