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Supervising Video Producer at Polygon Simone de Rochefort fills in on a star-spangled extravaganza of reward explosions, Turbo Tunnel confinement, and Sonic pogging. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Tim Rogers, Brandon Sheffield, and Simone de Rochefort. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman. Questions this week: Brandon asks: Isn't it kind of cool that you can buy an Xbox One and a bunch of games that aren't exactly old for pretty cheap? (06:36) Since Super Mario Bros, have we ever come up with anything better than pixelated fireworks to congratulate a player for completing an objective? (13:44) What is pogging? (16:27) What are some of the most important written documents in video game history? (22:17) If the Republic of Gamers was a real place, what would its code of law and justice system be like? (30:50) Insert Credit Quick Break: Mannequin Deposit by The Houseflies (36:18) TheFragranceofDarkCoffee asks: When and where would you set a Yakuza game in the United States? (37:40) Is democracy good for video games? (46:29) What is the most American video game? (51:48) LIGHTNING ROUND: Name Design - State Nicknames (59:52) Recommendations and Outro (01:10:26) Discuss this episode in the Insert Credit Forums A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED: William Henry Harrison George Washington Abraham Lincoln Polygon Richard Nixon Adam Sandler NHLPA Hockey '93 Little Nicky (2000) Barack Obama Ep. 345 - Tater Haters Xbox One Ryū ga Gotoku / Like a Dragon / Yakuza series Red Dead Redemption II Anbernic Final Fantasy XV Halo: Infinite Hollow Knight Fortnite Overwatch Sunset Overdrive ReCore Gears of War: Ultimate Edition Super Mario Bros. Pogging Alex Jebailey Toasty! Sonic the Hedgehog series Sonic the Hedgehog 3 Sonic Boom Seanbaby Crate Review System Dragon Quest Snake Rattle N Roll Cobra Triangle R.C. Pro-Am Slalom Kid Icarus Nightmare Sabre Wulf Wii Remote Reggie Fils-Aimé The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess Pedro Pascal Gets Flustered Over The Mandalorian Spoilers Pedro Pascal Baby Yoda Gladiator II Republic of Gamers Superman 64 Battletoads A Moveable Feast Gangs of New York (2002) Howard Hughes Rat Pack Grand Theft Auto series Shenmue World's fair Fallout: New Vegas Frank Sinatra The Devil in the White City Entertainment Software Rating Board Mass Effect 3 Stellar Blade Review bomb John F. Kennedy Jr. Everybody Votes Channel Splatoon series Sonic '06 BioShock Infinite Todd Howard Fallout Kestrel Eagle Loon Recommendations: Brandon: Byblos yogurt is actually Lebanese, Homebrew Games Summer Showcase 2024, try watching television on your TV now, Rags to Riches: Sustainable Fashion from Japan Simone: Nobody can stop you from stealing The Great Gatsby Tim: If you do have to do work for free, make sure you have a really funny reason with a really delayed punchline nobody's ever going to see coming This week's Insert Credit Show is brought to you by Mannequin Deposit by The Houseflies, and patrons like you. Thank you. Subscribe: RSS, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, and more!
Supervising Video Producer at Polygon Simone de Rochefort fills in on a star-spangled extravaganza of reward explosions, Turbo Tunnel confinement, and Sonic pogging. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Tim Rogers, Brandon Sheffield, and Simone de Rochefort. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman. Questions this week: Brandon asks: Isn't it kind of cool that you can buy an Xbox One and a bunch of games that aren't exactly old for pretty cheap? (06:36) Since Super Mario Bros, have we ever come up with anything better than pixelated fireworks to congratulate a player for completing an objective? (13:44) What is pogging? (16:27) What are some of the most important written documents in video game history? (22:17) If the Republic of Gamers was a real place, what would its code of law and justice system be like? (30:50) Insert Credit Quick Break: Mannequin Deposit by The Houseflies (36:18) TheFragranceofDarkCoffee asks: When and where would you set a Yakuza game in the United States? (37:40) Is democracy good for video games? (46:29) What is the most American video game? (51:48) LIGHTNING ROUND: Name Design - State Nicknames (59:52) Recommendations and Outro (01:10:26) Discuss this episode in the Insert Credit Forums A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED: William Henry Harrison George Washington Abraham