Ep. 201 - Lovely Ball Kicking, with Kris Graft

Questions this week:

1. Let’s talk about the rebranding of Gamasutra to Game Developer. (03:43)
2. What are the best video game postmortems? (10:41)
3. What are the most common mistakes when someone first gets into video games? (15:24)
4. Which video game characters have the most complicated morning routines? (20:46)
5. What video game or game adjacent companies should be renamed? (25:54)
6. Dirtbag MoxBagel asks: Is it possible to have fans take games less seriously as an identity and more seriously as creative endeavors? (31:42)
7. Why don’t you design a new item for Mario Kart? (38:26)
8. Violence Island: forums.insertcredit.com Submissions (43:25)
9. From Frank Cifaldi: Here’s whats up with that video about game price collusion (52:45)
10. Who is the Mike Richards of video games? (59:08)

LIGHTNING ROUND: Name Design: JAV Titles (01:01:34)

Don’t you think this would be a good episode to discuss in the forums?

A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:

• Clay Fighter series
• Gamastura is becoming Game Developer
• El Shaddai
• Postmortem: Resident Evil 4
• Postmortem: Deadly Premonition
• Postmortem: Final Fantasy XIII
• Postmortem: Golden Axe
• Postmortems from Game Developer
• GDC Vault
• Monsters from the Id: The Making of Doom
• Crusader Kings
• Jim Lee
• Beneath a Steel Sky
• Jerry Lewis
• Francis York Morgan
• Ryo Hazuki
• Morgan Yu
• The World Ends With You
• Ivy
• Voldo
• The Green Ribbon
• GamersGate
• Young Guns Starring Emilio Estevez
• Young Guns II
• Guns 3
• Gun
• Toys for Bob
• Ponzi Scheme
• Fonzie Scheme
• Bonk
• Plok
• Shadow the Hedgehog
• Wario
• Blake Stone
• Jazz Jackrabbit
• Takayuki Yagami
• Phoenix Wright
• YouTuber Accuses Million Dollar Retro Game Sales Of Being Scams
• Mike Richards
• Metal Wolf Chaos
• JAVdottxt (NSFW)
• Shi’ar (I read Marvel)

Recommendations:

Brandon: Check out the new GameDeveloper.com, Melissa’s self titled album, Ask Hershers Pizza for the Insert Credit, Enjoy with a D’Aquino Chianti Flask

Kris: Go to gamedeveloper.com, learn something new, Dishonored

Frank: Psychonauts 2

Jaffe: Superman Smashes the Klan

Edited by Esper Quinn. Original Music by Kurt Feldman.