Ep. 406 - Sextuple A, with Esper Quinn

Podcast Editor and Game Industry Analyst Esper Quinn joins the panel to cover why Silksong’s price doesn’t matter, what the A’s in AAAAA-Game stand for, and the Loudness War. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Ash Parrish, Brandon Sheffield, and Esper Quinn. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.

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SHOW NOTES:

• GDQ
• Peanut Butter the Speedrunning Dog
• Ivan Drago
• “It’s a Russian taunt”
• Void Stranger
• Metal Gear Solid Δ: Snake Eater
• Hollow Knight: Silksong
• Sid Meier’s Civilization V
• Magic: the Gathering
• The Sims 2
• Hyper Gunsport
• Gunhouse
• Demonschool
• Oh, Deer!

1: Ash Parrish asks: Frank, have you gotten to the ladder in Snake Eater? (06:34)

• Triangle Strategy
• Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
• Taylor Swift
• Cynthia Harrell
• Vincent Diamante

2: What is the hardest console, currently and historically, to develop video games for? (10:54)

• PlayStation 3
• Sega Saturn
• Atari Jaguar
• PlayStation
• Xbox 360
• Casio Loopy
• Atari 2600
• Nintendo Entertainment System
• Spacewar!
• Atari 7800
• Amiga
• Sega Dreamcast

3: What is the most common thing to change in a video game’s first sequel? (16:47)

• Borderlands 4
• Metroid series
• Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
• Resident Evil series
• Yakuza series
• Miles “Tails” Prower
• Miles Morales
• Sonic the Hedgehog series
• Pokemon series
• Klefki
• Sinistea
• Mimikyu
• Pikachu
• Pokemon Legends: Z-A
• Tandemaus
• Maushold
• Blue’s Clues
• The Spice Family

4: What do each of the A’s in Quintuple A stand for? (22:01)

• GTA 6 Is The First “AAAAA Game,” Industry Veteran Says
• Grand Theft Auto VI