Game designer, composer, and co-creator of Idle Thumbs Chris Remo joins the panel along with Mathew “Agent of Chaos” Kumar to cover the Honda Prelude, Crossword of the Dead, and live on-air cat noises.
Questions this week:
- Jeff Gerstmann asks: What’s the coolest vehicle to ever appear in a video game? (04:54)
- Are the Myst games still good? What should people play instead? (10:55)
- What kind of feeling does acoustic guitar give to a game? (16:41)
- What’s better in a video game, an elevator or stairs? (22:45)
- What six C-list video game villains would you recruit for a government black ops team? (28:20)
- Dirtbag Gaagaagiins asks: What’s the best autoscrolling section in video games? (33:08)
- When and how do games successfully recontextualize frustrating tropes? (40:28)
- Review the concept of crossword puzzles based on their graphics and mechanics. (44:57)
- What are some of your favorite harmless video game hoaxes? (50:41)
- What is the Waiting for Godot of video games? (56:48)
LIGHTNING ROUND: Name Design – Jodi Picoult (01:01:44)
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A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:
- Dennis Miller action figure
- Musee Mechanique
- Warthog
- Pale Wing
- Vic Viper
- R-90 Ragnarok
- Sonic mine cart
- Honda Prelude
- Tokyo Highway Battle
- Fortnite Vehicles
- Kung Fu Rider
- Dolphin Blue
- Nier Boar
- OutRun
- Lotus Esprit Turbo Challenge
- Myst
- Riven: The Sequel To Myst
- The Witness
- Michael Brough
- Stephen’s Sausage Roll
- Habitat
- Firewatch
- Elevator Action
- Snake’s ladder climb
- Mickey Mania
- Ys: Book I & II
- Batman: The Telltale Series
- The Suicide Squad
- Rez
- Peter Molyneux
- Zool
- Battletoads
- The Adventures of Batman and Robin
- WTF: work time fun
- I Wanna Be The Guy
- Chris Remo’s YouTube channel
- The Bobby Kotick image
- Ermac
- Missingno
- The Blue Box Studios thing
- Waiting For Godot
- SNK VS. CAPCOM Card Fighters DS
- P.T.
- Jodi Picoult
Recommendations:
Brandon: To Kill With Intrigue (1977), Walker (1987)
Mathew: Gold Ninja Video fundraiser
Chris: Police Story (1985)
Edited by Esper Quinn. Original Music by Kurt Feldman.
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