Ep. 445 - The Video Game Stork

Your Insert Credit panel covers the rest of the news from Summer Game Fest, where games come from, and Mortal Kombat fetishism.

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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• “My mayor Muslim, my bagel Jewish, my Christian Dior, Kingdom Hearts IV.”
• Kingdom Hearts IV
• Midtown Comics
• 007: First Light
• GoldenEye 007
• Pokemon series
• Phantasy Star II
• Ys: Books I & II
• PC Engine
• GameFAQs

1: Anything interesting at the other summer game events we didn’t cover last time? (05:36)

• Summer Game Fest
• PlayStation State of Play
• Xbox Showcase
• Nintendo Direct
• Gears Of War: E-Day Is An Xbox Console Exclusive, And Is Not Coming To PS5
• Kingdom Hearts fans cry foul over AI-generated artwork claims
• God of War Laufey
• Ocarina of Time Remake
• Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask
• Legend of Zelda movie
• Spyro: A Realm Beyond
• Toys For Bob Goes Indie
• Amiibo
• Mike Fahey
• Tupac Appears in New RGG Studios Game
• Snoop Dogg
• Yakuza series
• Movement To Remove Voice Actor Who Has Admitted To Sexual Assault Has Yakuza Fans At Breaking Point
• Shaq
• Kurt Cobain and Johnny Cash sing YMCA in “Band Hero”
• Marilyn Monroe
• Zombie
• gen Atlas
• Day of the Devs
• Tim Schafer

2: What are we going to do when every triple-A new game has AI? (19:37)

• Ys series

3: What other Final Fantasy characters should be distributed to fighting games? (21:14)

• Cloud Strife
• Sephiroth
• Super Smash Bros. series
• Clive Rosfield
• Tekken series
• Tifa Lockhart
• Street Fighter series
• Guilty Gear series
• Kimahri Ronso
• N