Ep. 452 - Ground Bud
Show notes
The panel you know and love returns to discuss E3, user generated content, and Ryan Baby Goose.
Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Ash Parrish, and Brandon Sheffield. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.
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SHOW NOTES:
- The Criterion Channel
- Kiyoshi Kurosawa
- The Samurai and the Prisoner (2026)
- Akira Kurosawa
- Gatorade Zero Glacier Cherry
- Costco
- Water
- Vitamin Water XXX
- xXx (2002)
- Stella Sacco
1: What’s everybody been up to lately? (03:13)
- San Diego Comic-Con
- Funko Pop
- Marvel Cinematic Universe
- Star Trek
- Steve Ditko
- Kimba the White Lion
- Batman
- Hutchinson Island
- Sea turtle
- Crow
- Lemming
- Sea cucumber
- Rabbit
- Florida Keys
- Jellyfish
- America the Beautiful
2 What was E3 like? (12:06)
- E3
- Dreamcast
- PlayStation 2
- Crash Bandicoot
- NEC Interchannel
- PC Engine
- The Video Game History Foundation E3 Collection
- Carolyn Rauch
- The Beatles: Rock Band
- Sega Saturn
- PlayStation
- Electronic Gaming Monthly
- Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
- Game Informer
- Spider-Man
3: What are the best implementations of weather effects in video games? (19:27)
- Haunted Mansion
- Soulslike
- Final Fantasy X
- Ghostwire: Tokyo
- The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker
- Super Mario series
- Looney Tunes
- Journey to the West
- Astro Boy
- Astro Bot
- Ken Griffey Jr Presents Major League Baseball
- Peanut Butter the Speedrunning Dog
- Jerry Rice & Nitus’s Dog Football
- Hollywood Reporter: ‘Air Bud Returns’ Movie Reboot Sets Cast Ahead of 2026 Release
- Variety: Ryan Gosling Cast as Ghost Rider in Marvel Movie
- Baby Driver (2017)
- Ryan Gosling
- Gosling
4: Design a dating game that takes place at the Cheesecake Factory (25:05)
5: Room Check! (32:24)
- Game Developer Conference
- Children’s Fairyland
- “It’s Just Emulation!”: The Challenge of Selling Old Games
- It’s Still Emulation: Saving Video Game History Before It’s Too Late
- Preserving Game History: It’s Just Us
- Bubsy
- Gunpla
- MS-09 Dom
- Advanced Variable Geo
6: SteveWithAB asks, what was a major inflection point for video games that didn’t feel like one at the time? (40:04)
7: What is the Emily Wilson’s critique of Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey of video games? (45:29)
- Emily Wilson
- Christopher Nolan
- The Odyssey (2026)
- NPR: ‘Odyssey’ translator Emily Wilson says Nolan shouldn’t have written the movie himself
- Hideo Kojima
- Capcom
- Dante’s Inferno
- Console Wars
- The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023)
- Stellar Blade
- Bayonetta
- Dracula
- Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
- Sephiroth
- Anne Rice
LIGHTNING ROUND: Notable Patreon Characters (54:22)
Recommendations and Outro (01:05:31):
- Brandon: Game Industry Hardship Bundle
- Ash: Drink more tea
- Frank: Go somewhere without an agenda
- Jaffe: Magic Every Day with Esper Quinn
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