Ep. 173 - We Don’t Usually Swear, with Lotte May
Content warning: Brandon says a swear at 53:03, but it’s justified. Lotte May joins the Tim-less panel to have a chill hangout. This episode is a Chill Version features three new lofi tracks from Kurt Feldman! Original music by Kurt Feldman.
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Questions this week:
- 1. Previously on Insert Credit #14: If you could send 3 portable games to everybody in the world, what would they be? Game Boy Color edition (04:26)
- 2. How will strategy guides in the Library of Congress benefit future Americans? (09:37)
- 3. Why are some games so much better when played on smaller, portable screens? (15:44)
- 4. What are your favorite pieces of bespoke, custom made video game hardware? (20:47)
- 5. It's 1995. What games would you design to enhance the launch library for the Casio Loopy? (26:06)
- 6. Patreon Supporter MoxBagel asks: What game would you give a young Brandon Sheffield to change his destiny as an inveterate Nintendo hater? (30:50)
- 7. When and how is the color pink best utilized in a video game's color palette? (36:27)
- 8. It has now been 24 hours since the February 17th Nintendo Direct aired. What can you still remember about it? (40:13)
- 9. What is the worst advice you've ever gotten about your video game industry job? (46:14)
- 10. What’s a game that would be worth making for an old system? (50:57)
LIGHTNING ROUND: The Blank of Video Games: Coffee (57:44)
A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:
- Cave Noire
- Kaeru no Tame ni Kane wa Naru (For Frog the Bell Tolls)
- Noobow
- Metroid II: Return of Samus
- Library of Congress Re-bound Strategy Guides
- Cyber Doll
- Boron Museum in Boron California
- The Playdate
- Project Triangle Strategy
- Paprium
- Super Mario Clouds
- Wolfenstein 3D on Game Boy
- NES Emulator in NES Cartridge
- Raspberry Pi in VMU
- Casio Loopy
- Casio Loopy Games
- Big Challenges
- The Nomad Soul
- Shatterhand
- Kick Master
- Vice: Project Doom
- The Adventures of Bayou Billy
- Trip World
- Return to Subcon
- El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron
- P-47: The Phantom Fighter
- Get In The Car, Loser!
- Crystalis
- Neon White
- Arcane Kids
- Donut County
- Famicom Detective Club
- Military Madness
- Legend of Mana
- DC Super Hero Girls
- Crayon Shin-chan “Ora to Hakase no Natsuyasumi” Owaranai Nana-Kakan no Tabi
- Baseball Stars
- Gunsport by Necrosoft Games
- Femicom Museum
- Battle Princess Madelyn
- Tobu Tobu Girl
- Xeno Crisis
Recommendations:
Brandon: Jiu Jitsu (2020)
Frank: GST Channel
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