Ep. 280 - Zimulation, with Vincent Diamante and ThorHighHeels

Composers Vincent Diamante and ThorHighHeels join Tim in covering modern video game news sources, mysterious games, and excellent yacht names. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Tim Rogers, Vincent Diamante, and ThorHighHeels. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman. Questions this week: Here and now in 2023, how do you get video game news? (08:59) What qualifies a game as mysterious? (14:39) Tell me about a project that you really believed in at one point, but couldn’t find a way to make it come together. (18:46) What subject could you give an unprepared GDC talk on? (28:29) From Kyle: What’s the newest game genre, excluding overt combinations of established genres? (36:36) Are YouTube audiences more interested in hearing about bad video games than good ones? (48:26) Why do you think people like what you do? (54:17) LIGHTNING ROUND: Pull Quotes (59:32) Recommendations and Outro (01:09:39) Discuss this episode in the Insert Credit Forums A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED: The Witcher series S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Assassin’s Creed series Phonopath Elden Ring Christa Lee Shadow the Hedgehog Cyberpunk 2077 Starfield Germs: Nerawareta Machi Bullet Witch NieR Sonic Adventure 2 Blender Unity ProBuilder Flower Sun and Rain Final Fantasy XV Undertale Celeste Yoshi Bongos Banjo-Kazooie Grant Kirkhope Vampire Survivors Animal Crossing series Harvest Moon / Story of Seasons series Boku no Natsuyasumi series MySims Love-de-Lic Captain★Rainbow Chulip L.O.L.: Lack of Love Moon: Remix RPG Adventure Giftpia Star Wars: Jedi - Fallen Order Disaster Report series Kyoei Toshi Resident Evil series Flower Demon’s Souls Evony Yakuza / Ryū ga Gotoku series Jack Reacher Left 4 Dead Gears of War series Bubblegum Crisis Umurangi Generation Recommendations: Vincent: Baseball, Chair Simulator Thor: Boot up a Zed X Tim: The city of Detroit Support on Patreon Subscribe: RSS, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, and more!