Ep. 339 - How to Like Video Games

Frank Cifaldi, Tim Rogers and Brandon Sheffield develop a new video game show, up our Tallarico quota, and return to Violence Island. 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. Let’s try to develop the first episode of Frank’s show with recipes for playing video games (05:30)
2. When have you fallen out of love with a video game you once liked all the way through playing the first time? (18:05)
3. What will the eight episode season one arc be for Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s Tomb Raider? (24:43)
4. Luis asks: Was Tetris inevitable? (31:17)
5. Rank these actions from best to worst: sliding, spinning, flipping. (39:10)
6. What is the guy outside of an airport pretending he’s an Uber driver of video games? (43:00)

LIGHTNING ROUND: Violence Island (51:39)

Recommendations and Outro (01:09:10)

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A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:

• Elden Ring
• Family Guy
• MiSTer FPGA
• Open Broadcaster Software
• EarthBound
• Dragon Quest V: Tenkū no Hanayome
• Final Fantasy VI
• Elevator Action Returns
• Soulslike
• Super Mario Bros.
• Rolling Thunder
• Metal Slug
• Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age
• Jerry Lewis
• Freakazoid!
• Mike Allred
• Madman
• Good Eats
• Passage
• Jason Rohrer
• God of War: Ragnarök
• Ape Escape
• Valis III
• Landstalker
• Phoebe Waller-Bridge
• ‘Tomb Raider’ Series From Phoebe Waller-Bridge Greenlit at Amazon
• Tomb Raider series
• Fallout
• Killing Eve
• Fleabag
• No Time to Die (2021)
• Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023)
• Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)
• The Hardy Boys
• Star Wars
• Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
• Marx Brothers
• Ripley
• Jodie Comer
• Assassin’s Creed series
• Tetris
• Alexey Pajitnov
• Shigeru Miyamoto
• Pac-Land
• Yu Suzuki
• Marvel Spider-Man 2
• Super Mario Odyssey
• Yars’ Revenge
• Tetris 2
• Tetris (2023)
• Ted Lasso
• Severance
• Zach Cherry
• Tetromino
• Puyo Puyo
• iPhone
• TurboExpress
• Sonic the Hedgehog series
• Bonk series
• Crash Bandicoot
• Tasmanian Devil
• Link
• Castlevania: Circle of the Moon
• Andy Bogard
• Mega Man series
• Yakuza 4
• Tommy Tallarico
• David Cage
• Ep. 338 - The Speed of Speed
• Secret of Evermore
• Final Fantasy Tactics Advance
• Inuyasha
• Forspoken
• Puggsy
• Bubsy
• Lemming
• Pikmin
• Kid Dracula
• Child of Light
• Frey Holland
• Ada Wong

Recommendations:

Brandon: Read Only Memories: Neurodiver, Animal Well, Crow Country, Conan the Barbarian (1982) soundtrack

Frank: info@gamehistory.org if you have a bunch of old video game magazines you don’t want anymore, or buy “Mystery Box” Vintage Video Game Magazines

Tim: Connor O’Malley - Stand Up Solutions

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