Ep. 320 - Crafting a Criminal

Your Insert Credit panel returns to cover another death of physical media, Steamboat Willie, and The Minecraft Reality TV Show Criminal Court Case Chronicles. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Tim Rogers, and Brandon Sheffield. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.

Questions this week:

1. Are we approaching an era without physical game releases? (04:51)
2. Does gameplay have to be the starting principle of a good video game? (20:00)
3. Public Domain Adaptation Game: Design a game based on Steamboat Willie (26:12)
4. Catherine: What games are best structured for playing a little bit each day? (35:21)
5. Following the acclaim of Pokemon Concierge, what should be the next video game show set in the world of a game but not about the game itself? (42:55)

LIGHTNING ROUND: The Time Is Right (49:20)

Recommendations and Outro (01:00:36)

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A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:

• D.I.C.E. Awards
• Ed Boon
• 1999 2nd Annual Interactive Achievement Awards
• Martin Short
• Coolio
• The Last of Us series
• Silent Hill 3
• Best Buy will no longer carry physical movies in 2024
• Writers Guild of America
• Valkyria Chronicles series
• Hard Target (1993)
• The Departed (2006)
• Dragon Quest series
• Hyper Gunsport
• Redbox
• Grateful Dead
• Assassin’s Creed II
• Digital Eclipse
• Boku no Natsuyasumi
• Devolver Digital
• Unsighted
• The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
• Steamboat Willie
• Lady Chatterley’s Lover
• D. H. Lawrence
• Mickey Mouse
• Sherlock Holmes
• Warren Spector
• Phil Spector
• Will Wright
• Disney Epic Mickey
• Minnie Mouse
• ship’s wheel
• The Skeleton Dance (public domain next year)
• Ub Iwerks
• Castle of Illusion starring Mickey Mouse
• Hollow Knight
• Super Mario series
• Rick and Morty
• Pete
• Super Mario 64
• Super Hydlide
• H.E.R.O.
• Shenmue series
• Elden Ring
• Persona series
• Pokémon Concierge
• The White Lotus
• Ryū ga Gotoku / Like a Dragon / Yakuza series
• Battles Without Honor and Humanity
• Ikebukuro West Gate Park
• Pokémon Concierge Theme Song “Have a Good Time Here”
• Mariya Takeuchi
• The Last of Us
• The Walking Dead
• Forza Motorsport series
• Initial D
• Need for Speed series
• Minecraft
• Old Enough!

Recommendations:

Brandon: Apologies to people who know about religions, The Tairyou Jigoku

Frank: Search a search engine for The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening DX

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