Ep. 393 - Sephiroth Bader Ginsburg

A historian, a journalist, and a developer answer a host’s questions regarding the Sony State of Play, various consistencies of pie, and video game drag names. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Ash Parrish, Brandon Sheffield. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.

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SHOW NOTES:

• “Gold Saucer? Take that shit and throw it straight in the trash!”
• Video Game History Foundation
• Nintendo DS
• TurboGrafx-16
• This Is Why You’re Prone to Crying on Airplanes

1: Do we have any thoughts on the Sony State of Play yesterday? (06:02)

• Sony June 4 State of Play
• We’re Dumping 125 Mystery Prototype ROMs!
• E3
• Al Yang
• Silent Hill f
• Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
• Summer Games Fest
• Xbox Games Showcase 2025
• Copilot AI
• Bill Gates
• Joel McHale
• Seth Green

2: Does anyone have any stories about pie? (12:00)

• “A Week in the Life of a Demonschool Student” trailer
• Ash’s Xbox green outfit
• Gamegate (harrassment campaign)
• House of Pies
• Bubba Gump Shrimp Company
• Game Changer
• Kris Graft
• Katatonia

3: What is the best video game you know you’ll never play? (18:40)

• Deltarune
• Undertale
• Fortnite
• FromSoftware
• Bloodborne
• Echo Night
• Demon’s Souls
• Elden Ring
• Soul Blazer
• Tetris Effect
• Lumines Arise
• PlayStation Portable
• Chrono Trigger
• Baldur’s Gate III
• Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike
• Capcom vs. SNK 2: Mark of the Millennium
• Patrick Miller

4: Happy pride! Let’s come up with some video game themed drag names (24:04)

• Master Chief
• Point and Click Adventure
• Final Fantasy series
• Sephiroth
• Ruth Bader Ginsburg
• Street Fighter series
• Ken Masters
• M. Bison
• Blanka
• <a href="https://www.mobygame