Game Scoop! Presents: The 20 Questions 10th Anniversary Special

Summary

Game Scoop! Presents: The 20 Questions 10th Anniversary Special – Episode Summary

Release Date: April 24, 2025

Introduction

In celebration of its 10th anniversary, Game Scoop! by IGN & Geek Media hosts a special edition titled "The 20 Questions 10th Anniversary Special." Veteran host Damon Hatfield teams up with the IGN crew, including guests Nick Limone, Sam Claybord, Justin Davis, and Damon's son Kingo, to revisit the beloved game segment with a fresh twist. This episode promises an engaging mix of gaming trivia, lively debates, and nostalgic moments, honoring a decade of gaming discussions.

Format of the Special Episode

To mark the milestone, the hosts adopt an expanded version of their classic "Video Game 20 Questions" segment. Instead of the usual 20 questions per game, they introduce a 100 Questions challenge encompassing five games. Each game features 15 predetermined questions curated by their friend Greg Kelly, blending common queries with fun, random ones. This format tests both the panelists' gaming knowledge and their ability to deduce under pressure.

Gameplay Rounds

Game 1: Splinter Cell Chaos Theory

Initial Questioning (00:00 – 16:33)

The episode kicks off with the first game: Splinter Cell Chaos Theory. Despite a thorough questioning process, the panel struggles to pinpoint the game. Notable questions include:

• "Does your character wear a hat?" (05:10)
• "Is this game on a handheld console?" (05:00)
• "Does this game connect to the Internet?" (06:21)

Panel Struggles and Revelation (16:33 – 16:56)

After 15 questions without success, the panel admits defeat. Damon reveals the game was Splinter Cell Chaos Theory, prompting discussions about its unique features and the challenges posed by its DS and PSP ports.

Damon Hatfield [16:33]: "This game was Splinter Cell Chaos Theory."

Game 2: Skate

Questioning Phase (20:01 – 51:55)

The second game suggested by Matt L. from New Brunswick leads the panel to Skate. Through strategic questioning about platform exclusivity, release dates, and game features, the hosts narrow down their guesses effectively.

Notable moments include:

• "Is the game developed or published by Nintendo?" which helps eliminate potential titles (09:03).
• "Is this game part of a series that is still active today?" leading to the identification of Skate (49:41).

Nick Limone [50:13]: "Is this game Skate?"

Damon Hatfield [50:15]: "It is."

Game 3: Enslaved: Odyssey to the West

Extended Challenge (51:35 – 62:00)

The third game, inspired by Stan from Ankeny, Iowa, introduces a more complex challenge. The panel delves into questions about game genres, release periods, and thematic elements but initially struggles to identify the title.

Key discussions include:

• "Is it an indie game?" leading the panel to consider mainstream titles (58:13).
• Deliberations over potential games like Horizon Zero Dawn, Fallout, and ultimately identifying Enslaved: Odyssey to the West (60:46).

Nick Limone [60:46]: "I think it's Skate."

Damon Hatfield [60:47]: "Yes, it is."

Sam Claybord [60:56]: "Is this game Enslaved, Odyssey to the West?"

Damon Hatfield [60:46]: "Yes, it is."

Insights and Host Commentary

Throughout the episode, the hosts share their experiences and challenges with the expanded questioning format. Damon reflects on the evolving dynamics of the game segment over the past decade, while Nick, Sam, and Justin engage in spirited debates about game mechanics and design nuances.

Justin Davis [16:43]: "I think this was the official sequel to the Goonies, which only came out on Famicom."

The panel also reminisces about notable games, sharing personal anecdotes and preferences, which adds depth and relatability to the discussion. Kingo's brief appearance playing Mario 3D provides a light-hearted family touch.

Conclusion and Wrap-Up

As the episode draws to a close, Damon praises the panel's efforts and acknowledges the loyal listeners who have supported Game Scoop! over the years. The hosts express excitement for future episodes and ongoing segments, hinting at the potential return of historical segments like GameScope.

They also briefly mention upcoming content from the Geek Media Network, including the Oxventure Podcast, and share final thoughts on beloved gaming titles like Oblivion.

Damon Hatfield [63:19]: "That was tricky. Definitely. Thanks to all of Scoop Nation out there for tuning in to 20 questions for 10 years now."

Notable Quotes with Timestamps

• Damon Hatfield [02:11]: "I'm back baby."
• Sam Claybord [16:37]: "If I was Damon’s chair, this would drive me insane."
• Nick Limone [50:17]: "Look up Tim Robinson skate video sketch. It is incredible. It's so funny."
• Justin Davis [60:56]: "I think it's a good game."

Final Thoughts

This special anniversary episode of Game Scoop! successfully blends nostalgia with innovative gameplay, celebrating a decade of gaming excellence. The panel's camaraderie, combined with the challenging 100 Questions format, offers both entertainment and a testament to the enduring legacy of the podcast. Whether you're a longtime fan or a new listener, this episode encapsulates the essence of what makes Game Scoop! a cherished staple in the gaming community.

Transcript

[Damon Hatfield]

What sort of promises have you made to yourself this year? Getting in better shape? Eating healthier? Saving more money? Traveling somewhere new? What about discovering a new culture by learning a new language? With Babbel, you can, in just a few weeks this year, speak like a whole new you with Babbel, the language learning app that gets you talking. Babbel's quick 10 minute lessons, handcrafted by over 200 language experts, get you to begin speaking your new language in three weeks or whatever pace you choose. And because conversing is the key to really understanding each other in new languages, Babbel is designed using practical real world conversations. Babbel's tips and tools are inspired by the real life stuff you actually need when communicating with a focus on conversation, you'll be ready to talk wherever you go. I've used Babbel to brush up on my Spanish before trips to Mexico. It's useful for learning an entirely new language, but also for those who, like me, haven't used a second language in years and could use some refreshers. Need proof that Babbel gets you talking? Studies from Yale, Michigan State and other leading universities continue to prove Babbel works. One study found that using Babbel for 15 hours is equivalent to a full semester at College. With over 16 million subscribers, Babbel's 14 award winning language courses are backed by a 20 day money back guarantee this year. Get talking with Babbel. Now let's get more of you talking in a new language. Babbel is gifting our listeners 60% off [e-mail] Gamescoop get up to 60% [e-mail] Gamescoop spelled B A B B E L.com Gamescoop Babbel.com Gamescoop rules and restrictions may apply.

[Justin Davis]

Nordstrom brings you the season's most wanted brands, Skims, Mango Free People and Princess pol, all under $100. From trending sneakers to beauty must haves, we've curated the styles you'll wear on repeat this spring. Free shipping, free returns and in store pickup make it easier than ever. Shop now in stores [e-mail] it is.

[Damon Hatfield]

The 10th anniversary of the first time we played video game 20 Questions. To celebrate, we will do a round of 100 Questions coming up on GameScoop right after these messages. What's up everybody? Welcome to a very special IGN Game Scoop. I'm your host Damon Hatfield and joining me this week here in studio is Nick Limone.

[Nick Limone]

I'm back baby.

[Damon Hatfield]

Sam Claybord is here 10 years.

[Sam Claybord]

Unbelievable.

[Damon Hatfield]

Justin Davis Scoop. And just off camera to my right here is my son, Kingo. Kingo, what are you playing right now? He is playing Mario. Mario 3D.

[Nick Limone]

World looks like Mario 3 on an icy level.

[Damon Hatfield]

Yeah, yeah, it's a good one there.

[Sam Claybord]

Very good game Catsuits.

[Damon Hatfield]

And what are we doing here? What's happening? Why is there an extra episode of Game Scoop this week? Well, my friends, Game Scoop super friend Greg Kelly has informed me that the day this episode publishes, April 24th is the 10th anniversary of the very first time that we played video game 20 questions on Game Scoop. I guess it was April 24, 2015.

[Sam Claybord]

Maybe with none of us.

[Damon Hatfield]

Yeah, I don't actually know who was on that episode. One of the gamescoop historians would know out there. They can let us know. But Greg wrote to me, said to celebrate this anniversary, I was going to suggest doing a fun twist on the video game 20 Questions segment, where if you did a 100 Questions episode for each of the five games, there would be 15 predetermined and randomly selected questions. You could read off the 15 questions and answers and then the panel could discuss the information they have and carefully choose their last four questions and guess. With the rng nature of this setup, I think this could be a very fun and entertaining special twist on this segment. So Greg put together 50 questions, like common, commonly asked questions and also questions that he thought were pretty fun. And then I picked five games and I randomly selected 15 questions out of the 50 for each of these games. And the same, the same hundred questions rules apply. You have 100 questions to guess five games. If you guess a game, well, I guess you're automatically spending 15 questions on. Yeah, what the heck. But then if you guess it in 16, you've got four extra questions to use later on and so on and so on.

[Nick Limone]

Got it.

[Justin Davis]

So by the way, hold on, we.

[Sam Claybord]

Can guess it early.

[Justin Davis]

Speaking of gamescoop anniversaries, we were talking about our first appearance on the show recently and someone hit me up on social media and said the very first thing I ever said on gamescoop. You said, this is making his Game Scoop debut as Justin Davis. And I said my first quote is first and possibly last appearance on Game Scoop. Maybe we'll see how it goes.

[Nick Limone]

Nice.

[Damon Hatfield]

Well, guess how it started. How it's going seems to still be going okay.

[Justin Davis]

Well, I'm still having fun after 600 episodes.

[Damon Hatfield]

Yep, yep, yep.

[Sam Claybord]

600 years.

[Justin Davis]

I'll re up for another 600. It's fine.

[Damon Hatfield]

Okay, good. I'm still having fun after 800 and whatever.

[Sam Claybord]

This is the change.

[Damon Hatfield]

Yeah, I was gonna say this week is 800.

[Sam Claybord]

Just past 800.

[Damon Hatfield]

This week is 808, but there's all these bonus episodes too, so I don't know. I don't know exactly how many episodes we've done. In any case, it's about time for the questioning to begin. So our first game was suggested by a Charlie Gadson. And so here are the. The 15 predetermined questions. Here we go. I'm sorry. Can I help you?

[Nick Limone]

We got a correspondent. We got a correspondent on set, yeah.

[Damon Hatfield]

Okay, game number one. I need my glasses. This is some small text. Does your character wear a hat? Kind of. You wear something on your head, although I don't think you'd call it a hat. Is this game on a handheld console? Yes. Does it have a finite number of lives before a game over? No. Can you jump in this game? Yeah. Can you jump in this game contextually?

