Ep. 417
Frank, Ash, and Brandon hang out and talk about Steam’s censorship, friendslop, and the Never Gonna Give You Up of video games.
Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Ash Parrish, and Brandon Sheffield. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.
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SHOW NOTES:
1: How, if at all, should video game distribution services be screening submissions of video games? (05:15)
2: Where is the line between inspiration and plagarism? (11:40)
3: What are the best video game tiles? (16:43)
4: What is the newest kind of video game? (22:36)
A Statement from Frank Cifaldi (30:01)
5: Esper Quinn asks, who is the best game developer in literature? (32:33)
6: Should every roleplaying game have romance options? (39:56)
7: What is the Rick Astley’s Never Gonna Give You Up of video games? (45:44)
LIGHTNING ROUND: Jaffe didn’t come up with a name for this one but he’s asking the panel to name games from a specific year and they’re knocked out if they can’t (54:12)
Recommendations and Outro (01:19:29):
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