Writer and Video Producer for Polygon Jenna Stoeber joins the panel to litigate whether P.T. is a complete game, milking for sport, and Zapdouglas.


Questions this week:

K Thor Jensen asks: does your inventory management system reflect your real-world inventory management style? (04:56)
What is the most incorrect prediction about video games you’ve ever heard or made? (10:25)
What video game series should be adapted to young adult novels? (15:35)
Which dormant video game series with three or more entries ended on the highest note? (19:41)
What twitter account would you start to influence a trend in video game development, a la Can You Pet The Dog? (24:32)
Dirtbag MVB asks: What are some good games made from reused assets? (30:09)
What’s some of the juiciest drama you’ve seen in a video game community or message board? (35:16)
What songs not written for video games do you associate with video games? (39:55)
How do you make failure in video games fun? (45:28)
What is the Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho of video games? (50:34)

LIGHTNING ROUND: Pokedexperts (54:03)


Recommendations and Outro (59:05)


I don’t see why you wouldn’t discuss this episode in the forums, you know?


A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:

Metal Gear Solid 2

Dead and Buried (1981)

Evil Dead II (1987)

Cat People (1982)

Animorphs TV series

Unpacking

Resident Evil 4

Solatorobo

Fallout 3

How accurate were 2009’s video game predictions?

Curiosity: What’s Inside The Cube?

Project Milo

Insert Credit’s Own Mathew Kumar

(sorry folks, Mobygames went down right at this point in the edit!! the following links will use wikipedia or something else. -Esper)

Stardew Valley

Halo novels

League of Legends

Injustice: Gods Among Us

Uncharted

Sonic Mania

Silent Hill series

Can You Pet The Dog?

Is Something Behind The Waterfall?

Sega Genesis Development Kit

Rayman Fiesta Run

Batman: Arkham Origins

King of Fighters Dream Match 99

The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask

I Wanna Be The Guy

Delores: A Thimbleweed Park Mini-Adventure

Mad World

All I Want by Offspring

Greensleeves

Music of the Fallout series

Beyond the Sea

The Ink Spots

The Beatles Rock Band

Through The Fire and Flames

Star Trek Enterprise intro

GROW series

Nightshade

Celeste

Dangerous Curves soundtrack

QWOP

Crime Scene Kitchen

Recommendations:


Frank: The Ink Spots baby, take Frank’s file boxes


Jenna: Inscryption


Brandon: Get a buyout from your landlord if you’re moving out of a rent-controlled apartment


Edited by Esper Quinn. Original Music by Kurt Feldman.

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