Frank Cifaldi, Tim Rogers and Brandon Sheffield answer Alex Jaffe’s questions about Nintendo’s last video game ever, committing fraud, and Turds of the Castle. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Tim Rogers, and Brandon Sheffield. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.

Questions this week:

  1. What’s still easier for you to do in real life than in a video game? (11:10)
  2. How do you scam the speculative market with a storage container of five hundred copies of an underwhelming NES game? (16:49)
  3. What will be the title of Nintendo’s last game? (24:25)
  4. SpencerGifs asks: Has the video game controller been finalized? (34:58)
  5. What is the video game equivalent of film’s “award bait” traits? (43:27)
  6. Jean-Michel Basquiat said that art is how we decorate space, and music is how we decorate time. What do we decorate with video games? (52:09)

LIGHTNING ROUND: GameFAQ&As - Doom (53:47)

Recommendations and Outro (58:55)

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A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:

Recommendations:

Frank: Subscribe to the Video Game History Foundation newsletter, Small Saga

Brandon: Demonschool Battle Mechanics trailer

Tim: Goblin Bunker Public Access 3 on 12/9 at 6PM PST

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