Ep. 218 - Donkey Milk, with Kris Graft

GameDeveloper.com publisher Kris Graft joins the panel to cover E3, Square Enix NFTs, what rock and roll really is, and smoking weed at the Sega E3 booth.

Questions this week:

1. How does Jaffe beat his friend in a Metacritic rating betting pool? (04:17)
2. What video game character would you invite to a potluck, and what would they bring? (12:04)
3. What the hell is Square Enix’s problem? (19:10)
4. Design an emote for an online game. (25:58)
5. What would a Rockstar Games version of an Orlando theme park be like? (33:28)
6. Tim Rogers asks: You guys wanna talk about E3? (40:46)
7. Dirtbag Mike Larkey asks: Design a recently public domain Winnie-the-Pooh game (47:57)
8. Violence Island (53:52)
9. What is rock and roll? (01:05:06)

Recommendations and Outro (01:12:44)

Maybe everyone who discusses this episode in the forums will talk about donkey milk less!

A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:

• Metacritic
• Sifu
• Horizon: Zero Dawn
• Days Gone
• Cooking Mama
• Crash Bandicoot
• Bubsy
• Little Mac
• Master Chief
• Marcus Michael Fenix
• Bayonetta
• Shin Megami Tensei V
• The Ninja Warriors
• Square Enix’s New Years letter talking about NFTs and other trash
• Cryptoland
• Fortnite
• Destiny
• The Macarena
• Gangnam Style
• Voldo
• Bayonetta’s Avocado Dance
• i’m not gonna link that whale milking picture, thank me later
• Grand Theft Auto series
• Hot Coffee
• BioShock Infinite
• Jungle Cruise (2021)
• A Christmas Carol (2009)
• The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)
• Attack of the Friday Monsters!
• Banjo-Kazooie
• Hook
• Story of Seasons series
• Bomber Man
• Bomb Man
• Mighty Bomb Jack
• Bomberman Hero
• Minecraft Steve
• Cubivore
• Manic Miner
• Mr. Driller
• Chao
• Chocobo
• VMU
• PocketStation
• The Hurt Locker (2008)
• The Beatles
• Elvis Presley
• Cream
• Led Zeppelin
• Sister Rosetta Tharpe
• Chuck Berry
• Lil Nas X
• The Beatles: Get Back

Thanks:

Brandon: Syzygy of the Insert Credit Forums

Recommendations:

Jaffe: thanking Syzygy

Kris: Alan Partridge audiobooks

Tim: Don’t bother looking into what Wordle is

Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Tim Rogers, Brandon Sheffield and Kris Graft. Edited by Esper Quinn. Original Music by Kurt Feldman.