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Our beloved panelists guide you through new developments in CRT photo taking, an all-clown Fallout vault, and Keanu Reeves as Shadow. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Tim Rogers, and Brandon Sheffield. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman. Questions this week: What’s a feature you appreciate in text-heavy games? (00:42) Frank, how do you achieve the perfect visual representation of what a video game looks like on a CRT? (09:32) Can we nail down a definition for “easter egg?” (15:29) Design a Fallout vault. (21:30) Insert Credit Quick Break: Project 9452, a Texas State trans gaming research study (29:05) Isaac asks: What video game character would you most want to carry around as a Tamagotchi-style virtual pet, and what would their on-device mini games be like? (31:26) When should one consider or avoid early access? (37:52) Keanu Reeves is gonna be Shadow, isn’t that cool? (46:46) LIGHTNING ROUND: Unpopular Demand (52:28) Recommendations and Outro (01:06:48) Discuss this episode in the Insert Credit Forums A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED: Metal Gear series Landstalker Phantasy Star Final Fantasy VII Samurai Shodown V Special Tokimeki Memorial Citizen Sleeper Sonic the Hedgehog 2 Technicolor Easter egg Superman Jimmy Olsen J.J. Abrams Star Trek (2009) R2-D2 The Avengers (2012) Galaga Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg Legend of Zelda series Halo 2 Halo: Combat Evolved Super Mario 64 Bethesda Softworks Fallout games Fallout (American TV series) Liam Neeson The Lottery The Day the Clown Cried (1972) Rage 2 Borderlands series Memento (2000) 50 First Dates (2004) Mario series Scooby-Doo Marmaduke Batman Atomic Robo-Kid Ranger X Bonk series Dragon Quest universe Pac-Man Minecraft Baldur’s Gate III Oh, Deer! Oh Deer Alan Wake Oh Deer Diner Geoff Keighley Keanu Reeves Shadow the Hedgehog Keanu Reeves to voice Shadow in Sonic 3 movie Cyberpunk 2077 Knuckles the Echidna Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty Idris Elba James Bond Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (2023) Jean-Ralphio Saperstein Parks and Recreation Sonic Adventure 2 John Wick Kazaam (1996) Martin Scorsese Recommendations: Frank: That Fallout show is pretty good Brandon: Go to events curated for old people, Bob James - Jazz Hands This week’s Insert Credit Show is brought to you by Project 9452, a Texas State trans gaming research study, and patrons like you. Thank you. Subscribe: RSS, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, and more!

Your wise and benevolent Insert Credit panel covers industry shifts caused by Helldivers II, decides the Dreamcast 2 launch lineup, and imagines the gritty Super Monkey Ball: Act Zero. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Tim Rogers, and Brandon Sheffield. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman. Questions this week: What can you tell from a video game’s color scheme? (03:42) Which video game has the best original take on what the internet is? (09:17) In games where you pick from an assortment of guys, when do you pick the big guy, and when do you pick the little guy? (15:03) Design a fourth-person shooter. (18:53) rose asks: What would the ideal starting lineup be for the Dreamcast 2? (25:44) Who is the most famous person who could beat you at Street Fighter? (33:01) What is the taking a melatonin and drinking a caffeinated beverage of video games? (38:37) LIGHTNING ROUND: Console Genre Associations (44:02) Recommendations and Outro (51:35) Discuss this episode in the Insert Credit Forums A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED: O. J. Simpson Billy Joel J. Jonah Jameson Gears of War Resident Evil (film series) Steven Soderbergh Batman Begins (2006) The Dark Knight (2008) Front Mission 3 Phantasy Star Online Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor .hack series .hack//Versus .hack//Beyond the World (2012) District 9 (2009) God of War III Stealth (2005) WipEout Pure Short Peace: Ranko Tsukigime’s Longest Day Rocko’s Modern Life Tokyo Jungle Dragon’s Dogma series Samurai Shodown series Street Fighter series Baldur’s Gate III Helldivers II Rainbow Six series Call of Duty series Overwatch Five Nights at Freddy’s The Third Man (1949) The 7th Guest Free Guy (2021) Super Mario Bros. Pac-Man Geist Force Geist Gaist Crusher Dreamcast Sonic Adventure series Ryū ga Gotoku / Like a Dragon / Yakuza series OutRun Crazy Taxi Jet Grind Radio series Altered Beast series Shinobi series NiGHTS into Dreams… Star Fox Horizon: Zero Dawn Rent A Hero The Typing of the Dead Ghost Squad Wicked Monsters: BLAST! Yuji Naka Amanda Waller Suicide Squad Air Twister Mathew Kumar Queen Unicorn Overlord Ogre Battle Jamie Lee Curtis Evo Lil Nas X Mortal Kombat games Serena Williams Michelle Yeoh Dean Kamen Robert Atkins John Cena Shake ’n Bake Ringo Sheena Caffeine Melatonin The Last of Us: Part II Nintendo DS Henry Hatsworth in the Puzzling Adventure Hermie Hopperhead: Scrap Panic Super Monkey Ball series Bomberman: Act Zero Gunvalkyrie Recommendations: Brandon: Only use a half-cup of flour in Brandon’s “Daddy’s Dusters” Dog Treat Recipe, Klaus Nomi - The Cold Song Live, Trencher Frank: Brandon’s “Daddy’s Dusters” Dog Treat Recipe Tim: Ripley This week’s Insert Credit Show is brought to you by patrons like you. Thank you. Subscribe: RSS, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, and more!

Liz Ryerson and Ty Underwood return to convey the physicalities and vibes of the GDC 2024 Expo Hall, while Brandon and Frank do their best to push preservation. Plus, Liz gives a definitive answer as to whether you should go to GDC. Hosted by Liz Ryerson, Ty Underwood, Brandon Sheffield and Frank Cifaldi. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman. Segments**:** Liz and Ty scour the Expo Hall (00:33) Frank and Brandon cover history at the (36:14) Liz plays The Deja Vu Game with Evan Balster (51:31) Liz helps Robert Yang with a dilemma (01:00:24) Answers to “Is it worth going to GDC?” and/or “Should I go to GDC?” by Liz Ryerson (01:06:26) Discuss this episode in the Insert Credit Forums Insert Credit Gaiden is brought to you by patrons like you. Thank you. Subscribe: RSS, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, and more!

