Ep. 439 - Deleterious

Our heroes share thoughts on twenty years of achievements, developers responding to player feedback, and whether nail bats count as blunt weapons.

Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Ash Parrish, and Brandon Sheffield. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman, episode art by Gilbert Smith.

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SHOW NOTES:

• Busby Berkeley
• Bubsy
• Fatty Arbuckle
• “You’re like free pizza at an anime convention. She can smell you. And she wants to consume you.”
• Video Game History Foundation

1: When has the appeal of a popular game eluded you? (05:24)

• Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream
• Mad Libs
• The Sims series
• Hank Hill
• Bocchi
• Cards Against Humanity
• Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023)
• Crimson Desert
• World of WarCraft
• Final Fantasy XIV
• Yakuza series
• Shenmue series
• The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

Credit Report (11:40)

• Sega
• Taito
• The Ninja Kids
• Raz Karcy
• OverBlood
• Discord
• My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic

2: How have trophies and achievements impacted video games over the past 20 years? (13:39)

• Xbox 360
• SiegfriedX
• Left 4 Dead

3: Let’s talk about that MindsEye DLC (20:21)

• MindsEye
• Polygon: I played the MindsEye DLC that was supposed to expose ‘sabotage’ and just got a painfully bad mission
• Tommy Wiseau
• The Room (2003)
• Grand Theft Auto series
• The Fall of Communism as Seen in Gay Pornography (1998)

4: Give me your dream video game blunt rotation (which is to say, three items to cycle through as blunt weapons in a video game) (25:31)

• Nail Bat
• Mace
• Ice cream sandwich
• EarthBound
• R.B.I. Baseball series
• Dragon Age: Inquisition
• Wedge of Destiny
• Undercover Cops
• The Boon of the Spoon

5: Issac asks, what makes a good sick game? (32:47)

• The Violence Island Gacha Gauntlet #1
• Titanium Court
• Bejeweled
• <a href="https://www.mobygames.com/group/8688/puzzle