[Nick Limone]

You can jump contextually.

[Damon Hatfield]

You can't jump freely, but there are moments where you can.

[Nick Limone]

Like Zelda. You can jump.

[Justin Davis]

Sounds like. Sounds like Zelda.

[Damon Hatfield]

Is it a sports puzzle or rpg? No. None of the above. Can you control a vehicle in this game? No. Does it have cheats? Yes. Did it come out before January 1, 1990 or after January 1, 2010? No.

[Justin Davis]

Wait, so it's. Wait, too fast.

[Sam Claybord]

Can you repeat that one 20 years?

[Damon Hatfield]

Yep.

[Sam Claybord]

I could repeat 98 to 2010.

[Damon Hatfield]

Any of these. Did it come out before January 1, 1990, or after January 1, 2010? No.

[Nick Limone]

Got it.

[Damon Hatfield]

So it's in between.

[Nick Limone]

Got it.

[Sam Claybord]

It's a handheld console, so that means it's, you know, pre. Switch handheld consoles.

[Damon Hatfield]

Does it take place on Earth? Yes. And we can revisit any of these questions? Of course. Was it well received? Yes. Can you pet an animal in this game? No. Does this game connect to the Internet? Yes. Did it come on a cartridge? Yes. Does it have motion controls? No. And do you fight monsters in this game? No.

[Nick Limone]

Oh. Oh.

[Damon Hatfield]

Now, with all that said, I'm happy to revisit any of those questions.

[Justin Davis]

Look, I'm happy to play along with the premise of the show, and I'm having a good time. I honestly, I hated that. I can't, like, I can't remember anything. It all just, like, leaked out of my ears as soon as you.

[Sam Claybord]

Was the human one in there?

[Damon Hatfield]

No, not a human. But you don't fight monsters, and it does take place on Earth.

[Sam Claybord]

Monsters takes a place on Earth. So it's an earth based cartridge. Handheld Game. None of that other information is helpful.

[Nick Limone]

That connects to the Internet.

[Sam Claybord]

Now we have four questions.

[Nick Limone]

And it has a contextual jump, which is kind of wild. And you kind of wear a hat, but you wouldn't call it a hat.

[Damon Hatfield]

You wear something on your head.

[Justin Davis]

You wear it. You wear some sort of helmet or mask of some kind. A mask, by the way, is like a hat for the front of your head.

[Damon Hatfield]

Yep.

[Nick Limone]

I mean, I'm thinking if it's handheld, I'm immediately into DS3DS and PSP territory. Because of the Internet connectivity.

[Justin Davis]

Mm. Yeah. I mean, it's gotta be because it's. Yes, right.

[Sam Claybord]

That's a good point.

[Nick Limone]

I mean, I guess Vita, you could throw in there too.

[Sam Claybord]

But context, it's a cartridge.

[Nick Limone]

Oh, cartridge. You're right.

[Sam Claybord]

No, it's going to be. That means it can only be three ds. Ds? I don't think it can be.

[Damon Hatfield]

The question was, did it come out on a cartridge? It wasn't. You know, was this game only available on a cartridge?

[Nick Limone]

Got it. So it could be multiplayer, like. Okay, yeah. Multi platform. I feel like we want to. Well, and that just because it's on hand, I mean.

[Justin Davis]

Yeah. It's helpful to know which, like, which console it was on. It's helpful to know if it was made in Japan or the United States.

[Sam Claybord]

I.

[Justin Davis]

It's. I. I'm. I don't like that we asked if it was a motion control game after we knew it was a handheld game.

[Nick Limone]

I mean, it could have been a weird, like, warrior.

[Damon Hatfield]

I should have. I should have caught that. You're right, Justin.

[Nick Limone]

I should have caught that.

[Sam Claybord]

WarIowaWare twisted.

[Nick Limone]

Yeah, it's not WarIowaWare twisted.

[Damon Hatfield]

We can even roll back a question. Say this is your 15th question. That's fine.

[Justin Davis]

Okay. Okay, thank you. I appreciate that.

[Damon Hatfield]

Yeah.

[Sam Claybord]

Well, let me just ask if this was published by Nintendo or. Or developed. Is this developed or published by Nintendo?

[Damon Hatfield]

No.

[Justin Davis]

Oh, wait. I. What about the View? Like, if it's a 2D versus a 3D, like, viewpoint.

[Nick Limone]

Yeah, it's not bad.

[Justin Davis]

I can't get over the contextual jump.

[Nick Limone]

Yeah, to me, it's like just Zelda does that. I don't. I.

[Justin Davis]

Right.

[Nick Limone]

I know other games do, but I can't think of any. But you don't fight monsters.

[Damon Hatfield]

Yeah, no monsters.

[Sam Claybord]

It's not an RPG. And some RPGs do that.

[Justin Davis]

Yeah. And it's not an RPG.

[Nick Limone]

And it's set on Earth. Real. It's real to some extent.

[Sam Claybord]

Could it be the world ends with you?

[Justin Davis]

Oh, yeah. Except that's our rpg.

[Nick Limone]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Sam Claybord]

I still don't know what systems or anything about this came out. Let's just ask them the normal questions. I would say, you know.

[Justin Davis]

Okay. Okay, you start.

[Sam Claybord]

Yes or ds. Should we just do it? Come out on one of the DS platforms?

[Nick Limone]

Yeah, yeah, let's do it.

[Sam Claybord]

Was this out on one of the DS platforms?

[Damon Hatfield]

Yes.

[Nick Limone]

Okay.

[Sam Claybord]

I mean, DS and really DS didn't have any like. I mean it had a little bit of local play and then Nintendogs had like some downloadable stuff.

[Nick Limone]

Like, I feel like 333DS is where it really got online connectivity. Although the DSI did specifically have Internet and connect in that way. So I just don't. I just don't want to lock it out, you know, that's scary territory to be in.

[Sam Claybord]

Maybe it's just like a really. Well, no, I was gonna say puzzle game, but you can't remember what the genres were to either. But we could.

[Justin Davis]

I played Tetris DS and Mario Kart DS online kind of a lot.

[Nick Limone]

Yeah, I did play Mario, not Nintendo. Okay. I feel DS or 3ds.

[Sam Claybord]

And it sounds like it's cross platform.

[Damon Hatfield]

Right.

[Sam Claybord]

Because.

[Justin Davis]

Yeah, it was well received. It was one of the questions.

[Damon Hatfield]

Yes, well, liked it.

[Sam Claybord]

What about Scribble Knots?

[Justin Davis]

Oh yeah, that's interesting.

[Nick Limone]

Would. It's a platformer first and foremost. Right. And that was.

[Justin Davis]

That wasn't the genre. It was puzzle and puzzle.

[Damon Hatfield]

Action rpg, sports puzzle or rpg. And it was non.

[Nick Limone]

Okay.

[Sam Claybord]

I think. I think Scribble Lots is a puzzle game.

[Nick Limone]

Puzzle game.

[Damon Hatfield]

Yeah.

[Nick Limone]

It was kind of inching there.

[Justin Davis]

Is it. If it's a platformer that has contextual jumping, it could be like. I mean, I know it's not this because it's not made by Nintendo, but like Yoshi's Touch and Go or something like that. Yeah, I get that game last week too.

[Nick Limone]

But intern but on Earth though is what trips me up.

[Damon Hatfield]

Yeah.

[Sam Claybord]

Oh, I don't think we're gonna get this one. We should ask some questions and then move on.

[Nick Limone]

Okay. I mean, shoot. Is this game on the 3Ds?

[Damon Hatfield]

Yes.

[Nick Limone]

Okay, so 3Ds. Oh, that was just. That puts it in a level of modernity that I picked up my 3Ds yesterday. So I'm like, okay, I know, I know these games.

[Sam Claybord]

Should we just ask the Japan question?

[Justin Davis]

Yeah.

[Sam Claybord]

Or we could do it like one of those things where we say, was this developed by Namco, Capcom or Konami? Japan is fine though.

[Nick Limone]

Is this game made Japanese game?

[Damon Hatfield]

Not made in Japan.

[Justin Davis]

Why are you doing this, this to us, Damon?

[Sam Claybord]

Based on a license? How about if it's based on a license and then just go, I don't.

[Justin Davis]

I mean, what, three DS games are based on a license?

[Sam Claybord]

Yeah, it's tough.

[Justin Davis]

But could it be, could it be like Fantasy Life? Was that a 3ds game?

[Nick Limone]

That was a 3ds game.

[Sam Claybord]

Just sounds Japanese.

[Damon Hatfield]

Keep in mind, just because the game is on 3Ds, that's not necessarily the place where most people would play it.

[Sam Claybord]

Yeah, that's what I kept thinking. I was, I was worried about the question.

[Nick Limone]

So is it one of those where it just has a port that's just like completely different from the main platforms?

[Justin Davis]

Yeah, it's, it's like, it's probably like. It's probably like a LEGO game that came out on a million platforms.

[Nick Limone]

Yeah, right.

[Justin Davis]

This is really hard.

[Damon Hatfield]

It does not have a finite number of lives before a game over.

[Nick Limone]

Uh huh.

[Damon Hatfield]

You don't control a vehicle. It has cheats.

[Nick Limone]

I mean that does sound.

[Sam Claybord]

That's lego.

[Nick Limone]

You could do that.

[Sam Claybord]

The cheat sounds lego. But vehicle and like finite lives are. Don't LEGO specifically have finite lives?

[Nick Limone]

Not necessarily.

[Justin Davis]

I don't think so. I mean, I don't know. Like a game over. Like what does that mean in the context of a game that came out after 2000? You get a game over and then you're just right back where you started.

[Sam Claybord]

What about. Or were there any Grand Theft Autos that came to three ds?

[Nick Limone]

Chinatown War. Oh, that was DS though. And you wouldn't. That wasn't ported anywhere.

[Justin Davis]

Yeah, that's a good shot though.

[Sam Claybord]

The cheats is a really good thing. Like. Yeah, like lego. It could be lego, but it could be like a LEGO without vehicles.

[Damon Hatfield]

You're on question 19.

[Nick Limone]

I mean, did we ask the license thing?

[Justin Davis]

Because, I mean, no, we could, we.

