Ep. 457 - Hey Me, Pikachi

Your beloved panel covers advances in stealth games, new Pokemon types, and whether or not Marty McFly has a scrote. 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:

• “Come and have a go if you think you’re hard enough!”
• Pokemon series
• Metal Gear Solid Δ: Snake Eater
• Kotaku
• LeBron James

1: What is the correct amount of time to sit down and play a video game in front of your TV? (05:57)

• Marvel Cinematic Universe
• X-Men (2000)
• Thor: The Dark World (2013)
• Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025)
• The Marvels (2023)
• The Incredible Hulk (2008)
• Black Panther (2018)
• Avengers: Endgame (2019)
• Zack Snyder
• Eternals (2021)
• Kingo
• Kumail Nanjiani

2: Which video games are most responsible for advancing their genre? (13:02)

• Metal Gear Solid series
• System Shock
• Deus Ex
• Street Fighter II
• Spy Fiction
• Resident Evil 4
• Assassin’s Creed series
• Hitman series
• Immersive sim
• Dishonored
• Metroidvania
• Pinball
• John Romero discovers a 1940 first person shooter
• Pong

3: What even is the incentive to make video games commercially? (19:43)

• Wadjet Eye Games
• Dave Gilbert
• Ron Gilbert
• Dave Grossman
• EA

4: Design a new Pokemon type (25:13)

• Water
• Fire
• Ground
• Rock
• Normal
• Ghost
• Fairy
• Grass
• Poison
• Flying
• Dragon
• Dark
• Bug
• Psychic
• Fighting
• Ice
• Electric
• Yu-Gi-Oh
• Steel
• Hey You, Pikachu!
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