Ep. 187 - Revealed: What War Is Actually Good For, with Gene Park

Washington Post Video Games Reporter Gene Park joins the panel to cover 3D growing pains, Magic: the Gathering card theft, and the return to that mountain of murder, Violence Island.

Questions this week:

1. From Mathew Kumar: What’s your “ol’ trusty” game peripheral? (03:34)
2. Which franchise presented the more exciting future this week: Dragon Quest or Sonic the Hedgehog? (08:37)
3. How has eBay’s recent reorganization impacted game history preservation? (14:04)
4. Violence Island: Sonic’s Best Friend (19:39)
5. Dirtbag Official_Danimalz asks: When was the “awkward puberty” of video games? (31:35)
6. What makes a video game timeless? (36:05)
7. What are the best murders in video games? (41:29)
8. What should you never do when titling a video game article? (45:39)
9. What is the Dragon Quest of movies? (51:27)

LIGHTNING ROUND: Achievement Unlockers (57:07)

What are YOUR answers to these immaculate questions? Share in the forums!

A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:

• Mario Monsters
• Sector NGP
• Gene’s Virtua Fighter 4 Review (it’s at the bottom of the page)
• 30-50 Feral Hogs
• Game & Watch Multi-Screen: Green House
• Karateka
• Dragon Quest announcement stream
• Sonic announcement stream
• “Sonic Rangers”
• Rangerx
• eBay enacting adult content ban
• Tundra
• Miles “Tails” Prower
• Shadow the Hedgehog
• Amy Rose
• Cream the Rabbit
• Big the Cat
• Blaze the Cat
• Knuckles the Echidna
• Rouge the Bat
• Cheese the Chao
• Chao Slices
• Big the Cat meets Blaze the Cat
• Knuckles Rap
• Illyana Rasputin
• 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand
• Vampire Savior
• Battle Arena Toshinden
• Jet Set Radio
• Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP
• Earth Defense Force
• Earth Defense Force: World Brothers
• OutRun
• Super Smash Bros: Mealy
• Street Fighter III: Third Strike
• Asuka 120%: Final Burning Fest
• Hitman 2: Silent Assassin
• Kasumi Ninja
• Murdered: Soul Suspect
• Tenchu: Stealth Assassins
• The real tragedy of Ethan Winters, Resident Evil’s ‘Village’ idiot by Gene Park
• Betteridge’s law of headlines
• “Saturny Nights Fever”
• Demon Slayer: Mugen Train (2020)

Recommendations:

Gene: Subscribe to your local newspaper only if they’re good, twitter.com/genepark, Launcher,

Frank: The old Perry Mason is on Paramount+, though note that this is not a recommendation of Paramount+, Good Deal Games

Brandon: Slay in Hell by Steel Bearing Hand, mention insert credit when buying Genesis games from Good Deal Games for $5 off

Edited by Esper Quinn. Original Music by Kurt Feldman.