Ep. 243 - Alunderstanding Laryngoscopy, with Doc Burford

Adios Director Doc Burford joins the panel to cover pulse oximeters, what Michael Bay understood about West Side Story, and the RP Walk Button.

Questions this week:

1. At what point in playing a game do you feel justified picking up a guide? (06:05)
2. If all video games are fantasy fulfillment, which games serve the most niche interest? (11:18)
3. Design a game for the Nintendo Wii Vitality Sensor accessory. (17:14)
4. Jaffe Guesses the Golden Age of Konami – Round 3 (24:20)
5. Daisopop asks: What’s better? default running with a walk button or default walking with a run button? (25:31)
6. Is Niantic a one-hit wonder? (31:58)
7. Who is the Baz Luhrmann of video games? (37:59)

LIGHTNING ROUND: GameFAQ&As: S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl (43:11)

Recommendations and Outro (49:36)

Toggle your run/walk button and get over to the forums to discuss this episode!

A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:

• “Mystery Box” Vintage Video Game Magazines
• Arc System Works
• Super Mario series
• Mega Man / Rockman series
• Persona series
• Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
• TV Sports series
• Super Mario Bros. / Duck Hunt
• Breath of Fire: Dragon Quarter
• Citizen Sleeper
• Runaway 2: The Dream of the Turtle
• Alundra
• Euro Truck Simulator series
• Ice Road Truckers
• The Simple Life
• The Good Life
• PC Building Simulator
• Hardspace: Shipbreaker
• Adios
• Animal Crossing series
• Stardew Valley
• Nintendo president: Wii Vitality Sensor shelved, ‘did not work as expected’
• Wii Fit
• Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day!
• Ring Fit Adventure
• The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
• Bad reviews of Yankee Candle might predict waves of Covid-19
• Final Fantasy VII
• Pokémon GO
• Ingress
• Shin Megami Tensei series
• Baz Luhrmann
• David Cage
• Ken Levine
• Tom Hooper
• Darren Aronofsky
• Mother! (2017)
• The Great Gatsby (2013)
• Elvis (2022)
• Doja Cat
• Romeo + Juliet (1996)
• The Beach (2000)
• Romeo Must Die (2000)
• BioShock series
• Busby Berkeley
• Michael Bay
• West Side Story (1961)

Recommendations:

Frank: The Video Game History Foundation

Brandon: Mad God (2021) East Bay Wilds, wishlist Demonschool on Steam please

Doc: pick up Adios on Switch, Xbox, PC, whatever

Jaffe: Adios on Switch, Xbox, PC, whatever

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Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Tim Rogers, Brandon Sheffield, and Doc Burford. Edited by Esper Quinn. Original Music by Kurt Feldman.