Ep. 342 - Asynchronicity 3, with Kate Willaert

Video game historian “Critical Kate” Willaert joins a panel scattered across time to cover lost and ignored media, Blobby’s Bloop Boy, and ladies roaming the street with whips. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Brandon Sheffield, and Kate Willaert. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.
Questions this week:

What kinds of video game history seem to interest you and nobody else? (02:15)
What are some of the most surprising video game firsts? (11:10)
Which console has the most good games that the least people have played? (16:56)
Has anyone discovered an unreleased video game that was actually fun to play? (21:11)
Insert Credit Quick Break: Amazing Grace available now on Steam, and Demonschool demo available during Steam NextFest (25:31)
SpencerGifts asks: What is the best video game sequence that is no fun? (28:12)
Is there a video game experience you missed out on you wish you could have had? (31:42)
When shouldn’t you have a pause button? (34:37)
What can we learn about women if our only reference point is video games from the 1980’s? (37:23)

LIGHTNING ROUND: Name Re-Design - Commercial Failures (40:15)
Recommendations and Outro (44:14)
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A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:


Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins


The Bugs Bunny Birthday Blowout


Super Mario Bros. 3


The Adventures of Bayou Billy


X-Men


Disney’s Aladdin


Ms. Pac-Man


Frogger


FM Towns


PC-98


PC-88


X68000


From Ragnarok To The New World: An Interview With Hak Kyu Kim


Dave the Diver


Manic Game Girl


Grant Han Lee


Parasite Eve


The Saboteur


Full Spectrum Warrior


Box Art History by Kate Willaert


Score


Super Mario Bros.: Peach-hime Kyūshutsu Dai Sakusen! (1986)


Super Mario Bros. (1993)


Super Mario Bros.


The First Video Game


Pong


Tommy Tallarico


Shadow Man: 2econd Coming controversy


Doom


Quake


Turok: Dinosaur Hunter


GoldenEye 007


Smash T.V.


Alien: Resurrection


Half-Life


Superman


Tengai Makyō: Ziria


Bally Astrocade The Professional Arcade Videocade Home Library Computer System By Astrovision


Penn & Teller’s Smoke and Mirrors


Tiny Toon Adventures: Defenders of the Universe


Drac’s Night Out


Sound Fantasy


Toshio Iwai


SimTunes


Electroplankton


Beethoven’s 2nd: The Quest for Pups


Atomiswave


Colors


Gizmondo


Star Fox 2


The Last of Us


Battletoads


Games Done Quick


Rock Band


TimeSplitters 2


Dona C. Bailey


Centipede


Danielle Bunten Berry


M.U.L.E.


Roberta Williams


King’s Quest


Rieko Kodama


Phantasy Star


Hiroko Yokuyama


Ikari Warriors


Crystalis


Battle Chess


Recommendations:
Frank: Consider Spyro the Dragon
Brandon: Scavengers Reign, Demonschool demo available during Steam NextFest
Kate: Why Backstory and Lore Make Bad Story Trailers, A Critical Hit!
This week’s Insert Credit Show is brought to you by Amazing Grace available now on Steam and patrons like you. Thank you.
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