Lincoln Polygon Richard Nixon Adam Sandler NHLPA Hockey '93 Little Nicky (2000) Barack Obama Ep. 345 - Tater Haters Xbox One Ryū ga Gotoku / Like a Dragon / Yakuza series Red Dead Redemption II Anbernic Final Fantasy XV Halo: Infinite Hollow Knight Fortnite Overwatch Sunset Overdrive ReCore Gears of War: Ultimate Edition Super Mario Bros. Pogging Alex Jebailey Toasty! Sonic the Hedgehog series Sonic the Hedgehog 3 Sonic Boom Seanbaby Crate Review System Dragon Quest Snake Rattle N Roll Cobra Triangle R.C. Pro-Am Slalom Kid Icarus Nightmare Sabre Wulf Wii Remote Reggie Fils-Aimé The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess Pedro Pascal Gets Flustered Over The Mandalorian Spoilers Pedro Pascal Baby Yoda Gladiator II Republic of Gamers Superman 64 Battletoads A Moveable Feast Gangs of New York (2002) Howard Hughes Rat Pack Grand Theft Auto series Shenmue World's fair Fallout: New Vegas Frank Sinatra The Devil in the White City Entertainment Software Rating Board Mass Effect 3 Stellar Blade Review bomb John F. Kennedy Jr. Everybody Votes Channel Splatoon series Sonic '06 BioShock Infinite Todd Howard Fallout Kestrel Eagle Loon Recommendations: Brandon: Byblos yogurt is actually Lebanese, Homebrew Games Summer Showcase 2024, try watching television on your TV now, Rags to Riches: Sustainable Fashion from Japan Simone: Nobody can stop you from stealing The Great Gatsby Tim: If you do have to do work for free, make sure you have a really funny reason with a really delayed punchline nobody's ever going to see coming This week's Insert Credit Show is brought to you by Mannequin Deposit by The Houseflies, and patrons like you. Thank you. Subscribe: RSS, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, and more!
What starts as a lively episode with Polygon editor and podcaster Simone de Rochefort becomes something far more interesting when one panelist's audio goes missing. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Tim Rogers, Brandon Sheffield, and Simone de Rochefort. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman. Questions this week: From Frank Cifaldi: What is the Criterion Channel of video games? (10:48) Sega just bought Rovio. Why? (25:29) Simone, please convince the panel board games are good. (32:26) What's the deal with those TikTok videos that all have Minecraft or Subway Surfer footage playing at the bottom? (38:48) Improv Zone - Video Game Pawn Shop (42:20) Zara asks: Have you ever recognized something deeply personal from your real life inside of a video game? (48:29) From Ash Parrish: Who is the American Mario? (55:24) LIGHTNING ROUND: VIOLENCE ISLAND (01:02:24) Recommendations and Outro (01:25:26) A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED: Elden Ring The Sun Also Rises Charles Leclerc Max Verstappen decimate The Criterion Channel The Criterion Collection Mega Man: Legacy Collection Tubi Letterboxd Rocket Legend of Zelda series DF Retro Shadow of the Colossus GameTap GameFly Yoshio Sakamoto Esper Boukentai Super Metroid Hollow Knight Koji Igarashi Sega is officially buying Angry Birds developer Rovio for $775 million Angry Birds Yakuza / Ryū ga Gotoku series Persona series Sonic the Hedgehog games Bonk series Square Enix launches its first NFT project “It's not Hitman without IO”: Why Square Enix set the franchise free Small Town Murders Sugar Blast Sonic the Hedgehog: Spinball Proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard by Microsoft Puzzle & Dragons Forbidden City Sleep No More Among Us Ticket to Ride Minecraft Subway Surfers Fontanelle Contra series Gordon Freeman Dragon Quest series Shining Force series Battle Chess Coquí Bloodsport 4: The Dark Kumite (1999) The Bear Diego E. Garcia Casual Birder Sons of the Forest Oh, Deer! Bubsy series Zero the Kamikaze Squirrel Wild Woody Sifu Kao the Kangaroo games Ty the Tasmanian Tiger Vanquish Ezio Auditore da Firenze Grand Theft Auto series Ray Liotta Kratos Diana, Princess of Wales Depeche Mode - New Dress Quiet Shigeru Miyamoto Toad No One Can Stop Mr. Domino Wild Woody Dynamite Headdy Miles “Tails” Prower Penitent One Satan Recommendations: Brandon: Echo Image, Spirit Posession, make more things like game stores and video stores so people can be paid to get baseline experience in a field they care about Simone: Murder, She Wrote Tim: Decision to Leave (2022), The Little Drummer Girl, Interview with the Vampire Brought to you by Midautumn on Steam and patrons like you Subscribe: RSS, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, and more!
