Ep. 426 - Fortnite for Boomers
<p>The finest minds in video games discuss the evolution of turn-based combat, turning pixels into symphonies, and the devastating return of Violence Island.</p>
<p>Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Ash Parrish, and Brandon Sheffield. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.</p>
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<p><strong>SHOW NOTES:</strong></p>
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audacity_(audio_editor)">Audacity</a>
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E3">E3</a>
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Who">Doctor Who</a>
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Manhattan">Doctor Manhattan</a>
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blink_(Doctor_Who)">Blink</a>
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Baker">Tom Baker</a>
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherlock_(TV_series)">Sherlock</a>
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Moffat">Steven Moffat</a>
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalek">Daliens</a>
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyberman">Cybermen</a>
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<a href="https://forums.insertcredit.com/t/give-me-bad-weird-video-game-quotes/3008/570">“Do you think people are happy in this wizard kingdom?”</a>
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<a href="https://www.mobygames.com/group/193/mega-man-rockman-series/">Mega Man series</a>
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<a href="https://megaman.fandom.com/wiki/Clown_Man">Clown Man</a>
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It_(novel)">It</a>
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicole_Kidman">Nicole Kidman</a>
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kid_%27n_Play">Kid n’ Play</a>
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<p><strong>1</strong>: What tips you off that someone discussing video games has no idea what they’re talking about? (06:08)</p>
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<a href="https://transnews.network/p/a-directive-from-above-former-nyt-editor-lays-out-how-the-paper-pushes-anti-trans-bigotry">New York Times</a>
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independent_Games_Festival">IGF Awards</a>
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<a href="https://www.mobygames.com/group/2640/call-of-duty-universe/">Call of Duty series</a>
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<a href="https://www.mobygames.com/game/74447/mega-man-legacy-collection/">Mega Man: Legacy Collection</a>
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman">Batman</a>
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superman">Superman</a>
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zack_Snyder">Zack Snyder</a>
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<a href="https://www.mobygames.com/group/344/madden-series/">Madden series</a>
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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D00M2KZH1J0">Daryl Hall & John Oates - Out Of Touch</a>
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<p><strong>2</strong>: How have turn-based battle systems evolved over 30 years? (11:58)</p>
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<a href="https://www.mobygames.com/game/241065/clair-obscur-expedition-33/">Clair Obscur: Expedition 33</a>
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<a href="https://www.mobygames.com/group/1709/shin-megami-tensei-series/">Shin Megami Tensei series</a>
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<a href="https://www.mobygames.com/game/39091/valkyria-chronicles/">Valkyria Chronicles</a>
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<a href="https://www.mobygames.com/game/21692/final-fantasy-xii/">Final Fantasy XII</a>
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<a href="https://www.mobygames.com/game/3593/parasite-eve/">Parasite Eve</a>
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<a href="https://www.mobygames.com/game/94557/mario-rabbids-kingdom-battle/">Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle</a>
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<a href="https://www.mobygames.com/game/231733/metaphor-refantazio/">Metaphor: ReFantazio</a>
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<a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/2159270/Kingdoms_of_the_Dump/">Kingdoms of the Dump</a>
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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iv8GW1GaoIc">The Doors - Riders On The Storm</a>
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<a href="https://www.mobygames.com/game/8706/final-fantasy-x-2/">Final Fantasy X-2</a>
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<p><strong>3</strong>: On what occasions have you wished a game was harder? (17:27)</p>
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soulslike">Soulslike</a>
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<a href="https://www.mobygames.com/game/6581/gunstar-heroes/">Gunstar Heroes</a>
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<a href="https://www.mobygames.com/game/193237/bayonetta-3/">Bayonetta 3</a>
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<a href="https://www.mobygames.com/group/8656/pokemon-main-rpg-series/">Pokemon series</a>
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<p><strong>4</strong>: If we were to re-establish an official video game seal of quality, what would be the qualifying criteria? (21:41)</p>
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<a href="https://nintendo.fandom.com/wiki/Official_Nintendo_Seal">Official Nintendo Seal</a>
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steam_Deck">Steam Deck</a>
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<p><strong>5</strong>: Syswivv asks, what kind of video game would Andy Warhol have made? (28:08)</p>
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Warhol">Andy Warhol</a>
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madonna">Madonna</a>
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<a href="https://www.mobygames.com/game/104208/fortnite/">Fortnite</a>
