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:

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

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