[Sam Claybord]

Could say it's just a LEGO game or based on the license and.

[Nick Limone]

Or is this a LEGO gamer based on a license?

[Damon Hatfield]

Yes, but it's tricky. Oh no.

[Sam Claybord]

Okay.

[Justin Davis]

What does that mean?

[Damon Hatfield]

What does that mean? I'll say it's, It's a topic we've touched on recently. How about that?

[Justin Davis]

Oh yeah. What, what was the thing with licensed games recently? I already, I only remember when it.

[Sam Claybord]

Was like a book and we didn't. That was a long time ago though.

[Justin Davis]

I don't remember the recent one was. Or it was like Transformers or something like that. Like, you know, not based off a movie tie in, but just based off an IP in general. Something like that.

[Damon Hatfield]

That.

[Nick Limone]

Do we have to guess it on this one?

[Damon Hatfield]

I mean, you don't have to. You could just. You could just move on to the next one. You'd have one extra question to use in the future.

[Nick Limone]

Will we be able to come back to this one?

[Damon Hatfield]

Sure.

[Nick Limone]

If we have questions left over, sure. I don't know. It's planted in my brain. It just has to stew a little bit, you know?

[Sam Claybord]

I guess we have to give up and move on.

[Damon Hatfield]

All right.

[Nick Limone]

All right.

[Damon Hatfield]

Okay. You're giving up.

[Justin Davis]

I'm starting. I'm going to start taking notes as sharing.

[Damon Hatfield]

No, that's good. Treat it like blueprints. So you're not going to revisit it so I can reveal it?

[Nick Limone]

Yeah, go for it.

[Damon Hatfield]

Okay.

[Justin Davis]

Yeah.

[Damon Hatfield]

This game was Splinter Cell Chaos Theory.

[Justin Davis]

Darn it. We were miles away. Miles away.

[Damon Hatfield]

I'm Clancy. It's a license.

[Nick Limone]

But, you know, I'm not just saying it to sound cool, but Splinter Cell did cross my mind because they had weird DS ports and it had a PSP port.

[Sam Claybord]

I didn't know that.

[Nick Limone]

Yeah.

[Damon Hatfield]

This was the third game in the series released in 2005, but it was ported to 3DS in 2011.

[Nick Limone]

Dude, I literally looked at this title art like two days ago. This is nuts.

[Sam Claybord]

Really?

[Nick Limone]

Yeah.

[Damon Hatfield]

Splinter Cell Chaos.

[Sam Claybord]

Okay.

[Damon Hatfield]

There you go. Okay. That's game.

[Sam Claybord]

The Tom Clancy thing, though. We should always remember that. That's the weirdest one.

[Justin Davis]

Is it?

[Nick Limone]

A Tom Clancy game would probably cover most games from the 2006-2015 team.

[Damon Hatfield]

That's probably true.

[Justin Davis]

I think that if our roles were reversed and I was in Damon's chair, this would drive me insane. I would not be able to listen to you all be miles away from the game and have no chance of getting it. And like, think we're. Think we're really on to something.

[Damon Hatfield]

I try to help.

[Sam Claybord]

The Clancy thing he gave us was a big hint that we. I. If I would remember that, we would have gotten it.

[Justin Davis]

Yeah, well, 100% over our heads.

[Damon Hatfield]

Yep.

[Sam Claybord]

Okay.

[Damon Hatfield]

Spring is in the air. But you know what we don't want in the air of our homes? Litter box stink. That's where Pretty Litter comes in. It obliterates odors so you can enjoy all the wonderful scents of spring. Pretty Litter's non clumping formula traps odor and moisture. It's ultra absorbent. It's lightweight, low dust, and one six pound bag works for up to a month. And Pretty Litter can give you peace of mind. It changes color to indicate early signs of potential illnesses. In your cat like urinary tract infections, kidney issues, and more. Since Pretty Litter ships free right to your door, you never run out and you don't have huge kitty litter bags taking up space. I currently have these huge bags of other kitty litter cluttering up my garage, but my first shipment of Pretty Litter is on the way to my front door and I'm excited to try it out. That cat litter smell is one of the only downsides to owning my cat. Same Pretty Litter helps keep your house smelling fresh and clean. Try it for yourself. Go to prettylitter.com gamescoop to save 20% on your first order and get a free cat toy. That's prettylitter.com gamescooP to save 20% on your first Order and get a free cat toy. Prettyleader.com gamescooP terms and conditions apply. See site for details. Do you say data or data? Well, at my house we say data and for the longest time I thought paying a fortune on a monthly data plan was just normal. That was until I found out about Mint Mobile and their premium wireless plans that started just 15 bucks a month. Isn't that right Seth?

[Nick Limone]

Okay, I was actually very skeptical about.

[Damon Hatfield]

Mint, I have to be honest. But I have been using it for actually forgotten how many months now. But whatever, I am a true believer now.

[Justin Davis]

Initially I was skeptical because as you know, I live in the middle of.

[Damon Hatfield]

Nowhere and basically America's hinterlands. I'm actually closer to parts of Canada than I am to most of the rest of the United States. So naturally I just figured that with all the moose and bears and whatnot, a service like Mint was pretty much.

[Nick Limone]

Not going to serve my specific mountain man needs.

[Damon Hatfield]

However, I'm here to say I was pleasantly surprised. Yeah, I can say authoritatively, Mint is pretty rad. Actually, it turned me into a believer and I am, as you know, an expert in what is rad. Thanks Seth. All Mint Mobile plans come with high speed data or data, your choice, and unlimited talk and text delivered on the nation's largest 5G network. Use your own phone with any plan and bring your phone number along with all your existing contacts. Ditch overpriced wireless and get three months of premium wireless service from Mint Mobile for 15 bucks a month. No matter how you say it, don't overpay for it. Shop data [e-mail] Gamescoop that's mint mobile.com Gamescoop upfront payment of $45 for 3 month 5 gigabyte plan required equivalent to $15 a month new customer offer for first 3 months only. Then full price plan options available. Taxes and freeze. Extra cement Mobile for details. Okay, Game number two is a suggestion from Matt L. From New Brunswick. Where's New Brunswick? Anybody new? I don't even know.

[Justin Davis]

Maryland?

[Damon Hatfield]

I don't even know.

[Sam Claybord]

Maine. One of those. It's an M state.

[Damon Hatfield]

That's where Mat L is. And here are your 15 predetermined questions. Justin, you can take notes.

[Justin Davis]

Yep, I'm ready.

[Damon Hatfield]

Is it a platform exclusive? Yes.

[Nick Limone]

Okay.

[Damon Hatfield]

Did it come out before January 1, 2000? Yes. Is the developer still active today? Yes. Is it 2D? Yes. Do you play as a human? Yes. Does it have a snowy level? Yes. Snowy area.

[Nick Limone]

I feel a platformer.

[Damon Hatfield]

Can you play it on Switch? No. Is there a run button?

[Sam Claybord]

I know what this game is. It's Amagon.

[Damon Hatfield]

It's not Amigon. Is there a run button? No. Can you see your hands? Yes. Do you fight monsters in this game? Yes. Can you play it?

[Sam Claybord]

Are you sure it's not Amagon?

[Damon Hatfield]

Can you play it on a PlayStation? No. Is it part of a series that is still active today? No. Did the publisher have an E3 presentation? Yes. Does your character wear a hat? No. And can you spend any currency in this game? No.

[Nick Limone]

So with that all said, there's console exclusive 2D.

[Justin Davis]

I do have to. Prior to 2000, these. The pool, what was it? A pool of like however many questions there are. I could completely forgotten about. Can you see your hands? That's when we used to ask sometimes. And I also forgot about can you spend currency in this game?

[Damon Hatfield]

Yep.

[Nick Limone]

Yeah.

[Sam Claybord]

Yeah, that's. Those are good. Did this game come. Was this game available on the nes?

[Damon Hatfield]

Yep.

[Nick Limone]

No run button.

[Justin Davis]

I also just slacked you, Sam. The questions. If you. If you. If you want.

[Sam Claybord]

You did that fast. You're quite the steno.

[Justin Davis]

Yep. Well, I did it many times over these. Probably around when 100 questions started. Okay, so it was a platform exclusive. It's 2D.

[Nick Limone]

It's on the NES.

[Justin Davis]

Oh, I thought that was. No, David.

[Damon Hatfield]

No, it is.

[Sam Claybord]

It's. Yes.

[Justin Davis]

You play as a human on the nes and it has a snow level.

[Damon Hatfield]

The developer is active today, but this series is not.

[Nick Limone]

No run button.

[Sam Claybord]

They didn't have run buttons back then. It sounds like Contra.

[Justin Davis]

It does kind of sound like Contra.

[Nick Limone]

Is there a snow level in Contra, though?

[Sam Claybord]

Hell yeah, there's a snow level.

[Nick Limone]

Okay. Okay.

[Justin Davis]

Yeah, I was thinking about that. Or like. Or a brawler of some kind.

[Damon Hatfield]

I forgot. There's a little hint from Matt L. They said, I Suggest redacted for 20 questions. As the redacted anniversary is coming up on Redacted, I feel like.

[Nick Limone]

I feel like a Contra. I can feel it in my bones that a Contra anniversary is coming up.

[Sam Claybord]

Did this game appear as an arcade game before it was on the nes?

[Damon Hatfield]

Ooh, that's a tricky one. You and I will have to discuss that after. When the game is revealed. Sam, does that.

[Justin Davis]

What about. Is it.

[Nick Limone]

Does that count as a question? Hold on. Okay, okay, okay.

[Damon Hatfield]

We'll discuss that one later.

[Justin Davis]

Is it good to narrow it down by knowing if you shoot guns?

[Nick Limone]

Yes. Do you shoot.

[Justin Davis]

Do you shoot guns in this game?

[Damon Hatfield]

No.

[Nick Limone]

Oh, no. Grip.

[Sam Claybord]

Could it just be Ninja Gaiden?

[Justin Davis]

Well, but that's an active series.

[Nick Limone]

What about, like, Shinobi?

[Justin Davis]

Yeah.

[Nick Limone]

Well, any s. There's no Shinobi on any S, is there?

[Justin Davis]

Also, also, do you think what you wear and Ninja Gaiden counts as a hat because.

[Damon Hatfield]

Oh, yeah, that. His whole, like, whatever. His night vision goggles. That's what I was talking about with Sam Fisher there.

