Ep. 390 - Fix Your Kingdom Hearts or Die, with Liz Ryerson
Musician, writer, podcaster, and friend of the show Liz Ryerson joins the panel for Giant Bomb’s resurrection, the next video game-based Magic the Gathering set, and the introduction of gacha mechanics to the podcast format. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Ash Parrish, Brandon Sheffield, and Liz Ryerson. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.
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SHOW NOTES:
“The air tastes of plastic and charcoal. Oxygen microwaving society by a hundredth of a Fahrenheit each month. Will they also assemble a team for this?”
Dungeons & Dragons
Great Art, by Liz Ryerson
1: Any Austin asks, which video game bar would provide the best three-mile walk home after a night out that ended kind of badly? (03:45)
Seventh Heaven
Final Fantasy VII
Deadly Premonition
Twin Peaks
Bayonetta
Galdin Quay
Final Fantasy XV
Dragon Age: Inquisition
SSV Normandy
Mass Effect series
Anachronox
Aaron Stewart-Ahn
Cyberpunk 2077
Starfield
BurgerTime
The King of Kong: Fistful of Quarters (2007)
The King of Comedy (1982)
The Original Kings of Comedy (2000)
2: Brandon Sheffield asks, what is the can opener of video games? (11:14)
Can opener
3: What do you think we could have done with Giant Bomb? (14:30)
Giant Bomb Finally Set Free By Fandom
The Hamburglar
G4
ScrewAttack
Starcade
Nick Arcade
Geoff Keighley
Will Arnett
Alfonso Ribeiro
George Wallace
Steve Harley
Giant Bomb Wiki
Double Jump
Tyler Perry
Madea
Harrison Ford
Patriot Games (1992)
Tom Clancy
Jack Ryan
Alex Cross
Martin Lawrence
Eddie Murphy
Colin Powell
Vice (2018)
4: Which video game should the next Magic: the Gathering set be based on?
Magic: the Gathering
Final Fantasy series
Final Fantasy is Magic’s Best-Selling Set of All Time, And it’s Not Even Out Yet
Pokemon series
Tetris
Jackbox series
Horse Race Tests
Digimon series
My Little Pony
Team Fortress 2
Kingdom Hearts series
Fallout
Warhammer 40,000
Space Harrier
Panzer Dragoon
Garry’s Mod
Skibidi Toilet
Nier series
Rhystic Study
Final Fantasy X
Genshin Impact
Honkai: Star Rail
Zenless Zone Zero
Exodia
Hatris
Alexey Pajitnov
Karlach
Baldur’s Gate III
Heidi Kalson
The Sims: Life Stories
5: KikoB asks, aside from 50 Cent, what recording artists should have their own video games? (33:43)
50 Cent
50 Cent: Blood on the Sand
Beat Takeshi
Vin Diesel
Wheelman
Nicholas Cage
William Shatner
Andrew W.K.
Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure (1989)
Rose McGowan
Kat Dennings
Chappell Roan
Final Fantasy Tactics
Carly Rae Jepsen
Final Fantasy X-2
Björk
Biophilia
Keita Takahashi
Grasshopper Manufacture
Red Dead Redemption
Lil Nas X
Lil Nas X’s ‘Twerk Hero’ is a real game where you shake a virtual butt to Montero
Kim Kardashian: Hollywood
Nicki Minaj
Ice Spice
Bonk’s Adventure
M.I.A.
Taylor Swift
Drake-Kendrick Lamar feud
Dan Hibiki
6: Is there something you used to love in video games that has overstayed its welcome? (40:09)
Can You Pet the Dog?
Demonschool
Katamari Damacy
Creepypasta
Dusk
Sonic the Hedgehog series
Freedom Planet
Tryrush Deppy
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Rita’s Rewind
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
Super Metroid
7: What is the “I Got This Before I Knew He Was Crazy” bumper sticker of video games? (45:36)
David Cage
Indigo Prophecy
Kingdoms of Amalur
Tim Sweeney
Jill of the Jungle
ZZT
The Neverhood
Microsoft BDS Boycott
Harry Potter
Ori Studio Head Says Review Bombing Might Force Studio Closure, Then Takes It All Back
Peter Molydeux
Peter Molyneux
Minecraft
Notch
LIGHTNING ROUND: This Ain’t No Game (50:09)
Recommendations and Outro (01:03:45):
Brandon: Ozone (1993) (but this particular recommendation is only for Ash) Katedralen, Man Under Erasure
Ash: Touch grass
Liz: The King of Comedy (1982), The Mask (2023), B3313, Um - Martha Skye Murphy, Liz Ryerson on Patreon, stay tuned for a stream on game visibility
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