Ep. 184 - Gamer Type Gamers, with Liz Ryerson

Liz Ryerson triumphantly joins the panel to cover DDR dance pads, Batman games, and Burger Time Royale with Cheese.

Questions this week:

1. What are we learning about the video game industry from the Apple v. Epic court case? (03:52)
2. What would be an interesting game series to play a Shuffler of? (09:04)
3. Is there something you’ve wanted to see video games do for a long time, but once they finally did it you weren’t that impressed? (15:25)
4. Which property-based video games take the greatest liberty with their source material? (20:33)
5. Design a new non-dance game for the DDR pad. (26:25)
6. Dirtbag Spencer asks: What makes a definitive edition of a video game definitive? (31:07)
7. What game has the best party members? (36:41)
8. Is there anywhere for the Battle Royale genre to go from here? (41:47)
9. When have you had to lie about how you felt about a video game? (46:43)
10. Who is the John Swartzwelder of video games? (52:34)

LIGHTNING ROUND: Donkey Kong Universe - Phase 1 (57:11)

Think YOU have better answers than the panel? You don’t! But you can discuss the episode here in the insert credit forums.

A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:

• Phanto Mask
• Sonic Ice Cream
• Epic v. Apple
• Epic Payouts
• Enter the Gungeon
• Celeste
• Everything
• Bizhawk Emulator Suite
• Sonic Shuffler
• Mr. Friendly by JP LeBreton
• Bennett Foddy’s Multibowl
• Sonic 4
• Sonic 4ces
• Batman: The Video Game
• The Adventures of Batman & Robin
• PC Engine Batman
• ZX Spectrum Batman
• McKids
• Popful Mail
• Waterwold
• SNES Waterworld Soundtrack
• Incredible Crisis
• Space Channel 5
• Deee-Lite
• Fullmetal Alchemist!
• Mimikyu
• Nuzlocke Challenge
• XCOM: Enemy Unknown
• Anachronox
• Battle Royale (2000)
• Kinji Fukasaku
• Paul Verhoeven
• Black Book (2006)
• Burger Time Pro Player interview
• John Swartzwelder’s interview
• Jeff Minter
• The Time Machine Did It
• Steve Ditko
• Colossal Cave Adventure
• Danielle Bunten Berry

Recommendations:

Frank: Beat Nier Replicant, get bored on the second playthrough and watch the endings on YouTube (both Jaffe and Esper strongly recommend against this)

Liz: Tomato Way trilogy

Brandon: Touch and Go by Toshiki Kadomatsu, Returner (2002), Get your parents and grandparents vaccinated

Edited by Esper Quinn. Original Music by Kurt Feldman.