Ep. 456 - Lady RoboBobby, with Stella Sacco
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Narrative designer Stella Sacco joins the panel to cover Grand Theft Auto VI, detecting AI in games, and pink plush Peeps bunnies.
Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Brandon Sheffield, and Stella Sacco. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.
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SHOW NOTES:
- “I’m escaping to the one place that hasn’t been ruined by capitalism! Insert Credit!”
- Super Smash Bros. series
- PlayStation 4
- Xbox One
- Grand Theft Auto VI
- Majestic 12
- Oceans Eleven
- Grand Theft Auto: The Ballad of Gay Tony
- Stella Sacco
- Sex 2
- PC-98
- Teledildonics
- Halo series
1: How are we feeling about Grand Theft Auto VI? (05:38)
- Grand Theft Auto III
- PlayStation 2
- Grand Theft Auto VI: An Extended Look
- Kotaku: Grand Theft Auto 6’s Latest Leak Told Me All I Need To Know
- Spider-Man
- IGN: Rockstar Doesn’t Mind if You Dislike GTA 6’s Romantic Side
- Grand Theft Auto V
- Any Austin
- GDC
- Red Dead Redemption series
- Marvel Midnight Suns
- Blade
- Final Fantasy XIV
- Animal Crossing series
- Splatoon series
- Dark Souls series
- Hypnospace Outlaw
- web3
- MySpace
- Fourteenite
- XIII
2: How can we trust any new video games not to use AI? (15:52)
- Time Extension: James Pond Creator On System 3’s “Soulless” Legacy Collection
- the kickstarter for that bad AI Genesis game Brandon was talking about
- Wanted: Dead’s AI slop key art
3: How have video game companies most egregiously attempted to rewrite their own histories? (20:40)
- Arc System Works
- GDRI
- BioWare
- Electronic Arts
- Treasure
- Yakuza
- Zaibatsu
- Midway
4: Which movies most need a “Scarface: The World is Yours” type sequel with the protagonist coming back to life? (25:17)
- Scarface: The World Is Yours
- The Green Mile (1999)
- Heat (1995)
- The Goonies (1985)
- Thelma & Louise (1991)
- Bump ‘N’ Jump
- Robocop 3 (1993)
- John Wick: Chapter 4 (20XX)
- The Fast and Furious series
- Warhammer 40,000: Darktide
- Judge Dread
- Dead to Rights: Retribution
- Sorcerer (1977)
- Death Stranding
- Tangerine Dream
- Titanic (1997)
- Ghost of Yōtei
- Pirates of the Caribbean series
- Point Break (1991)
5: Room Check! (32:48)
- Peeps
- MAGFest
- Video Game History Foundation
- Pony Express
- Mochilla
- Earth Defense Force series
- Tokyo Game Show
- Casio Loopy
- Gematsu: Earth Defense Force 6.2: Invaders from Another World announced for PS5
6: WillaWisp asks, what is the CeraVe Daily Moisturizer of video games? (38:16)
- CeraVe
- Threes
- Cetaphil
- Tetris
- Xbox Wireless Controller
- Other Ocean
- Eucerin
- Holedown
- Picross series
- Squeakross: Home Squeak Home
- Nintendo 3DS
- Star Trek
7: If Dolly Parton asked you to show her some video games, which ones would you show her? (43:35)
- Dolly Parton
- Rock Band series
- Night in the Woods
- Nintendo Switch
- RollerCoaster Tycoon series
- Dollywood
- Bayonetta series
- Elvira
- Splatterhouse
- Mario Party series
- Wii Sports
- Desert Bus
- Penn & Teller
LIGHTNING ROUND: Blind Pull Quote (48:41)
Recommendations and Outro (58:27):
- Frank: Cetaphil moisturizing cream
- Stella: Mortal Shell II, Terminator 2: Judgment Day 35th Anniversary (2026)
- Brandon: The Tong - Dangerous Games, Val Young - Let’s Fall In Love, Save the Green Planet! (2003)
- Jaffe: The Shadow with Orson Welles
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