[Sam Claybord]

Oh, that's funny.

[Justin Davis]

Yeah.

[Sam Claybord]

Yeah, he has. Wears the night vision goggles. Man, this is tough. Maybe it has, like, a play choice thing. That's why I was in the arcade, too.

[Justin Davis]

Yeah. And no run button.

[Sam Claybord]

Ice level.

[Damon Hatfield]

You can see your hands.

[Justin Davis]

You fight monsters and you play as a human. So that we need. We need the genre is what we need. Because there's a lot of weird. There's, like, you know, Mylon's Secret Castle. And, like, there's a lot of weird stuff on the nes.

[Sam Claybord]

It's. It's got to be a platformer, but we can narrow down.

[Justin Davis]

Yes.

[Sam Claybord]

Is this a platformer?

[Damon Hatfield]

Yeah, I think that's probably the bucket you put it in.

[Justin Davis]

Could it be. What's the one where you're on the. The, like, skateboard, The.

[Sam Claybord]

That.

[Justin Davis]

Where you jump a wonder boy?

[Sam Claybord]

Yeah, you're thinking of Adventure Island.

[Justin Davis]

Yeah, Adventure island, which I. I would say adventure. All.

[Sam Claybord]

All the Adventure island games basically fall into this bucket.

[Justin Davis]

Right.

[Sam Claybord]

But I don't know how many questions we have.

[Damon Hatfield]

You're on question 19 of this round.

[Justin Davis]

Well, we also. I just. I want to get a w. I don't care how many.

[Sam Claybord]

Hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on. Master Higgins famously wears very little clothing, but absolutely has a hat.

[Nick Limone]

And our character does have a hat.

[Damon Hatfield]

This character's a different hat. No, not this time.

[Sam Claybord]

And Master Higgins switches to a helmet when he gets on a skateboard.

[Justin Davis]

Okay. And do you fight monsters?

[Sam Claybord]

Yeah, but the hat thing disqualifies it.

[Justin Davis]

Oh, we know it's 2D. I forgot we asked that. So it's not. I mean, I don't know what counts as 2D, but it probably means it's not like, top down. It's not. I mean.

[Sam Claybord]

And you're not playing as a battle toad of any nature.

[Justin Davis]

No, but I was thinking about like Double Dragon or a game like that. Like a Brawler. Is it helpful to know if it's.

[Sam Claybord]

That's more platformy than poly? It sounds like.

[Justin Davis]

Do we know it's a platformer?

[Nick Limone]

Yeah, he said that he would put it in the platformer bucket.

[Justin Davis]

Okay.

[Sam Claybord]

Should we just ask if you kill things with your bare hands and then move on?

[Justin Davis]

Yeah.

[Nick Limone]

Do you kill things with your bare hands?

[Damon Hatfield]

No.

[Sam Claybord]

Or feet?

[Damon Hatfield]

Oh, no.

[Sam Claybord]

Maybe it's Strider.

[Justin Davis]

That's a pretty good guess.

[Nick Limone]

And you don't have a hat.

[Sam Claybord]

Clearly an arcade. That's clearly an arcade port, though.

[Justin Davis]

This.

[Damon Hatfield]

You're on your 20th question. Totally up to you if you want to keep going or not.

[Justin Davis]

I think we do.

[Sam Claybord]

Okay.

[Justin Davis]

I mean, I. Or if you want to move on, Sam, that's fine, but I. Then if we move on, my concern is we just get none of these. You wanna.

[Sam Claybord]

You wanna keep on asking qu. We're allowed to keep on asking questions about this game?

[Justin Davis]

Yeah.

[Sam Claybord]

Oh, I can get this easily then.

[Damon Hatfield]

Okay.

[Justin Davis]

Yeah, we should.

[Sam Claybord]

Okay.

[Damon Hatfield]

Are.

[Sam Claybord]

Are you. Is this a martial arts type game?

[Damon Hatfield]

No.

[Sam Claybord]

Okay, that eliminates tons of stuff then. That's good. Let's see.

[Justin Davis]

Play as a human on the nes. It's not that many. And it's not. There's no punching or kicking.

[Sam Claybord]

Is this a side scrolling game?

[Damon Hatfield]

Well, you asked if it's a platformer.

[Sam Claybord]

Yeah, but you were really confused about whether it was a platformer. I guess we could just keep it as a platform.

[Damon Hatfield]

You should ask if it's licensed.

[Sam Claybord]

Okay. Is it licensed?

[Damon Hatfield]

Yes.

[Justin Davis]

Maybe it's Fester's Quest. Except that's platformer.

[Sam Claybord]

Karate Kid.

[Justin Davis]

Well, but that's. That's.

[Nick Limone]

But there's no.

[Justin Davis]

There's no martial arts focus.

[Nick Limone]

There's no martial arts. Yes.

[Justin Davis]

That's exclusively martial arts.

[Sam Claybord]

Is this a sci fi game?

[Damon Hatfield]

Nope.

[Justin Davis]

If it's licensed, it could be Batman.

[Damon Hatfield]

Think about the redacted anniversary.

[Justin Davis]

Oh. Oh, yeah. It can't be Batman because that's also a martial arts game. What about Travels Back to the Future? Oh, you play as a human, though.

[Nick Limone]

I can't think of any. Any anniversaries that are coming up.

[Damon Hatfield]

You've asked. You've asked. And this is basically question 23 that you're on.

[Justin Davis]

I think if. If Damon was giving us a hint with the license question, you know, just licensed NES games. There's.

[Nick Limone]

Is what's the combat like in Goonies.

[Damon Hatfield]

2 a licensed NES game? That I would be unclear. It would be unclear to me whether it appeared in arcades first.

[Sam Claybord]

Yeah, it sounds like Goonies to me.

[Nick Limone]

Is. Is this movie tied to a movie?

[Sam Claybord]

Does this have a movie sequel? Is this based on a movie that has a sequel coming out?

[Damon Hatfield]

Well, what do you mean has a sequel coming out?

[Nick Limone]

Is this a se. Is this a video game sequel to a movie that never got a sequel?

[Justin Davis]

Yes.

[Sam Claybord]

There you go.

[Damon Hatfield]

Yes.

[Nick Limone]

Is this game Goonies 2?

[Damon Hatfield]

Yes. Goonies 2. Yeah. Goonies 2. What was his name? Matt Ellis.

[Sam Claybord]

Which is the official sequel to Goonies the movie?

[Damon Hatfield]

Yeah, well, it's the official sequel to the Goonies, which only came out on Famicom. So. Sam, was the Goonies two in arcades first as a play choice game?

[Sam Claybord]

No, no, no version of Goonies 2 in arcades. Only Goonies 1 and as Goonies 1.

[Damon Hatfield]

Which was not released on the NES. But did what See a play choice release in our case?

[Nick Limone]

We should do like a. What. What is the lore of Goonies too? And see if it holds up to scrutiny when they make the sequel.

[Damon Hatfield]

And why are there monsters he. You fight like slimes.

[Nick Limone]

Yeah, yeah.

[Damon Hatfield]

And like mermen in the game.

[Justin Davis]

I want to see if the game is canonical. I found it incredibly helpful to write down those questions as you were reading them.

[Sam Claybord]

Their mermaid was really scary.

[Damon Hatfield]

Yeah.

[Sam Claybord]

Here we go.

[Justin Davis]

Nick, you're playing on hard mode because you don't get to see the written down answers.

[Nick Limone]

I feel like I retained the questions that make sense for Nick.

[Justin Davis]

Okay.

[Sam Claybord]

If there was a Goonies 3, it might have been the greatest game on NES, but they just didn't do it. This game was so close to being good. One is really good.

[Damon Hatfield]

This was a rental for me, and I could not wrap my head around what I had to do some. It's. It's like me neither.

[Sam Claybord]

And I owned it.

[Damon Hatfield]

To get one item, you encounter an old woman and the way you get is you have to hit her five times. It's like, how would you. Why?

[Nick Limone]

That's some, like, Castlevania 2. Atlantis. No Nazo type stuff right there.

[Damon Hatfield]

Yeah.

[Sam Claybord]

Castlevania 2. You have to go to the edge of a cliff and just kneel down.

[Nick Limone]

For a long time.

[Damon Hatfield]

Yeah.

[Justin Davis]

Yeah.

[Damon Hatfield]

Summer's around the corner and I'm already planning my next getaway. I love using points for travel and I'm always looking for ways to earn more. Here's a scoop gem Pay rent with BILT to earn flexible transferable points and unlock exclusive benefits along the way. There's no cost to join, and just by paying rent, you unlock flexible points that can be transferred to your favorite hotels and airlines, a future rent payment, your next Lyft ride, and more. When you pay rent through bilt, you unlock two powerful benefits. First, you are earn one of the industry's most valuable points on rent every month. No matter where you live or who your landlord is, your rent now works for you. Second, you gain access to exclusive neighborhood benefits in your city. Bilt's neighborhood benefits are things like extra points on dining out, complimentary post workout shakes, free mats or towels at your favorite fitness studios, and unique experiences that only BILT members can access. And when you're ready to travel, BILT points can be converted to your favorite miles and hotel points around the world, meaning your rent can literally take you places. So if you're not earning points on rent, my question is, what are you waiting for? Start paying rent through BILT and take advantage of your neighborhood benefits by going to joinbilt.com Gamescoop that's J-O-I-N B I L T.com Gamescoop make sure to use our URL so they know we sent you joinbuilt.com gamescoop to sign up for Bilt today, you chose to hit play.

[Sam Claybord]

On this podcast today. Smart Choice Progressive loves to help people make smart choices.

[Damon Hatfield]

That's why they offer a tool called Auto Quote Explorer that allows you to compare your Progressive car insurance quote with rates from other companies so you save time on the research and can enjoy savings when you choose the best rate for you. Give it a try after this [e-mail] Progressive Casualty Insurance Company and affiliates not available in all states or situations. Prices vary based on how you buy, so nicely job that's round two and you've asked a total of 43 questions, so you're three in the hole. So I want to put it to you as we move into round three, your third game. Do you want to go through all of your 15 predetermined questions so that you only have basically two questions to ask? Or do you want me to only do 12 predetermined questions and you can.

[Justin Davis]

Have I think I is one of the options. Yeah, I was going to say is one of the options. 0Pre determined no, no, no, that's not one of the I think we'll we'll stick with the premise of.

