Ep. 195 - Knuckles' Chaotix Is For Lovers, with Jeff Gerstmann

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English - July 26, 2021 02:47 - 1 hour - 65.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 99 ratings
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Previous Episode: Ep. 194 - Kim Cardassian, with Rachel Weil and Lotte May

Next Episode: Ep. 196 - The 420 Episode, with Patrick Miller

Game journalist and Giant Bomb co-founder Jeff Gerstmann joins the panel to cover The Wheelman, phone phreaking, and Super Sushi Pinball.

Questions this week:

Rachel Weil asks: What are you favorite hidden gem video game reviews? (03:20)
What does Frank have to report on his two-week absence to save video games? (09:20)
What’s going on with the video game speculator market? (14:43)
How and why did Giant Bomb become a wiki for video games, and hows that going? (19:57)
Design a game about phone phreaking in the 20th century. (25:48)
Dirtbag Kory asks: In the year 2050, what will be known as the most ridiculous part of video games in 2021? (31:25)
What game design principles make a really satisfying pinball table? (35:26)
Fifteen years after the launch of the Wii, what do we have to say about casual games? (41:12)
What’s the history and current state of publishers paying for reviews? (46:34)
What is the Francisco Goya’s Saturn Devouring His Son of video games? (52:27)

LIGHTNING ROUND: Who’s It For? (56:36)

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A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:

Shade wolf from Nier (spoilers)

Dog’s Life

The Revenge of Shinobi

Kimimi The Game Eating She-Monster

Mizzurna Falls

Old Man Murray

Erik Wolpaw’s Final Fight One Review

Chrontendo

Topher’s Sonic 2 review