Ep. 384 - Keighleyme Pie, with Mike Drucker

Emmy-nominated writer and comedian Mike Drucker joins Brandon and Esper in answering Alex Jaffe’s questions on the Nintendo S2iitch, the ultimate fan experience, and the impossibility of defending your Persona 5 romance choice. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Brandon Sheffield, Esper Quinn, and Mike Drucker. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.

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SHOW NOTES:

• Judas Priest
• Topic Lords
• Full Frontal with Samantha Bee
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
• Bill Nye Saves the World
• Good Game, No Rematch
• Aftermath Hours
• Kinda Funny

1: Hey, you guys hear about the Switch 2? (03:19)

• Nintendo Direct: Nintendo Switch 2
• Princess Peach’s New Outfits
• Tom Nook
• Barbie
• Barbie series
• Bratz series
• Mario Paint
• Astro Bot
• Super Mario Maker series
• Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour is a virtual guide to the console, but you have to pay for it
• WarioWare series
• 1-2 Switch
• Nintendo Switch Sports
• Mario Kart World
• CD Projekt
• Game Boy Advance
• Wii U
• Bloodborne
• The Duskbloods

2: What’s the hardest problem you’ve ever had to solve in game writing or localization? (09:16)

• Samurai Showdown series
• Masahiro Sakurai
• Ep. 284 - Let Me Be Frank, with Simone de Rochefort
• Trojan Vision

3: What games have fundamentally changed the way you think about video games? (13:52)

• WarioWare series
• You Have To Burn The Rope
• NiGHTS into Dreams…
• Balatro
• Magic: the Gathering
• Indika
• Crow Country
• Silent Hill series
• Soma

4: Improv Zone: My Uncle at Nintendo (19:25)

• Pokemon Red & Blue
• Pikablu
• Super Smash Brothers series
• Fortnite
• Sony’s Spider-Man Universe
• Spider-Man
• Kraven the Hunter (2024)
• Black Cat
• Catwoman (2004)
• Madame Web (2024)

5: Steve with a B asks, what is the best thing about the video game industry, and what is the worst thing about the video game industry? (24:55)

• Peggle
• Wordle
• Bubble Bobble

6: What is the best video game ad you’ve seen on an actual television? (28:41)

• Merge Mansion commercials
• Candy Crush Saga
• Gears of War “mad world” commercial
• Final Fantasy VII commercial
• Sega Saturn
• Crash Bandicoot commercial
• Toonami Aftermath
• Metal Gear Solid commercial
• Mega Man 3 commercial
• Drakengard WWE collaboration
• The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
• Reaction Guys / Gaijin 4Koma
• David Lynch PS2 commercials
• Dreamcast commercial
• Segata Sanshiro
• Super Smash Brothers commercial

7: Who is the Jimmy Fallon of video games? (35:08)

• Jimmy Fallon
• Geoff Keighley
• Borderlands series
• Randy Pitchford
• Jay Leno
• Persona 5
• Reggie Fils-Aimé
• Super Smash Brothers series
• Marth
• Mario Kart series
• Bowser
• Donkey Kong
• Yoshi
• Toad

8: Brandon asks, what’s it like writing video game award shows? (40:41)

• Tim Schafer
• D.I.C.E. Awards
• Golden Globe Awards
• ESPY Awards
• The Game Awards
• Embracer Group
• Mystery Science Theater 3000
• Tom Servo
• R.O.B.
• Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing
• Metal Sonic
• E3

LIGHTNING ROUND: Name Design - Panic at the Disco! Singles (46:10)

Recommendations and Outro (50:07):

• Mike: Good Game, No Rematch available on Amazon and Other Better places
• Brandon: Harvey Keitel’s accent in Star Knight (1985)
• Esper: DC Action News, Common Side Effects

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