[Damon Hatfield]

Okay, okay.

[Sam Claybord]

Yeah, but don't you just want 12? So we have four to ask on.

[Justin Davis]

Our own, we would have eight.

[Damon Hatfield]

You would have.

[Justin Davis]

Oh, you mean to catch us up? Is that what you're saying?

[Damon Hatfield]

Yeah, basically catch us up. You have 17 questions this time.

[Nick Limone]

Yeah.

[Damon Hatfield]

So if you go through the 15 predetermined, you only have two, but again, you can also go over like you just did.

[Justin Davis]

Yeah. Then we'll do. Then we'll do the 12, but only this once to catch us back, to get us back on pace.

[Damon Hatfield]

Okay, I'll only go to 12. And the suggestion comes from Peter in Finland. Don't get too many questions from Finland. Okay. So go Finn. Are you ready? Is our stenographer ready?

[Nick Limone]

Yes.

[Damon Hatfield]

Okay. We're only doing 12. Can you jump in this game? No. Is there a memorable soundtrack? No. Not to say it's bad, but I don't think people are, like, jamming to the soundtrack to this particular game. Does your character wear a hat? Yes. Is it part of a series that is still active today? Yes. Did it come out. Did it come out before January 1, 1990, or after January 1, 2010? Yes.

[Nick Limone]

Wait, okay. Before or after?

[Justin Davis]

I find that.

[Sam Claybord]

Wait, say that one again.

[Damon Hatfield]

Did it come out before January 1, 1990, or after January 1, 2010? Yes. Okay, so you eliminated the space in between.

[Nick Limone]

We got 20 years that. Yeah.

[Damon Hatfield]

Does the game have cheats? Yes. Can you play it on a PlayStation console? Yes. Does it have motion controls? No. Did it come out on cartridge? Yes. Is it third person? Yes. Two more. Would you want to live in the world of this game? If you're asking me that question, I would say nope.

[Sam Claybord]

I love this one.

[Damon Hatfield]

No, thank you. And your 12th question is, does it have multiplayer? No.

[Nick Limone]

Okay, so it's after 2010. Is that the. Was that the date or. No? Yeah. But if it's on PlayStation, then it has to be after 2010.

[Sam Claybord]

Yes.

[Nick Limone]

So it's 2010 to now, third person. You can't jump. You wear a hat. You wouldn't want to live in the world. So I'm thinking dystopic, you know, that era of, like, post apocalyptic.

[Sam Claybord]

And it was a cartridge. Yes.

[Nick Limone]

Cartridge. Yes.

[Justin Davis]

Yeah. And also playable on PlayStation. On PlayStation. So that's a pretty decent clue, I think. I think we. I think.

[Sam Claybord]

But could this be a 1985 game that's available on the PlayStation?

[Justin Davis]

I was gonna say. I'm still confused by the years. Like, the way that, like, I'm receiving that information. I can't, like, Figure it out. Nick, you explain to me what's the time frame in which this game could have come out?

[Nick Limone]

It would have been after 2010, because if it's available on the PlayStation.

[Sam Claybord]

Nick, you're making a jump here. You're. Because it came out on cartridge also. So what you're missing is the ports to PlayStation.

[Justin Davis]

But it could be a Switch game and then it just came out after 2010.

[Sam Claybord]

Absolutely.

[Nick Limone]

But it is logical leap to make, though. Yes, you are correct.

[Justin Davis]

Okay. And it's a. It's. It's a third person game. Damon said, no, thank you. He would not like to live in this world.

[Nick Limone]

I mean, can we just ask if I was on the right train of thought there with. Is this after 2010?

[Damon Hatfield]

Yes.

[Nick Limone]

There we go.

[Sam Claybord]

We could. The helpful thing there. I mean, I think we could assume this would be if it was on the switch, because there's still.

[Justin Davis]

I mean, it almost has to be. There's not a lot.

[Sam Claybord]

So it's a switch. A Switch, PlayStation 4, 5, whatever game.

[Justin Davis]

Okay. So could be the.

[Sam Claybord]

Maybe an indie game.

[Justin Davis]

It could be. It's. Is it helpful to know if it was released for full price on. On everything.

[Sam Claybord]

You wear a hat.

[Justin Davis]

Yeah. I think it could be the Witcher.

[Nick Limone]

You can jump in the Witcher.

[Justin Davis]

He doesn't wear any hats ever.

[Sam Claybord]

No. What his glorious hair must be. Must be seen at all times.

[Justin Davis]

There's no like hat equipment.

[Nick Limone]

Actually, I think you're right. Yeah. I don't think you wear hats in the Witch. Yeah.

[Sam Claybord]

Enters his eyes gold and sees in the dark.

[Nick Limone]

He does have a dedicated jump button, though.

[Justin Davis]

Oh, yeah. There's no jumping in this game.

[Sam Claybord]

Plus, I think Damon would absolutely want to live in that world.

[Nick Limone]

Well, that's a pretty rough world to live in.

[Sam Claybord]

Not if you're the Witcher.

[Justin Davis]

I mean, as opposed to what, our world? I have air conditioning. My world's. My world's pretty good. I got a big TV.

[Nick Limone]

Cartridge. PS3. Can't jump. Wear a hat.

[Sam Claybord]

Yeah, I don't. I don't know where to go with this. Is this an indie game?

[Damon Hatfield]

Is it an indie game, was the question. Yes.

[Sam Claybord]

Sweet. That's got cheats.

[Justin Davis]

Yeah. It had sheets. That's right.

[Sam Claybord]

What the heck? What the heck is this? Maybe it's animal.

[Nick Limone]

Well, but you can jump.

[Justin Davis]

Yeah.

[Nick Limone]

Or entered person.

[Sam Claybord]

What was the jump thing? Jump. You can't.

[Justin Davis]

No jump.

[Sam Claybord]

No fez. Can you jump in fez?

[Nick Limone]

Yeah, you can jump in Fez.

[Justin Davis]

Yeah. The knowing, the perspective. Like, is this game 2D?

[Damon Hatfield]

Yes.

[Sam Claybord]

Oh, is it Vampire Survivors?

[Nick Limone]

Let's see. Maybe.

[Sam Claybord]

I don't know if there's cheats in those, though. You can't.

[Justin Davis]

Well, I don't know if you would count it as cheats. There's a. There's like a cheat menu, but I don't.

[Sam Claybord]

I. Oh, yeah.

[Justin Davis]

I'm trying to think about how. Yeah, but I think it's used. Like they have all these convoluted ways to unlock stuff in the game. But it does.

[Sam Claybord]

It does have. I remember looking them up now. Yeah. You have to get a thing and then you can enter cheats.

[Justin Davis]

I. I mean, except. I mean, I guess everyone's allowed to have their personal taste. But I think the soundtrack is fantastic in Vampire Survivors, if that's what it is.

[Nick Limone]

I mean, it doesn't stand out to me though. Would you listen to it?

[Sam Claybord]

It was great in the Castlevania spin off. That was amazing.

[Justin Davis]

Yeah, that's true. But that. That. That doesn't count as the soundtrack. Is this game Survivors? Like, no. Yep.

[Sam Claybord]

Because it is Vampire Survivors. It can't be a survivor.

[Justin Davis]

It's the OG and that catches you up.

[Damon Hatfield]

That was. That was question 17. So now you're basically caught up.

[Justin Davis]

Okay.

[Damon Hatfield]

That's up to 60 questions total out of your 100 questions.

[Nick Limone]

Indie game. Okay.

[Sam Claybord]

What do you think Justin Abandoned?

[Justin Davis]

No, I. I'm not team abandoned because then that means we wasted 20 questions. I'm in favor of spending more to get it right.

[Sam Claybord]

Could it be binding of Isaac?

[Nick Limone]

Possibly. Yeah. There's no jump in that. You don't wear a hat.

[Sam Claybord]

That's the rogue question.

[Justin Davis]

Yeah. Knowing if it's a roguelike in general would be helpful.

[Sam Claybord]

Spelunky.

[Justin Davis]

Yeah. Is it a roguelike?

[Damon Hatfield]

No.

[Justin Davis]

Okay, so that eliminates just all of them all. And enter the gungeons.

[Sam Claybord]

And.

[Justin Davis]

And Isaac's. Yeah. The problem. I'm having fun bringing back some of these, like, throwback questions, but the problem is, like, we, like, we don't know anything about, like, do you play with cards? Like, do you. Like, we don't know anything about the genre. Like, you can't jump and slay the spire.

[Sam Claybord]

Does this game have, like, pixel graphics?

[Damon Hatfield]

No. No.

[Justin Davis]

But it is an indie game and.

[Nick Limone]

It'S a 2D game without Pixel graphics. So that's interesting.

[Sam Claybord]

I thought it'd be Shovel Knight. So this is interesting. Yeah, I mean, the cheats thing. I might not know what this game is.

[Justin Davis]

Came out after 2010. It's. We keep forgetting that it's playable on the switch. I keep forgetting that. Indie game. Indie 2D game. But not pixel art. Not a roguelike on PlayStation consoles and on the Switch.

[Nick Limone]

What if it's like a visual novel? That just seems a little strange.

[Sam Claybord]

How would you wear a hat in your visual novel?

[Nick Limone]

I don't know. There's. There's probably. They probably wear a hat in one of them danganronpas or something.

[Justin Davis]

It's a Central plot point. Danganronpa4. Turns out there's so much like hidden meaning behind the hat. It's been there since the first game. Nobody noticed.

[Sam Claybord]

What if I never knew that you wore a hat throughout all of the Witness?

[Justin Davis]

Right. Yeah. Your character is just wearing, like a weird beanie.

[Sam Claybord]

With a propeller.

[Justin Davis]

Yeah.

[Sam Claybord]

That would really change the vibe of that game.

[Damon Hatfield]

If you look at the mirror in.

[Sam Claybord]

The end and you're wearing a little propeller hat.

[Damon Hatfield]

It's part of a series that is still active today.

[Justin Davis]

Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah, I forgot we asked that.

[Nick Limone]

Shot in the arm. Active.

[Damon Hatfield]

No multiplayer.

[Sam Claybord]

Did this have a game that Was out in 2024? 25?

[Damon Hatfield]

Oh, yes, yes.

[Nick Limone]

Recent.

[Damon Hatfield]

Yes.

