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Video Game History Foundation Co-Director Kelsey Lewin joins Brandon, Tim and Alex in exploring duality, Caroque, and Spider-Man Root Canaling Pregnant Elsa.


Questions this week:

Which video game series really got it right on the second try? (02:38)
What was the state of video games during the second console generation? (08:05)
What are the keys to a great co-op video game experience? (13:27)
What would be the easiest game to adapt into a movie on a limited budget? (20:30)
Design a fourth Frogger 2. (23:36)
Dirtbag Evoline Theory: What is the impact of the Five Nights At Freddy’s franchise on the games industry? (30:48)
Violence Island (36:26)

LIGHTNING ROUND: Intellivision or ColecoVision? (46:47)


Recommendations and Outro (53:45)


Everyone else is discussing this episode in the forums, why aren’t you?


A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:

Sonic the Hedgehog 2

Go Go Ackman 2

Halo 2

Street Fighter II: The World Warrior

Half-Life 2

Persona 2: Eternal Punishment

Persona

R-Type Final 2

Super Mario Bros. 2

Turok 2: Seeds of Evil

Final Fantasy II

Dragon Warrior II

Final Fantasy XIV Online: A Realm Reborn

Final Fantasy VII: Remake

Ganbare Goemon 2

Street Fighter Alpha 2

Super Mario Galaxy 2

Fairchild Channel F

Atari 2600

Magnavox Odyssey 2

ColecoVision

Intellivision

Quake III: Arena

Resident Evil 5

Gears of War series

EVE Online

Lucky & Wild

Super Mario Odyssey

Pokémon: Let’s Go! series

Sewer Shark

Mad Dog McCree

Ground Zero Texas

Night Trap

Her Story

Sonic Forces

Frogger II: ThreeeDeep!

Frogger 2: Swampy’s Revenge

Frogger 2

Baroque

Baroque: Become a Meta-Being

Ribbit King

The Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction

Jumping Flash!

Simple 2000 series

Kero Blaster

Cave Story

Cave Story’s Secret Santa

Five Nights at Freddy’s

Willy’s Wonderland (2021)

Pig (2021)

Taken (2008)

Doctor Eggman

Dizzy

William

Sekiro

Wander

The King of All Cosmos

Mister Mosquito

Chibi-Robo

Recommendations:


Brandon: Cancel Spotify Pro


Tim: Download 4K Video Downloader, download Insert Credit Show every week from YouTube to feel more like a pirate


Kelsey: Liquid I.V.


Esper: my personal advice is to download all Insert Credit Show episodes from the archive.org page, the canonical “source” files, to feel cool.


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

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