Ep. 213 - The Gumption of My Own Horse

In which our heroes consider for whom the Hey Guys tolls, deliberate Superman questions, and witness the birth of Peggle exercise.

Questions this week:

1. Frank Cifaldi asks: Do you remember seeing Super Mario 64 for the first time? (06:35)
2. Which are better, ranged or melee weapons? (13:05)
3. What are some video game resources more people should know about? (18:13)
4. What’s the stupidest way you’ve ever died in a video game? (26:09)
5. What’s the difference between a Bizarro and a Wario? (31:12)
6. Dirtbag Gachaman asks: What is the best single button press in video games? (38:28)
7. Review Sonic the Hedgehog 2 in six minutes. (45:50)
8. Violence Island (51:47)
9. What’s the Coronavirus booster shot of video games? (01:04:49)

LIGHTNING ROUND: Trophy Life (1:10:32)

Recommendations and Outro (01:19:16)

Did you see what those guys said about Sonic 2? Talk about it with people in the forum!

A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:

• Tim’s Minnesota mansion
• Super Mario 64
• NiGHTS into Dreams…
• Super Mario Odyssey
• Power Blade
• Chrontendo ep. 59
• Cross Wiber: Cyber-Combat-Police
• Castlevania: The Adventure - ReBirth
• Metal Slug
• Super Mario 3D World
• Dynasty Warriors
• God Hand
• Fortnite
• GameFly
• Replay Burners
• 1984 [60fps] Wai Wai Jockey Gate-In! Loop1 on Replay Burners
• GDC’s youtube channel
• GDC Vault
• MobyGames
• 1990 [60fps] Cyber-Lip Hardest ALL on Replay Burners
• World of Longplays
• The Internet Archive (search for “redump” and “no-intro”)
• Cyberpunk 2077
• Red Dead Redemption II
• Shin Megami Tensei IV
• Bizarro
• Wario
• Cyborg Superman
• Steel
• Superboy
• Eradicator
• A Soul Calibur Final Boss
• John Carter
• General Zod
• Injustice: Gods Among Us
• Shigeru Miyamoto
• Ninja Gaiden
• Filco Majestouch 2 (Esper prefers Cherry Blue switches)
• Terminator 2 pinball machine
• X-Men
• Golden Axe
• Peggle
• Donpachi series
• R-Type Final
• Super Mario Bros. 3
• Half A-Presses
• Deadly Premonition
• Sonic the Hedgehog 2
• Chemical Plant Zone music
• Cacodemon
• Pac-Man
• DOOM Eternal
• Takahashi Meijin
• Billy Mitchell
• Shinya Arino
• Diddy Kong
• AiAi
• Turok 2: Seeds of Evil
• Hybrid Heaven

Recommendations:

Brandon: Regency Solitaire, Cruis’n Blast

Frank: The Fraction/Aja run of Hawkeye that the show is based on

Tim: Action Button Patreon

Jaffe: Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure - Stone Ocean

Edited by Esper Quinn. Original Music by Kurt Feldman.