Ep. 386 - Trapped in the Question Hole
Frank, Ash, and Brandon begin an endless and inescapable descent into our listener-submitted Question Hole, and in the process learn to run an inn, make Ash crack up at Metafore ReFantazio again, and mention the same four guys that get mentioned every episode. 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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1: What are your all-time favorite single performances on a game soundtrack? (02:52)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge
Faith No More
Wu-Tang Clan
Mega Ran
Simple and Clean
Kingdom Hearts
Quake
Nine Inch Nails
Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah
Crazy Taxi
Penn & Teller’s Smoke and Mirrors
Debbie Harry
Nick Cave
Snake Eater
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
2: Whywhy asks, what is the Megalopolis (2024) of video games? (04:40)
Megalopolis (2024)
Death Stranding
The Last of Us Part II
Shenmue III
3: Spencer asks, what are the trademarks of your favorite game designer’s styles? (05:33)
Quentin Tarantino’s foot fetish
FoxyLand
DEcapAttack
Magical Hat no Buttobi Turbo! Daibōken
David Cage
Hidetaki Miyazaki
4: Seth asks, how would you develop a game that portrays publishers negatively? (06:30)
404 Game RE: SET -Error Game Reset-
Sega
Yoko Taro
Nintendo
Sony
Neil Druckman
Konami
Castlevania series
Bomberman series
Devolver Digital
ActivisionBlizzard
Bobby Kotick
Duty Calls
Bulletstorm
5: Fruinblacksberk asks, if you could bring one person in the video game industry back to life who died a premature death, who would it be? (08:49)
Gunpei Yokoi
Yuji Naka
Satoru Iwata
6: Chopemon asks, what game should get a remaster with a good/dumb name? (09:40)
Red Faction: Guerrilla - Re-Mars-tered
Lollipop Chainsaw: RePop
Darksiders: Warmastered Edition
Final Fantasy series
Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin
Frank Sinatra
Blaster
Master Blaster
7: Riley asks, who is the tallest character in video games? (10:37)
Bayonetta series
Jubileus the Creator
God
King of All Cosmos
Katamari Damacy
8: Gaagaagiins asks, have we already seen the service game with the shortest lifespan, and the service game with the longest lifespan? (11:32)
Concord
New Game Announces Release Date And Also Shutdown Date In Same Tweet
EverQuest
Ultima Online
World of WarCraft
RuneScape
MUD
9: LeFish asks, which video games are most likely or best suited to a Broadway musical adaptation? (12:48)
Yakuza series
10: BreadyToDie asks, has a video game ever affected your real life ideological bent? (13:18)
BioShock Infinite
Ken Levine
11: Is Officer Zuffle from Ooblets copaganda? (14:14)
Ooblets
Officer Zuffle
12: XCT asks, what are some of the panel’s favorite video game sequels in a different genre? (14:44)
Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures
Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings
Wild Arms XF
R-Type Tactics series
James Pond series
Persona 5 Strikers
Bayonetta Origins: Cereza and the Lost Demon
Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light
13: Cheapy asks, who drives the coolest motorcycle in video games? (16:59)
Wario
Moo Moo
Cloud Strife
Shadow the Hedgehog
14: Gaagaagiins asks, what are some of the best games you can play for $0? (17:46)
Doom
Sega Genesis NoIntro Fullset
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Snake
15: Anatoliu asks, what game would you send to all of Nintendo Power’s 1990 subscribers? (19:01)
Dragon Quest
Nintendo Power
Bonk’s Revenge
TurboGrafx-16
16: connorr asks, who is the PS3 of human beings? (20:17)
PlayStation 3
Giant Enemy Crabs
Peter Molyneux
Hideo Kojima
Populous
17: Kiko B asks, what aspect of game design is most commonly misunderstood? (21:55)
Yellow Paint Is Once Again Breaking People’s Brains
Green Lantern
South of Midnight
18: Suda 68.999 asks, what two or more games would best compliment each other if stitched together with mods? (24:27)
Crusader Kings III
Mount & Blade
Mario
Sonic
Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games series
Super Mario Bros.
