Video Game Journalist Catherine Masters joins the panel to cover console prices, the Microsoft BDS boycott, and Bubsy helping Mario with something. Hosted by Catherine Masters, with Frank Cifaldi, Ash Parrish, and Brandon Sheffield. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.
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SHOW NOTES:
“If I had a game console, I bet I’d play it all day.”
Nintendo DS Lite
Dogz 2
Atari 2600
Intellivision
Sega Game Gear
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Sonic the Hedgehog: Triple Trouble
Intellivoice
B-17 Bomber
DualShock
Game Genie
Rumble Pak
Sound Blaster
Mike Mika
1: How much more expensive can game consoles get? (04:43)
Sony raises PS5 prices by up to $150
PlayStation 5
Popular Kids Console Nex Playground Gets $50 Price Hike
Nex Playground
PlayStation 4
Sony Reportedly Testing Dynamic Pricing on the PlayStation Store
Nintendo Switch
Demonschool
Halo series
2: Why do people treat a Steam release like “the” PC release? (09:51)
Steam
itch.io
GoG
Kingdom Hearts series
Epic Games Store
EA Origin
PlayOnline
UPlay
Steam Deck
Alanis Morisette - Ironic
3: After a year, what impact has the BDS Microsoft boycott had? (15:23)
BDS Microsoft Boycott
RC Cola
OpenAI
Entire Claude Code CLI source code leaks thanks to exposed map file
Anthropic
OpenAI just gave up on Sora and its billion-dollar Disney deal
4: What’s the deal with all these egg games? (19:05)
Fowl Damage
Egging On
Arctic Eggs
Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg
Egg Squeeze
Terry Kavanaugh
yolkfolk.com
Dizzy and Seymour
Dizzy
Bubsy
The Yolkfolk
Dizzy: Prince of the Yolkfolk
Slender Man
The Backrooms
5: Alex Jaffe asks, what tattoo would you give to a tech bro asking for “gamer cred”? (24:55)
Offspring - Pretty Fly for a White Guy
Super Mario series
Triforce
Hylian Shield
Berserk
Master Chief
The cake is a lie
Skibidi Toilet
Lara Croft
SGMATRK
Warthog
6: What games could you rework from single player to multiplayer? (31:10)
National Videogame Museum (United Kingdom)
Twitch Plays Pokemon
The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures
No Way Out
Knuckles’ Chaotix
Super Mario Odyssey
IndieCade
Tetris: The Grand Master
Celeste
Mr. Bones
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice 2p1c by LilAggy and parkenharbor
Games Done Quick
Bennett Foddy
QWOP
Baby Steps
7: What should Catherine do instead of watching Insert Credit this week? (36:17)
Giant Bomb
RndStranger
PC Engine
The Video Game History Hour
Remap Radio
Sega Saturn
Triple Click
8: What’s the juicy cotoure tracksuit of video games? (38:56)
Juicy Cotoure tracksuit
Lollipop Chainsaw
Ugg boots
Stellar Blade
Wet
Oneechanbara series
Super Smash Bros. series
Mario Kart series
MultiVersus
2K Sports
Fortnite
Candy Crush Saga
Love and Deepspace
Goddess of Victory: Nikke
Bejeweled
Juicy couture an Ed hardy collab photoshoot NYC fashion week
LIGHTNING ROUND: Pokedexperts (47:45)
Recommendations and Outro (56:33):
Catherine: Hire Catherine if you’re a reputable publisher, make plans to finish things, Memory Card, Catherine’s work at The AV Club
Ash: Pursuit of Jade, revolution now
Brandon: 1000 Women in Horror, Apocalypse Hotel, 東風 by Sawteeth, Frédérick Raynal’s kickstarter for Popcorn Duel + Spinner
Frank: You can just watch Star Trek whenever you want without paying anyone money
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