Deputy editor of The Daily Beast Allegra Frank joins the panel to cover Kirby adults, Pokemon Gonlyfans, and whether or not demons are cool.
Questions this week:
- Does adapting a story focused on choice into another medium cheapen player agency? (04:58)
- Where does the Kirby franchise go from here? (13:19)
- What’s happened with Pokemon Go in the last six years since anyone played it? (20:13)
- Which video game character would you pick to guest host Saturday Night Live? (26:58)
- Are demons cool? (32:02)
- Kyle asks: Which famous writer would be best at writing a video game walkthrough? (41:36)
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Tim asks: who cares? (48:42)
LIGHTNING ROUND: GameFAQ&As: Dragon Age Inquisition (49:35)
Recommendation & Outro (01:00:44)
Pokemon Go to the forums to discuss this episode!
A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:
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Demonschool by Necrosoft Games, now wishlistable on Steam
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Dornie
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Super Mario 64
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Jurassic Park: Rampage Edition
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Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
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Yoshi
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Black Mirror: Bandersnatch
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F For Fake (1973)
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The Walking Dead
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BioShock
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Dragon Age series
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Mass Effect series
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Life Is Strange series
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Halo
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Kirby games
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Kirby Air Ride
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Kirby and the Forgotten Land
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Curb Your Enthusiasm
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Pokémon universe
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Pokémon GO
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Mongo only pawn in game of life
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Cork
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The Human Toll Of Fallout 76’s Disastrous Launch
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Marcus Michael Fenix
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George Steinbrenner
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Big Boss
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Solid Snake
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Dr. Hal “Otacon” Emmerich
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Demonschool
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Shin Megami Tensei series
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge
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Persona series
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Yakuza / Ryū ga Gotoku series
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Final Fight: “Streetwise”
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Ernest Hemingway
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Homer
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Beowulf
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Salman Rushdie
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Jonathan Franzen
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Conker’s Bad Fur Day
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Sylvia Plath
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Warlock
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Jean-Paul Sartre
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Jorge Luis Borges
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Miguel de Cervantes
Recommendations:
Brandon: F For Fake (1973), Desiccation’s Cold Dead Earth,
Tim: This lunchtime photograph, Don’t call yourself a flexitarian
Allegra: Freeze then thaw your tofu
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Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Tim Rogers, Brandon Sheffield, and Allegra Frank. Edited by Esper Quinn. Original Music by Kurt Feldman.