If you guys could have any super power, what would you choose and why?

Could you discuss Silent Hill for the Wii? ;)

Topher, can you please do the DLC review as JOURNALISM master Geraldo Beedog, DDS?

Have you heard of the game "Black Sigil: Blade of the Exiled" for the Nintendo DS at all? It is supposedly coming out within a few weeks and I have not heard much about it yet. It has sprite based graphics and a game play style that looks very similar to Chrono Trigger and Secret of Mana. Also the basic premise of the story seems pretty unique too. I was wondering if any of you were keep tabs on it and if you know anything interesting about it yet. I hope Destructoid ends up reviewing this game since it has a lot of potential. Thanks!

A couple of questions:

1) Did anyone of you order the Mother 3 handbook? I did, it's awesome 5/5 dolphins that are drinkin huge slurpees while riding chocobos!

2) Have you seen "Kings of power 4 billion? It's a gorgeus 12 minute sprite film resebling Metal slug in style and it's a combination of the previous, AKIRA, the Dragonball Z universe and the Junior Senior Move Your Feet music video (not my words). You can download it from http://probertson.livejournal.com/23973.html

I've asked this question before, but hopefully this time you guys will actually answer it. If you could make a heavy metal concept album, what would it be about? Go into detail. Would it have clean or growled vocals? Would it have a lot of guitar and keyboard solos? How many hot, scantily clad chicks would it have on the cover? Add more details as you lease.

I've said before, so I'll say it again. I love you guys so much. You bring a lot of joy to my earholes every Friday. Have a good show!

oh hell, Jillians. You know what I meant.

If you could go back in time and punch anyone in the balls, who would it be?

Since everyone on the show has amazing pipes, could you guys sing a few lines from the first song that pops into your head?

What sort of retro games, genres, or game play would you like to see in a sequel to Retro Game Challenge?

Mind-blowing question of the week:

Is the cake really a lie or is the cake lying?

When people are extremely hyped about a game they usually will look at footage or pictures over and over. What are some of things you can remember doing when you were extremely hyped about the game.

Since we just had aprils fools day did you ever fall for any video game related pranks. I fell for the sonic in melee prank by EGM a few years back.

Topher, whats it like to be clean shaven after all this time?

If you could go back in time and tell your younger self to play a game right when it came out instead of have to discover it years later. What would it be?

Dyson, If totinos had did a cross promotion with metroid prime when it came out and put metoid prime stuff all over the package would you have still bought them?

Chad, How far are you in mother 3 and do you think it's better than earthbound?

Collette, What would have to happen for you like silent hill:shattered dreams? Is it even possible?

Stella,just how awful is the haruhi dancing game?

-What kind of cars do you guys drive? I drive a mighty Toyota Highlander and I might add that having a car that there can only be one of, is pretty hot ish.

-Is there going to be a Geraldo Beedog origins story? Also, JOURNALISM.

Hows the dentistry profession coming along? Is it better than dental journalism?

GTFO Geraldo, you're off duty until next April.

Topher,

Geraldo Beedog is amazing.

but I digress,

If you could have a re-imagined franchise, i.e. a darker, dystopian mega man for example, what franchise would you redo, and what would you change about it?

P.S.

I just picked up an old dreamcast and a gamecube, can you all make any recommendations on games, I am not picky, anything that is fun.

As hardware evolves, the demand for more realistic gaming continues to grow. Ironically gaming has been considered as a medium for fantasy to escape reality and yet demand for realism continues. What do you think drives this need to mix fantasy with reality? The ability to shape a world in our image that is so close to home gives a thrill of personal power that most people in the real world can only dream of would be my guess.

I guess a follow up question to my original would be what blatant looking fantasy game(i.e. Mario Bros., Katamari, Castle Crashers, etc.) would you like to get slapped by the reality ugly stick? The thought of realistic looking mushrooms with eyes and feet don't seem worthy of 5 dolphins.

This may be a better question for the RPG show pt. 2, but what is your preferred number of party members both in battle and out of battle? Does this number vary based on the type (for example, tactical/strategy vs. traditional turn-based)?

It seems this year there was a lot of April Fools jokes about releasing 8-bit games, what's up with that?
As for Silent Hill on the Wii, the lack of combat seems... interesting. I've always felt that the focus of the Silent Hill series (until recently that is) was survival and avoiding enemies rather than combat. However, I fear that by removing combat all together, it lacks part of the psychological impact that made the series work. Another issue, are they trying to modernize it?
I thought in the article I read that Wii remote would be your cell phone. Cell phone... not your radio. I do not feel comfortable with that, and I can't really explain why. Oh well, here is hoping its not shovel ware.


And now, questions!

If you could tell any person in the gaming industry to eat a bag of dicks, who would it be and why?

What other PSone era games would you like to see revisited?

Why do so many games have endings that feel rushed and incomplete recently?

And finally...

If you could live in any game world, which would it be and why?

I forgot can chad say "I drink your milkshake"? It seems like he hasn't said it in forever.

I'd like to have a discussion about "sandbox game" of any genres. It seems sandbox games have become very popular this decade. Is it good for video games? Does it overwhelm a player by throwing him into a giant theme park and telling him to go bananas? Does it make the players have a sense of purpose or motivate the player to work toward something? Does it dilute or enhance the story of the overall game? Does it threaten traditional linear story of gameplay? Will sandbox game replace tradition linear games or does traditional linear games have a special place in video games? Games like GTA, Eve Online, Oblivion, Sim games and other choose your path or do whatever you want are examples of sandbox games.

Dear RetroforceGO!,

Why are all of you guys so awesome? I only relatively recently got into the Destructoid podcasts and managed to listen to all of the RetroforceGO! archives in less than a week. I think the Sloshball/King Friday and Anthony's story about calling that woman a cunt in the movie store are my two favourite non-game related stories of the podcast.

I'm also wondering what you guys think of Punch-Out!! for the Wii. I don't have the original Punch-Outs on my not R4 and they're pretty brilliant but I don't know about paying almost $70 (Canadian) for a graphical upgrade.

Randomly, what's you guys' favourite drinks? I fancy most German beers (though blackbeer is only good in light doses) and tequila is good for those crazy nights. Are you guys into beer? Liquor? Coolers?

People talk a lot about reviving different old franchises. I was just wondering if anyone disagreed with bringing a certain game franchise back.

I submit this wonderful punch out video to spur discussion and retro goodness

http://www.gametrailers.com/player/47536.html

I forget, comments don't parse my links

http://www.gametrailers.com/player/47536.html

I'll stop spamming the comments now.

The Nintendo 64 didn't have many RPGs (Zelda is not an RPG), but which were your favorites?

Dyson, could you please share some of the adventures you experienced while searching for retro treasures during your absence from RFGO!? When you came back we heard some story about working for Sega, but we all know that was a clever diversion. What's the REAL story?