Ep. 295 - Born Sold Out, with Patrick Miller

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Ep. 295 - Born Sold Out, with Patrick Miller

Insert Credit Fighting Game Correspondent Patrick Miller rejoins the panel to share tips on esports commentating, developing fighting game characters, and powerwashing an island covered in diarrhea. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Tim Rogers, Brandon Sheffield, and Patrick Miller. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.

Questions this week:

Have you ever made an arbitrary non-video game decision just because it reminded you of something from a video game? (03:00)
Which fighting game characters have most significantly changed how fighting games are played? (07:44)
What future expansions should PowerWash Simulator add? (15:08)
What are the qualities of a good esports commentator? (20:33)
Improv Zone - RPG AI Dialogue (23:30)
Insert Credit Quick Break - Demonschool Demo on Xbox July 11 (27:44)
Yuji asks: what’s the coolest thing you can find at the edge of a world map? (28:53)
How do you make a character design “look cooler?” (35:02)
What’s the greatest comeback story in video game development history? (40:01)

LIGHTNING ROUND: State Fighters - New Challengers (46:33)

Recommendations and Outro (55:27)

A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:

Recommendations:
Patrick: If you’re in the Bay Area get in touch and come to Caliburst
Frank: TwoMorrows Publishing

This week’s Insert Credit Show is brought to you by the ID@Xbox Demonschool demo available July 11, and patrons like you. Thank you.

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Osu 16 Bit

This is going to sound dumb but I’ve always assumed the panelists hear the horrible buzzer and finding out it’s edited in is a disappointment.

Jaffe

Osu 16 Bit I used to sound it live, but Discord compresses loud sudden noises so that it’s inaudible when I try to play it now

2501

Osu 16 Bit This needs to change.

HeavenlyHalberd

Osu 16 Bit I had literally the same thought and always assumed Jaffe had a soundboard or something. Even more props to Esper’s editing to time those out.

DaveedNoo

Happy 7/10 day!

DaveedNoo

Jaffe I feel like I’ve heard the faintest of horrible buzzers in the past and figured that was happening! Shoot!

kyleprocrastinations

The real horrible buzzer was the friends we made along the way

Karnovski

I think the Lightning Round spurred a dumb idea in my head.

What if the Street Fighter games were named like the Cruis ’N Games? So it would be Street Fighter USA Warrior, SF World Warrior, SF Exotica and finally SF Blast.

In USA warriors you fight people from the different states, world is just sf2, etc.

穴

What future expansions should PowerWash Simulator add? (15:08)

Sonic. It would be fun to blast Sonic with a PowerWasher.

JJSignal

100% agree with Tim. High waist pants, tucked in shirt and a puffy jacket is definitely the best character design choice. I’ve been looking for some nice high waist pants (used, for cheap) myself. Basically just look at Golden Boy designs and you’re there. This goes for any gender. Add a baseball cap (worn in any direction) and some nice sneakers (like some red and white Nike dunks) to the mix and you got yourself the ultimate look in character design.

Mnemogenic

Monster Hunter would make a fun Powerwash expansion. Make that Rathalos shine.

NewGenderPlus

Jaffe

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dylanfills

Jaffe Is THIS where that viral audio is from?

I think having Powerwash Simulator stages cleaning up after the mid-chapter and end of chapter Danganronpa events would be cool

yeso

top 10 states

Illinois
Minnesota
Michigan
Wisconsin
Ohio
California
Pennsylvania
Texas
Colorado
New York

don’t think this will be controversial

exodus

warring states period coming right up

it’d be cool to rank states based on their environment, flora, and fauna rather than the human-created stuff (and especially the actual people) in them because then you could rank florida.

(note: I haven’t listened to this episode but I hope somebody made a warring states period joke)

yeso

exodus t’d be cool to rank states based on their environment, flora, and fauna rather than the human-created stuff

1 - Canada
2 - Hawaii
3 - Michigan
4 - Minnesota
5 - Wisconsin
6 - California
7 - Illinois
8 - Colorado
9 - Utah
10 - Vermont

Jonks

Do the fighting game characters have to be human?

As a Marylander stuck in traffic while listening to this week’s episode, I suggest our state’s representative be a combo of our two more popular bumper stickers; that’s right a half rat, half crab.

DaveedNoo

Jonks i think one or two non humans sounds about right.

goonbag

exodus

goonbag very good! looks like it’s starting earlier for people in the hotter time zones

tokucowboy

Oh wow the Improv Zone panel recited the last 40 minutes of Xenoblade 3 word for word

MovingCastles

tokucowboy was playing the last few hours of FF16 the night before the podcast and it has this exact conversation.