Three of your favorite Insert Credit panelists cover three questions from Alex Jaffe, three listener questions, and three Lightning Rounds. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Tim Rogers, and Brandon Sheffield. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman. Questions this week: What are your favorite video game conspiracy theories? (07:06) Which hybrid characters in video games best take advantage of both halves of their nature? (14:33) Adaptation Game: The Three Musketeers (19:19) BluntForceMama asks: Do you have to play a game to like it? (26:10) Spencer Gifts asks: Where are we in video game history parallel to other media? (28:20) Crumar Bones asks: What are some games that look better through composite output rather than component or S-Video? (33:55) DITHERED LIGHTNING ROUNDS: Violence Island Exhibition, GameFAQ&As: Kingdom Hearts III, and Name Design: Trilogy Endings (39:24) Recommendations and Outro (54:24) Discuss this episode in the Insert Credit Forums A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED: SaGa: Emerald Beyond Akitoshi Kawazu Final Fantasy II the photo of Akitoshi Kawazu tim mentions Jolly Rancher Gunpei Yokoi Yuji Naka Gizmondo Balan Wonderworld Uwe Boll Kingdoms of Amalur series Curt Schilling Eastbound & Down NEC PC-FX Sonic Mania Penny’s Big Breakaway Mother 3 Sakura Taisen Metal Gear Solid Castlevania: Symphony of the Night Shining Force series Fire Emblem series Elder Scrolls series Alucard Bayonetta Persona series Samurai Shodown series Prince of Persia: Warrior Within Jak II Devil May Cry series Devil Jin Tekken series The Three Musketeers Slumdog Millionaire (2008) Lost Vikings series Kingdom Hearts series Final Fantasy XV The Three Caballeros (1944) Three Amigos (1986) Castlevania: Rondo of Blood Bryan Adams, Rod Stewart, Sting - All For Love Oliver Platt FX The Bear Hulu ALF Abbott Elementary Arrested Development Assassin’s Creed series French New Wave E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) Roger Ebert The Gentlemen Shōgun Spacewar! Composite video Component video S-Video Warlock Sonic the Hedgehog 2 Streets of Rage 3 The Lion King Recommendations: Brandon: Messengers of Love by Carmody, enjoy the new Insert Credit Forums, do a better job if you’re a person in charge of the internet Frank: X-Men ’97 Tim: If you own 100% of your profits and are open to dying early, crunch isn’t so bad This week’s Insert Credit Show is brought to you by patrons like you. Thank you. Subscribe: RSS, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, and more!

Returning from GDC, the Insert Credit panel churns out video game guides, Harmony of Excellence, and a new record for mentions of pubic hair. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Tim Rogers, and Brandon Sheffield. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman. Questions this week: How was GDC, Frank and Brandon? (08:34) How do you write 50 video game guides in a week? (19:05) Insert Credit Quick Break: 8-Bit Theater 20th Anniversary Complete Script Book Do Not Sue Edition (29:38) BluntForceMama asks: What would Final Fantasy 7 be called if it was a standalone game? (31:30) Brandon, tell us about someone in video games. (35:30) Frank, tell us about someone in video games. (42:51) Tim, tell us about someone in video games. (46:29) LIGHTNING ROUND: Popcornocalypse (58:15) Recommendations and Outro (01:06:45) Discuss this episode in the Insert Credit Forums A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED: Bad Street Brawler r/AmItheAsshole Goblin Gremlin Hobgoblin Gollum Hobgoblin (comics) Green Goblin Dungeons & Dragons Bugbear Kobold Beholder Owlbear Griffin Manticore Chimera Pawn Inclinations Dragon’s Dogma II Prawn Wii Dizzy series Ep. 331 - Bye Forever GDC 2024, with Brandon Sheffield Video Game History Foundation Super Mario Kart Wabbit Alter Ego Where in North Dakota is Carmen Sandiego? Laurie Anderson’s Puppet Motel SimTunes Toshio Iwai Electroplankton series Warren Spector System Shock The Sims The Sims 1 bucket hat League of Legends Downton Abbey Kotaku EIC Resigns Over New Editorial Edict IGN Ryū ga Gotoku / Like a Dragon / Yakuza series Screen Rant The Acolyte Red Dead Redemption II The Onion ClickHole Final Fantasy VII Leonard Part 6 Final Fantasy VIII Fox Force Five Tales of Symphonia Beyond Good & Evil Castlevania series Edgar Rice Burroughs A Princess of Mars Midnight Resistance Ikari Warriors Shadow Madness The Legend of Dragoon Shadow of Destiny Legend of Legaia Shigeru Miyamoto Hideo Kojima Takayoshi Sato Silent Hill Sexy Parodius Silent Hill 2 satoworks.com, April 2014 GoldenEye: Rogue Agent Gary Oldman Fatale Dillon’s Dead-Heat Breakers Metroid Prime: Remastered A 4K Render of a Silent Hill Cutscene Gail Tilden Nintendo Power Howard Phillips EarthBound Pokémon Yuji Naka Akihiko Ishizaka Goichi Suda Masafumi Takada Flower Sun and Rain The Silver Case Killer7 No More Heroes Shadows of the Darned Pirates of the Caribbean Resident Evil 4 Danganronpa series White Claw Surge Recommendations: Tim: the work of Walton Goggins Brandon: Gun It Kickstarter, Wild Zero 2 Kickstarter, Hubert Kah This week’s Insert Credit Show is brought to you by 8-Bit Theater 20th Anniversary Complete Script Book Do Not Sue Edition, and patrons like you. Thank you. Subscribe: RSS, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, and more!

