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:

1. Here and now in 2023, how do you get video game news? (08:59)
2. What qualifies a game as mysterious? (14:39)
3. 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)
4. What subject could you give an unprepared GDC talk on? (28:29)
5. From Kyle: What’s the newest game genre, excluding overt combinations of established genres? (36:36)
6. Are YouTube audiences more interested in hearing about bad video games than good ones? (48:26)
7. Why do you think people like what you do? (54:17)

LIGHTNING ROUND: Pull Quotes (59:32)

Recommendations and Outro (01:09:39)

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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
• Captai