[Nick Limone]

Recent game where you can't jump and it's 2D but not Pixel art.

[Justin Davis]

An indie and part of a series just came out.

[Sam Claybord]

You wouldn't want to live in the world. Do we know anything about humanity in this? Do you play as a human?

[Damon Hatfield]

Absolutely not.

[Justin Davis]

Hollow Knight.

[Nick Limone]

Is this game.

[Justin Davis]

There's no jumping in this.

[Sam Claybord]

There's no game in the series that's come out in 2024. 20.

[Justin Davis]

That's a good point. That makes absolutely no sense.

[Sam Claybord]

And it never will if it's all. Yeah.

[Nick Limone]

Is this an American made game?

[Damon Hatfield]

I don't think so. Let me look that up.

[Nick Limone]

That's a confusing, confusing question.

[Justin Davis]

What about. What about the. What about Goose game? Is that a series?

[Nick Limone]

That is not a series. Oh, he doesn't know if it's a man.

[Sam Claybord]

Do you play as an animal in this game?

[Damon Hatfield]

Okay, you want to. You want that question? You want to ask that question about.

[Nick Limone]

Yeah.

[Damon Hatfield]

Okay. How did you word it? Is it. Is it.

[Nick Limone]

Is it. Is it made by an American company?

[Damon Hatfield]

No.

[Nick Limone]

Okay, well.

[Damon Hatfield]

I believe that's 22 questions.

[Sam Claybord]

Because you could still be a robot or a vampire in this.

[Justin Davis]

Are you. Do you play as an animal?

[Damon Hatfield]

No.

[Justin Davis]

What do you play as?

[Sam Claybord]

Do you play as a robot or a vampire?

[Damon Hatfield]

Yep, a robot. But you asked robot or vampire?

[Nick Limone]

I feel like.

[Justin Davis]

I know. I think it's. I think it's Steamworld. I think it's Steamworld. One of those.

[Nick Limone]

Well, it seemed World heist. Steamworld heist.

[Justin Davis]

Probably Heist. So which ones are there there's this town building one. I forget what it's called. And then there's Heist. And then. It can't be Dig, because you.

[Sam Claybord]

I don't think you can jump in Steamworld, Dig.

[Justin Davis]

Can you? Right? I think you can.

[Nick Limone]

Yeah, you can.

[Sam Claybord]

Oh, how do you get. Yeah, because how do you get it up in the sky and stuff?

[Justin Davis]

I mean, you might use a weird.

[Nick Limone]

There was like a card battler one.

[Justin Davis]

Too, but that was Heist.

[Nick Limone]

That was Heist. Not that Heist was the tactics one.

[Sam Claybord]

Is this a Steam World universe game?

[Damon Hatfield]

Yes.

[Sam Claybord]

Okay, so you are a vampire.

[Nick Limone]

I mean, is.

[Sam Claybord]

Which game is it?

[Justin Davis]

I think. Well, now, I thought Heist was the one that had the cards.

[Sam Claybord]

One is. What's the one where you just go in a ship and then you, like, aim your bullets around? They ricochet? What is that you do in that game? No, isn't it like, Yoshi's Island? You have to, like, methodically plan out your shots and stuff?

[Justin Davis]

I don't know what game you're picturing. I really want to know what games in your brain now.

[Sam Claybord]

It's a Steam world game. It's. I've only played Dig, and I know there's one like, more like laid back, like, Invade Ships. Steam World?

[Justin Davis]

I don't think so. I mean, I don't know. Maybe I don't, like. I don't know at all.

[Sam Claybord]

I think it's probably steep. World Heist.

[Nick Limone]

It's got.

[Justin Davis]

I think it's probably Heist. Unless it's the city building one.

[Nick Limone]

Is there a second one, though? Just to do our due diligence here.

[Damon Hatfield]

So.

[Sam Claybord]

Yes, just ask if the game's about stealing.

[Justin Davis]

I don't even know if Heist is about stealing. I feel like it's implied in the name. Is it implied in the name of this game that it's about stealing?

[Damon Hatfield]

Yes.

[Justin Davis]

Is it Seamworld Heist?

[Damon Hatfield]

Yes.

[Nick Limone]

Okay.

[Damon Hatfield]

And Steamworld Heist is exactly what Sam described.

[Nick Limone]

Okay. Okay.

[Sam Claybord]

I wonder what game Sam thinking of.

[Justin Davis]

What do you mean?

[Damon Hatfield]

You go into a ship, you aim your bullets and they ricochet around.

[Nick Limone]

Yeah.

[Justin Davis]

What? How is that okay?

[Damon Hatfield]

You said. No, that's not it. I have no idea what you're describing.

[Sam Claybord]

It's literally what's happening on the screen right now.

[Justin Davis]

Is there cards in this game?

[Damon Hatfield]

No, that's the rpg.

[Justin Davis]

What's the cards one?

[Damon Hatfield]

That's the RPG one. Steam World. I can't even think of the name of that. Okay.

[Nick Limone]

I'm not crazy, though. There is an RPG one.

[Damon Hatfield]

Yeah.

[Nick Limone]

Okay. Okay.

[Damon Hatfield]

There's an RPG One with cards. Steamroll Saga.

[Justin Davis]

Oh, Steamroll Quest.

[Nick Limone]

There you go.

[Damon Hatfield]

Okay.

[Justin Davis]

Right. Okay. Okay.

[Sam Claybord]

This is a great moment.

[Damon Hatfield]

And Steamrolled Heist 2 was just out last summer.

[Justin Davis]

Yeah.

[Sam Claybord]

Yeah.

[Nick Limone]

I should play this game. People like it.

[Damon Hatfield]

It's very good. It's very.

[Nick Limone]

I don't know about all that aiming and shooting though.

[Damon Hatfield]

So let's see. 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27 total on that one.

[Sam Claybord]

Getting my bill.

[Nick Limone]

Think about it. We did a pretty good job based on what we asked.

[Justin Davis]

Yeah. I don't.

[Sam Claybord]

Yeah, that's right. We got it in what, in 12 questions.

[Damon Hatfield]

That puts you at 70 questions with two rounds left.

[Justin Davis]

I feel good.

[Nick Limone]

We got this.

[Sam Claybord]

That's two. That's two rounds of 15 where we don't get to ask anything.

[Damon Hatfield]

So I've got. There's a big hint on this one. How should we handle this? Should I just read it and then you guys can just discuss and make a guess?

[Nick Limone]

We'll take any morsel we can get at this point.

[Damon Hatfield]

Okay. Okay. And I've got a big hint for it too. Okay. Are you ready? Justin?

[Justin Davis]

In my opinion, I think we spend all 30 questions on this game because that's three out of five.

[Damon Hatfield]

Okay.

[Justin Davis]

That's a passing grade.

[Damon Hatfield]

That's fine. We can do that. Here we go. Is it 2D? Oh, sorry. And this comes from Kevin in Seattle, Washington. Is it 2D? No. Did the publisher have an E3 presentation? Yes. Was it well, well received? Yes. Is it an indie game? Nope. Can you play as a woman? No. Does it take place on earth? Yes. Can you control a vehicle? No. Does it have motion controls? No. Was it released as a full price game? Yes. Did it come out before January 1, 2000? No. Can you play it on current gen consoles? No. Is it open world? Yes. Is it part of a series that is still active today? Yes. Did it come out on a cartridge? No. And finally, is it a military themed game? No. Here is your. Here's your hint from Kevin in Seattle. He is also a fan of I Think youk Should Leave. He says the multi talented Tim Robinson is not just a great comedian and writer. He's also a very talented redacted skater.

[Nick Limone]

He's a talented skater.

[Justin Davis]

So probably maybe that was too big of a hint.

[Nick Limone]

It's gotta be a skate game. So it's Skate one, two or three or Tony Hawk. I think we go skate because skater skate. I think that's just the move. I don't know. Am I crazy? Is this the I mean, so the.

[Justin Davis]

Difference is Tony Hawk is EA or is Activision and Skates ea. Right. Published. Is that right?

[Nick Limone]

That is correct. You are correct. You're correct.

[Justin Davis]

So is this game published by ea?

[Damon Hatfield]

Yes.

[Nick Limone]

Okay.

[Justin Davis]

I only played Tony Hawk. I skate games Open world.

[Nick Limone]

Yes, they are. I mean, Skate 3 is the popular one and that is the very open world one.

[Sam Claybord]

What?

[Justin Davis]

But I just.

[Sam Claybord]

The one and one were so popular.

[Justin Davis]

One of the questions was, is this game part of an active series? And the answer was no.

[Damon Hatfield]

No. The answer was yes.

[Justin Davis]

Oh, oops. My steno was bad. My mistake.

[Sam Claybord]

Is this the first in a series?

[Damon Hatfield]

Yes.

[Nick Limone]

Okay.

[Sam Claybord]

Is this game Skate?

[Damon Hatfield]

It is.

[Nick Limone]

Dude, look at that. We made all our stuff back.

[Justin Davis]

The comeback of the millennium.

[Damon Hatfield]

I did not realize that would be such a big hint because I had no idea that he was a skater. I had no idea.

[Sam Claybord]

I heard of that.

[Nick Limone]

Look up Tim Robinson skate video sketch. It is incredible. It's so funny.

[Justin Davis]

He's done like actual skate videos. Like, that's how I knew about it.

[Damon Hatfield]

I remember he was on that video for Skate 4 last year. But he didn't do any skating in it.

[Nick Limone]

Right, right. I think that's just because he is associated with though. So it's like, oh, yeah, why not?

[Damon Hatfield]

Well, I did not mean to give you that much of a hint, but there you go. That worked out well.

[Nick Limone]

That's exactly what we need. We're back in the game.

[Damon Hatfield]

Yep.

[Justin Davis]

You're now giveth and damith taketh away Y. Also, you're. You're taking 15 of our questions from us. Every single question.

[Nick Limone]

So there's the escape video. It's very good. A lot of things you can't say when you're at work, but it's very funny.

[Damon Hatfield]

I had no idea. Nicely job. That brings us to our fifth and final round. The suggestion comes from Stan in Justin. Is it Ankeny? Ankeny.

[Justin Davis]

Ankeny.

[Damon Hatfield]

Ankeny in Ankeny, Iowa. You friends with Stanley?

[Justin Davis]

Yeah. Yeah. Or buds.

[Damon Hatfield]

Cool. And I don't know how this will work. You have 12 questions.

