Ep. 228 - Should I Drink This?

The heroes known as Insert Credit return to do battle with Two Point Eight-A video games, Vectourmaun, and giving yousa unna bongo.

Questions this week:

1. If you could play a video game with any three people, living or dead, who would they be, and what would the game be? (01:47)
2. What is the best way for video games to represent aging? (05:28)
3. What’s the stupidest argument you’ve ever been part of over a video game? (11:37)
4. How much does it cost to make a video game? (14:39)
5. The Adaptation Game: Adapt the OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) handbook into a video game. (21:26)
6. Dirtbag Anonymous asks: I recently had a job interview where I was asked ‘If your personality was a video game, what game would it be and why?’ How the hell was I supposed to answer this? (28:27)
7. How effective can an adaptation of a video game be if considering only the lore of a series and not the gameplay? (35:17)
8. How can you tell a game was made in Europe? (41:03)
9. What is the seizing in your leg after you wake up that indicates you’re about to experience a horribly painful leg cramp over the next 30 seconds of video games? (46:20)

LIGHTNING ROUND: The Time is Right (53:08)

Recommendations and Outro (01:01:41)

Should you discuss this episode in the forums? I mean I think it would be pretty cool personally, yeah

A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:

• Left 4 Dead
• Final Fantasy XIV Online: A Realm Reborn
• Joe Montana II: Sports Talk Football
• Joe Montana
• Pat Summerall
• Joe Montana twitter clip
• Rock Band
• Joan Chen
• Rutger Hauer
• Christopher Lambert
• VIDEOBALL
• Lewis Hamilton
• Sifu
• Wizardry games
• Neil deGrasse Tyson tweeting about the Hulk
• Fable
• Animal Crossing series
• Crusader Kings series
• Crusader of Centy
• Dragon Quest V: Tenkū no Hanayome
• Lufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals
• Mother 3
• NieR series
• The Simpsons: Bart vs. the Space Mutants
• Dragon Ball GT: Final Bout
• Skullgirls series
• Sharknado: The Video Game
• Tim’s Formula: (((average age of developer * number of developers) * 100) * 18) + (CEO yearly salary * 1.5)
• Grasshopper Manufacture Inc.
• Occupational Safety and Health Administration
• Wrecking Crew
• Frank’s screenshot of the OSHA game
• The Hazfinder site
• Hazfinder text version
• Silent Hill series
• Gran Turismo series
• Disco Elysium
• PaRappa the Rapper series
• Star Wars Trilogy Arcade
• Destiny series
• The Mandalorian
• Joker (2019)
• Smallville
• Warcraft (2016)
• Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
• John Carter (2012)
• Conan the Barbarian (2011)
• VectorMan
• Cyberpunk 2077
• Rayman series
• Assassin’s Creed series
• Euro Truck Simulator series
• Sea of Thieves
• Rumble in the Bronx (1995)
• Rabbids series
• Returnal
• Celeste
• Buckcherry

Recommendations:

Brandon: My Kung Fu Sweetheart (2006)

Tim: You Love To See It featuring Tim Rogers, the F1 TV app

Frank: Sam & Max: Save the World

Jaffe: Watch Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) if you’re Frank

Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Tim Rogers and Brandon Sheffield. Edited by Esper Quinn. Original Music by Kurt Feldman.