Ep. 419 - Half-Life 3: Rd Person

Guest host Esper Quinn asks Frank, Ash, and Brandon about Xbox’s Black Friday failure, The Game Awards, and creative uses for soy sauce. Hosted by Esper Quinn, with Frank Cifaldi, Ash Parrish, and Brandon Sheffield. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.

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SHOW NOTES:

• Nu metal
• Xbox 360
• “It’s not just me—there’s a trillion of us!”
• Toledo, Ohio
• Cyberpunk 2077
• Simple Flashlight mod
• Fallout: New Vegas
• Viva New Vegas
• World of Warcraft
• Dragon Age series
• Honda Prelude
• Pontiac Tempest

1: Vanessa B asks, what is the most ridiculous fighting game outfit you’ve seen and what about it irks your nerves? (04:51)

• Street Fighter series
• Lara Croft
• Ep. 418 - Keep Cringe Alive, with Vanessa B
• Juri
• Cammy
• Tekken series
• Leroy Smith
• Heihachi
• Chun-Li
• Mario

2: You guys see the Nex Cube outsold the Xbox on Black Friday? (09:29)

• Mat Piscatella
• Black Friday console sales
• PlayStation 5
• Switch 2
• Nex Playground
• Xbox Series
• Kinect
• Amico
• Wii
• Jackbox series
• Epic Games v. Apple
• Handheld TV game

3: If you ran a video game history foundation, what would you do with an unreleased NES game? (18:30)

• Video Game History Foundation
• Chris Oberth
• Xcavator - Lost 1991 NES Game Found and Released
• Golden Tee series
• Time Killers
• Mega Cat Studios
• WrestleQuest
• iam8bit
• Lost In Cult

4: Given that we record this show on the Thursday before it’s released, recap what happened at The Game Awards (23:46)

• The Game Awards 2025
• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
• Hideo Kojima
• Geoff Keighley
• Half-Life 3
• Dreamcast 2
• Kermit the Frog
• The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)
• Vitamin D
• Emmet Otter
• Legend of Zelda live act