Insert Credit reports direct from GDC 2024. Brandon Sheffield asks industry professionals maybe the most important question in the games right now: how do you reclaim your humanity during all this chaos? Hosted by Brandon Sheffield, with Megan Farokhmanesh, Osama Dorias, Amani Shantz, Paweł Rohleder, JJ Signal, Antonio Uribe, Ash Parrish, Mathew Kumar, and Baiyon. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman. Chapters: Monday - Refrigerators (00:14) Tuesday - Talking to Strangers with Megan Farokhmanesh (03:16) Wednesday - Hugs with Osama Dorias (10:39) Wednesday - Self-Acknowledgment with Amani Shantz (15:18) Wednesday - Immediate Flow with Paweł Rohleder (20:28) Wednesday - PC-88 Games and Dish Washing with JJ Signal and Antonio Uribe (22:29) Thursday - Gummies and Marvel Snap with Ash Parrish and Mathew Kumar (30:08) Thursday - Baiyon playing SimTunes (40:25) Thursday - Good Sleep with Baiyon (42:06) Friday - bye forever (47:57) Discuss this episode in the Insert Credit Forums A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED: GDC 2024 Frank Cifaldi Feminist Frequency Foreign Cinema Halo 3 Demonschool Now Wishlistable on Steam Yerba Buena Gardens Megan Farokhmanesh Eat Pray Love Joshua Tree National Park Osama Dorias Brass Lion Entertainment Gameloft DTI Software Ubisoft For Honor Minority Media Gotham Knights Hogwarts Legacy J.K. Rowling Unity Blizzard Entertainment Blizzard cancels survival game following layoffs PixelAnt Games Lumines series PictoChat Mario’s Picross Vampire Survivors JJ Signal Read Only Memories: Neurodiver Gunstar Heroes Rusty Compile Disc Station UltraBox series 100 Yen Disk Jewel BEM Hunter Lime Exciting Milk Antonio Uribe Ash Parrish Metroid series ROM hacking Every PC Engine Shoot Em Up REVIEWED! Mathew Kumar Marvel Snap Baiyon SimTunes Toshio Iwai Maxis Q-Games Shigesato Itoi Mother This week’s Insert Credit Show is brought to you by patrons like you. Thank you. Subscribe: RSS, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, and more!

Frank, Tim and Brandon share their thoughts on Akira Toriyama, the genres that defined consoles, and CD-i memories. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Tim Rogers, and Brandon Sheffield. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman. Questions this week: Let’s discuss Akira Toriyama’s impact on art, culture, video games, and us personally (08:03) What’s the most common misconception about video games in 2024? (23:05) Based on a dream I had, should I learn magic, or Magic: the Gathering? (31:04) LeFish: Are there any videogames based on works in other media that have been led by their original creators? (37:10) Which game consoles do you most closely associate with particular video game genres? (43:51) Recommendations and Outro (01:02:04) Discuss this episode in the Insert Credit Forums A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED: Radiatori Lucky Charms Super Smash Brothers series Link Legend of Zelda series Tagliatelle Rotini Super Mario Bros. Shaped SpaghettiOs with Meatballs Super Mario series Cheerios Oops! All Berries Xi’an Famous Foods Chili Oil & Crisps Jar Akira Toriyama Satoru Iwata Osamu Tezuka Dragon Ball Cool S Dragon Ball Z Toonami Buzz Rickson’s USAF L-2B Flying Jacket H-Type Dragon Quest series Sand Land Sand Land (video game) Kentaro Miura Yuji Horii Koichi Sugiyama Naoki Yoshida Final Fantasy XVI Final Fantasy XIV Online Dragon Quest X: Mezameshi Itsutsu no Shuzoku Online Eiichiro Oda One Piece Yuzo Koshiro Astro Boy Black Jack Unity Unreal Engine Grand Theft Auto V G4 The Ice Cream Is Revealed As Ninja Ninja The Masked Singer Minecraft Magic: The Gathering Perkins Restaurant & Bakery Hex & Company Game Developers Conference Normy’s Beach Babe-O-Rama Keith Robinson Douglas Adams The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay Vin Diesel David Twohy Brian Eno Bob Dylan Penn & Teller’s Smoke and Mirrors Takeshi’s Castle Takeshi no Chōsenjō Most Extreme Elimination Challenge The Last of Us The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023) Penn & Teller’s Cruel Tricks for Dear Friends Moonwalker Ghostbusters Dan Aykroyd Harold Ramis Back to the Future: The Game Bob Gale Boom Blox Steven Spielberg PlayStation 2 Nintendo Entertainment System Batman: The Video Game Vice: Project Doom Super Nintendo Entertainment System PlayStation Sega Genesis Dither Shatterhand Low G Man Gunstar Heroes Sonic the Hedgehog Socket PC Engine PC-98 Earthworm Jim Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy Ratchet & Clank Dynasty Warriors series Sega Saturn Atari 2600 Dreamcast Crazy Taxi Space Channel 5 Neo Geo Game Boy Castlevania series WonderSwan Xbox 360 Gears of War Gears of War 2 Gears of War 3 Wii PlayStation 3 GameCube Pikmin F-Zero GX Metroid Prime Nintendo 64 Conker’s Bad Fur Day Wii Music Wii Sports Wii Sports Resort Imagine: Party Babyz Disney Epic Mickey ZX Spectrum Manic Miner Batman Dizzy series Amiga Atari Jaguar 3DO Interactive Multiplayer Doom CD-i Panzer Dragoon Ridge Racer Road Rash PlayStation Portable PlayStation Vita Game Boy Advance Astro Boy: Omega Factor Nintendo DS Ace Attorney series Resident Evil series Hotel Dusk: Room 215 Feel the Magic XY/XX Nintendo 3DS Animal Crossing: New Leaf Mario Kart series Virtual Boy PlayStation 4 PlayStation 5 The Last of Us series Marvel Spider-Man Days Gone Horizon: Zero Dawn Ghost of Tsushima God of War series Another World Recommendations: Brandon: if you thought the pontification on religion and human nature in Prometheus (2012) was bad check out the deleted scenes to see how much worse it could have been, DAFENCII Frank: Arzette: The Jewel of Faramore This week’s Insert Credit Show is brought to you by patrons like you. Thank you. Subscribe: RSS, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, and more!

