Ep. 433 - The First Video Game

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)

• GenAI
• Claude AI
• Linux
• GrapheneOS
• Unreal Engine 5

2: What are the benefits of setting a game in the post-apocalypse? (15:26)

• Rage
• Pokémon Pokopia
• Pokémon Blue Version
• Star Wars
• Cowboy Bebop

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
• <a href="https://www.mobygames.com/game/3