What starts as a lively episode with Polygon editor and podcaster Simone de Rochefort becomes something far more interesting when one panelist's audio goes missing. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Tim Rogers, Brandon Sheffield, and Simone de Rochefort. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman. Questions this week: From Frank Cifaldi: What is the Criterion Channel of video games? (10:48) Sega just bought Rovio. Why? (25:29) Simone, please convince the panel board games are good. (32:26) What's the deal with those TikTok videos that all have Minecraft or Subway Surfer footage playing at the bottom? (38:48) Improv Zone - Video Game Pawn Shop (42:20) Zara asks: Have you ever recognized something deeply personal from your real life inside of a video game? (48:29) From Ash Parrish: Who is the American Mario? (55:24) LIGHTNING ROUND: VIOLENCE ISLAND (01:02:24) Recommendations and Outro (01:25:26) A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED: Elden Ring The Sun Also Rises Charles Leclerc Max Verstappen decimate The Criterion Channel The Criterion Collection Mega Man: Legacy Collection Tubi Letterboxd Rocket Legend of Zelda series DF Retro Shadow of the Colossus GameTap GameFly Yoshio Sakamoto Esper Boukentai Super Metroid Hollow Knight Koji Igarashi Sega is officially buying Angry Birds developer Rovio for $775 million Angry Birds Yakuza / Ryū ga Gotoku series Persona series Sonic the Hedgehog games Bonk series Square Enix launches its first NFT project “It's not Hitman without IO”: Why Square Enix set the franchise free Small Town Murders Sugar Blast Sonic the Hedgehog: Spinball Proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard by Microsoft Puzzle & Dragons Forbidden City Sleep No More Among Us Ticket to Ride Minecraft Subway Surfers Fontanelle Contra series Gordon Freeman Dragon Quest series Shining Force series Battle Chess Coquí Bloodsport 4: The Dark Kumite (1999) The Bear Diego E. Garcia Casual Birder Sons of the Forest Oh, Deer! Bubsy series Zero the Kamikaze Squirrel Wild Woody Sifu Kao the Kangaroo games Ty the Tasmanian Tiger Vanquish Ezio Auditore da Firenze Grand Theft Auto series Ray Liotta Kratos Diana, Princess of Wales Depeche Mode - New Dress Quiet Shigeru Miyamoto Toad No One Can Stop Mr. Domino Wild Woody Dynamite Headdy Miles “Tails” Prower Penitent One Satan Recommendations: Brandon: Echo Image, Spirit Posession, make more things like game stores and video stores so people can be paid to get baseline experience in a field they care about Simone: Murder, She Wrote Tim: Decision to Leave (2022), The Little Drummer Girl, Interview with the Vampire Brought to you by Midautumn on Steam and patrons like you Subscribe: RSS, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, and more!
Rocket takeover, Musk Lays Off Twitter, League of Legends Finals, FCC vs. TikTok Elon Musk's Twitter layoffs leave whole teams gutted. -2000 Lines Of Code. Twitter Now Asks Some Fired Workers to Please Come Back. What are the redeeming qualities of Twitter? @elonmusk: Going forward, any Twitter handles engaging in impersonation without clearly specifying "parody" will be permanently suspended. It's hard out here for a billionaire. League of Legends World Championship Finals. Quiz show! Twitter suspends Kathy Griffin's account for impersonating Elon Musk. Is Twitter good for brands? Facebook Parent Meta Is Preparing to Notify Employees of Large-Scale Layoffs This Week. Stripe cuts 14% of its workforce, CEO says they 'overhired for the world we're in' Finally, is this the end for the fax machine? Interview: FCC commissioner says government should ban TikTok. Github Universe. Host: Leo Laporte Guests: Simone de Rochefort, Brianna Wu, and Christina Warren Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: onlogic.com/TWIT rocketmoney.com/TWIT itpro.tv/twit promo code TWIT30 podium.com/twit
