Ep. 222 - Quakearoni, with Kelsey Lewin

Video Game History Foundation Co-Director Kelsey Lewin joins Brandon, Tim and Alex in exploring duality, Caroque, and Spider-Man Root Canaling Pregnant Elsa.

Questions this week:

1. Which video game series really got it right on the second try? (02:38)
2. What was the state of video games during the second console generation? (08:05)
3. What are the keys to a great co-op video game experience? (13:27)
4. What would be the easiest game to adapt into a movie on a limited budget? (20:30)
5. Design a fourth Frogger 2. (23:36)
6. Dirtbag Evoline Theory: What is the impact of the Five Nights At Freddy’s franchise on the games industry? (30:48)
7. Violence Island (36:26)

LIGHTNING ROUND: Intellivision or ColecoVision? (46:47)

Recommendations and Outro (53:45)

Everyone else is discussing this episode in the forums, why aren’t you?

A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:

• Sonic the Hedgehog 2
• Go Go Ackman 2
• Halo 2
• Street Fighter II: The World Warrior
• Half-Life 2
• Persona 2: Eternal Punishment
• Persona
• R-Type Final 2
• Super Mario Bros. 2
• Turok 2: Seeds of Evil
• Final Fantasy II
• Dragon Warrior II
• Final Fantasy XIV Online: A Realm Reborn
• Final Fantasy VII: Remake
• Ganbare Goemon 2
• Street Fighter Alpha 2
• Super Mario Galaxy 2
• Fairchild Channel F
• Atari 2600
• Magnavox Odyssey 2
• ColecoVision
• Intellivision
• Quake III: Arena
• Resident Evil 5
• Gears of War series
• EVE Online
• Lucky & Wild
• Super Mario Odyssey
• Pokémon: Let’s Go! series
• Sewer Shark
• Mad Dog McCree
• Ground Zero Texas
• Night Trap
• Her Story
• Sonic Forces
• Frogger II: ThreeeDeep!
• Frogger 2: Swampy’s Revenge
• Frogger 2
• Baroque
• Baroque: Become a Meta-Being
• Ribbit King
• The Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction
• Jumping Flash!
• Simple 2000 series
• Kero Blaster
• Cave Story
• Cave Story’s Secret Santa
• Five Nights at Freddy’s
• Willy’s Wonderland (2021)
• Pig (2021)
• Taken (2008)
• Doctor Eggman
• Dizzy
• William
• Sekiro
• Wander
• The King of All Cosmos
• Mister Mosquito
• Chibi-Robo

Recommendations:

Brandon: Cancel Spotify Pro

Tim: Download 4K Video Downloader, download Insert Credit Show every week from YouTube to feel more like a pirate

Kelsey: Liquid I.V.

Esper: my personal advice is to download all Insert Credit Show episodes from the archive.org page, the canonical “source” files, to feel cool.

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Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Tim Rogers, Brandon Sheffield and Kelsey Lewin. Edited by Esper Quinn. Original Music by Kurt Feldman.