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Ep. 440 - No More Worlds to Conker
MAY 11, 202667 MIN
Ep. 440 - No More Worlds to Conker
MAY 11, 202667 MIN
Description
<p>Frank Cifaldi, Ash Parrish, and Brandon Sheffield cover GameStop making an offer for eBay, the hotness of the new StarFox designs, and dead rabbids.</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>
<ul>
<li>
<a href="https://finalfantasy.fandom.com/wiki/Nail_Bat_(Final_Fantasy_VII)">Nail Bat</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://www.mobygames.com/game/858/final-fantasy-vii/">Final Fantasy VII</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Die_Hard">Die Hard (1988)</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gotham_City">Gotham City</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Paul_Valley">Jean-Paul Valley</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://forums.insertcredit.com/t/give-me-bad-weird-video-game-quotes/3008/697">“Shilly-shally.”</a>
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<li>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oreo">Oreo</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrox">Hydrox</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TurboGrafx-16">TurboGrafx-16</a>
</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>1</strong>: GameStop isn’t gonna buy eBay, right? (08:56)</p>
<ul>
<li>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GameStop">GameStop</a>
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EBay">eBay</a>
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<a href="https://www.npr.org/2026/05/05/nx-s1-5810499/gamestop-makes-unsolicited-bid-to-acquire-online-auction-giant-ebay-for-56b">GameStop makes unsolicited bid to acquire online auction giant eBay for $56B</a>
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<a href="https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/gamestop-ceo-ryan-cohen-banned-115859538.html">GameStop CEO Ryan Cohen banned from eBay after takeover bid stunt</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_Informer">Game Informer</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://www.mobygames.com/game/56109/sumo-fighter/">Sumo Fighter</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://www.mobygames.com/game/6586/mega-man-7/">Mega Man 7</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://gamehistory.org/">Video Game History Foundation</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://the-video-game-history-foundation.myshopify.com/collections/featured-products/products/blind-box-vintage-game-magazine-subscription?_su_rec=lPTWg0WiTCiHLZJo0vivyLkDZ-E45NuNxphhq-g8rl4mpqF_RNIvuaoW5r0fN8-WMODzA6Hfe0QDe55l4MFkWPo1E1AEAMcgKvJGNnEuWCo2mE3EzqVU2u1OoCylYE5XrC_tQqcf-2Zph2_vACkh6bMoWZHdc_rWip9l796iNK5YSMX3NGA1-dWuhyvEFqG6DfeNbGLdROb2cT8bveZAf7NXpS9DsgJnFOC83cqLDHdoPFDDXS9bPgS_q8fbuQKETUfufUkoq2mLnx1KNCVwFhAd&_su_rec_id=2a5de9f0-d683-4370-a10e-912c217d08f3-1778482269">Vintage Video Game Magazine Monthly Subscription</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funcoland">FuncoLand</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funko">Funko</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://www.mobygames.com/game/254965/relooted/">Relooted</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://www.mobygames.com/game/323/bram-stokers-dracula/">Bram Stoker’s Dracula</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiana_Jones">Indiana Jones</a>
</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>2</strong>: What are the level 1 magic spells you want to make available to a player in a game? (14:00)</p>
<p>Hang on. Is Indiana Jones’s hat a fedora?</p>
<ul>
<li>
<a href="https://www.hatrealm.com/what-type-of-hat-does-indiana-jones-wear/">Indiana Jones: His Hats Explained</a>
</li>
</ul>
<p>Okay back to Question 2.</p>
<ul>
<li>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metroidvania">Metroidvania</a>
</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>3</strong>: Are the Star Fox characters hotter now or not? (18:41)</p>
<ul>
<li>
<a href="https://www.polygon.com/star-fox-2026-game-nintendo-switch-2/">Nintendo announces new Star Fox for Nintendo Switch 2</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Super_Mario_Galaxy_Movie">The Super Mario Galaxy Movie (2026)</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://starfox.fandom.com/wiki/Falco_Lombardi">Falco Lombardi</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://masseffect.fandom.com/wiki/Garrus_Vakarian">Garrus Vakarian</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://www.mobygames.com/group/8742/mass-effect-series/">Mass Effect series</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vince_Lombardi">Vince Lombardi</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://combineoverwiki.net/wiki/Doug_Lombardi">Doug Lombardi</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/insight/nintendo-confirms-destruction-of-original-star-fox-puppets/gm-GM4626528A">Nintendo confirms destruction of original Star Fox puppets</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Amazing_Digital_Circus">The Amazing Digital Circus</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://www.mobygames.com/game/68564/five-nights-at-freddys/">Five Nights at Freddy’s</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kermit_the_Frog">Kermit the Frog</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://starfox.fandom.com/wiki/Krystal">Krystal</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waluigi">Waluigi</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://www.mobygames.com/game/3536/star-fox-64/">Star Fox 64</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://www.mobygames.com/game/141485/final-fantasy-vii-remake/">Final Fantasy VII: Remake</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://www.mobygames.com/game/3530/sonic-adventure/">Sonic Adventure</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://sonic.fandom.com/wiki/Rouge_the_Bat">Rouge the Bat</a>
</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>4</strong>: Write five clues for a Jeopardy! video game category (24:18)</p>
<ul>
