Episode 516: Radical Gamer Facts

{{PodcastInfobox
 * name = Radical Gamer Facts
 * image = Mbmbam 506 cover with portraits.jpg
 * length = 64:16
 * date = June 29, 2020
 * guest = Lin-Manuel Miranda
 * previous = Episode 515: Viscous Bod
 * next = Episode 517: Pepperoni Prescription
 * transcript = https://www.dropbox.com/sh/egqdua6s38oxb9p/AADHgOgGpo04l0r5otyed65aa/MBMBaM/MBMBaM%20Ep516%20Radical%20Gamer%20Facts.pdf?dl=0
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 * epnumber = 516
 * description = In which Travis weaponizes his worst segment with unprecedented menace, and also we ask Lin-Manuel Miranda how he would murder Super Mario, which does not seem like a great use of his time, now that we write it out like this.
 * talkingpoints = Movies Never Say Die, Gamer Facts, So You Pissed Your Pants, Boring Old Books, Mario Murder (w/ Lin), Shaqeroni

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Outline
00:45 - Intro - Old Movie Watch

05:45 - Play Along at Home! "Justin: Before settling on the name 'Sonic,' what was the name proposed by SEGA for this iconic blue hedgehog? Mr. Needlemouse." "Griffin: Assassin's Creed was originally set to be part of what video game franchise? Prince of Persia." "Justin: In transferring Super Mario Kart to western markets, what censorship was done on Princess Peach and Bowser? They removed champagne from their victory celebrations." "Griffin: The entire game of The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past takes up how much memory? Less than 1 megabyte." "Justin: The UK versions of FIFA 2001 and Gran Turismo 2 shipped with what peculiar feature? They had scratch-and-sniff disks." "Both: In a guerrilla-style marketing campaign, spoof prostitute-style cards were placed in phone boxes around SoHo and London to advertise the original Crash Bandicoot. What did they read? New in town! Young randy bandicoot."

11:42 - When I was in my junior year of high school, I went on a camping trip with some of my class. On one of the nights, I woke up having to pee more than I've ever had to piss, ever. I mean, breaking-of-the-Hoover-Dam piss. I tried to wake a friend up, but she didn't get up, so I barely made it to a teacher's tent when the moment she answered me, the dams broke, I pissed my pants in the middle of the woods, and everyone knew about it. Literally everyone. That being said, it's currently three eventful years later and I was talking about it recently with a best friend, and he told me he forgot about it. So my question is: How do I ask people if they remember this without reminding them of the terrible accident? I think about this every. single. day. - Peepee McGee

18:02 - Y - Sent in by Adrian Cowles and a bunch of other people, from Yahoo! Answers user Iam, who asks: "Why are old books so boring? Books from several centuaries back are objectively less entertaining and fun to read than modern books. I would think that few people would consider Shakespeare actually interesting if they thought he wrote his plays ten years ago. Why is that? Were people simply bad at writing in the past the way we were bad at medicine? Did people not care to make their books enjoyable? Is there a rational explanation for it? Updated 6 days ago: Shakespeare is a BAD example of what I am trying to ask. Think of Dickens or Russian classics."

27:45 - MZ - Sponsored by Stitch Fix, Blue Apron. Advertisement for Oh No, Ross and Carrie!

32:52 - Guestspert Lin-Manuel Miranda - Musical Round Table and Yahoo! Answer

42:01 - Y - Sent in by Michelle [Smith], from an anonymous Yahoo! Answers user whom Griffin calls "Jim-Jamuel Miranda," who asks:"Super Mario vs. Yourself in a Few Scenarios? For some random reason Super Mario is teleported into the real world with the sole goal to hunt you down and kill you. Mario is still bound to his game physics and can still jump just as high. I'll give three scenarios that could occur and I want you to tell me how they play out. Scenario 1: You are casually walking outside like any normal day. You feel safe and are unarmed. Suddenly Mario (who is also unarmed) comes running at you with the purpose to end your life. You know this and prepare to fend off he ambush. What happens?  Scenario 2: You're inside your house like any normal person during quarantine and you see Mario trying to break into your house. You can defend yourself with anything in your home and Mario is armed with a hammer-throw power-up.  Scenario 3: You've successfully evaded Mario this whole time and managed to locate where he lives while he isn't trying to kill you. You now have the element of surprise and can bring with you whatever you can reasonably afford/get a hold of/make. There is no way of knowing what Mario has though..."

53:15 - Munch Squad - Papa John's Shaq-a-Roni Pizza

62:00 - Housekeeping

63: - FY - Sent in by a bunch of people, from Yahoo! Answers user Ashlelise, who asks: "How long after back tattoo can I have sex?"