Frank, Ash, and Brandon spend the end of the year clearing out the Question Hole, finding brainslop, Tommy Tallarico’s new alias Sammy Salazar, and the death of Sonic the Hedgehog. 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:

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  “Earth friend, if you want to stay alive, turn off the computer.”
  


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  Persona series
  


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  The Hierophant
  


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  The Tower
  


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  The High Priestess
  


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  The Chariot
  


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  Magical Drop series
  


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  Tarot
  


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  WonderSwan
  


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  Sega Saturn
  


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  Ayami Kojima
  

1: MarkJ asks, what’s the most inappropriate time and place for a video game merchant to set up shop? (04:02 )

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  Phantasy Star series
  


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  Pokemon series
  


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  Elden Ring
  


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  Fantasy Zone
  


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  Opa-Opa
  


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  The Simpsons
  


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  Resident Evil 4
  


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  Merchant
  


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  Leon Kennedy
  


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  Moogles
  


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  Final Fantasy IX
  

2: Call Me By Your Name asks, which game would you play until eternity ends? (7:30 )

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  Elevator Action Returns
  


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  Memento (2000)
  


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  Nethack
  


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  Dwarf Fortress
  


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  Holedown
  


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  Tetris
  


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  Baldur’s Gate III
  


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  Pluribus
  

3: David asks, what would it take to make a consistently funny game? (10:36 )

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  Disco Elysium
  


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  High on Life
  


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  Marvel Deadpool VR
  


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  Kaizo
  


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  FromSoftware
  

4: Ryan asks, if you could be the best in the world at one video game what would it be? (12:37 )

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  Tetris
  


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  California State Lottery
  


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  Street Fighter series
  


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  Tekken series
  


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  Kimberly
  


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  Elena
  

5: NVB asks, how would you bring back text adventure games? (13:56 )

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  Ace Attorney series
  


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  Twine
  

6: Gallander asks, do you have any game or experience that makes you reflect on how things that once were won’t ever be again, or makes you too sad? (14:58 )

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  Why Do They Call It Oven When You Of In The Cold Food Of Out Hot Eat The Food?
  


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  Dragon Age: The Veilguard
  


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  XCOM series
  


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  Animal Crossing series
  


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  Sonic 3 & Knuckles
  

7: Horizontal Hold asks, what video game soundtrack is most analogous in its sound as it is to its gameplay? (16:56 )

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  Tetris Effect
  


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  Demonschool
  


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  Rez
  


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  WarioWare series
  


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  Sound Shapes
  


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  The Legend of Zelda
  

8: Billy asks, what modern non-arcade games would be improved if only available in arcades? (18:25 )

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  Beat Saber
  


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  Balatro
  


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  CloverPit
  


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  Dogpile
  

9: Corey asks, what is the next phenomenon that will be predicted by a Hideo Kojima game? (19:18 )

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  Hideo Kojima
  


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  Death Stranding
  


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  Metal Gear Solid 2
  


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  Sammy Salazar
  


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  Tommy Tallarico
  


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  Mr. Snrub
  

10: SvenserSblant asks, how has working in the game industry impacted your ability to enjoy games? (22:20 )

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  Game Boy Advance
  

11: Gaagaagiins asks, what would be the for a cool run? (23:58 )

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  Tool-assisted speedrun
  


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  Mega Man series
  


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  The Sopranos
  


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  SNK 40th Anniversary Collection
  


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  Games Done Quick
  

12: MDS asks, if you knew better in the past, what game or console would you have been super into? (27:20 )

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  Super Nintendo
  


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  Game Boy Color
  


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  Commodore 64
  


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  Amiga
  


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  Karateka
  


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  Jordan Mechner
  

Online Multiplayer: Two Game Blister Pack Pairing (30:36 )

13: FLCL Forever asks, If Sega had nigh-unlimited money, what could they have done to save the Saturn? (32:47 )

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  Sega Saturn
  


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  Xbox One
  


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  PlayStation
  


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  32X
  


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  Dreamcast
  


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  A $5 Million Gift From Sega Saved Nvidia
  


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  Sonic the Hedgehog
  


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