Kid Icarus
Melty Blood
Touhou
Sonic the Hedgehog 3
Sonic & Knuckles
19: Kyle asks, how would you implement skateboarding in modern games? (26:03)
Spyro: Year of the Dragon
Metroid Prime
Yakuza series
Dead2y Premonition: A Blessing in Disguise
Metaphor: ReFantazio
20: Cole asks, which video game sounds could also serve as great text message tones? (27:42)
Metal Gear Solid
“!“
Panzer Dragoon
Sonic the Hedgehog
Super Mario World
David Hayter
21: SpencerGifs asks, if a game has multiple versions, how do you decide which to play? (29:14)
Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age
22: Classic Anonymous asks, who is the William Randolph Hearst of video games? (30:09)
William Randolph Hearst
Citizen Kane (1941)
23: Dark Saikan asks, do you know what Neal Stephenson’s blockchain thing is? (31:24)
Neal Stephenson
Blockchain
24: Rice9 asks, do good critics make good designers? (32:16)
25: Camillo asks, what is the cane from Citizen Kane of video games? (34:21)
Kane & Lynch: Dead Men
Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days
Jeff Gerstmann
26: Propellher asks, what is the most dad game of all time? (34:52)
God of War
The Last of Us
Dr. Mario
Octodad
Star Wars games
27: What’s the most daddy game of all time? (36:38)
Dream Daddy: A Dad Dating Simulator
28: Chopemon asks, what is your Gamer forum signature? (36:53)
Gackt
Malice Mizer
Dovahkin
29: SpencerGifs asks, what should a Nintendo baby play to grow out of Nintendo babydom? (38:16)
NieR: Automata
Knuckles’ Chaotix
Russian roulette
30: Yeso asks, what is the tucking in your shirt of video games? (39:18)
31: LeFish asks, who is the Sister Rosetta Tharpe of video games? (41:04)
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Lara Croft
Grace Walker
Deborah Wilson
Coleco
Smurf: Rescue in Gargamel’s Castle
Lawrence Schick
Baldur’s Gate III
Sega Genesis
32: Bebedor asks, what steps are you taking to get John Carpenter on the show? (44:34)
John Carpenter
The Thing (1982)
John Carter of Mars
Fantastic Four
Ghosts of Mars (2001)
33: Yuji asks, what video game will still be played 5,000 years from now? (45:35)
Backgammon
Nintendo Entertainment System
Pong
Can You Pet The Dog?
34: SpencerGifs asks, how do the video game generations break down if you go by design innovation? (47:08)
Atari
Xbox 360
G4
35: ASmallRabbite asks, what is the most finally making it to an inn with 1hp and no potions moment in your real life? (48:32)
Honda Prelude
Pontiac Tempest
36: Nemoid asks, how can public institutions like libraries foster positive relationships with game enthusiasts? (51:38)
Half-Price Books
Wii
PlayStation Classic
Sega Genesis Mini
TurboGrafx-16 Mini
Nintendo Classic Mini
Rock Band
37: Spencer asks, why did so many companies throw their hat in the console ring in the fifth generation? (55:07)
Game console generations, according to Wikipedia
3DO
CD-i
Sega Saturn
PlayStation
PlayStation 2
Dreamcast
Portland Retro Gaming Expo
Funk Soul Brother
PC-FX
Steam Box
VCR
38: Gaagaagiins asks, what is the best and worst default jump button? (58:44)
The Godfather the Game
God of War III
39: Anonymous asks, what is the Ween of video games? (01:01:31)
Ween
League of Legends
40: Gruntin’ Gary asks, in what ways have video games become more and less accessible over the years? (01:02:56)
41: RepelHer asks, does the panel just generally never cry, or is there something about video games specifically? (01:04:24)
Mother 3
Demonschool
Annie Lee’s Blue Monday
New Order’s Blue Monday
Annie Lee’s Sixty Pounds
42: Spencer asks, is video game marketing different from other marketing? (01:08:20)
Call of Duty series
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Golden Sun Commercial
The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask
43: SecretBilly asks, what niche types of game player would historical figures have been? (01:12:13)
Issac Newton
Half-Life 2
Wolfgang Mozart
Leonardo da Vinci
Tetris: the Grand Master
The Talos Principle
Oscar Wilde
Harry Houdini
Teddy Roosevelt
Dragon Age: Inquisition
Iron Bull
Marie Curie
Overcooked!
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Martin Luther King Jr.
Mafia III
Recommendations and Outro (01:14:33):
Brandon: Speed Racer (2008), The Golden Buddha (1966) or From Beijing with Love (1994), Flying Saucer Video
Frank: watch two things with an actor at the same time
Ash: The Boondocks, send Ash recommendations for Chinese historical harem dramas
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