Fan favorite panelists Ash Parrish and Liz Ryerson return triumphant to to cover Knuckles, vaporwave, and the multitude of things the hell wrong with video games.


Questions this week:

Let’s talk about Idris Elba as Knuckles (05:02)
What are some cool video game collections you know about? (10:42)
If you were in charge of a Fortnite music fest, who would you feature? (17:22)
Are video games part of vaporwave? (23:00)
Dirtbag Sleepy Nice demands: Name five metal genres, then assign five video games to them. (27:44)
What the hell is wrong with video games? (33:19)

LIGHTNING ROUND: Initial Design (01:16:18)


A lot of smart people will have more to say about this episode in the forums!


A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:

Mega Man Battle Network 2

Dragon Age: Origins

Final Fantasy VIII Adel fight

Worms Armageddon

Idris Elba as Knuckles

Idris Elba as Macavity

Michael Jackson’s involvement with Sonic 3

The Knuckles Rap

Black Woman Gets Two World Records For Her Vast Vintage Gaming Collection

Death Crimson

Travis Scott’s Fortnite concert

Ariana Grande’s Fortnite concert

Marshmello’s Fortnite concert

Björk

Death Grips

Lil Nas X

death’s dynamic shroud - I’ll Try Living Like This

Broken Reality

Black Thrash Metal

Doom Metal

Sludge Metal

Second-wave Black Metal

Grindcore

Paratopic

Control

S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadows of Chernobyl

Activision-Blizzard lawsuit and more

Raccoon Logic company photo

Steve Gaynor leaving Fullbright

Recommendations:


Liz: The Blood Zone, death’s dynamic shroud


Ash: Pig (2021)


Brandon: G.I. Samurai, Oddtaxi


Jaffe: The Nice House on the Lake


Edited by Esper Quinn. Original Music by Kurt Feldman.

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