Rocket takeover, Musk Lays Off Twitter, League of Legends Finals, FCC vs. TikTok Elon Musk's Twitter layoffs leave whole teams gutted. -2000 Lines Of Code. Twitter Now Asks Some Fired Workers to Please Come Back. What are the redeeming qualities of Twitter? @elonmusk: Going forward, any Twitter handles engaging in impersonation without clearly specifying "parody" will be permanently suspended. It's hard out here for a billionaire. League of Legends World Championship Finals. Quiz show! Twitter suspends Kathy Griffin's account for impersonating Elon Musk. Is Twitter good for brands? Facebook Parent Meta Is Preparing to Notify Employees of Large-Scale Layoffs This Week. Stripe cuts 14% of its workforce, CEO says they 'overhired for the world we're in' Finally, is this the end for the fax machine? Interview: FCC commissioner says government should ban TikTok. Github Universe. Host: Leo Laporte Guests: Simone de Rochefort, Brianna Wu, and Christina Warren Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: onlogic.com/TWIT rocketmoney.com/TWIT itpro.tv/twit promo code TWIT30 podium.com/twit
Rocket takeover, Musk Lays Off Twitter, League of Legends Finals, FCC vs. TikTok Elon Musk's Twitter layoffs leave whole teams gutted. -2000 Lines Of Code. Twitter Now Asks Some Fired Workers to Please Come Back. What are the redeeming qualities of Twitter? @elonmusk: Going forward, any Twitter handles engaging in impersonation without clearly specifying "parody" will be permanently suspended. It's hard out here for a billionaire. League of Legends World Championship Finals. Quiz show! Twitter suspends Kathy Griffin's account for impersonating Elon Musk. Is Twitter good for brands? Facebook Parent Meta Is Preparing to Notify Employees of Large-Scale Layoffs This Week. Stripe cuts 14% of its workforce, CEO says they 'overhired for the world we're in' Finally, is this the end for the fax machine? Interview: FCC commissioner says government should ban TikTok. Github Universe. Host: Leo Laporte Guests: Simone de Rochefort, Brianna Wu, and Christina Warren Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: onlogic.com/TWIT rocketmoney.com/TWIT itpro.tv/twit promo code TWIT30 podium.com/twit
Rocket takeover, Musk Lays Off Twitter, League of Legends Finals, FCC vs. TikTok Elon Musk's Twitter layoffs leave whole teams gutted. -2000 Lines Of Code. Twitter Now Asks Some Fired Workers to Please Come Back. What are the redeeming qualities of Twitter? @elonmusk: Going forward, any Twitter handles engaging in impersonation without clearly specifying "parody" will be permanently suspended. It's hard out here for a billionaire. League of Legends World Championship Finals. Quiz show! Twitter suspends Kathy Griffin's account for impersonating Elon Musk. Is Twitter good for brands? Facebook Parent Meta Is Preparing to Notify Employees of Large-Scale Layoffs This Week. Stripe cuts 14% of its workforce, CEO says they 'overhired for the world we're in' Finally, is this the end for the fax machine? Interview: FCC commissioner says government should ban TikTok. Github Universe. Host: Leo Laporte Guests: Simone de Rochefort, Brianna Wu, and Christina Warren Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: onlogic.com/TWIT rocketmoney.com/TWIT itpro.tv/twit promo code TWIT30 podium.com/twit
Rocket takeover, Musk Lays Off Twitter, League of Legends Finals, FCC vs. TikTok Elon Musk's Twitter layoffs leave whole teams gutted. -2000 Lines Of Code. Twitter Now Asks Some Fired Workers to Please Come Back. What are the redeeming qualities of Twitter? @elonmusk: Going forward, any Twitter handles engaging in impersonation without clearly specifying "parody" will be permanently suspended. It's hard out here for a billionaire. League of Legends World Championship Finals. Quiz show! Twitter suspends Kathy Griffin's account for impersonating Elon Musk. Is Twitter good for brands? Facebook Parent Meta Is Preparing to Notify Employees of Large-Scale Layoffs This Week. Stripe cuts 14% of its workforce, CEO says they 'overhired for the world we're in' Finally, is this the end for the fax machine? Interview: FCC commissioner says government should ban TikTok. Github Universe. Host: Leo Laporte Guests: Simone de Rochefort, Brianna Wu, and Christina Warren Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: onlogic.com/TWIT rocketmoney.com/TWIT itpro.tv/twit promo code TWIT30 podium.com/twit
Simone de Rochefort from Polygon joins us to share her enthusiasm for Hemingway.
Simone de Rochefort is a Senior Video Producer at Polygon, where she co-hosts the podcast The Polygon Show. She's also one of the hosts of the tech podcast Rocket on Relay FM, which recently celebrated its 250th episode. And, luckily for us, she is a passionate amateur Hemingway enthusiast.
