Ep. 298 - X-Commies, with Lucy James
Giant Bomb, Gamespot and Friends Per Second’s Lucy James joins the panel to cover video game convention panels, Oppenheimer, and getting Americans to care about 4X games. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Brandon Sheffield, and Lucy James. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.
Questions this week:
Is there a meaningful distinction between a minigame and a game within a game? (07:25)
How do you make a really big game without overwhelming players? (12:48)
What are the practical reasons to set a video game in the post-apocalypse? (18:38)
What are the pitfalls to avoid when organizing or participating in a video game panel? (22:02)
The Adaptation Game: Adapt Oppenheimer (2023) into a video game. (28:23)
Insert Credit Quick Break: Moonstone Island on Steam (35:52)
Tom Arrow asks: What are video games that best exemplify tragedy, comedy and romance? (37:15)
What kind of video games do Americans not care about, and is there a way to change that? (43:32)
What is the “You couldn’t make Blazing Saddles today” of video games? (48:10)
LIGHTNING ROUND: GameFAQ&As - Mortal Kombat (53:43)
Recommendations and Outro (57:25)
Discuss this episode in the Insert Credit Forums
A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:
Super Mario Land
Ace Attorney series
Puyo Puyo~n
Captain Marvel (2019)
The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023)
Kojima’s Twitter
Resident Evil 4
Metal Gear Solid
NieR series
Yakuza / Ryū ga Gotoku series
Virtua Fighter series
BioShock
Pipe Dream
Save Room
Harmful Park
Stardew Valley
Ōkami
Sonic Frontiers
Final Fantasy XV
Evony: The King’s Return
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
Dreams
Roblox
Fallout games
Warriors of the Wasteland (1983)
Exterminators of the Year 3000 (1983)
Pitfall series
Nvidia Broadcast can now deepfake your eyes to make you look at the camera
Leisure Suit Larry series
Monkey Island series
Budweiser Frogs
Pepsiman
Oppenheimer (2023)
Curran Walters
Batman Begins (2005)
Fallout Shelter
X-COM series
Game of Thrones
The Godfather: The Game
Cyberpunk 2077
The Sims 4
Peter Molyneux
David Cage
Omikron: The Nomad Soul
Detroit: Become Human
Elder Scrolls series
Ribbit King
There Is No Game: Wrong Dimension
The Stanley Parable
Disco Elysium
Football Manager series
FIFA Manager series
Pro Evolution Soccer / Winning Eleven / eFootball series
Diner Dash
Tapper
FarmVille
Train Simulator series
PowerWash Simulator
Lawn Mowing Simulator
Animal Crossing series
Wall Street Kid
Blazing Saddles (1974)
Everything (game)
Everything (windows software)
You Need a Budget
Bubsy series
Gex series
Blasto
Greendog: The Beached Surfer Dude!
Normy’s Beach Babe-O-Rama
Pirates of the Caribbean
Batman Begins
Batman Begins
Cool Spot
Grimace’s Birthday
Recommendations:
Frank: Everything, send your full video game interviews to the Video Game History Foundation
Brandon: Kimimi The Game-Eating She-Monster, try using your own website for once if you’re one of the people who make Ko-fi
Lucy: The New York Times Mini Crossword, The Design Behind Immortality’s Occult Secrets, JeffJeff’s Bizarre Adventure S03E01: Oh, those aren’t bullets, Baldur’s Gate 3 boss on Xbox Series S and “Redefining The RPG” I Friends Per Second Episode #26
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Ep. 298 - X-Commies, with Lucy James