The finest minds in video games and beyond contemplate unique input interfaces, classic adventure games, and a return to Violence Island. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Tim Rogers, and Brandon Sheffield. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman. Questions this week: With the recent closing of Rooster Teeth, how has machinima developed over the last 20 years? (03:19) Design a themed video game controller that ties into a particular brand but would also be fun to use. (10:12) What are the most credible depictions of gamers in media? (16:48) How do you convince a studio executive they have a bad idea before it’s too late? (23:24) Insert Credit Quick Break: Labyrinth of Cinema (29:55) Irish Carl asks: Rank the corpus of adventure games from Sierra On-Line, Infocom, LucasArts, and Cyan (30:51) What are your favorite broad personality archetypes in video game supporting characters? (38:11) Which video game would benefit most from the “World of Warcraft Classic” treatment? (43:14) How’s the future looking right now for emulation? (46:51) LIGHTNING ROUND: Violence Island (55:01) Recommendations and Outro (01:03:24) Discuss this episode in the Insert Credit Forums A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED: Bob’s Burgers Teddy Jimmy Pesto Jay Johnston, ‘Bob’s Burgers’ Actor, Is Arrested on Jan. 6 Charges Mr. Show with Bob and David SpongeBob SquarePants Mr. Peanutbutter Rooster Teeth Shut Down by Warner Bros. Discovery Rooster Teeth Halo series Machinima Red vs. Blue Minecraft Great Famine (Ireland) Dropkick Murphys Skibidi Toilet RWBY RTX #IDARB Krusty the Clown The Simpsons The Homer Steel Battalion Laurie Anderson’s Puppet Motel David Cage Wii Remote Katamari Damacy Xbox Elite Wireless Controller Series 2 SCUF Envision SCUF Reflex Max Payne series Groove Coaster series Resident Evil series TourBox Existenz (1999) DaVinci Resolve Speed Editor This is the actual face you make when playing Aerial Assault on the Game Gear Bluesky Airheads (1994) Aerial Assault Game Gear Donkey Kong Horizon: Zero Dawn Breaking Bad The Sopranos Mario Kart 64 Doom 3 Adam Sandler Shadow of the Colossus Uncut Gems (2019) Punch-Drunk Love (2002) Sonic & All-Stars Racing: Transformed TimeSplitters Shaun of the Dead (2004) Simon Pegg Hot Fuzz (2007) The World’s End (2013) Mission: Impossible Scotty Elon Musk Sierra Entertainment Infocom Lucasfilm Games Cyan Worlds Ron Gilbert Tim Schafer Zork A Mind Forever Voyaging Myst Riven: The Sequel to Myst Final Fantasy series Blade Runner Harlan Ellison: I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis Tokimeki Memorial Maniac Mansion Deja Vu: A Nightmare Comes True!! Shadowgate The Space Bar Dennis Hopper Microsoft Office The Witness Barret Wallace Ooblets Musashi Archie Bunker Tifa Lockhart Aerith Gainsborough Judgment series Don Quixote World of Warcraft Classic Final Fantasy XIV Bejeweled 3 Candy Crush Saga Angry Birds Resident Evil 4 Devil May Cry Wii Nintendo Switch emulator Yuzu will utterly fold and pay $2.4M to settle its lawsuit Dolphin Emulator Steam Deck Red Viper The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Truxton Blazing Lazers Rampage Fort Condor Pepper Roni Servbot Domasi “Tommy” Tawodi Morgan Yu Recommendations: Brandon: Johnny’s Selected Seeds instead of Baker Creek Seeds if you’re a gardening type person who wants to avoid funding bad stuff, Gary Jagels, Zindrew Crunchy Garlic Chili Oil Tim: Xi’an Famous Foods Chili Oil & Crisps Jar Frank: Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown This week’s Insert Credit Show is brought to you by Labyrinth of Cinema, and patrons like you. Thank you. Subscribe: RSS, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, and more!

When the Insert Credit Panel chose Final Fantasy XVI as their Game of the Year 2023, the game industry couldn’t help but rise up and wholeheartedly, sincerely agree. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Tim Rogers, and Brandon Sheffield. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman. Questions this week: Defend your choice of Final Fantasy XVI as Game of the Year 2023 (04:55) Testimonials From More Game Industry Thought Leaders Affirming Final Fantasy XVI is Game of the Year 2023 (18:56) Rainbow Battle Kid asks: What are the best cases of a creator continuing a game series under a new title? (38:45) What does a Triple B video game look like? (47:34) Has any game ever had a good mobile tie-in? (51:25) LIGHTNING ROUND: Soda Jerk - Musical Genres (56:50) Recommendations and Outro (01:05:24) Discuss this episode in the Insert Credit Forums A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED: Final Fantasy Judge Magister Cup Noodles Gladiolus Amicitia Rick and Morty Red Mage Dragon’s Dogma Final Fantasy XVI Insert Credit Show 325 - Game of the Year 2023, with Kris Graft Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Final Fantasy XV Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII Final Fantasy X Final Fantasy XII Square Enix launches its first NFT project Square Enix says it used AI art in upcoming Foamstars game Paranormasight: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo Clive Rosfield Boku no Natsuyasumi Gran Turismo series The Lighthouse (2019) Willem Dafoe Final Fantasy XIII Kingdom Hearts series Castlevania series The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Puyo Pop Ash Parrish Final Fantasy VI Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin Christa Lee Bloodborne Harper Jay Final Fantasy VIII Giovanni Colantonio Top Gun: Maverick (2022) Mortal Engines (2018) Max Krieger Lucy James Ben Starr Kim Justice Phil Salvador Atari Jaguar John Linneman God of War series Assassin’s Creed series Patrick Miller Ryota Suzuki Marvel vs. Capcom 2 Jenna Stoeber Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy Bennett Foddy ThorHighHeels Game of Thrones Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles - The Crystal Bearers The Night Sky Prince Baldur’s Gate III Gita Jackson Mighty No. 9 Bloodstained series Mega Man series Nick Offerman Banjo-Kazooie Yooka-Laylee The Last Story Lost Odyssey Yoshitaka Murayama Suikoden series Eiyuden Chronicle series Octopath Traveler Chuck’s Challenge 3D Chip’s Challenge Mutant Football League Mutant League Football Skull and Bones Half Price Books Ken Levine Elon Musk David Cage Mortal Kombat games Beyond: Two Souls VA-11 HALL-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker Sonic Adventure World of WarCraft Family Guy Destiny Phantasy Star Online Recommendations: Brandon: Ghostbusters (2016), Benjamin Earl Turner - “HEADSPACE/BENT” This week’s Insert Credit Show is brought to you by patrons like you. Thank you. Subscribe: RSS, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, and more!

