The Tarnished Kris Graft takes his spot on the panel to cover bloodwritten OSHA violations, snipers, and syphilitic electrocution revival.
Questions this week:
Andrés Velasco y Coll asks: When did Konami go bad? (07:39)
Kris Graft, what did you do to get fired from Game Developer? (14:28)
Which NPCs deserve a promotion to playable characters? (21:13)
Do negative status effects make a game more interesting, or just annoying? (27:34)
Improv Zone: Elden Ring Political Debate (33:20)
Dirtbag Gaagaagiins asks: What are some games that would be improved by the removal of their headline feature? (38:55)
Violence Island (47:50)
LIGHTNING ROUND: This or That (01:05:22)
Recommendations and Outro (01:20:31)
Come discuss the episode, my laggardly reader, in the forums!
A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:
Target
La Nueva Charreada
Seinfeld
Rasputin Music
CRIMESIGHT
428: Shibuya Scramble
P.T.
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
Guillermo del Toro
Crimson Peak
Chrysler PT Cruiser
Castlevania: Advance Collection
Contra: Rogue Corps
Minority Report (2002)
Brandon Sheffield’s reported net worth
Cortana
Weapon Shop de Omasse
Dragon Warrior / Dragon Quest series
Papers, Please
Elder Scrolls series
Red Dead Redemption II
Yakuza / Ryū ga Gotoku series
Judgment / Judge Eyes series
Final Fantasy IV
Fallout games
Loop Hero
Cyberpunk 2077
Vampire Survivors
Elden Ring
Elden Ring messages
Fortnite series
Orcs Must Die!
Sentry
Death Stranding
Dishonored series
Assassin’s Creed series
PaRappa Rappa
50 Cent
Mario
Goro Majima
Yakuza PS2 dub with Mark Hamill as Majima
Lester the Unlikely
Larry Laffer
Yevgeny Borisovitch Volgin
Ash’s Pikachu
50 Cent forgot he had a stash of Bitcoin now worth $8m
Recommendations:
Brandon: Smithereens (1982), tonyhax, Jun Chikuma’s The Midas Touch
Tim: Don’t shave with an electric razor
Kris: Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022), older The Simpsons episodes, Dark
Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Tim Rogers, Brandon Sheffield and Kris Graft. Edited by Esper Quinn. Original Music by Kurt Feldman.