This week on The Polygon Show we talk about A Short Hike, a cute and soothing game that is exactly what it sounds like. Allegra, meanwhile, has confronted Banjo Kazooie in Smash, and she doesn’t like what she sees. Finally, everyone has finally watched Barry! Yay! Links: https://www.polygon.com/2019/9/14/20864555/a-short-hike-how-to-do-nothing-impressions The Polygon Show is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher and everywhere else podcasts are found. If you like what you hear, let us know! We also very much appreciate the rating and reviewing us on Apple Podcasts — seriously, every little bit helps! This week’s episode is hosted by Allegra Frank, Chelsea Stark, and Simone De Rochefort. It is produced by Jelani Carter and Ross Miller. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This week we’re talking about the Steven Universe movie, and we’ve got more feelings on Control and other haunted houses. And OH YEAH, THERE’S A NEW FINAL FANTASY VII TRAILER, HAS EVERYONE SEEN RENO? The Polygon Show is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher and everywhere else podcasts are found. If you like what you hear, let us know! We also very much appreciate the rating and reviewing us on Apple Podcasts — seriously, every little bit helps! This week’s episode is hosted by Allegra Frank, Chelsea Stark, and Simone De Rochefort. It is produced by Jelani Carter and Ross Miller. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Control is getting all of the Game of the Year buzz right now, so Simone, Chelsea, and Allegra are here to discuss its gameplay, comparisons to Twin Peaks, and the weirdness of it all (with no spoilers… for now). Next, Allegra has watched The Dark Crystal Netflix series and it might be the only fantasy series she likes. The reason will surprise you. Or horrify you. Whichever. The Polygon Show is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher and everywhere else podcasts are found. If you like what you hear, let us know! We also very much appreciate the rating and reviewing us on Apple Podcasts — seriously, every little bit helps! This week’s episode is hosted by Allegra Frank, Chelsea Stark, and Simone De Rochefort. It is produced by Jelani Carter and Ross Miller. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Simone de Rochefort (@doomquasar) joins the boys this week as they return to form. Songs are sung, Chris delivers a harrowing Disney tale, and the gang discusses the translations of a removed Lion King song... Music By The Collection and purple-planet.com Recommendation was Ephemeral.
Welcome to Love YA Like Crazy! You're listening to a special episode recorded by one of the two hosts, Jacob Haller, while he was at PodX in Nashville. For this episode, Jake talked to Simone de Rochefort of 'The Polygon Show' about Libba Bray's 'A Great and Terrible Beauty'. Note that the discussion includes spoilers for A Great and Terrible Beauty. A video of Simone's interview with Aisha Tyler can be found at https://youtu.be/mOwnt8wbe4w. This discussion was recorded in a space provided by Netflix, for which we thank them. This episode has post-credits MCU-style foreshadowing for next week's episode! Thanks to Shaenon K. Garrity for designing the Love YA Like Crazy icon, to the Sentimental Favorites for the use of their song 'Hey There', and to Charlie McCarron for the 'Love YA Like Crazy' tag. You can help support production of this podcast, and get rewards in return, via our Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/loveYAlikecrazy .
Simone de Rochefort is a video producer and podcaster at Polygon, and co-hosts Rocket on Relay FM. She walks Stephen and David through the process of creating videos at Polygon, from the writing process, to capturing game footage, editing and more.
The top comment on Simon de Rochefort's Polygon wiki page says "she could throat punch me and i would thank her ". And that pretty much sums it up. Enjoy the entire spectrum from deep, introspective discussion to giggling about the fact that she is, in reality, a cartoon boy on this super-successful episode. (Successfisode?) Relevant hashtags: #France #FacebookDating #Polygon #Meetings #Recognition Follow today's guest: Twitter & IG: @doomquasar Subscribe to The Polygon Show!!!!! Wherever podcasts are sold. Watch her do her good, good work at www.youtube.com/polygon And if you're down Nashville way, catch her at PodX May 31st - June 2nd! Your Successful Hosts: David Andrew Laws -- IG: @davidnotandrew Megan Greener -- IG: @instagreener1 Next week’s guest: Nicole Amaral -- actor, stage manager, student, youth Support us, by supporting our host network DimlyWit Productions. Visit DimlyWit.com for more info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Polygon video producer Simone de Rochefort joins merritt to talk snowmen, how the sausages get made, and Greg Grunberg.
De RocheFAIL strikes Disruption this week as Simone De RocheFORT infiltrates the show. Ugly laptops upset Bri, Georgia gets bad makeup ideas, and Steve engages complaining Beast Mode.
Getting bullied at Rack Room Shoes. Charlie Sheen Megami Tensei. Gex-COM. Stomp: The Yard. Guest star Simone de Rochefort. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
With Imperator Myers stuck on a doomed bus somewhere in the Midwest, [Rocket](http://www.relay.fm/rocket) co-host [Simone De Rochefort](https://twitter.com/doomquasar) joins Bri, Georgia and Steve to ascend in Kanye Quest, rage at Witcher 3 graphics snobs, and postpone the funeral for pixel art.