Ep. 191 - The Not Game Making Dimension, with Liz Ryerson

Musician, writer, and Insert Credit regular Liz Ryerson returns to cover lawyer angels, Charles Martinet’s infidelity, and Le Console.

Questions this week:

1. Kelsey Lewin asks: What’s the recipe for the worst way to play Super Mario Bros.? (03:42)
2. Has a spiritual sequel to a game ever surpassed it? (08:58)
3. How would you commemorate a series 30th anniversary when you have no new games to announce? (13:16)
4. Can listening to a game’s soundtrack spoil the game? (18:00)
5. How have video games failed the queer community? (23:09)
6. Dirtbag MoxBagel asks: How do you design around players hoarding items? (32:49)
7. If all the big tech giants made video game consoles, which one would be the biggest disaster? (38:28)
8. What are the best unlicensed games? (43:36)
9. Can realistic human jumping be fun in video games? (49:15)
10. Who’s the Christopher Columbus of video games? (54:26)

LIGHTNING ROUND: Glitchfork Reviews (59:03)

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A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:

• NES Advantage controller
• NES Max controller
• Power Glove
• Game Genie
• Axiom Verge
• Bloodstained
• King’s Field
• Siren
• Thimbleweed Park
• The Legendary Axe
• Astyanax
• The Magic of Scheherazade
• Sonic Symphony
• Friend of the show Ash Parrish
• Topher’s legendary Sonic 2 SE letsplay
• Earthbound
• Chrono Cross
• Chrono Trigger
• Sonic Mania
• Homestuck
• Undertale
• Tim Follin
• Nier’s terrible trophy
• Deadly Premonition
• Poison
• Birdetta
• Earth Angel bar
• Erica Anderson
• Saints Row
• Razer E3 keynote
• Stadia is dead
• Amazon buys the CryEngine
• Amazon Games probably one of the worst disasters in gamedev
• Micro Machines
• Magic Kid Googoo
• Armadillo
• ATB
• Knights of the Round
• Fuzhou Waixing Computer Science & Technology Co.,LTD
• Strip Fighter II (nsfw, but only in theory)
• Another World
• Canabalt
• Normal Mario Bros
• Bethesda and Madden
• The Edge Guy
• Tommy Tallarico
• Mamoru Samuragochi

Recommendations:

Brandon: Ace Combat 3 soundtrack, Liz’s Sounds From The Abyss mixes

Frank: Sleep, drink water

Liz: Stretch, Ross’s Game Dungeon, The Blood Zone

Edited by Esper Quinn. Original Music by Kurt Feldman.