Ep. 271 - FunJail, with Jason Schreier

Bloomberg Game Journalist and Author Jason Schreier joins the panel to cover Wizards of the Coast, the greatest story in video games, and whether or not buying games is ethical. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Tim Rogers, Brandon Sheffield, and Jason Schreier. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.

Questions this week:

1. Cliff Bleszinski asks: What food do you associate with your best gaming memory? (07:16)
2. Why is everybody so mad about Dungeons & Dragons? (15:22)
3. What is the greatest story in video games? (20:59)
4. How do you break news no one else has yet as a game journalist? (28:26)
5. You have an investor meeting in 6 minutes to pitch them a new social media network for Gamers. What’s your presentation? (34:51)
6. Spencer Gifts asks: which game console libraries boxes have the best graphic design? (40:49)
7. Under what circumstances is it unethical to buy a video game? (49:26)

LIGHTNING ROUND: MobyCritic (55:30)

Recommendations and Outro (58:50)

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A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:

• Stadia exclusive saved by sneaking it into the Steam version of its sequel
• Frosted Flakes
• Final Fantasy III
• Final Fight series
• Dairy Queen
• Dragon Quest series
• White Castle
• Wing Commander series
• Death Line (1972)
• Dragon Force
• Panzer Dragoon series
• Guitar Hero series
• Chrono Trigger
• Blue Dragon series
• The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
• Michael Ironside
• Highlander II: The Quickening (1991)
• D&D maker backs off new licensing rules that led to fan revolt
• Chris Pine
• Warhammer
• Hasbro’s Wizards of the Coast Cancels Video Game Projects
• Friends at the Table
• The Adventure Zone
• How The Last of Us became ‘the greatest story that has ever been told in video games’
• The Last of Us series
• Heavy Rain
• Detroit: Become Human
• No Country for Old Men (2007)
• Chernobyl (miniseries)
• BioShock Infinite
• Elden Ring
• Weird West
• Dwarf Fortress
• Watch_Dogs
• Deadly Premonition
• Microsoft set to lay off thousands of employees
• GameDeveloper.com
• Activision (ATVI) Call of Duty Game Delayed for 2023
• Hyper Gunsport
• Animal Crossing series
• G4
• Ep. 3 - Shagargamel
• GamePro
• Quibi
• Mega Drive
• Master System
• GameCube
• Super Smash Bros.: Melee
• 32X
• Japanese 32X logo and packages
• Game Boy Advance
• Neo Geo CD
• Neo Geo Pocket Color
• Namcot Famicom boxes
• PC Engine Super CD
• Sega Saturn
• SNK is now almost entirely owned by the Saudi crown prince’s foundation
• Harry Potter and the Author Who Failed Us
• Archive.org
• MiSTerAddons.com

Recommendations:
Jason: Triple Click
Brandon: Try eating dandelion leaves, find the fan translation of Project Eye Dol, Mad Stalker
Frank: Castlevania: Symphony of the Night

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