Your Insert Credit panel returns to cover the greatest leap in console graphics ever, the Sonic Cinematic Universe, and Tiara Cyberooski. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Tim Rogers, and Brandon Sheffield. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman. Questions this week: How was D.I.C.E.? (04:39) When is taking notes while playing games fun, and when is it a chore? (13:07) What would it take for the next Xbox to be “the largest technical leap you’ve ever seen in a hardware generation”? (18:25) What is the future of the Sonic Cinematic Universe? (24:02) Insert Credit Quick Break: GLYDR (29:37) Kory asks: If you had to design a fighting game with a roster consisting solely of variants of the same character, who would it be? (31:16) Have you ever played a video game and gotten to a part where you thought, “Oh, this would have been an exciting surprise if I were a different sort of person”? (39:08) What’s the worst love story ever told in video games? (49:10) What makes the concept of an ancient evil returning in the present day such a staple of video games, and adventure fiction overall? (55:17) A Message from Alex Jaffe (01:01:00) Recommendations and Outro (01:03:02) Discuss this episode in the Insert Credit Forums A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED: Slimer The Real Ghostbusters Garbage Pail Kids Altered Beast Solid Snake D.I.C.E. Summit Chef Kenny Chef Kenny’s Vegan Dim Sum Nintendo Entertainment System Retro City Games SETA Corporation Kemco/Seika Nosferatu Bio Force Ape Half Bird Chicken & Beer Kung Lao Pegs Glorified Ham n Eggs Baldur’s Gate III Todd Howard David Cage Forgotten Realms R. A. Salvatore The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Final Fantasy XVI Genshin Impact Final Fantasy VIII David Lynch Microsoft says next Xbox will ‘deliver largest technical leap seen in a hardware generation’ Halo series The Witcher series Alan Wake II Cyberpunk 2077 Kingdom Hearts III Toy Story (1995) The Last of Us: Part II Gears of War Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (2024) Knuckles Sonic 3D Blast Sonic R Sonic X-treme Tiara Boobowski Taylor Swift Krysten Ritter Rouge the Bat Hayden Christensen Shadow the Hedgehog Star Wars prequel trilogy Mark Hamill Amadeus Outcast (2014) Batman (1989) Amy Rose The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023) Minions Chao Tyson Hesse Ryu Ken Masters Shotokan Spider-Verse Spider-Man Super Smash Brothers series Mario Luigi Bob Hoskins Charles Martinet Al Pacino Scent of a Woman (1992) You Don’t Know Jack (2010) Phil Spector (2013) Scarface (1983) Glengarry Glen Ross (1992) Serpico (1973) Dog Day Afternoon (1975) The Adventures of Captain Heat (1995) The Irishman (2019) Homer Simpson Jack Kirby Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen Newsboy Legion Superman Rick and Morty Transilvane Apokolips Darkseid Dragon Age II Felicia Day Fallout: New Vegas Mystery Science Theater 3000 #IDARB Shadow Dancer Godzilla The Revenge of Shinobi Batman Astal Marvel Spider-Man Marvel Spider-Man: Miles Morales Prowler Batman: Arkham series Jason Todd Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Final Fantasy VII: Remake Final Fantasy VII Chrono Trigger Tetsuya Nomura White Day Sonic the Hedgehog (2006) Silver the Hedgehog Bubsy series Aero the Acro-Bat Indigo Prophecy Pac-Man The Ancient Magus’ Bride Dragon Quest series J. R. R. Tolkien Game of Thrones Demonschool Dark Souls Recommendations: Tim: Get a real good chair, listen to the ad on this week’s episode of Insert Credit Frank: GLYDR now on Kickstarter Brandon: TimesSqKungFU This week’s Insert Credit Show is brought to you by GLYDR which is now on Kickstarter, and patrons like you. Thank you. Subscribe: RSS, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, and more!

