Ep. 267

Ep. 267 - Asynchronicity 2: Holiday Spectacular

Dec 27, 2022

• 1h 03min 08s

Episode description

A grand cast of holiday favorites are subjected to a gauntlet of questions. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Brandon Sheffield, Ash Parrish, Patrick Miller, Topher Florence, Esper Quinn, Andrés Velasco y Coll, Azurelore Korrigan, Liz Ryerson, K Thor Jensen and Fūnk-é Joseph. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.

Questions this week:

What are the worst trends, currently or historically, in video game character design? (w/Ash Parrish) (06:38)
Design a unique custom rule set for a fighting game tournament. (w/Patrick Miller) (11:33)
Which three video game characters would you ask to help you move? (w/Topher Florence) (14:59)
What do you do when you’re working on a game and your funding gets cut? (18:17)
What’s the best time you ever had with a bad game? (w/Esper Quinn) (21:25)
Which video game voice actors deserve wider recognition? (w/Andrés Velasco y Coll) (27:30)
What’s the best answer that someone in the game industry has given you to a question you asked them? (w/Azurelore Korrigan) (31:17)
How would you remake Indie Game: The Movie today? (w/Liz Ryerson) (37:13)
Which modern video game would be the best introduction to video games for a child? (w/K Thor Jensen) (43:21)
What’s the difference between a good video game and a cool video game? (w/Fūnk-é Joseph) (45:55)

LIGHTNING ROUND: Recommendations and Outro (47:59)

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