Ep. 433 - The First Video Game
The Insert Credit Show · Brandon Sheffield
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Show Notes
Our panel of experts discuss AI in game development, how to guide players, and Duke Nukem’s actual, real balls of steel. 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:
- Xzibit
- Pimp My Ride
- Titan Quest
- Ep. 430 - Pac-Man 2cular
- Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures
- Ghost Witch of Netor
- Three’s Company
- John Ritter
- Will Eisner
- “I awakened prematurely, and I have found nothing but filth and destruction.”
- Pecan pie
- Cherry pie
- Pumpkin pie
- Apple pie
- Pizza pie
- Nobou Umeatsu
- Metaphor: ReFantazio
1: At what point is a production tool considered AI? (08:38)
2: What are the benefits of setting a game in the post-apocalypse? (15:26)
3: What’s the worst answer you’ve ever heard from a video game professional to a question? (20:43)
- Naoki Yoshida
- Final Fantasy XVI
- Final Fantasy XVI has a medieval approach to diversity
- PlayStation 3
- Gamasutra
- Shuhei Yoshida
- Ouya
- Simon Carless
- GameDiscoverCo
4: What video game facts would you put on a Snapple cap? (26:16)
- Snapple
- Scrapple
- Liverwurst
- Pong
- IGF
- Gex series
- Dana Carvey
- Dana Gould
- Viggo Mortensen Broke His Toe In ‘The Two Towers’
- Donkey Kong series
- K. K. Slider
- Shigeru Miyamoto
- Sonic the Hedgehog
- Yuji Naka
- Duke Nukem
- Fushigi
5: LeFish asks, what are the best ways of misdirecting players in videogames? (33:49)
- Yellow paint
- BioShock
- Kaizo
- Dead Space
- The Secret of Monkey Island
- Zero Suit Samus
- Final Fantasy XV
- Cortana
6: What are historically the smallest decisions that have had the largest impact on video games? (40:30)
- Magnavox Odyssey
- Nolan Bushnell
- Video game modding
- Game & Watch
- D-pad
- Wii Sports
- Reggie Fils-Aimé
- Satoru Iwata
7: What is the realizing you were dehydrated when the water you drink is too good of video games? (45:56)
- Artichoke
- Super Mario series
- Crow Country
- Sonic Mania
- Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode I
- Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode II
- Shōnen
- Steel Ball Run: JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure
- Hunter x Hunter
- YuYu Hakusho
- Sega Dreamcast
LIGHTNING ROUND: Letters Delivery (51:26)
Recommendations and Outro (54:52):
- Brandon: The videogame inspired by Philip Glass that nobody noticed, Demonschool is on sale (please rate and review), check out the library
- Ash: Do whimsical things outside your normal routine,
- Frank: Go out and find stuff
- Jaffe: Stay indoors
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