Ep. 422 - Gearslop

Our heroes convene to discuss the Sega Game Gear, the most satisfying punch in video games, and sports MMOs.

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:

• Half Price Books
• PlayStation 3
• Sonic the Hedgehog series
• Resistance: Fall of Man
• Madden series
• LEGO Star Wars: The Video Game
• Criterion Closet
• Severin Films
• Joe Dante
• Pirhana (1978)
• Gremlins (1984)
• The Howling (1981)
• Small Soldiers (1998)
• Synapse Films
• Rent-A-Relic
• “Please forgive me for my sin of making illegal copies. Please forgive me for my sin of hypocrisy. Please forgive me for my sin of arrogance. Amen.”
• All Those Moments by Rutger Hauer
• Ralph Ellison
• Invisible Man
• The Invisible Man
• H. G. Welles

1: What kinds of video games do you think we’ll never see again? (07:27)

• Metal Gear Solid
• Teleprinter
• Kinect
• Nex Playground
• Wii
• Light gun
• All Dogs Go to Heaven (1989)
• All Dogs Go to Heaven
• Don Bluth
• Dragons Lair series
• The Secret of NIMH (1982)
• Mina the Hollower
• Commodore 64

2: What’s the most satisfying punch you can throw in a video game? (12:15)

• Shatterhand
• The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
• Final Fight
• Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
• Bayonetta
• Game Gear
• Krusty’s Super Fun House
• Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie
• Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie (1995)
• Mortal Kombat series
• Darkstalkers series
• Toasty!
• God Hand
• Electronic Gaming Monthly

3: Which Game Gear games are most faithful to their source material? (17:07)

• Gunstar Heroes
• Dynamite Headdy
• Ecco the Dolphin
• Sonic the Hedgehog: Triple Trouble
• <a href="https://www.mobygames.com/group/769/shi