Ep. 267 - Asynchronicity 2: Holiday Spectacular

A grand cast of holiday favorites are subjected to a gauntlet of questions. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Brandon Sheffield, Ash Parrish, Patrick Miller, Topher Florence, Esper Quinn, Andrés Velasco y Coll, Azurelore Korrigan, Liz Ryerson, K Thor Jensen and Fūnk-é Joseph. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.

Questions this week:

1. What are the worst trends, currently or historically, in video game character design? (w/Ash Parrish) (06:38)
2. Design a unique custom rule set for a fighting game tournament. (w/Patrick Miller) (11:33)
3. Which three video game characters would you ask to help you move? (w/Topher Florence) (14:59)
4. What do you do when you’re working on a game and your funding gets cut? (18:17)
5. What’s the best time you ever had with a bad game? (w/Esper Quinn) (21:25)
6. Which video game voice actors deserve wider recognition? (w/Andrés Velasco y Coll) (27:30)
7. What’s the best answer that someone in the game industry has given you to a question you asked them? (w/Azurelore Korrigan) (31:17)
8. How would you remake Indie Game: The Movie today? (w/Liz Ryerson) (37:13)
9. Which modern video game would be the best introduction to video games for a child? (w/K Thor Jensen) (43:21)
10. What’s the difference between a good video game and a cool video game? (w/Fūnk-é Joseph) (45:55)

LIGHTNING ROUND: Recommendations and Outro (47:59)

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A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:

• Last Of Us Showrunner Says Original Game Is ‘The Greatest Story Ever Told In Video Games’
• Hyper Gunsport now available on Steam, Switch and Xbox
• Demonschool now wishlistable on Steam
• Baldur’s Gate III
• Characters entering public domain in 2023
• Sonic the Hedgehog universe
• Bubsy series
• Sparkster
• Awesome Possum Kicks Dr. Machino’s Butt
• Tetsuya Nomura
• Jet Grind Radio series
• Clash of Clans
• Jun Kazama
• Grace Walker
• Keita Takahashi
• MoPOP
• Guilty Gear series
• Asuka 120% series
• Chess boxing
• Slappers only!
• StarCraft series
• VIDEOBALL
• Yakuza / Ryū ga Gotoku series
• Jad The Taff
• Big the Cat
• Twisted Metal series
• Puyo Puyo Tetris
• Scotty
• James T. Kirk
• The Sims franchise
• Silver the Hedgehog
• #IDARB
• Beethoven’s 2nd
• Kid Chameleon
• Kelsey Lewin
• Kris Graft
• London Cab Challenge
• BioShock series
• Dana Delany
• Jennifer Hale
• Shining Force III
• Final Fantasy XIV Online: A Realm Reborn
• Matthew Mercer
• Liam O’Brien
• Kevin Conroy
• Cuphead series
• Oh, Deer!
• Kenji Eno
• Real Sound: Kaze no Regret
• Indie Game: The Movie (2012)
• noclip
• American Movie (1999)
• TIGSource
• Edmund McMillen
• The King of Kong (2007)
• A Short Hike
• Resident Evil: Village
• Super Mario series
• Hyrule Warriors
• Hohokum
• Soul Axiom on The Blood Zone

Recommendations: Frank: Magic Kid Googoo
Brandon: Quo Vadis 2
Ash: Pepsiman
Patrick: Goddess of Victory: Nikke
Topher: Chair Chaser
Esper: Gravity Rush series
Andrés: Windjammers 2
Azurelore: Ghost House
Liz: Soul Axiom, Uurnog: Uurnlimited
K Thor: Guardians / Denjin Makai II
Fūnk-é: Bloons TD 6

Closing song: [XMAS]「諸人こぞりて」Mix Yona [音量可変版 Ex - Pcm][X68000][1994制作] ****by Keishi Yonao

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