Ep. 235 - Unchardita, with Vincent Diamante

Insert Credit Co-founder and legendary game composer Vincent Diamante joins the panel to cover Fighters Megamix romance, Russian Adventure, and the top 5 Sonic games that aren’t the immediately great ones. Questions this week: Kris Graft asks: Which two fighters from Fighters Megamix would make the best or worst romantic couple? (05:17) Now that we have a little distance, what features of the PS4/Xbox One era will feel retro someday? (09:45) On what occasions have you restarted a game from the beginning before finishing it? (15:02) What is “immersion” in video games? (19:54) Design an “In This House We Do Disney” piece of wall art for gamers (25:16) Dirtbag Salvatore Romano asks: Excluding 1, 2, 3, & Knuckles and Mania, what are the top 5 Sonic the Hedgehog games? (30:36) Which video game series took the greatest number of entries to start getting good? (36:16) What is the best logo design in video games? (41:38) Is Nintendo evil? (46:31) LIGHTNING ROUND: Acronymizer (50:33) Recommendations and Outro (56:30) Immerse yourself in this episode by discussing it in the forums! A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED: Bram Stoker’s Dracula Dan Slott’s Spider-Man run Children of Virtue and Vengeance World Trigger SimCity 2000 Fighters Megamix Bean the Dynamite Bark the Polar Bear Daytona USA Virtua Cop Rent A Hero Banjo-Kazooie Kumachan Candy Herbie Jeffry McWild Dural Tomb Raider series Marvel Guardians of the Galaxy Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin Balan Wonderworld Yuji Naka says Square Enix doesn’t ‘value games’ after Balan Wonderworld mess Castlevania: Symphony of the Night The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Time Traveler The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening Super Hydlide Uncharted: The Lost Legacy Chrono Cross Loop Hero the stupid disney thing Jaffe talks about Fortnite series Elden Ring Battlefield 1942 Zombie Revenge Disaster Report Sonic R Sonic & All-Stars Racing: Transformed Sonic Adventure Sonic Rush Sonic the Hedgehog Chaos Dr. Robotnik’s Mean Bean Machine Sonic the Hedgehog: Triple Trouble Knuckles’ Chaotix Rush’n Attack series Tetris Final Fantasy series Madden series Bubsy 3D: Bubsy Visits the James Turrell Retrospective Bubsy: Paws on Fire! Mortal Kombat games Street Fighter series Asuka 120% series Castlevania / Akumajō Dracula series Need for Speed series The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind Mass Effect 2 Capcom cubes logo Ibrahim Hamdi’s game logos in arabic Brain Grey logo HOT B Logo TWEWY logo original Puyo Puyo logo Reggie Fils-Aimé on contractor woes: ‘This isn’t the Nintendo I left’ Recommendations: Vincent: Scritti Politti Brandon: Halloween (1978) Frank: Dan Slott’s Spider-Man run Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Brandon Sheffield and Vincent Diamante. Edited by Esper Quinn. Original Music by Kurt Feldman.