Ep. 443 - It's Da Freakin' Bat, with Lucy James

Podcaster and Summer Games Fest host Lucy James joins the panel to cover Hideo Kojima’s AI use, playing as a cat in games, and GamemasterAnthony’s pride parade.

Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Ash Parrish, Brandon Sheffield, and Lucy James. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.

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SHOW NOTES:

• Lasik
• Body Worlds
• “Whoever reads this, please enter my grave. I will let you have my stretching, shrinking keepsake.”
• Star Trek
• Heathcliff)
• Ricky Henderson
• NBA Jam
• Space Jam (1996)
• Yosemite Sam
• Foghorn Leghorn
• The Unauthorized Bash Brothers Experience
• Mark McGwire
• Jose Conseco

1: What’s the most ludicrous video game press release you’ve ever seen? (05:28)

• Lucy James: this is the worst email I have ever received
• Fing-Longer
• Pornhub
• Overwatch
• EarthBound
• World of Tanks

2: How is AI viewed in Japanese development? (11:27)

• Hideo Kojima’s AI Prada video prompts outcry from gamers

3: What’s your favorite thing to be in a video game? (14:25)

• The Aristocats - Ev’rybody Wants To Be a Cat
• Stray
• Little Kitty, Big City
• Tenchu series
• LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight
• Catwoman
• Traveller’s Tales
• Sonic R
• Veep
• Batman
• Tinykin
• World of WarCraft
• Troll (WarCraft race)
• Tachikoma
• KITT
• Cars (2006))
• Disney·Pixar Cars

4: How would you explain Minecraft to Zohran Mamdani? (20:41)

• Zohran Mamdani
• Minecraft
• Boris Johnson
• Sadiq Khan
• Meijer
• A Minecraft Movie (2025)
• Jack Black
• Bubsy)
• The video of a zombie in a mine cart (thanks to Sandwich Jones for finding this for me)
• Demonschool
• Pathologic 2
• Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures
• Marvel Spider-Man
• Cities: Skylines
• Tropico
• Sid Meier’s Civilization series
• Disco Elysium
• Tim Walz
• Crazy Taxi

5: Catherine asks, which video game characters would you expect to show up at Pride? (28:10)

• GamemasterAnthony
• Kratos)
• David Jaffe
• Giannis Antetokounmpo
• God of War (2018)
• Loki
• Freyja
• Baldr
• Bayonetta)
• Leon S. Kennedy
• Liza Minnelli
• Lisa Vanderpump
• Princess Peach
• Princess Daisy
• Waluigi
• Char Aznable
• Chris Redfield
• Sylvando
• Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age
• Final Fantasy XV
• Noctis Lucis Caelum

6: What lines from or aspects of video games have permeated your real life? (34:39)

• Portal
• The Sims
• Shenmue
• Ryo Hazuki
• Dragon Age series
• Chant of Light
• Klingon
• Disaster Report
• Deltarune
• Super Mario series
• The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023)
• Audio Atrocities
• Dishonored
• Fable
• Batman: Arkham series
• Bruce Timm
• Paul Dini
• Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor
• Resident Evil: Village
• Resident Evil 4

7: What is The Mandalorian and Grogu (2026) of video games? (43:43)

• The Mandalorian and Grogu (2026)
• The Mandalorian
• Andor
• Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced
• Aliens: Colonial Marines
• Alien: Isolation
• Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves
• Asteroids

LIGHTNING ROUND: OC Remix (49:09)

Recommendations and Outro (01:07:17):

• Frank: LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight,
• Brandon: Vote for gov’nah if you’re Californian, Sega-16’s Mike Fischer interview, the first and second Abashiri Prison movies but not the third one
• Ash: Touch grass
• Lucy: Widow’s Bay, lookingfor.game

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