<li>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeopardy!">Jeopardy!</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pac-Man">Pac-Man</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donkey_Kong">Donkey Kong</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mega_Man">Mega Man</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario">Mario Mario</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luigi_(character)">Luigi Mario</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_(Minecraft)">Minecraft Steve</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PewDiePie">PewDiePie</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ninja_(gamer)">Ninja</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonk_(series)">Bonk</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://www.mobygames.com/game/16519/jj-jeff/">J.J. & Jeff</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hideo_Kojima">Hideo Kojima</a>
</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>5</strong>: LeFish asks, what is the best French thing in video games, and what is the best fish? (28:57)</p>
<ul>
<li>
<a href="https://kotaku.com/detroit-dev-quantic-dreams-wins-lawsuit-without-actuall-1847716375">David Cage</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://www.mobygames.com/group/479/freddi-fish-series/">Freddi Fish series</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://www.mobygames.com/game/241065/clair-obscur-expedition-33/">Clair Obscur: Expedition 33</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubisoft">Ubisoft</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BioWare">BioWare Montreal</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://www.mobygames.com/group/9213/dragon-age-series/">Dragon Age series</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://www.mobygames.com/game/564/out-of-this-world/">Another World</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabbids">Rabbids</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_Ahab">Captain Ahab</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://www.mobygames.com/game/6591/super-mario-world/">Super Mario World</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://www.mobygames.com/game/5545/seaman/">Seaman</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://finalfantasy.fandom.com/wiki/Leviathan">Leviathan</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://www.mobygames.com/group/515/putt-putt-series/">Putt-Putt series</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://www.mobygames.com/group/1207/james-pond-series/">James Pond series</a>
</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>6</strong>: What is a more useful aggregation tool: Metacritic, which averages scores, or Rotten Tomatoes, which averages positive vs. negative reviews? (33:53)</p>
<ul>
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metacritic">Metacritic</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotten_Tomatoes">Rotten Tomatoes</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars">Star Wars series</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IMDb">IMDb</a>
</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>7</strong>: What is the Pee-wee’s Big Adventure (1985) of video games? (37:10)</p>
<ul>
<li>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pee-wee%27s_Big_Adventure">Pee-wee’s Big Adventure (1985)</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Groundlings">The Groundlings</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://www.mobygames.com/game/3622/conkers-bad-fur-day/">Conker’s Bad Fur Day</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://www.mobygames.com/game/3582/diddy-kong-racing/">Diddy Kong Racing</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pee-wee%27s_Playhouse">Pee-wee’s Playhouse</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pee-wee_Herman">Pee-wee Herman</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://www.mobygames.com/group/11069/bayonetta-series/">Bayonetta</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Burton">Tim Burton</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pee-wee_Herman_Show">The Pee-wee Herman Show</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlatinumGames">PlatinumGames</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://www.mobygames.com/game/5199/donkey-kong-country/">Donkey Kong Country</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://www.mariowiki.com/Tiptup">Tiptup</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://www.mariowiki.com/Drumstick_(character)">Drumstick</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wario">Wario</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://www.mobygames.com/group/3512/warioware-series/">WarioWare series</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tingle_(The_Legend_of_Zelda)">Tingle</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://www.mobygames.com/game/33792/freshly-picked-tingles-rosy-rupeeland/">Freshly-Picked Tingle’s Rosy Rupeeland</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://www.mobygames.com/game/69716/irozuki-tincle-no-koi-no-balloon-trip/">Irozuki Tincle no Koi no Balloon Trip</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://www.mobygames.com/game/25580/kaeru-no-tame-ni-kane-wa-naru/">The Frog for Whom the Bell Tolls</a>
</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>LIGHTNING ROUND:</strong> User Reviews (43:14)</p>
<p>Credit Corner (56:54)</p>
<p><strong>Recommendations and Outro</strong> (57:19):</p>
<ul>
<li>
<strong>Brandon</strong>: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sting">The Sting (1973)</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Get_Carter">Get Carter (1971)</a>
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<strong>Frank:</strong> <a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/3274880/Rollick_N_Roll/">Rollick N’ Roll</a>
</li>
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<strong>Ash</strong>: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crouching_Tiger,_Hidden_Dragon">Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)</a>, <a href="https://loveanddeepspace.infoldgames.com/en-EN/news/1">Love and Deepspace</a>
</li>
</ul>
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