Ep. 320 - Crafting a Criminal
Description
Your Insert Credit panel returns to cover another death of physical media, Steamboat Willie, and The Minecraft Reality TV Show Criminal Court Case Chronicles. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Tim Rogers, and Brandon Sheffield. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.
Questions this week:
Are we approaching an era without physical game releases? (04:51)
Does gameplay have to be the starting principle of a good video game? (20:00)
Public Domain Adaptation Game: Design a game based on Steamboat Willie (26:12)
Catherine: What games are best structured for playing a little bit each day? (35:21)
Following the acclaim of Pokemon Concierge, what should be the next video game show set in the world of a game but not about the game itself? (42:55)
LIGHTNING ROUND: The Time Is Right (49:20)
Recommendations and Outro (01:00:36)
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A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:
D.I.C.E. Awards
Ed Boon
1999 2nd Annual Interactive Achievement Awards
Martin Short
Coolio
The Last of Us series
Silent Hill 3
Best Buy will no longer carry physical movies in 2024
Writers Guild of America
Valkyria Chronicles series
Hard Target (1993)
The Departed (2006)
Dragon Quest series
Hyper Gunsport
Redbox
Grateful Dead
Assassin’s Creed II
Digital Eclipse
Boku no Natsuyasumi
Devolver Digital
Unsighted
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Steamboat Willie
Lady Chatterley’s Lover
D. H. Lawrence
Mickey Mouse
Sherlock Holmes
Warren Spector
Phil Spector
Will Wright
Disney Epic Mickey
Minnie Mouse
ship’s wheel
The Skeleton Dance (public domain next year)
Ub Iwerks
Castle of Illusion starring Mickey Mouse
Hollow Knight
Super Mario series
Rick and Morty
Pete
Super Mario 64
Super Hydlide
H.E.R.O.
Shenmue series
Elden Ring
Persona series
Pokémon Concierge
The White Lotus
Ryū ga Gotoku / Like a Dragon / Yakuza series
Battles Without Honor and Humanity
Ikebukuro West Gate Park
Pokémon Concierge Theme Song “Have a Good Time Here”
Mariya Takeuchi
The Last of Us
The Walking Dead
Forza Motorsport series
Initial D
Need for Speed series
Minecraft
Old Enough!
Recommendations:
Brandon: Apologies to people who know about religions, The Tairyou Jigoku
Frank: Search a search engine for The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening DX
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