[Justin Davis]

What?

[Damon Hatfield]

Right.

[Justin Davis]

I thought we had like.

[Damon Hatfield]

You had 30. You had going to last round. You had 30 and you used 18.

[Justin Davis]

Oh, well, I took such a victory lap because I thought we got back on track.

[Damon Hatfield]

So I will read the first 12 questions. Let me actually see here. Is it. I think. Yeah. These are the.

[Justin Davis]

Don't ask if it has motion controls.

[Damon Hatfield]

Okay.

[Justin Davis]

If the answer is no, skip it.

[Damon Hatfield]

Okay.

[Justin Davis]

If the answer is yes, read it.

[Damon Hatfield]

Okay. I will actually scrutinize these questions. Okay. Here we go. Does it take place on Earth? Yes.

[Justin Davis]

Yay.

[Damon Hatfield]

Was it well received critically? Is it an indie game? No, I'll. I'm gonna skip the finite number of lives. We're just skipping it so that.

[Justin Davis]

Wait. It was received critically? Well, yes, it was.

[Damon Hatfield]

Yes, critically, well.

[Justin Davis]

Got it. I think each question we should guess what we think it is.

[Damon Hatfield]

Okay, so with those. I think those three.

[Sam Claybord]

It was. It's Amagon.

[Justin Davis]

It's. It's on Earth. It was received critically, and it's not indie. I think it was. I think it was Tomb Raider 3.

[Damon Hatfield]

No, it's not Tomb Raider 3.

[Justin Davis]

Okay.

[Nick Limone]

It's El Shaddai, Ascension of the Metatron.

[Damon Hatfield]

Did it come out before January 1, 1990, or after January 1, 2010? Yes.

[Justin Davis]

Wait, wait, I still don't understand these. Because you're saying it came out before 1990, and you're saying it came out after 2010.

[Damon Hatfield]

Or I said it came out.

[Sam Claybord]

Or is the important part in one.

[Damon Hatfield]

Of those time periods. So most. I'm saying it did not come out between 1990 and 2010.

[Nick Limone]

So, yeah, we just lost 20 years that it can't be in, but we still don't know about either side.

[Justin Davis]

Okay. In the interest of moving the show.

[Nick Limone]

Along, I'm gonna move on.

[Justin Davis]

But I still don't understand. Someone's gonna have to explain it to me after.

[Damon Hatfield]

Is it a Metroidvania? Yeah.

[Sam Claybord]

Ask this question, because a 90s game is really easy to. Or an 80s game is really easy to get. It's just like an 80s game. It's an arcade game. Right, but it's usually that. But, you know, it also could just be a game that just came out. That's why we had that question as a joke.

[Damon Hatfield]

Is it a Metroidvania? No. Would I want to live in the world from this game? No. Here's a good one. Is it a shooter, platformer, or action game? No, and I think I'll stop there. So how many did I actually ask? 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. Let's just say you have six questions now.

[Nick Limone]

So it's not a shooter, platformer, or.

[Justin Davis]

An action game, but it takes place on Earth. It was well received critically, but fans of the genre. Hold on, hold on. It takes place on Earth. Damon would not like to live in this world.

[Damon Hatfield]

No. No.

[Justin Davis]

Okay, well, that implies last of us or something, Right?

[Nick Limone]

Something. Yeah. Post apocalyptic, dystopic.

[Justin Davis]

Although it's not an action game, so, you know, we got to keep that in mind. But. Or a shooter. So I don't think it's probably literally Last of Us. But something. Something's bad. Bad's going on.

[Sam Claybord]

Yeah.

[Damon Hatfield]

Oh. Oh, my gosh. I'm so, so, so, so sorry. I'm so sorry. Is it a shooter platformer or action game? Yes.

[Nick Limone]

Oh, it is.

[Justin Davis]

Okay.

[Sam Claybord]

That's what was so confusing. You're like, this is a great question.

[Damon Hatfield]

Sorry. Sorry.

[Sam Claybord]

And then you said, no.

[Justin Davis]

Got it.

[Nick Limone]

So can be a shooter. So zombie apocalypse type.

[Sam Claybord]

I think it's a shooter action platformer is why. That's a good question.

[Justin Davis]

We have six questions.

[Damon Hatfield]

Six.

[Justin Davis]

Is it helpful to know if it's zombies? Is the flavor of the apocalypse?

[Nick Limone]

Maybe. Just. What if we distill it down to is it an apocalypse? Yeah.

[Justin Davis]

Yeah. Is it. Is it an apocalypse type game?

[Damon Hatfield]

Yes.

[Nick Limone]

Okay, so we got our Resident Evils. You got your Last of Us's your.

[Justin Davis]

Horizons jacked up in Resident Evil. The world in Resident Evil is fine, right? It's just like wherever. Leon. Wherever.

[Sam Claybord]

Fine. It got nuked. And there's zombies.

[Nick Limone]

I mean, if it could happen to Raccoon City, it could happen anywhere, man. Yeah.

[Sam Claybord]

I mean. Yeah. Ask the region of nondescript Europe what they think of the pockets.

[Justin Davis]

Yeah.

[Nick Limone]

I feel like Last of Us. Is there more the territory though, where. I don't know. Something felt right about that. Let me see.

[Sam Claybord]

I mean, maybe this apocalypse cause things to act like zombies or possibly be zombies.

[Damon Hatfield]

No.

[Nick Limone]

Oh, no, that's Grace.

[Sam Claybord]

That sounds great.

[Nick Limone]

Maybe it's like a Horizon Zero dawn situation.

[Justin Davis]

Yeah. That is technically on Earth.

[Sam Claybord]

You wouldn't want to live in a robot dinosaur future. What?

[Justin Davis]

Yeah, they just have such. They have such weird, like, hair.

[Nick Limone]

You know? You know, they're not bathing regularly in Horizon Zero Dawn.

[Justin Davis]

That game seems like a very smelly game.

[Sam Claybord]

What about at that nice house at the end of the. The second one? Would you live there? Damon?

[Damon Hatfield]

At the end of what game?

[Nick Limone]

Horizon. Forbidden Horizon.

[Sam Claybord]

With the people that came back from space?

[Damon Hatfield]

No, I don't think so. No. Thank you. Okay.

[Sam Claybord]

Seemed like a nice house.

[Nick Limone]

You got to know how it all works too. What if you don't know the password for the smart home?

[Justin Davis]

It's interesting. It's an apocalypse like scenario on Earth, but not zombies. I mean, what does that leave us with?

[Nick Limone]

There's not. I mean, Horizon's the only thing I could think of. That's like far future Mad Max. Yeah, that's true.

[Justin Davis]

It is a post nuclear apocalypse.

[Sam Claybord]

A fallout robot apocalypse.

[Justin Davis]

Yep. Robot apocalypse. Nuclear apocalypse.

[Sam Claybord]

Grey goo.

[Justin Davis]

Yeah. So maybe fallout. Maybe. Maybe Horizon. What's helpful to narrow it down is.

[Sam Claybord]

This an open world game?

[Damon Hatfield]

No.

[Nick Limone]

So not a Horizon, not a Fallout.

[Justin Davis]

When did the game come out again?

[Nick Limone]

I mean, assumedly. This is after 2010.

[Justin Davis]

Yeah, but isn't it also before 1990?

[Sam Claybord]

It could be, but that's pretty unlikely.

[Nick Limone]

What if it's like Tokyo Jungle or something?

[Sam Claybord]

Yeah. Or Horizon. Not Horizon. What's the. What's the one we always ask about forbidden, like Slave to the west or whatever?

[Nick Limone]

Oh, Enslaved, Odyssey to the West.

[Justin Davis]

Slaved.

[Sam Claybord]

Yes. There you go.

[Justin Davis]

Yeah, there's a few. There's like 10 games that over index on 20 questions for whatever reason.

[Sam Claybord]

Great.

[Damon Hatfield]

Okay. Two questions and a guess.

[Sam Claybord]

Okay.

[Justin Davis]

Okay.

[Sam Claybord]

Okay.

[Justin Davis]

I just. I want to. I want to win.

[Sam Claybord]

Should we ask if it's Person?

[Nick Limone]

Wait, hold on. It's critically well received. Enslaved out of the to the west was critically well received, but nobody bought it, right?

[Justin Davis]

Yeah, Damon did clarify critically, not commercially.

[Nick Limone]

I'm just saying it's possible.

[Sam Claybord]

Should we just ask if it's a platform exclusive? Is that important to know?

[Justin Davis]

Was that.

[Nick Limone]

No, that station exclusive, that was available on Xbox 360 and PC as well.

[Sam Claybord]

It's not. It's not that game.

[Justin Davis]

Yeah, we can ask that.

[Sam Claybord]

Was this a platform exclusive?

[Damon Hatfield]

No.

[Justin Davis]

Okay, that does eliminate Tokyo Jungle, to be fair.

[Nick Limone]

Yeah.

[Damon Hatfield]

One question. One.

[Justin Davis]

Maybe it's one of those games that's like. Maybe it's like Stealth Elite, post apocalyptic. But what's not like, in your face about it?

[Nick Limone]

I mean, I'm just trying to discover.

[Sam Claybord]

That as it goes along.

[Justin Davis]

Maybe It's a good YouTube video. 10 games that were secretly post apocalyptic.

[Damon Hatfield]

Yeah.

[Justin Davis]

Like Planet of the Apes. You blew it up.

[Sam Claybord]

Damn you, Apocalypse. Yeah, it just seems like a really bad monkey planet. But then turns out.

[Justin Davis]

Yep. And then in the remake, there's the. There's the Abraham Lincoln. Abraham Lincoln.

[Damon Hatfield]

Abraham Lincoln.

[Nick Limone]

Dude, the apes are cooking with that one. That's great. I would abs. If I was the ape, I would absolutely do an Abraham Lincoln. Are you kidding me?

[Damon Hatfield]

All right, one question, one guess. Let's bring it home.

[Nick Limone]

Dude, now you got me thinking about Enslaved, man.

[Justin Davis]

I don't know.

[Damon Hatfield]

There's always.

[Justin Davis]

Could be.

[Damon Hatfield]

There's always the heck.

[Nick Limone]

What's the hat?

[Justin Davis]

Have we mentioned this game?

[Damon Hatfield]

Yes.

[Justin Davis]

Oh, you gotta do it, Nick.

