Ep. 183 - We Need To Talk About The Noid, with Jim Stormdancer

Jim Stormdancer, developer of Frog Fractions and host of Topic Lords joins the panel to hearld/warn of the return of The Noid, how to craft an ARG, and The Insert Credit Greatest Game of All Time (ICGGOAT). (Content warning: This episode contains strong language.)

Questions this week:

1. We Need To Talk About The Noid (00:57)
2. What game did you have to learn to like before liking it? (06:29)
3. Is there a line between surprising players and not giving them the game they paid for? (09:34)
4. What do we have to say about NFTs? (15:27)
5. Which game series have the most interesting naming and numbering conventions? (20:08)
6. Dirtbag Kory asks: What are the best games about electricity? (25:52)
7. What are the game design principles behind a good ARG? (31:39)
8. What would your video game vanity license plate be? (37:53)
9. What’s the best Star Wars game, and how could you make a better one? (40:57)
10. What is the Paddington 2 of video games? (46:13)

LIGHTNING ROUND: Adjectivity (51:33)

Think YOU have better answers than the panel? You don’t! But you can discuss the episode here in the insert credit forums.

A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:

• The Noid
• Hatsune Miku <3
• Avoid The Noid
• Yo! Noid
• KFConsole
• Dr. Muto
• Dr. Neo Cortex
• Ys
• Dragon Slayer: The Legend of Heroes
• Warlock
• Frog Fractions
• King of the Hill “Full Metal Dust Jacket”
• NFTs
• Long Blockchain Corporation
• List of Kingdom Hearts games
• NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139…
• Driv3r
• Battle Frenzy
• Herzog und Herzog Zwei
• Zwei und Zwei 2
• Megamanx
• 9 Stories 9 Rooms 9 Whatevers
• Shenzhen I/O
• Chibi Robo!: Plug into Adventure!
• Gunpoint
• Elec Man
• Electrician
• Hansha de Spark!
• Pipe Dream
• Frog Fractions ARG
• What’s That Game? on the insert credit forums
• Train Hot Dog Podcast
• Sea of Thieves
• GTA2
• Star Wars: Dark Forces
• Star Wars
• Super Star Wars
• Star Wars: Jedi - Fallen Order
• Battlefront und Battlefront Squadrons
• Star Wars Holiday Special
• Paddington 2 (2017)
• Babe: Pig in the City (1998)
• Kuron and the Jelly Islands
• The Quiet Man

Recommendations:

Brandon: Dance Volunteer by Portable Rock, Pensieri di Nessuno by Words And Actions, Gozu (2003)

Frank: Play video games on easy

Jim: The Hat DLC which is no longer on sale, Topic Lords

Edited by Esper Quinn. Original Music by Kurt Feldman.