Action Button’s Tim Rogers and Necrosoft’s Brandon Sheffield share thoughts about every game they played that was released in 2023. Hosted by Tim Rogers and Brandon Sheffield. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman. Games of 2023 Discussed: Little Goody Two Shoes (04:48) Lies of P (08:55) Thirsty Suitors (13:28) (Note: this segment contains light spoilers) Blasphemous 2 (18:05) The Last Faith (20:07) Metroid Prime: Remastered (24:47) Star Ocean: The Second Story R (27:05) Fire Emblem: Engage (34:20) Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp (39:15) Persona 5: Tactica (42:06) Star Wars: Jedi - Survivor (47:25) Hogwarts Legacy (50:09) System Shock (54:24) Insert Credit Quick Break: GLYDR now on Kickstarter (57:21) One more thing about Hogwarts Legacy (59:00) Dead Space (01:01:03) Dave the Diver (01:03:12) Immortals of Aveum (01:04:34) Remnant II (01:05:57) Pizza Tower (01:10:31) Wanted: Dead (01:12:39) Fading Afternoon (01:23:19) Sea of Stars (01:24:13) Assassin’s Creed: Mirage (01:32:32) Eternights (01:33:16) Diablo IV (01:37:45) Slayers X: Terminal Aftermath - Vengance of the Slayer (01:42:31) Honkai: Star Rail (01:44:14) Vernal Edge (01:49:51) Pikmin 4 (01:53:15) Endless Dungeon (01:54:03) Merge & Blade (01:54:58) Lords of the Fallen (01:56:33) Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III (02:00:35) Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader (02:01:51) Hyper Gunsport (02:02:47) Chants of Sennaar (02:04:00) Jusant (02:04:30) Hitman: World of Assassination Freelancer Mode (02:04:48) Paranormasight: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo (02:05:02) Discuss this episode in the Insert Credit Forums A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED: Dalek Craig Kurt Feldman Sonic Superstars Hi-Fi Rush Frank Cifaldi Magic Knight Rayearth Clamp Sailor Moon Slayers VA-11 HALL-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action Legend of Mana Moon: Remix RPG Adventure Pinocchio (2002) Pinocchio (2019) Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio (2022) Pinocchio (1940) Dark Souls Bloodborne Annapurna Interactive Night in the Woods Blasphemous Elden Ring Resident Evil 4 Remake Metroid Prime Remastered - DF Tech Review Halo: Combat Evolved Star Ocean series Final Fantasy VII Suikoden Kingdom Hearts series Ryū ga Gotoku / Like a Dragon / Yakuza series Kabukichō Kamurochō Fire Emblem series N-Gage Shoto Todoroki Newton’s cradle Famicom Wars series TearRing Saga series Persona series Valkyria Chronicles series Mario + Rabbids series Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Shadow Wars X-COM series J.K. Rowling Castlevania: Symphony of the Night Metal Gear Solid Star Wars: Jedi - Fallen Order Titanfall series Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare Forspoken System Shock Quake Quake II Turok Dead Space Disney•Pixar Cars 2 WB Games | Avalanche Avalanche Studios AB Remnant: From the Ashes series Quantum Theory Warhammer 40,000: Darktide Warhammer: The End Times - Vermintide Wario Land series Void Stranger A tweet from the Wanted: Dead twitter account Pulp Fiction (1994) Earth Defense Force series Naruto to Boruto: Shinobi Striker Final Fantasy XVI Devil May Cry 5 Ninja Gaiden Black The Friends of Ringo Ishikawa Jordan Peterson The Messenger Chrono Trigger Dragon Quest V Octopath Traveler Final Fantasy VI Anearth Fantasy Stories: The First Volume Linda³ Assassin’s Creed series The Witcher series Metaphor: ReFantazio Diablo series Babylon’s Fall Ralph Ineson Soul Calibur series TEKKEN 8 - “Story So Far” with Brian Cox Dusk Jeremy Renner Genshin Impact Granblue Fantasy: Relink Wonder Boy Monster World IV Velldeselba Senki: Tsubasa no Kunshō Guardian Heroes Skyblazer Starfield Pikmin series One of these Fextralife Iron Pineapple Free content plan Effortlessly metal Life Is Strange series The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective 428: Shibuya Scramble Zero Escape series Danganronpa series 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim World of Horror Recommendations: Brandon: Wishlist Demonschool on Steam Tim: Post in the Goblin Bunker insert credit thread every 2PM EST on Thursdays to possibly get mentioned on accident in the show This week’s Insert Credit Show is brought to you by GLYDR now on Kickstarter, and patrons like you. Thank you. Subscribe: RSS, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, and more!

The best video game of the year 2023 is decided by VGHF’s Frank Cifaldi, Action Button’s Tim Rogers, Necrosoft’s Brandon Sheffield, and Alienware’s Kris Graft. Also, the design of the Switch 2 is revealed. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Tim Rogers, Brandon Sheffield, and Kris Graft. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman. The Nomination Process: Frank Cifaldi’s First Nomination (02:57) Frank Cifaldi’s Second Nomination (11:34) Frank Cifaldi’s Third Nomination (15:00) Brandon Sheffield’s First Nomination (29:40) Kris Graft’s First Nomination (41:31) Tim Rogers’ First Nomination (01:00:42) Brandon Sheffield’s Second Nomination (01:08:25) Kris Graft’s Second Nomination (01:19:41) Tim Rogers’ Second Nomination (01:35:18) Insert Credit Quick Break: GLYDR (01:48:06) Brandon Sheffield’s Third Nomination (01:49:45) Kris Graft’s Third Nomination (02:00:06) Tim Rogers’ Third Nomination (02:14:02) Brandon Sheffield’s Fourth Nomination (02:20:36) Tim Rogers’ Fourth Nomination (02:26:19) Brandon Sheffield’s Fifth Nomination (02:23:15) Tim Rogers’ Fifth Nomination (02:40:02) Brandon Sheffield’s Sixth Nomination (02:50:18) Brandon Sheffield’s Seventh Nomination (02:53:08) Tim Rogers’ Sixth Nomination (02:55:41) Tim Rogers’ Seventh Nomination (03:03:25) View the finalized ranked list in the Insert Credit Forums or at insertcredit.com A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED: Marvel Spider-Man 2 Marvel Spider-Man Batman: Arkham series Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League Marvel Spider-Man: Miles Morales Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom (2023) Roger Ebert Mortal Kombat (1995) God of War: Ragnarök - Valhalla Dark Souls Horizon series The Last of Us series Vulture Michael Keaton Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart Avengers: Endgame (2019) Small Saga Baldur’s Gate III Elden Ring Baldur’s Gate Baldur’s Gate II: