Ep. 242 - Famous Characters in Funny Situations, with Mathew Kumar

Game design lead for Future Club Mathew Kumar joins the panel to cover piles of graphics cards, Dall E, and customer service at the dream factory. Questions this week: What makes a video game “obscure?” (06:27) Brandon Sheffield re-asks: What is a game you didn’t like until you played it? (14:52) Imagine you’re streaming through a glitch where half your viewers get audio but no visuals, and half get visuals but no audio. What game could you play that both audiences would enjoy the most? (21:00) Design a new mode for Minesweeper (27:59) Dirtbag Seth asks: What responsibilities does a King of Fighters have to their subjects? (34:27) What will AI-generated video games be like? (37:31) Does fast travel mean traversing a game’s world isn’t interesting? (44:39) Which video game feels the most Scottish? (51:48) LIGHTNING ROUND: Famicom Feud - Top 8 Video Game movies on Rotten Tomatoes (56:36) Recommendations and Outro (01:13:47) Check out that AI forum game and lots more in the forums! A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED: NBA 2K series Façade Planetokio Wurm: Journey to the Center of the Earth EarthBound Space Invaders variants Live a Live ObsCure Linda³ Insert Credit Obscure: The Aftermath Crusader of Centy Fortnite Unreal Tournament series Beethoven’s 2nd Contra: Rogue Corps Real Sound: Kaze no Regret Sam & Max licensees Monkey Island series LSD: Dream Emulator Hitman series Yakuza / Ryū ga Gotoku series The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Sudoku Minecraft The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Hexic King of Fighters series The Santa Clause (1994) DALL·E 2 Half-Life Dwarf Fortress What’s that game? (neural network generated image mode) Marvel Spider-Man Marvel Spider-Man: Miles Morales Marvel’s Wolverine Braveheart Dragon Force Grand Theft Auto series Excite series Forza Horizon 4 Lemmings Kasumi Ninja screenshot Shrek SuperSlam Recommendations: Frank: If you know any retired or semi-retired game developers in the midwest, let Frank know Brandon: Tool Assisted Speedrun of Pac-Man World for PSX, mikeyeldey: the album for Sega Genesis, set up a nice time for yourself Tim: Say thank you for things in your life Mathew: Ignore Big Luhrman, Mickey Reece’s Alien (2017) Support on Patreon Subscribe: RSS, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, and more! Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Tim Rogers, Brandon Sheffield and Mathew Kumar. Edited by Esper Quinn. Original Music by Kurt Feldman.