Ep. 330 - Squadala

Frank, Tim and Brandon share their thoughts on Akira Toriyama, the genres that defined consoles, and CD-i memories. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Tim Rogers, and Brandon Sheffield. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman. Questions this week: Let’s discuss Akira Toriyama’s impact on art, culture, video games, and us personally (08:03) What’s the most common misconception about video games in 2024? (23:05) Based on a dream I had, should I learn magic, or Magic: the Gathering? (31:04) LeFish: Are there any videogames based on works in other media that have been led by their original creators? (37:10) Which game consoles do you most closely associate with particular video game genres? (43:51) Recommendations and Outro (01:02:04) Discuss this episode in the Insert Credit Forums A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED: Radiatori Lucky Charms Super Smash Brothers series Link Legend of Zelda series Tagliatelle Rotini Super Mario Bros. Shaped SpaghettiOs with Meatballs Super Mario series Cheerios Oops! All Berries Xi’an Famous Foods Chili Oil & Crisps Jar Akira Toriyama Satoru Iwata Osamu Tezuka Dragon Ball Cool S Dragon Ball Z Toonami Buzz Rickson’s USAF L-2B Flying Jacket H-Type Dragon Quest series Sand Land Sand Land (video game) Kentaro Miura Yuji Horii Koichi Sugiyama Naoki Yoshida Final Fantasy XVI Final Fantasy XIV Online Dragon Quest X: Mezameshi Itsutsu no Shuzoku Online Eiichiro Oda One Piece Yuzo Koshiro Astro Boy Black Jack Unity Unreal Engine Grand Theft Auto V G4 The Ice Cream Is Revealed As Ninja Ninja The Masked Singer Minecraft Magic: The Gathering Perkins Restaurant & Bakery Hex & Company Game Developers Conference Normy’s Beach Babe-O-Rama Keith Robinson Douglas Adams The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay Vin Diesel David Twohy Brian Eno Bob Dylan Penn & Teller’s Smoke and Mirrors Takeshi’s Castle Takeshi no Chōsenjō Most Extreme Elimination Challenge The Last of Us The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023) Penn & Teller’s Cruel Tricks for Dear Friends Moonwalker Ghostbusters Dan Aykroyd Harold Ramis Back to the Future: The Game Bob Gale Boom Blox Steven Spielberg PlayStation 2 Nintendo Entertainment System Batman: The Video Game Vice: Project Doom Super Nintendo Entertainment System PlayStation Sega Genesis Dither Shatterhand Low G Man Gunstar Heroes Sonic the Hedgehog Socket PC Engine PC-98 Earthworm Jim Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy Ratchet & Clank Dynasty Warriors series Sega Saturn Atari 2600 Dreamcast Crazy Taxi Space Channel 5 Neo Geo Game Boy Castlevania series WonderSwan Xbox 360 Gears of War Gears of War 2 Gears of War 3 Wii PlayStation 3 GameCube Pikmin F-Zero GX Metroid Prime Nintendo 64 Conker’s Bad Fur Day Wii Music Wii Sports Wii Sports Resort Imagine: Party Babyz Disney Epic Mickey ZX Spectrum Manic Miner Batman Dizzy series Amiga Atari Jaguar 3DO Interactive Multiplayer Doom CD-i Panzer Dragoon Ridge Racer Road Rash PlayStation Portable PlayStation Vita Game Boy Advance Astro Boy: Omega Factor Nintendo DS Ace Attorney series Resident Evil series Hotel Dusk: Room 215 Feel the Magic XY/XX Nintendo 3DS Animal Crossing: New Leaf Mario Kart series Virtual Boy PlayStation 4 PlayStation 5 The Last of Us series Marvel Spider-Man Days Gone Horizon: Zero Dawn Ghost of Tsushima God of War series Another World Recommendations: Brandon: if you thought the pontification on religion and human nature in Prometheus (2012) was bad check out the deleted scenes to see how much worse it could have been, DAFENCII Frank: Arzette: The Jewel of Faramore This week’s Insert Credit Show is brought to you by patrons like you. Thank you. Subscribe: RSS, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, and more!