Ep. 286 - Musouls, with Blessing Adeoye Jr.
Kinda Funny Games host and producer Blessing Adeoye Jr. joins the panel to cover review scores for video games, Frank’s answer for good adventure game design, and the Capcom Five. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Tim Rogers, Brandon Sheffield, and Blessing Adeoye Jr. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.
Questions this week:
What do people expect from a review of a new game? (06:29)
Who have been the best level designers since Doom? (17:23)
How can a difficult video game puzzle keep players from losing patience and resolve to solve it? (25:06)
Let’s all record some all purpose video game sample dialogue. (33:13)
Insert Credit Ad Break: 100 Gold (37:36)
Lloyd Irving asks: Rank the Capcom Five (38:50)
Koei Tecmo wants you to scout the right IP for their next Musou game. Who do you approach? (46:46)
LIGHTNING ROUND: Reccing Crew - Star Wars characters (54:42)
Recommendations and Outro (01:07:06)
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A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:
Chun-Li
The Pest (1997)
K’
Terry Bogard
Garou: Mark of the Wolves
Asuka 120% series
Blue Mary
Ramlethal Valentine
Eddy Gordo
Scorpion
Takeda Takahashi
Fight Night Round 3
PS5 controller could track your sweat and heart rate
The Last of Us: Part I
Redfall
Star Wars: Jedi - Survivor
Dead Rising
Cyberpunk 2077
Pokémon Scarlet
Xenoblade Chronicles 2
Fallout: New Vegas
GamePro Magazine
Super Mario series
Doom
Gears of War series
The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds
Dishonored
Prey
Deathloop
Hitman series
Hirokazu Yasuhara
Sonic the Hedgehog series
Uncharted series
Sonic R
Jak X: Combat Racing
Ghostwire: Tokyo
Silent Hill series
Resident Evil series
Nintendo patents in-game hint system
Digital Pictures
Until Dawn
The Quarry
Star Wars: Jedi - Fallen Order
Horizon II: Forbidden West - Burning Shores
Call of Duty series
Audio Atrocities
Vincent Price
Bloody Wolf
Capcom Five
P.N.03
Viewtiful Joe
Dead Phoenix
Resident Evil 4
Killer7
The Silver Case
Flower Sun and Rain
Shenmue series
Huge Earthbound Fan Excited to Play It for First Time
Gundam
God Hand
Ace Attorney / Gyakuten Saiban series
Koei’s Warriors / Musō series
Hyrule Warriors
Funko Pop
Dragon Quest Heroes: The World Tree’s Woe and the Blight Below
Berserk and the Band of the Hawk
Berserk Millennium Falcon Arc: Seimasenki no Sho
Super Smash Brothers series
Fortnite: Battle Royale
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
Bloodborne
Nioh
Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty
Ninja Gaiden series
Kingdom Hearts series
Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin
Dissidia: Final Fantasy NT
Mortal Kombat series
Warriors All-Stars
Earth Defense Force series
Recommendations:
Blessing: Check out The Blessing Show on Kinda Funny Games and the Phil Spencer interview from Kinda Funny
Brandon: Demonschool public demo, Koudelka
Tim: Play the Shadow Hearts series and Sōkaigi if you want to play a couple other weirder lesser talked about or looked at video games that are all somewhat related to Koudelka, have a unionized workplace if you have the option
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Ep. 286 - Musouls, with Blessing Adeoye Jr.