Ep. 188 - Mariountain Dew, with John Linneman

Digital Foundry and Eurogamer’s John Linneman joins the panel to consider Mario on the Zune, the fabled Duplidonkus, and most importantly, The Guy Fieri Of Video Games Original music by Kurt Feldman.

Questions this week:

From Brandon Sheffield: How would you run a cafe-arcade hybrid, and what would you call it? (03:10)
How would video games be different if Microsoft bought Nintendo twenty years ago? (10:33)
What factors decide whether a video game should be first person view or third person view? (15:02)
What historical video game hardware breakthroughs are bigger deals than people realize? (20:26)
What scenes do you hope to see in the new restored version of the Super Mario Bros. Movie? (25:29)
What video games suffer the most from being played on unintended hardware? (30:37)
Dirtbag Devils Blush asks: Who is your favorite developer of games you aren’t interested in playing? (39:33)
As a player, when can you feel the absence of a cut feature the most? (43:21)
How do you make a cool video game desert? (48:01)
Who is the Guy Fieri of video games? (53:02)

LIGHTNING ROUND: Product Placement (58:47)

A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:

Recommendations:
Frank: Video Game History Foundation “Blind Box” Vintage Video Game Magazines
Brandon: Enjoy the media you’ve collected over the years, The Brat - Attitudes EP
John: DF Retro, Retrotink 5X

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