Ep. 209 - Blopper Goes Knobby, with K Thor Jensen

Artist, writer, cartoonist and game designer K Thor Jensen joins the panel to cover being Mr. Google-Ass, having to go fast and slightly worse, and episode titles.

Questions this week:

1. Frank Cifaldi asks: Is the Intellivision Amico “physical game” scam the future of physical games? (06:12)
2. How can video games adapt the comic book format better than Comix Zone? (13:08)
3. What has been the worst video game music of the last generation? (18:21)
4. How would you design a Dune game like never before? (23:43)
5. Design a video game t-shirt that, even given prominent advertising, exactly zero people would buy. (29:27)
6. Dirtbag Spencer asks: Does Nintendo actually have something that makes them the best game developer, or is that just fans projecting? (36:07)
7. What are the best video game lists you’ve seen? (42:12)
8. Violence Island (47:03)
9. What is the The Simpsons of video games? (56:19)

LIGHTNING ROUND: Game Name Combo Breaking (01:01:41)

Recommendations and Outro (01:14:41)

You’re the best there is at what you do, but what you do is discuss this episode in the forums!

A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:

• Hexic
• Sine Mora
• Intelivision Amico
• Worms: Armageddon
• Comix Zone
• Understanding Comics
• Framed
• Gorogoa
• Future Aero Racing S Ultra
• Mad Max
• Dune
• Maneater
• That Box That Hurts Your Hand When You Put It In There
• Cooking Mama
• El Shaddai
• Death Stranding
• Microsoft Solitaire “Keep It Casual” T-shirt
• Microsoft Minesweeper Game Board Throw Pillow
• K Thor’s Gamer T-Shirt
• Dudes With Attitude manual
• Metroid Dread
• Link’s Awakening (2019)
• Giger-likes thread at forums.insertcredit.com
• Satoshi Matrix’s Top 100 NES/Famicom Games
• Gimmick!
• PC-FX
• FM Towns Marty
• Gain Ground
• Mount Celeste
• Hollow Knight
• Segata Sanshiro
• Johnny Turbo
• Trouble Bruin
• Storm Eagle
• Mallow
• Lakitu
• Sephiroth
• The Simpsons
• Grand Theft Auto
• Sonic the Hedgehog
• Street Fighter
• King of Fighters
• Family Guy
• That screenshot from Way of the Warrior that Frank keeps linking during the Lightning Round

Recommendations:

Frank: Guardians of the Galaxy

Brandon: A Chinese Ghost Story (1987), Firestorm: 72 Hours in Oakland (1993)

K Thor: Tears of the Black Tiger (2000) on Tubi, find something you can chew on

Edited by Esper Quinn. Original Music by Kurt Feldman.