Crystal Dynamics and GDQ Community Manager Vanessa B joins Ash and Brandon to talk about Horses discourse, engaging with game communities, and Juri’s feet. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Ash Parrish, Brandon Sheffield, and Vanessa B. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.

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SHOW NOTES:

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  Discord
  


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  “They hate me…But I still have to shop”
  


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  Color blindness
  


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  Diablo series
  


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  League of Legends
  


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  Crystal Dynamics
  


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  Games Done Quick
  


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  Vanessa B AKA PleasantlyTwstd
  


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  Bloodborne
  

1: What’s the best community in speedrunning? (04:57 )

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  Haloruns.com
  


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  Halo series
  


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  Celeste
  


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  Black in a Flash
  


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  Cuphead
  


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  Tool-assisted speedrun
  


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  Castlevania series
  


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  Demonschool
  


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  Final Fantasy XII
  


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  Super Mario 64
  


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  Ender Lilies: Quietus of the Knights
  


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  Resident Evil series
  


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  Lady Arcaders
  


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  GDQueer
  


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  Frame Fatales
  

2: How does a community manager keep the fanbase of a series engaged between release cycles? (13:23 )

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  Ep. 208 - How to Correctly Pronounce Ocarina, with Jackie Cole
  


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  Tomb Raider series
  


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  Twitter
  


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  Can You Pet the Dog?
  


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  MUD
  


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  FarmVille
  


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  Capcom Creator Program
  


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  Monster Hunter series
  


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  Victoria Tran
  


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  Among Us
  


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  Andy Wong
  


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  Street Fighter series
  


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  Marvel vs. Capcom series
  


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  Juri
  


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  The Behemoth
  

3: Here in 2025, how do you explain the significance of Lara Croft? (20:54 )

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  Lara Croft
  


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  Alyx Vance
  


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  Half-Life series
  


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  Jade
  


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  Beyond Good & Evil series
  


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  Nathan Drake
  


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  Pitfall Harry
  


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  Indiana Jones
  


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  Metroid Prime 4: Beyond
  


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  yoobrandii
  

4: What is Gex like in real life? (30:17 )

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  Gex
  


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  Geoff Keighley
  


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  Conker
  


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  Bubsy
  


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  Sonic
  


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  Alex Kidd
  


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  Crash Bandicoot
  


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  Ratchet
  


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  Jak
  


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  PaRappa Rappa
  


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  Nathan Fillion
  


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  Geico Gecko
  


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  Batman
  

5: spencergifs asks, how would one make a video game that had the fewest amount of players while generating the largest amount of discourse and content? (37:07 )

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  Horses
  


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  Pokemon series
  


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  Umamusume: Pretty Derby
  


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  Mouthwashing
  


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  I Am Rich
  


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  Touhou Project
  

6: Are there specific racial stereotypes within the video game industry and community that we have to contend with? (43:29 )

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  Michael Jackson
  


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  The Witcher series
  


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  Assassin’s Creed series
  


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  Aloy
  


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  Fallout tv series
  


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  Killmonger cut
  


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  Overwatch
  


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  Lúcio
  


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  Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
  


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  Stray
  

LIGHTNING ROUND: Synestheatre (50:05 )

Recommendations and Outro (01:10:21 ):

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  Vanessa: Back to Black 2026, Speeding Through the Holidays
  


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  Ash: Sit with art that makes you uncomfortable


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  Brandon: Under Siege (1992), the blu-ray commentary for The Hunted (1995) if you’re interested in the craft of making movies, Unglued - Way Back When
  


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  Jaffe: Demonschool
  

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