Ep. 197 - Myst Opportunities, with Chris Remo and Mathew Kumar

Game designer, composer, and co-creator of Idle Thumbs Chris Remo joins the panel along with Mathew “Agent of Chaos” Kumar to cover the Honda Prelude, Crossword of the Dead, and live on-air cat noises.

Questions this week:

1. Jeff Gerstmann asks: What’s the coolest vehicle to ever appear in a video game? (04:54)
2. Are the Myst games still good? What should people play instead? (10:55)
3. What kind of feeling does acoustic guitar give to a game? (16:41)
4. What’s better in a video game, an elevator or stairs? (22:45)
5. What six C-list video game villains would you recruit for a government black ops team? (28:20)
6. Dirtbag Gaagaagiins asks: What’s the best autoscrolling section in video games? (33:08)
7. When and how do games successfully recontextualize frustrating tropes? (40:28)
8. Review the concept of crossword puzzles based on their graphics and mechanics. (44:57)
9. What are some of your favorite harmless video game hoaxes? (50:41)
10. What is the Waiting for Godot of video games? (56:48)

LIGHTNING ROUND: Name Design – Jodi Picoult (01:01:44)

Don’t you wish you could share your answers to the prompts? You can do exactly that in the forums!

A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:

• Dennis Miller action figure
• Musee Mechanique
• Warthog
• Pale Wing
• Vic Viper
• R-90 Ragnarok
• Sonic mine cart
• Honda Prelude
• Tokyo Highway Battle
• Fortnite Vehicles
• Kung Fu Rider
• Dolphin Blue
• Nier Boar
• OutRun
• Lotus Esprit Turbo Challenge
• Myst
• Riven: The Sequel To Myst
• The Witness
• Michael Brough
• Stephen’s Sausage Roll
• Habitat
• Firewatch
• Elevator Action
• Snake’s ladder climb
• Mickey Mania
• Ys: Book I & II
• Batman: The Telltale Series
• The Suicide Squad
• Rez
• Peter Molyneux
• Zool
• Battletoads
• The Adventures of Batman and Robin
• WTF: work time fun
• I Wanna Be The Guy
• Chris Remo’s YouTube channel
• The Bobby Kotick image
• Ermac
• Missingno
• The Blue Box Studios thing
• Waiting For Godot
• SNK VS. CAPCOM Card Fighters DS
• P.T.
• Jodi Picoult

Recommendations:

Brandon: To Kill With Intrigue (1977), Walker (1987)

Mathew: Gold Ninja Video fundraiser

Chris: Police Story (1985)

Edited by Esper Quinn. Original Music by Kurt Feldman.