Frank Cifaldi, Tim Rogers and Brandon Sheffield develop a new video game show, up our Tallarico quota, and return to Violence Island. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Tim Rogers, and Brandon Sheffield. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.

Questions this week:

1. Let’s try to develop the first episode of Frank’s show with recipes for playing video games (05:30)
2. When have you fallen out of love with a video game you once liked all the way through playing the first time? (18:05)
3. What will the eight episode season one arc be for Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s Tomb Raider? (24:43)
4. Luis asks: Was Tetris inevitable? (31:17)
5. Rank these actions from best to worst: sliding, spinning, flipping. (39:10)
6. What is the guy outside of an airport pretending he’s an Uber driver of video games? (43:00)

LIGHTNING ROUND: Violence Island (51:39)

Recommendations and Outro (01:09:10)

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A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:

• Elden Ring
• Family Guy
• MiSTer FPGA
• Open Broadcaster Software
• EarthBound
• Dragon Quest V: Tenkū no Hanayome
• Final Fantasy VI
• Elevator Action Returns
• Soulslike
• Super Mario Bros.
• Rolling Thunder
• Metal Slug
• Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age
• Jerry Lewis
• Freakazoid!
• Mike Allred
• Madman
• Good Eats
• Passage
• Jason Rohrer
• God of War: Ragnarök
• Ape Escape
• Valis III
• Landstalker
• Phoebe Waller-Bridge
• ‘Tomb Raider’ Series From Phoebe Waller-Bridge Greenlit at Amazon
• Tomb Raider series
• Fallout
• Killing Eve
• Fleabag