Ep. 270 - Leisure Suit Locusts, with Cliff Bleszinski
Ep. 270

Ep. 270 - Leisure Suit Locusts, with Cliff Bleszinski

Episode description

Game Designer and Broadway Producer Cliff “CliffyB” Bleszinski joins a very sensual episode to cover what makes good third person shooters, Avatar 2, and disrespecting Hitman. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Tim Rogers, Brandon Sheffield, and Cliff Bleszinski. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.

Questions this week:

  1. From Brandon Sheffield: What makes a good third person shooter? (06:18)
  2. Who has more power, a game director, or a game producer? (14:44)
  3. Design a video game around the Aroma Shooter. (23:27)
  4. Design a sequel to Frank Cifaldi’s Super Sherlock Holmes. (31:25)
  5. Improv Zone: Guess the COG Squadron (37:04)
  6. Seth asks: What is the best sound related to video games that is not from a video game? (43:26)
  7. If you could design a level for an existing video game series, which would it be and what would you do? (49:58)
  8. What was Fortnite supposed to be? (55:03)

LIGHTNING ROUND: Name Design – Gears of War Achievements (01:00:53)

Recommendations and Outro (01:07:14)

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A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:

Recommendations:
Cliff: Neon White, Vampire Survivors, NORCO
Tim: Interview with the Vampire, follow MiSTerAddons on twitter, get a 4K 48-inch OLED computer monitor
Brandon: Hit “publish” on your patches submitted to Nintendo, The Equalizer, please leave a review for Hyper Gunsport on Steam if you’ve purchased it
Frank: Squeeze an airhorn at Frank Cifaldi every time he mentions the MiSTer if you know him in real life

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