Ep. 450 - The Italian Hyphen
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The panel covers game cancellations, Gen Z’s first games, and consummating a game.
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:
- Suikoden
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Je suis-koden
- “What are you doing dying! Awful! Start over!”
- Triceratops
- Tyrannosaurus
- Pachycephalosaurus
- Ankylosaurus
- Stegosaurus
- Monster Hunter series
1: What game do you think was the first game for the highest percentage of Gen Z gamers? (03:14)
- Generation Z
- Minecraft
- Wii
- New Super Mario Bros. Wii
- Wii Sports
- Guitar Hero series
- Angry Birds
- Subway Surfers
- Roblox
- Generation Alpha
- Mega Man: Legacy Collection
- Nintendo 64
2: What was the longest you have been stuck on a video game? (08:52)
- Exile: Wicked Phenomenon
- TurboGrafx
- Shenmue II
- Tomb Raider II
- PlayStation
- Bubsy
- Prima Strategy Guides
- GameFAQs
3: What’s the hardest you’ve ever been hit by a video game cancellation? (15:32)
- Data West
- Bonk RPG
- Yakuza: Like a Dragon
- SNK
- King of Fighters series
- Vectorman series
- Sonic X-treme
- Final Fantasy Versus XIII
- Final Fantasy XIII-2
- Final Fantasy XV
- Forbes: An ‘Assassin’s Creed’ Civil War Game Was Canceled Because Of Yasuke Reaction, US Politics
- Red Dead Redemption
- Mafia III
- Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag - Freedom Cry
- Castle Wolfenstein series
- Kotaku: Warner Bros. Cancels Wonder Woman Game And Shuts Down Shadow Of Mordor Studio
- X-Women: The Sinister Virus
- EarthBound 64
- The Adventures of Batman & Robin
- Jesper Kyd
- Kingdom Hearts IV
4: If you could replace the words “Press Start” on video game start up screens with any other phrase, what would it be? (21:50)
5: Propelleher asks, what video game character would you trust to house sit for you while you’re away? (26:44)
- Kazuma Kiryu
- Frey Holland
- Big the Cat
- Sonic the Hedgehog
- King
- Jack
- Blanka
- Chibi-Robo
- Servbot
- Dr. Robotnik
- Scratch
- Grounder
- Miles “Tails” Prower
- Cream the Rabbit
- Amy Rose
- Knuckles’ Chaotix
- Charmy Bee
- Cheese the Chao
- Blaze the Cat
- Goofy
- Pluto
6: What do you predict will be the final non-Nintendo game released on a disc? (32:49)
- Wii U
- Call of Duty series
- Sega Genesis
- FIFA series
- Nintendo Switch 2
- PlayStation 2
- PlayStation 3
- MLB series
- Just Dance series
- PlayStation 5
- Frogger
- GameBoy Color
- Game Gear
- Ms. Pac-Man
7: What is the Chubby Checker’s “Let’s Twist Again” of video games? (36:05)
- Chubby Checker
- The Twist
- Let’s Twist Again
- Twistin’ USA
- Twist It Up
- Do The Freddie
- Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Remake
- Bubsy series
- Street Fighter II series
- Mortal Kombat series
- Overwatch 2
- Metal Gear Solid: VR Missions
- Super Mario 64
- Lair
- Sixaxis
- The Last of Us series
LIGHTNING ROUND: Micro Maker (41:25)
Recommendations and Outro (52:12):
- Brandon: Flamin’ Hot Doritos, dried jackfruit, check out your local physical media place and just look around
- Frank: That’s It Organic Fruit Crunchables, figure out how to consume media without watching ads because the social contract has been broken
- Ash: Fla-Vor-Ice
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