[Nick Limone]

You gotta do it. Is this game Enslaved, Odyssey to the West?

[Damon Hatfield]

Yes, it is.

[Nick Limone]

I so bad wanted to waste a question asking. Is this an adaptation of Journey to the West?

[Sam Claybord]

Yeah.

[Damon Hatfield]

And I had no idea. I had no memory that you were fighting, like, robots. I only remember Andy Serkis's character, like, hopping around everywhere And I.

[Nick Limone]

It's a good game.

[Damon Hatfield]

Yeah.

[Nick Limone]

Yeah.

[Damon Hatfield]

I remember liking it. Couldn't remember anything about like the villain or who the bad guys were, what the plot was, the motion.

[Sam Claybord]

And like the animation looks really good in this, the character.

[Damon Hatfield]

But the animation, it's Ninja Theory.

[Justin Davis]

I mean, obviously video games look much better now visually, but like game design, this absolutely is just how games still look and feel and play. Like just action set pieces and climbing around and hitting stuff.

[Sam Claybord]

It was kind of like a God of war. Like.

[Nick Limone]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Nice little beat em up. Is.

[Sam Claybord]

Did.

[Nick Limone]

Did Ninja Theory do Heavenly Sword? Because I always conflate these. Yeah. Okay. That's why I conflate these two all the time.

[Damon Hatfield]

And Hellblade 1 and 2.

[Nick Limone]

Yeah.

[Damon Hatfield]

So what do they have done Hellblade after this? If this was 2010, they go into Hellblade.

[Nick Limone]

No, they actually had a failed sword was after. They also had a failed multiplayer.

[Damon Hatfield]

Oh yeah.

[Nick Limone]

Like action game that was only out for a little bit.

[Damon Hatfield]

Yeah. What was that one called?

[Nick Limone]

Didn't they also do a dmc? Devil May Cry. Is that them?

[Damon Hatfield]

They did dmc? Yeah, they did dmc.

[Nick Limone]

I kind of like dmc. Don't, don't, don't get mad at me. Devil May Cry fans. Good levels in that game.

[Justin Davis]

I think that's not like a crazy opinion.

[Nick Limone]

And now you think around Devil May Cry fans. It is.

[Damon Hatfield]

Don't worry.

[Nick Limone]

I like three and five and four and one and not two. Just wait.

[Sam Claybord]

Was there a context for picking this game from the writer?

[Damon Hatfield]

Not none provided. Just that they liked it and didn't. Had never heard before. None of these games have been up all the time. Yeah, we do bring it up fairly often. None of these five games have been on 20 questions before.

[Justin Davis]

Five new ones.

[Damon Hatfield]

Yep.

[Nick Limone]

Dude, we made it. What a doozy.

[Damon Hatfield]

I mean, you got four out of five.

[Justin Davis]

Four out of five.

[Nick Limone]

Yeah, that's pretty good. That's a. That's a 90 I'll take.

[Justin Davis]

Well, it's an 80.

[Nick Limone]

It's a 90 in my heart. All right. Hey, look, I got into production. I'm not a math guy. I do production.

[Damon Hatfield]

Bleeding Edge. Was there multiplayer?

[Nick Limone]

Yeah, that's the multiplayer one. I played the beta for that.

[Damon Hatfield]

Yeah. Well, there you go. Nicely job. Thanks for playing along with Greg Kelly's idea for a little remix of our usual hundred questions.

[Sam Claybord]

Total madness.

[Damon Hatfield]

That was tricky. Definitely. Thanks to all of Scoop Nation out there for tuning in to 20 questions for 10 years now. I would not have guessed that we've actually been doing it that long.

[Sam Claybord]

We're coming up on the gamescoped anniversary.

[Damon Hatfield]

Yeah, Yep. One of the historians will have to let us know when when that anniversary is. I do get a lot of requests to bring back GameScope, so we should figure out how to make that work at some point. So okay, I want to let everyone know. Now is a great time to grab some amazing deals through Humble where every purchase helps support charity. This April, pay just $12 for eight curated games through humble choice, including Tomb Raider 1 through 3, Remastered and Dredge. For 14 bucks you can grab a handpicked Metroidvania bundle featuring standout titles like Grime, Berserk Boy, Enchante and the Seven Sirens, or go all in with 28 bucks to unlock the complete Doom and Wolfenstein collections including all DLC and get discounts on the upcoming the Dark Ages. As a Choice member, you also save up to 20% in the humble store, including new releases, pre orders and big sales. Whether you're shopping the store, grabbing bundles or subscribing to Choice, every purchase supports a great cause and that is all the games we have for you this 20 questions. Thank you for joining us Nick. Thank you Sam and Justin. Thank you Kingo for being very well behaved this whole time while we're doing all this monkey business. Thank you to Jobert and everyone working behind the scenes to make this episode possible. This episode of Game Soup was produced by myself, Damon Hatfield and Gilbert Adienza. Technical direction is handled by Jobert Atienza. Technical production is by Marian Franzen and Amir Akib. Audio engineering is by Amir Akib and post production editing is by yours truly, Damon Hatfield. Graphic design is by Nicole Kagempen. Gamescoop is an IGN production and part of the Geek Media Network. My name is Damon and we'll be back with your regularly scheduled your regularly numbered episode of gamescoop next week. From the folks behind Outside Xbox and Outside Extra comes the Oxventure Podcast, where the supernatural action horror comedy of the weird west has returned in a new season of Tabletop RPG Deadlands. Each week on the Oxventure podcast, we.

[Nick Limone]

Visit a treacherous frontier full of monsters.

[Damon Hatfield]

And magic, where even the trains run on the souls of the damned. Our five players have overcome impossible odds and now find themselves running a monster hunting agency for hire. But when sinister forces threaten one of their own, it sets in motion a whole new adventure. They may not all survive, so join us in Oxventure Deadlands only on YouTube.com oxvent and on the Oxventure Podcast, available wherever fine podcasts are downloaded. Deadlands is an Oxventure production and part of the Geek Media Network.

[Nick Limone]

I'm Jim Trenka, host of the Best Games Ever podcast.

[Damon Hatfield]

Have you ever wondered what's the best.

[Justin Davis]

Video game where you get to fight a bear?

[Nick Limone]

And what's the best game set after.

[Justin Davis]

Peter Gabriel left Genesis but before Phil Collins had a successful solo career?

[Nick Limone]

And what's the best game that doesn't get good until you reach new game.

[Damon Hatfield]

Plus ensuring that nobody with a job.

[Nick Limone]

Will actually get to play it?

[Justin Davis]

If you haven't, that just means you're a normal person. But that's the sort of thing we like to bicker about on the Best.

[Nick Limone]

Games Ever podcast, the panel show where.

[Justin Davis]

We like to find the best game.

[Damon Hatfield]

Within a very specific and frankly quite.

[Justin Davis]

Useless category that I've made up to cause arguments.

[Nick Limone]

We get celebrity guests sometimes like Mike.

[Justin Davis]

Channel from outside Xbox, he's popular. And Simon Miller, he's a professional wrestler. And Ian Hickton from Eurogamer. Probably haven't heard of him.

[Nick Limone]

And that's about it really. But it's good. You should, you should listen to every.

[Justin Davis]

Friday on Apple podcasts, Spotify and wherever.

[Damon Hatfield]

Wherever else you get your podcasts.

[Nick Limone]

Oh, what's the best game? When you get to eat pie. What's the best game?

[Sam Claybord]

When you play a Dead game. I'm so excited to play Oblivion tomorrow, dude.

[Nick Limone]

Me too. Oblivion. Never played it like my, my first 360 game and I poured like 250 plus hours. This is my first Elder Scrolls game and just like, dude, I'm obsessed with that game. I know all of the guard like quips and it's just like, you know, the robotic stuff is. That stuff's my favorite.

[Sam Claybord]

Oh, I hope it's like a pretty good improvement too. So it's really fun to play, you know.

[Nick Limone]

Same. Yeah. I hope they add a lot of quality of life stuff.

[Justin Davis]

The more you do something like.

[Damon Hatfield]

So you just jump, right? You just jump a lot.

[Nick Limone]

You can upgrade your acrobatics by just jumping everywhere. I like to do a.

[Sam Claybord]

Did you do like running? Did people. Didn't people like, like, like tape down their buttons or something when they did that?

[Nick Limone]

Yeah, athletics. Yeah, it's athletics acrobatics. You can level destruction by creating a custom spell to self damage. One point of damage. So you basically regen faster than you hurt yourself, but you're just walking around hurting yourself with the spell to increase your magic. I kind of like that. Lore wise though, I think that's kind of, that's fun. Implications like, this dude's nuts. He hurts himself to get better at magic.

[Justin Davis]

It did have a cool. I. I don't. I don't actually love Oblivion that much, but it has a really cool system to create your own spell. Spell crafting system is really dope.

[Nick Limone]

Yeah. I think I remember we had a question once of like, is the first game in a franchise the one that always is the one you like the most? For Elder Scrolls, it's Oblivion. For me for sure it's because it's the first one I played. It's the one I love most.

[Sam Claybord]

Crazy. I keep hearing this too, but it's crazy that maybe it's like in hindsight or something, but. But people that loved Skyrim keep on telling me that they actually liked Oblivion better. Which sounds like horseshit to me, frankly.

[Justin Davis]

Nick.

[Sam Claybord]

Yeah.

[Nick Limone]

Yeah. I don't like Skyrim at all.

[Damon Hatfield]

Is that true?

[Nick Limone]

Yeah, I don't like it. I think that game is like such a drab place to exist. I don't like to be there.

[Sam Claybord]

Because you don't like, like set in the Northern Territories?

[Nick Limone]

Yeah, I. I guess I also think that. I don't know, there's just something about the quest design in that game that just feels off to me. I think every main, like the guild stuff in Oblivion is so much better. Not just the Dark Brotherhood. I think the Fighters Guild, the Thieves Guild destroys the Thieves Guild in Skyrim. Stuff like that is just, I think way better. Main quest line is better in Skyrim, though. I will give it that.

[Sam Claybord]

Does Oblivion have dragons?

[Nick Limone]

It does not. That's a big bummer.

[Damon Hatfield]

No.

[Nick Limone]

No dragons at all.

[Justin Davis]

A thing in Skyrim is like, the dragons are back.

[Sam Claybord]

Okay.