Ep. 201 - Lovely Ball Kicking, with Kris Graft

Questions this week: Let’s talk about the rebranding of Gamasutra to Game Developer. (03:43) What are the best video game postmortems? (10:41) What are the most common mistakes when someone first gets into video games? (15:24) Which video game characters have the most complicated morning routines? (20:46) What video game or game adjacent companies should be renamed? (25:54) Dirtbag MoxBagel asks: Is it possible to have fans take games less seriously as an identity and more seriously as creative endeavors? (31:42) Why don’t you design a new item for Mario Kart? (38:26) Violence Island: forums.insertcredit.com Submissions (43:25) From Frank Cifaldi: Here’s whats up with that video about game price collusion (52:45) Who is the Mike Richards of video games? (59:08) LIGHTNING ROUND: Name Design: JAV Titles (01:01:34) Don’t you think this would be a good episode to discuss in the forums? A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED: Clay Fighter series Gamastura is becoming Game Developer El Shaddai Postmortem: Resident Evil 4 Postmortem: Deadly Premonition Postmortem: Final Fantasy XIII Postmortem: Golden Axe Postmortems from Game Developer GDC Vault Monsters from the Id: The Making of Doom Crusader Kings Jim Lee Beneath a Steel Sky Jerry Lewis Francis York Morgan Ryo Hazuki Morgan Yu The World Ends With You Ivy Voldo The Green Ribbon GamersGate Young Guns Starring Emilio Estevez Young Guns II Guns 3 Gun Toys for Bob Ponzi Scheme Fonzie Scheme Bonk Plok Shadow the Hedgehog Wario Blake Stone Jazz Jackrabbit Takayuki Yagami Phoenix Wright YouTuber Accuses Million Dollar Retro Game Sales Of Being Scams Mike Richards Metal Wolf Chaos JAVdottxt (NSFW) Shi’ar (I read Marvel) Recommendations: Brandon: Check out the new GameDeveloper.com, Melissa’s self titled album, Ask Hershers Pizza for the Insert Credit, Enjoy with a D’Aquino Chianti Flask Kris: Go to gamedeveloper.com, learn something new, Dishonored Frank: Psychonauts 2 Jaffe: Superman Smashes the Klan Edited by Esper Quinn. Original Music by Kurt Feldman.