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CD-i">CD-i</a>
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Idle">Eric Idle</a>
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<a href="https://www.mobygames.com/game/1374/starship-titanic/">Starship Titanic</a>
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harlan_Ellison">Harlan Ellison</a>
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<a href="https://www.mobygames.com/game/617/harlan-ellison-i-have-no-mouth-and-i-must-scream/">Harlan Ellison: I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream</a>
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CD%2BG">CD+G</a>
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sega_CD">Sega CD</a>
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empire_(1965_film)">Empire (1965)</a>
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Molyneux">Peter Molyneux</a>
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MAGFest">MAGFest</a>
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<a href="https://gdconf.com/">GDC</a>
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<a href="https://www.mobygames.com/game/116321/bubsy-3d-bubsy-visits-the-james-turrell-retrospective/">Bubsy 3D: Bubsy Visits the James Turrell Retrospective</a>
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Turrell">James Turrell</a>
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<p><strong>6</strong>: Describe Bubsy 3D: Bubsy Visits the James Turrell Retrospective to Ash (32:24)</p>
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arcane_Kids">Arcane Kids</a>
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<a href="https://www.mobygames.com/game/112927/donut-county/">Donut County</a>
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<a href="https://www.mobygames.com/group/794/bubsy-series/">Bubsy series</a>
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<p><strong>7</strong>: What’s the best use a game has ever made of being able to click in the analog stick? (34:39)</p>
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<a href="https://www.mobygames.com/game/21586/the-godfather-the-game/">The Godfather: The Game</a>
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<a href="https://www.mobygames.com/game/11164/manhunt/">Manhunt</a>
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<a href="https://www.mobygames.com/game/45664/god-of-war-iii/">God of War III</a>
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oedipus">Oedipus</a>
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<a href="https://www.mobygames.com/game/36476/yanya-caballista-city-skater/">Yanya Caballista: City Skater</a>
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<a href="https://www.mobygames.com/game/14970/katamari-damacy/">Katamari Damacy</a>
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinect">Kinect</a>
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_(1990_film)">Ghost (1990)</a>
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<a href="https://www.mobygames.com/game/65282/octodad-dadliest-catch/">Octodad: Dadliest Catch</a>
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<p><strong>8</strong>: Who is your favorite video game character to debut in the last ten years? (40:39)</p>
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<a href="https://www.mobygames.com/game/223633/crow-country/">Crow Country</a>
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<a href="https://magnificentbaddie.fandom.com/wiki/Agent_Mara_Forest">Mara Forest</a>
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<a href="https://www.mobygames.com/game/246839/hollow-knight-silksong/">Hollow Knight: Silksong</a>
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<a href="https://hollowknight.wiki/w/Hornet_(Silksong)">Hornet</a>
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<a href="https://www.mobygames.com/group/11069/bayonetta-series/">Bayonetta series</a>
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayonetta_(character)">Bayonetta</a>
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<a href="https://www.mobygames.com/game/84102/nier-automata/">Nier: Automata</a>
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2B_(Nier:_Automata)">2B</a>
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<a href="https://www.mobygames.com/game/223223/indika/">Indika</a>
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<a href="https://www.mobygames.com/game/82135/final-fantasy-xv/">Final Fantasy XV</a>
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prompto_Argentum">Prompto Argentum</a>
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignis_Scientia">Ignis Scientia</a>
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<a href="https://www.mobygames.com/game/79170/overwatch/">Overwatch</a>
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tracer_(Overwatch)">Tracer</a>
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<a href="https://www.mobygames.com/game/150689/baldurs-gate-iii/">Baldur’s Gate III</a>
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astarion">Astarion</a>
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<a href="https://www.mobygames.com/game/161326/balan-wonderworld/">Balan Wonderworld</a>
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<a href="https://balan-wonderworld.fandom.com/wiki/Balan">Balan</a>
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<a href="https://www.mobygames.com/game/229488/concord/">Concord</a>
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<p><strong>LIGHTNING ROUND:</strong> Violence Island (46:02)</p>
<p><strong>Recommendations and Outro</strong> (01:01:52):</p>
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<strong>Brandon</strong>: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Most_Terrible_Time_in_My_Life">The Most Terrible Time in My Life (1993)</a>, <a href="https://gnosia.fandom.com/wiki/Gnosia_(anime)">Gnosia</a>, yucca</li>
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<strong>Ash</strong>: Put chili crisp on everything, <a href="https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-laidoff-vox-media-workers">Support Laid-off Vox Media Workers</a>
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<strong>Frank:</strong> Lil’ baby potatoes</li>
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