Developer of Get in the Car, Loser! Christine Love joins the panel to cover Alf, tactical romance action, and the crushing economic realities of indie games.

Questions this week:

1. How has video game art and design been impacted by Christian iconography? (03:40)
2. What are the worst ports of the best games? (09:00)
3. Has the Metroidvania outgrown Metroid? (13:01)
4. What is the weirdest advice you’ve gotten for playing a video game? (17:22)
5. What is and is not a visual novel? (21:11)
6. Dirtbag Spencer asks: What Mortal Kombat character should get the next Mythologies game? (27:13)
7. Are video games capable of evoking Britcom-style secondhand embarrassment? (32:37)
8. Should games with a customizable protagonist and multiple love interests assume bisexuality? (36:59)
9. From Brandon Sheffield: Christine, how can you justify giving away your game for free? (41:57)

LIGHTNING ROUND: Name Design: Meme Girls (50:17)

Get over here! So you can discuss this episode in the forums!

A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:

• Oh, Deer!
• Analogue: A Hate Story
• Ladykiller in a Bind
• Get in the Car, Loser!
• Splatterhouse
• Castlevania
• Shin Megami Tensei
• ALF
• Bubsy
• Halo
• Last Bible series
• Bible Master
• Wisdom Tree games
• Crack Down cover
• Street Fighter on the ZX Spectrum
• Sonic Jam
• Resident Evil on the Game.com
• Axiom Verge 2
• Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
• Chasm
• Deadly Premonition
• GameFAQs
• Jeanne d’Arc
• Snatcher
• Ace Attorney
• Tokimeki Memorial
• Fire Emblem: Three Houses