Ep. 395 - We've Got Enough Nuts McSquirrels
Episode description
Your Insert Credit panel covers open world games, the Tango & Cash NES platformer, and the many secrets of The Ooze. Plus, credits are spent to make everyone to play a game. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Ash Parrish, and Brandon Sheffield. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.
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SHOW NOTES:
1: Ash, how was Summer Game Fest? (02:16)
- Summer Game Fest
- Astro Bot
- Resident Evil Requiem
- Outer Worlds 2
- Ben Starr
- Magic the Gathering
- Final Fantasy XVI
- Clive Rosfield (Vial Smasher the Fierce)
- Doom
- John Carmack
- Killer7
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
- Cam Clarke
- Die Fledermaus
- The Tick
- Liquid Snake
- Chairface Chippendale
2: merritt k asks, which classic film should have gotten an inexplicable platformer on the NES? (10:22)
- Tango & Cash (1989)
- Turner & Hooch (1989)
- Nintendo Entertainment System
- Last Action Hero
- Arachnophobia (1990)
- Arachnaphobia
- Ocean’s Eleven (2001)
- Ocean’s 11 (1960)
- Relooted
- Indiana Jones
- Lara Croft
- Nathan Drake
- Ernest Goes to Jail (1990)
- Flatliners (1990)
- Highlander (1986)
- It (1990)
- Highlander
- Super Mario Bros. the Movie (1993)
3: When should a video game have an open world? (16:23)
- Red Dead Redemption
- Kaizen Game Works
- Paradise Killer
- Promise Mascot Agency
- Any Austin
- Demonschool
- Pragmata
- Brandon’s Robocop 3 post
- Transformers: Kiss Players
- Marvel’s Deadpool VR
4: Happy pride! What are some extremely complicated things developers can do to make their games more queer? (24:20)
5: Littleboat asks, what is the worst goo in a videogame? (29:04)
- Gooigi
- Super Mario Bros. Wonder
- The Ooze
- Boogerman: A Pick and Flick Adventure
- Death Stranding
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze (1991)
- A Boy and His Blob
- Chemical Plant Zone
- Captain Planet and the Planeteers
- Gooey
- Slime
- Final Fantasy Tactics
- Kingdom Hearts
- Doctor Who missing episodes
6: How were 90’s video games informed by their wider historical context? (35:15)
- G. I. Joe
- Disney’s Toy Story
- Clockwork Knight
- Sonic 3D Blast
- The Adventures of Batman & Robin
- Sega Genesis
- Demoscene
- Mr. Nutz
- Punky Skunk
- Awesome Possum Kicks Dr. Machino’s Butt
- Daxter
7: What is the “BlueSky is dying” of video games? (41:32)
- NBA 2K23
- Magic: The Gathering Arena
- Fallout series
- Assassins Creed series
- Final Fantasy VI
- Triple Triad
LIGHTNING ROUND: Famicom Feud - Repeatedly Novelized Game Series (47:45)
Recommendations and Outro (01:00:29):
- Brandon: Support your alt weeklies, Guns and Guts (1974)
- Ash: Subscribe to the Patreon at a $10 level to get drag names from Ash, Steam Next Fest
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