Ep. 184 - Gamer Type Gamers, with Liz Ryerson

Liz Ryerson triumphantly joins the panel to cover DDR dance pads, Batman games, and Burger Time Royale with Cheese. Questions this week: What are we learning about the video game industry from the Apple v. Epic court case? (03:52) What would be an interesting game series to play a Shuffler of? (09:04) Is there something you’ve wanted to see video games do for a long time, but once they finally did it you weren’t that impressed? (15:25) Which property-based video games take the greatest liberty with their source material? (20:33) Design a new non-dance game for the DDR pad. (26:25) Dirtbag Spencer asks: What makes a definitive edition of a video game definitive? (31:07) What game has the best party members? (36:41) Is there anywhere for the Battle Royale genre to go from here? (41:47) When have you had to lie about how you felt about a video game? (46:43) Who is the John Swartzwelder of video games? (52:34) LIGHTNING ROUND: Donkey Kong Universe - Phase 1 (57:11) Think YOU have better answers than the panel? You don’t! But you can discuss the episode here in the insert credit forums. A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED: Phanto Mask Sonic Ice Cream Epic v. Apple Epic Payouts Enter the Gungeon Celeste Everything Bizhawk Emulator Suite Sonic Shuffler Mr. Friendly by JP LeBreton Bennett Foddy’s Multibowl Sonic 4 Sonic 4ces Batman: The Video Game The Adventures of Batman & Robin PC Engine Batman ZX Spectrum Batman McKids Popful Mail Waterwold SNES Waterworld Soundtrack Incredible Crisis Space Channel 5 Deee-Lite Fullmetal Alchemist! Mimikyu Nuzlocke Challenge XCOM: Enemy Unknown Anachronox Battle Royale (2000) Kinji Fukasaku Paul Verhoeven Black Book (2006) Burger Time Pro Player interview John Swartzwelder’s interview Jeff Minter The Time Machine Did It Steve Ditko Colossal Cave Adventure Danielle Bunten Berry Recommendations: Frank: Beat Nier Replicant, get bored on the second playthrough and watch the endings on YouTube (both Jaffe and Esper strongly recommend against this) Liz: Tomato Way trilogy Brandon: Touch and Go by Toshiki Kadomatsu, Returner (2002), Get your parents and grandparents vaccinated Edited by Esper Quinn. Original Music by Kurt Feldman.