Shadows of Amn Icewind Dale Neverwinter Nights Dragon Age series Dungeons & Dragons Cyberpunk 2077 Fire Emblem series The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Sid Meier’s Civilization series Grand Theft Auto series Gale Astarion Tomb Raider series Super Saiyan 5 The Witcher series Final Fantasy XVI Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII Final Fantasy XIV Online Game of Thrones Asura’s Wrath Dragon’s Dogma Devil May Cry series Final Fantasy XV Final Fantasy IV Final Fantasy VI Final Fantasy X Ben Starr Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice Starfield StarCraft Todd Howard No Man’s Sky Todd McFarlane Bethesda’s Game Design Was Outdated a Decade Ago Shohei Ohtani Fallout series Kingdom Hearts series David Cage Pseudoregalia Bujingai: The Forsaken City Shinobi Brightis Neorude Lagnacure Legend Undertale Bayonetta series Titanfall series Prince of Persia Landstalker rittz Vexx Ty the Tasmanian Tiger Super Mario 64 Electrokinetic Forspoken Gravity Falls Uncharted series Banjo-Kazooie David Mamet Glengarry Glen Ross RoboCop: Rogue City RoboCop (1987) Grasshopper Manufacture James Gunn Goichi Suda Ryū ga Gotoku / Like a Dragon / Yakuza series Terminator: Resistance Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name Paul Verhoeven Stellar Blade The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Diablo IV Street Fighter 6 Alan Wake II Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon Super Mario Bros. Wonder Genshin Impact Honkai: Star Rail Destiny Assassin’s Creed: Mirage Like a Dragon: Ishin! Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name Octopath Traveler II The Gilded Age Octopath Traveler Hironobu Sakaguchi Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of Light Bravely Default Pokémon series Tobal 2 Guilty Gear: Strive Animal Crossing series Armored Core series Ace Combat series Driv3r Gran Turismo series Fire Pro Wrestling series Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty Hollow Knight Idris Elba Street Fighter IV Resident Evil 4 Remake Metal Gear Solid Cocoon Limbo Inside Stray Outer Wilds Journey Alan Wake II Control Quantum Break Alan Wake Max Payne series Stonecutters Super Mario Odyssey The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023) Bennett Foddy Shadow of the Beast Bonk series Splatoon series Hi-Fi Rush Fuga: Melodies of Steel 2 Fuga: Melodies of Steel Sonic Superstars Sonic Advance Void Stranger Sokoban Sukeban sukebe Cave Noire Five Nights at Freddy’s Minecraft Gone with the Wind Frog Fractions Legend of Zelda series Fortnite Brütal Legend This week’s Insert Credit Show is brought to you by GLYDR which is now on Kickstarter, and patrons like you. Thank you. Subscribe: RSS, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, and more!

Tim Rogers hosts the Insert Credit panel this week, exploring Hideo Kojima’s recent announcements, the first working game developer to reach 80 years old, and Korean butt animation. Hosted by Tim Rogers, with Frank Cifaldi, Alex Jaffe, and Brandon Sheffield. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman. Questions this week: Choose a video game coming out in 2024 and ask Frank to play it (11:16) When do you think you’ll stop playing video games, Brandon Sheffield? (26:32) Did you all see the Hideo Kojima stuff at PlayStation State of Play? (39:44) Why aren’t there more Hideo Kojimas? (55:40) Alex Jaffe, flip a coin (01:06:53) Insert Credit Time Capsule (01:08:01) A Brief Medical Update (01:21:48) Recommendations and Outro (01:29:24) Discuss this episode in the Insert Credit Forums A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED: The Matrix (1999) Photochromic lens Boktai: The Sun is in Your Hand Pokémon Ambidexterity Bob Dylan Sonic the Hedgehog (2020) video games coming out in 2024 - Google Search Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League Batman: Arkham series Dragon’s Dogma 2 Dogma (1999) Alone in the Dark series Persona series Persona 3: Reload Ryū ga Gotoku / Like a Dragon / Yakuza series The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth Unicorn Overlord Rise of the Rōnin Assassin’s Creed series Princess Peach: Showtime! Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes Skull and Bones Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Metaphor: ReFantazio Demonschool Funko Fusion Earth Defense Force 6 Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown Rayman Origins Black Myth: Wukong All the news from PlayStation’s 2024 State of Play miHoYo Honkai: Star Rail Genshin Impact Fortnite Palworld PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds Roblox Stellar Blade Sony Interactive Entertainment Silent Hill 2 Remake’s New Trailer Is All About Combat Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Bonk’s Revenge Skibidi Toilet Lethal Company Starfield Gunstar Heroes Baldur’s Gate II: Shadows of Amn Baldur’s Gate III Street Fighter II Street Fighter 6 Diablo II Diablo IV Immortals of Aveum NieR NieR: Automata Earthblade Celeste Maddy Thorson Hideo Kojima Death Stranding 2 On The Beach George Miller Silent Hill: The Short Message P.T. PHYSINT is the working title of Hideo Kojima’s new not-a-Metal-Gear game Quentin Tarantino Ken Levine BioShock series System Shock Judas Five Nights at Freddy’s Kendall Roy Bennett Foddy Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy Jonathan Blow David Cage Tetsuya Nomura Kingdom Hearts series Cliff Bleszinski The Outer Worlds Sharknado: The Video Game Michael Mann Ferrari (2023) Hayao Miyazaki Martin Scorsese Dragon Quest series Yuji Horii Shigeru Miyamoto Jake Kazdal Young Yuji Hori Tim Schafer Puyo Puyo Yoshiro Kimura Random.org Banjo-Kazooie Ys series Gain Ground Xanadu games Electronic Gaming Monthly Magic Sword Paladin’s Quest Final Fight Kirby’s Dream Land Contra III: The Alien Wars Sonic the Hedgehog 2 Knights of the Round Spinal disc herniation Ganbare Goemon series Recommendations: Jaffe: Reach out on Bluesky for personalized comic book recommendations between 2/5/24 and 2/11/24, 52 Pickup, Sandman Mystery Theatre for Tim specifically, Poor Things (2023) Brandon: Tetsuo: The Iron Man (1989) Tim: FREAKHUNTER, LowercaseJai, GLYDR Kickstarter This week’s Insert Credit Show is brought to you by patrons like you. Thank you. Subscribe: RSS, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, and more!

