Ep. 457 - Hey Me, Pikachi

Your beloved panel covers advances in stealth games, new Pokemon types, and whether or not Marty McFly has a scrote. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Ash Parrish, and Brandon Sheffield. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.

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SHOW NOTES:

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“Come and have a go if you think you’re hard enough!” (bsky.app/profile/rufflerogue.bsky.social/post/…)

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Pokemon series (mobygames.com/group/8656/pokemon-main-rpg-series)

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Metal Gear Solid Δ: Snake Eater (mobygames.com/game/243161/metal-gear-solid-%CE…)

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Kotaku (kotaku.com)

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LeBron James (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LeBron_James)

1: What is the correct amount of time to sit down and play a video game in front of your TV? ()

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Marvel Cinematic Universe (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvel_Cinematic_Universe)

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X-Men (2000) (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-Men_(film))

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Thor: The Dark World (2013) (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thor:_The_Dark_World)

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Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025) (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fantastic_Four:_Firs…)

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The Marvels (2023) (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Marvels)

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The Incredible Hulk (2008) (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Incredible_Hulk_(film))

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Black Panther (2018) (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Panther_(film))

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Avengers: Endgame (2019) (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avengers:_Endgame)

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Zack Snyder (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zack_Snyder)

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Eternals (2021) (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eternals_(film))

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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingo_Sunen

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Kumail Nanjiani (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kumail_Nanjiani)

2: Which video games are most responsible for advancing their genre? ()

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Metal Gear Solid series (mobygames.com/group/380/metal-gear-series)

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System Shock (mobygames.com/game/681/system-shock)

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Deus Ex (mobygames.com/game/1749/deus-ex)

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Street Fighter II (mobygames.com/game/6239/street-fighter-ii)

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Spy Fiction (mobygames.com/game/34979/spy-fiction)

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Resident Evil 4 (mobygames.com/game/16373/resident-evil-4)

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Assassin’s Creed series (mobygames.com/group/8195/assassins-creed-series)

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Hitman series (mobygames.com/group/820/hitman-series)

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Immersive sim (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immersive_sim)

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Dishonored (mobygames.com/game/58218/dishonored)

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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metroidvania

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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinball

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John Romero discovers a 1940 first person shooter (bsky.app/profile/johnromero.bsky.social/post/3…)

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Pong (mobygames.com/game/64135/pong)

3: What even is the incentive to make video games commercially? ()

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Wadjet Eye Games (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wadjet_Eye_Games)

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Dave Gilbert (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Gilbert_(game_desig…))

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Ron Gilbert (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Gilbert)

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Dave Grossman (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Grossman_(game_deve…))

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EA (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_Arts)

4: Design a new Pokemon type ()

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Water (pokemondb.net/type/water)

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bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Fire_(type)

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bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Ground_(type)

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bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Rock_(type)

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bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Normal_(type)

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bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Ghost_(type)

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bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Fairy_(type)

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bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Grass_(type)

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bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Poison_(type)

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bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Flying_(type)

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bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Dragon_(type)

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bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Dark_(type)

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bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Bug_(type)

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bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Psychic_(type)

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bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Fighting_(type)

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bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Ice_(type)

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bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Electric_(type)

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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yu-Gi-Oh!

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bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Steel_(type)

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Hey You, Pikachu! (mobygames.com/game/24638/hey-you-pikachu)

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bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Mimikyu_(Pok%C…)

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Missingno (bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/MissingNo.)

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Skylanders series (mobygames.com/group/10463/skylanders-series)

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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spyro

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Palworld (mobygames.com/game/215998/palworld)

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bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Unown_(Pok%C3%…)

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bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Rotom_(Pok%C3%…)

5: Dr. Booperstein III asks, are all video games derivative of the first generation of video games? ()

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Guess Who? (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guess_Who%3F)

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Pac-Man (mobygames.com/game/138/pac-man)

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Donkey Kong (mobygames.com/game/574/donkey-kong)

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Q*Bert (mobygames.com/game/8853/qbert)

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Night Driver (mobygames.com/game/9750/night-driver)

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Back to the Future Part II (1989) (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Back_to_the_Future_Part_II)

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Leslie “Spike” O’Malley (backtothefuture.fandom.com/wiki/Leslie_%22Spik…)

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Entertainment Software Association (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entertainment_Software_A…)

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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E3

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Summer Game Fest (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summer_Game_Fest)

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Back to the Future: The Game (mobygames.com/game/49986/back-to-the-future-th…)

6: What’s the stupidest playable race in a video game? ()

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Pepsiman (mobygames.com/game/32237/pepsiman)

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Mass Effect series (mobygames.com/group/8742/mass-effect-series)

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masseffect.fandom.com/wiki/Asari

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masseffect.fandom.com/wiki/Quarian

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masseffect.fandom.com/wiki/Turian

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Star Trek (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek)

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Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek:_Deep_Space_Nine)

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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bajoran

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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vulcan_(Star_Trek)

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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spock

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Dwarf Fortress (mobygames.com/game/196112/dwarf-fortress)

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Dwarves (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwarf_(folklore))

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Blood Elves (wowpedia.fandom.com/wiki/Blood_elf)

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World of WarCraft (mobygames.com/game/15620/world-of-warcraft)

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Night Elves (wowpedia.fandom.com/wiki/Night_elf)

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wowpedia.fandom.com/wiki/Orc

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wowpedia.fandom.com/wiki/Tauren

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wowpedia.fandom.com/wiki/Troll

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wowpedia.fandom.com/wiki/Undead

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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pikmin

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Pikmin series (mobygames.com/group/2583/pikmin-series)

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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zerg

7: What is the Steven Spielberg’s Stanley Kubrick’s A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001) (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A.I._Artificial_Intellig…) of video games? ()

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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Milo

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Peter Molyneux (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Molyneux)

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Haley Joel Osment (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haley_Joel_Osment)

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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berserk_(manga)

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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dune_(novel)

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The Wheel of Time (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wheel_of_Time)

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BioShock series (mobygames.com/group/9134/bioshock-series)

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Ken Levine (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Levine_(game_developer))

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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judas_(video_game)

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Fallout 3 (mobygames.com/game/37167/fallout-3)

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Fallout: New Vegas (mobygames.com/game/48717/fallout-new-vegas)

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