Ep. 417 - Large Mangle
Description
Frank, Ash, and Brandon hang out and talk about Steam’s censorship, friendslop, and the Never Gonna Give You Up of video games.
Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Ash Parrish, and Brandon Sheffield. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.
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SHOW NOTES:
“I may be damp, but I have a cheerful character!”
Tootsie Roll
Half Price Books
Spider-Man: Spirits of the Earth
Fireball Cinnamon Whisky
Jeppson’s Malört
Carly Rae Jepsen
New car smell
Autoeroticism
1: How, if at all, should video game distribution services be screening submissions of video games? (05:15 )
Game Developer: Santa Ragione co-founder Pietro Righi Riva on Horses, Steam, and possible closure of the studio
Horses
Steam
South Park: The Stick of Truth
Hyperdimension Neptunia
ESRB
Epic Games Store
itch.io
2: Where is the line between inspiration and plagarism? (11:40 )
Critter Crunch
Money Idol Exchanger
AstroPop
Magical Drop
ChatGPT
Steve Engelhart
Batman: the Animated Series
Green Lantern
Batman: Dark Detective
The Dark Knight (2008)
Guy Gardner
Superman (2025)
Legends of the DC Universe
3: What are the best video game tiles? (16:43 )
4: What is the newest kind of video game? (22:36 )
Extraction shooter
Friendslop
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Second Life
Ultima
Habitat
Habbo Hotel
Demon’s Souls
Soulslike
Rogue
Roguelike
Metroidvania
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
Metroid
Castlevania
God Hand
Bushido Blade
Battle royale
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds
Minecraft
DayZ
Motoroader MC
Battle Royale
The Hunger Games
Tommy Tallarico
A Statement from Frank Cifaldi (30:01 )
5: Esper Quinn asks, who is the best game developer in literature? (32:33 )
Ready Player One
Diamond Age
Gandalf
Dragon Quest series
Akira Toriyama
Yuji Horii
Shigesato Itoi
Black Mirror: Bandersnatch
The Riddler
Mary Shelley
Death Stranding
Hideo Kojima
Frankenstein
The Adventures of Batman & Robin
Batman licensees
Macaw45
Batman (1989)
The Bat Signal lights up the sky. It must be… Bat-Octoberfest.
6: Should every roleplaying game have romance options? (39:56 )
7: What is the Rick Astley’s Never Gonna Give You Up of video games? (45:44 )
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