Ep. 210 - Mario's Big Spaghetti Time, with Jenna Stoeber

Writer and Video Producer for Polygon Jenna Stoeber joins the panel to litigate whether P.T. is a complete game, milking for sport, and Zapdouglas. Questions this week: K Thor Jensen asks: does your inventory management system reflect your real-world inventory management style? (04:56) What is the most incorrect prediction about video games you’ve ever heard or made? (10:25) What video game series should be adapted to young adult novels? (15:35) Which dormant video game series with three or more entries ended on the highest note? (19:41) What twitter account would you start to influence a trend in video game development, a la Can You Pet The Dog? (24:32) Dirtbag MVB asks: What are some good games made from reused assets? (30:09) What’s some of the juiciest drama you’ve seen in a video game community or message board? (35:16) What songs not written for video games do you associate with video games? (39:55) How do you make failure in video games fun? (45:28) What is the Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho of video games? (50:34) LIGHTNING ROUND: Pokedexperts (54:03) Recommendations and Outro (59:05) I don’t see why you wouldn’t discuss this episode in the forums, you know? A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED: Metal Gear Solid 2 Dead and Buried (1981) Evil Dead II (1987) Cat People (1982) Animorphs TV series Unpacking Resident Evil 4 Solatorobo Fallout 3 How accurate were 2009’s video game predictions? Curiosity: What’s Inside The Cube? Project Milo Insert Credit’s Own Mathew Kumar (sorry folks, Mobygames went down right at this point in the edit!! the following links will use wikipedia or something else. -Esper) Stardew Valley Halo novels League of Legends Injustice: Gods Among Us Uncharted Sonic Mania Silent Hill series Can You Pet The Dog? Is Something Behind The Waterfall? Sega Genesis Development Kit Rayman Fiesta Run Batman: Arkham Origins King of Fighters Dream Match 99 The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask I Wanna Be The Guy Delores: A Thimbleweed Park Mini-Adventure Mad World All I Want by Offspring Greensleeves Music of the Fallout series Beyond the Sea The Ink Spots The Beatles Rock Band Through The Fire and Flames Star Trek Enterprise intro GROW series Nightshade Celeste Dangerous Curves soundtrack QWOP Crime Scene Kitchen Recommendations: Frank: The Ink Spots baby, take Frank’s file boxes Jenna: Inscryption Brandon: Get a buyout from your landlord if you’re moving out of a rent-controlled apartment Edited by Esper Quinn. Original Music by Kurt Feldman.