Ep. 409 - Silent Hilf

Frank Cifaldi, Ash Parrish, and Brandon Sheffield cover Silent Hill f, the sacrifice of EA to the monster of private capital, and thirty PlayStation hot takes. Hosted by Esper Quinn, with Frank Cifaldi, Ash Parrish, and Brandon Sheffield. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.

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SHOW NOTES:

• Laparoscopy
• “Don’t you dare throw chunks.”
• Tetris Effect
• Lumines Arise
• Silent Hill f
• Hollow Knight: Silksong
• Rhythm Heaven

1: Y’all playin’ that Hilf? (05:29)

• Silent Hill series
• Al Yang
• Konami
• Kingdom Hearts series
• Lucy James
• Pyramid Head

2: EA got bought. That’s not good, right? (14:53)

• Video gamer Electronic Arts to be bought in largest-ever private equity buyout valued at $55 billion
• EA’s new owners are making “a huge bet” on generative AI cost-cutting to help repay a $20 billion loan, claims report
• Madden series
• Battlefield series
• EA Sports FC series
• Rockstar finally fixed the disastrous GTA remastered trilogy years after it released
• BioWare
• The Sims series
• Xbox One
• Xbox ROG Ally

3: What do you think the CEO of Nintendo of America does? (21:03)

• Nintendo Of America President Doug Bowser Announces Retirement
• Reggie Fils-Aimé
• Sega Genesis
• Mother 3
• Pokemon GO

4: Which real world non-extinct animal is presented as the most powerful in video games?(24:39)

• Lion
• Wolf
• Gorilla
• Donkey Kong
• Shark
• Red Dead Redemption II
• T-Rex
• Komodo dragon
• Dragon
• Grizzly bear
• Legendary Axe
• Golden Axe
• Tiger
• Tokyo Jungle

5: What is a “real gamer?” (26:35)

• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
• Sam Bankman-Fried
• Super Smash Bros. series
• Legend of Zelda series
• Valorant
• Counter-Strike
• Words With Friends
• Wordle
• Spelling Bee
• Zach Gage
• Puzzmo

6: Are there protest video games? (32:02)

• 1000xRESIST
• Mouthwashing
• Jack Thompson
• This War of Mine
• Spec Ops: The Line
• Disco Elysium
• itch.io
• Despelote
• Consume Me
• Hades II
• Ghost of Yōtei

LIGHTNING ROUND: 30 Years of PlayStation (42:02)

Recommendations and Outro (52:51):

• Brandon: Kimimi the Game Eating She-Monster, Coyote Media, skip the commentary track for Blood of Heroes, Makeruna! Makendou 2 - Versus Menu Music
• Frank: Silent Hill f, Coyote Media
• Ash: Log off, get your uterus checked out if you have a uterus
• Esper: J2ME, DoCoMo i-mode, KDDI ezWeb, etc. The Mobile Gaming of ol’ thread, Women Wearing Shoulder Pads (i actually watched this the day after recording but since I write the show notes i’m going to recommend it here, it’s less than 2 hours to watch the whole first season and it’s incredible)

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