Ep. 244 - Double-Sized Dirtbag Delve, with Andrés Velasco y Coll

EVO Head Tournament Organizer Andrés Velasco y Coll fills in as host for a number of listener submitted questions, covering Italian David Cage, Stardon’t Valley, and how to get a job in the video game industry.

Questions this week:

1. Anders asks: How do you get into the video game industry? (07:35)
2. AOL Netscape asks: What series or franchise has a spinoff game arguably better than its predecessor? (23:32)
3. Ross Hamrick asks: How would you remake Jackie Chan Stuntmaster? (29:52)
4. Horizontal Hold asks: Which Nintendo IP would Sega make a good entry of? (37:08)
5. Mox Bagel asks: Which game director would make the best physical version of their game? (44:24)
6. Dilson asks: What are the best crouching animations? (54:40)
7. The Fragrance of Dark Coffee asks: What is the oldest game you’d still recommend today? (59:48)
8. Spencer asks: Which games have the best third act? (01:09:18)

LIGHTNING ROUND: Name Design – Popular Podcasts (01:15:51)

Recommendations and Outro (01:22:32)

Delve into the forums to discuss this episode!

A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:

• Crime City
• Divekick: Addition Edition
• Super Hexagon
• VIDEOBALL
• Metal Gear series
• Hyper Gunsport now wishlistable on steam
• Indivisible
• BioShock series
• Animal Crossing: New Horizons
• Necrosoft Games is hiring a producer
• Evo
• Combo Breaker
• CEO Fighting Game Championships
• Video Game History Foundation
• Ninja
• Ninja Gaiden
• King of Fighters series
• Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
• Monster World IV
• Super Mario series
• Biohazard / Resident Evil series
• Tōhō (Touhou) series
• Sonic R
• Sonic the Hedgehog: Spinball
• Heroes of Might and Magic series
• Dark Arms: Beast Buster 1999
• Dark Souls series
• King’s Field
• Legend of Zelda series
• Bust-A-Move
• Jackie Chan Stuntmaster
• Scarface: The World Is Yours
• Simpsons: Hit & Run
• Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction
• Prototype
• Jackie Chan’s Action Kung Fu
• Dynamite Deka series
• Star Wars: Jedi - Fallen Order
• Stranglehold
• Watch_Dogs
• Destroy All Humans!
• inFAMOUS series
• Kirby games
• Landstalker
• Sylvan Tale
• Crusader of Centy
• Linkle Liver Story
• Magic Knight Rayearth
• Dark Savior
• Star Fox series
• Kid Icarus series
• Punch-Out series
• Super Smash Brothers series
• Panzer Dragoon
• Pokémon Snap
• River City Ransom series
• Yakuza / Ryū ga Gotoku series
• Vagrant Story
• Bennett Foddy
• Illbleed
• Silent Hill series
• Sleep No More
• Chris Pratt says his Mario voice is ‘unlike anything you’ve heard’
• City Hunter
• Rolling Thunder series
• The Ninja Warriors
• Sonic Mania
• The Adventures of Batman & Robin
• Bayonetta series
• Gears of War series
• Kenka Bancho: Badass Rumble
• Asteroids Deluxe
• Tempest
• Galaga
• Zoo Keeper
• Dog Patch
• California Extreme
• Pong
• Combat
• DOOM
• Crispy Doom
• Warlords
• Spacewar
• Computer History Museum
• Lunar Lander
• StarCraft series
• Marvel Spider-Man: Miles Morales
• Cyberpunk 2077
• Mother / EarthBound series
• Undertale
• King Kong (1933)
• Ape Escape

Recommendations:

Frank: Listen to some other show if you want recommendations, GDQ 2022 Mario Kaizo relay race

Brandon: Space Is the Place (1974), Void Pyramid, Xoo: Xeno Xafari

Andres: Dimension 20’s Starstruck Odyssey

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Hosted by Andres Velasco y Coll, with Frank Cifaldi, Tim Rogers and Brandon Sheffield. Edited by Esper Quinn. Original Music by Kurt Feldman.