Ep. 387 - Ethical Banana Diamonds, with Brian David Gilbert

Brian David Gilbert of Dropout.tv, Unraveled, and his own excellent youtube channel joins our panel to cover Switch 2 preorders, Donkey Kong dating your friends, and the legendary Nier butthole. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Ash Parrish, Brandon Sheffield, and Brian David Gilbert. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.

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SHOW NOTES:

• Mystery Men (1999)
• Flaming Carrot Comics
• The Legend of Zelda series
• Video game
• Sega
• PlayStation
• Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty
• Nintendo
• Nintendo 64

1: We’re recording this the day that preorders have gone live for the Switch 2. What’s the worst case you’ve ever seen of Preorder Madness? (08:05)

• I got my Switch 2 preorder the old-fashioned way: lining up at GameStop
• Crysis
• Pepe the Frog
• Alan Wake II
• GameStop

2: What’s the right amount of bullshit to put in a video game? (15:13)

• Demonschool
• Ryū ga Gotoku / Like a Dragon / Yakuza universe
• Everything
• Xenoblade Chronicles series
• Batman
• Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater

3: How would video games be different today if when you died in the game, you died in real life? (20:45)

• Elon Musk
• Gamergate (harassment campaign)
• The Most Dangerous Game
• Alex Honnald
• Elden Ring
• Dark Souls series
• Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy
• Bebe’s Kids (1992)