Your benevolent Insert Credit panel covers Palworld, video game mysteries, and the birth of a new speedrunning category, the 50% run. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Tim Rogers, and Brandon Sheffield. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman. Questions this week: Frank asks: What is the proper nomenclature for the Snatcherlike video game? (13:09) Is Palworld satire? (20:28) Invent a new speedrunning category (28:40) Stephanie asks: What’s a video game unsolved mystery or urban legend want solved or confirmed? (39:35) Which individual video game enemy has killed the greatest number of players globally? (46:47) If you could swap any two video game sound effects between games, which ones would they be? (52:03) Who is the Batman of video games? (56:09) LIGHTNING ROUND: GameFAQ&As: Sim City 2000 (01:04:37) Recommendations and Outro (01:17:18) Discuss this episode in the Insert Credit Forums A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED: Weetabix Uncle O’Grimacey FITCRUNCH Mint Chocolate Chip Keebler Company Trix Jason Todd Honeycomb David Cronenberg The Noid Santa Claus Tony & Friends: in Kellogg’s Land Snatcher Legend of Zelda series Devil May Cry Resident Evil Shenmue Super Mario Bros. 3 The Secret of Monkey Island Policenauts Portopia Renzoku Satsujin Jiken Princess Tomato in the Salad Kingdom Quake Call of Duty series Palworld South Park Alanis Morissette Pokémon series Videoball Pokémon GO Fortnite Awesome Games Done Quick’s adorable dog speedrun was just the start Gyromite Super Mario 64 Summoning Salt Sonic the Hedgehog series Tokimeki Memorial Castlevania series Animal Crossing: New Horizons Splatterhouse Metroid The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Magic: The Gathering Red Dead Redemption II Study finds bigfoot sightings correlate with black bear populations David Cage The Wizard (1989) Sylvan Tale Phantom Dust Boundary Break P.T. oddheader GameHut Goomba Pac-Man Elden Ring Space Invaders Donkey Kong Tetris Minecraft Grand Theft Auto series Villager Super Smash Brothers series Tom Nook Impossible Mission The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind Tim Allen Streets of Rage Earthworm Jim Batman Michael Keaton Robert Pattinson George Clooney Batman Begins (2005) Popeye Spider-Man licensees Mortal Kombat series Joker Jack Nicholson Batman (1989) The Dark Knight Returns Shigeru Miyamoto Assassin’s Creed series Watch_Dogs Gunpei Yokoi Blasterhead Gex Bubsy Bruce Waynne Def Jam: Fight for NY MLB Juiced Batman: Arkham series Ted Nugent Wayne Knight Ted Knight Super Friends SimCity 2000 Recommendations: Brandon: Kantors Office Furniture if you want to try out office furniture in the Bay Area, use your treat dust to make new dog treats, Sailor Suit and Machine Gun (1981) Jaffe: 52 Pickup Brandon’s “Daddy’s Dusters” Dog Treat Recipe: 1 cup flour 1 egg 1/2 cup wet ingredient (pumpkin, yogurt, etc) 1/6th cup peanut butter Treat dust Mix ingredients “all up,” distribute on cookie sheet, bake at “lower medium” heat for 30 minutes “depending on how your oven works” This week’s Insert Credit Show is brought to you by patrons like you. Thank you. Subscribe: RSS, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, and more!

The classic Insert Credit panel covers a game preservation dilemma, the 2007 Honda Shepherd, and a new mascot for Violence Island. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Tim Rogers, and Brandon Sheffield. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman. Questions this week: Kim Justice asks: In games where water is lethal, at what part of the body should that water kill you? (08:19) Is there a better way to implement communication in video games than dialogue trees? (14:06) What are the top five most fun crimes to commit in video games? (20:36) What would Bayonetta 9 be like? (26:49) Brandon asks: When does bootlegging count as video game preservation? (32:41) Gaagaagiins asks: What are some of the best (or most interesting) games you can get a physical copy of on eBay (or equivalent) for about 10 bucks USD (excluding shipping) without much trouble? (38:56) What is usually the worst kind of vehicle to control in a video game? (42:54) LIGHTNING ROUND: Violence Island (49:05) Recommendations and Outro (01:09:46) Discuss this episode in the Insert Credit Forums A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED: Ninja Gaiden series Cruis’n USA Sisyphus Super Mario series Sonic the Hedgehog Bubsy series Death Stranding Castlevania series Mega Man series Elevator Action Square Enix AI Tech Preview: The Portopia Serial Murder Case Snatcher Princess Tomato in the Salad Kingdom Mass Effect series Ryū ga Gotoku / Like a Dragon / Yakuza series The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Cyberpunk 2077 The Walking Dead Oxenfree Firewatch Batman: The Telltale Series The Last of Us series Batman: Arkham series Hitman series Dragon Quest series Mission: Impossible Rockstar Games, Inc. Uwe Boll Indigo Prophecy David Cage Hideki Kamiya Bayonetta series Kingdom Hearts series Bayonetta Origins: Cereza and the Lost Demon Shouzou Kaga Fire Emblem series TearRing Saga series Vestaria Saga series Hideki Naganuma Super Real Mahjong PII ・III Custom Special ☆ VER Action Comics 1 Flipnic: Ultimate Pinball City Crisis Crisis City Gears of War series Halo series Lost Odyssey Lost Planet 2 Final Fantasy IV L.A. Noire BioShock series Fallout 3 The Beatles: Rock Band Rage (Anarchy Edition) NASCAR 08 Grand Theft Auto V Earth Defense Force series The Hunt for Red October (1990) John McTiernan Wave Race series Jet Moto series F-Zero series PilotWings series Cobra Triangle The Hunt for Red October In the Hunt Hydro Thunder Crimson Skies series Blast Corps Shenmue series Final Fantasy VII Sub Rebellion Steel Diver series Star Fox series Super Mario Odyssey Normy’s Beach Babe-O-Rama Greendog: The Beached Surfer Dude! Mr. Gimmick Yoko Taro Hunter Spy Hunter Black Lotus William Recommendations: Brandon: Srigala (1981), Columbo Tim: Find things to interrogate about objects you take for granted Frank: Final Fantasy VII: Remake This week’s Insert Credit Show is brought to you by patrons like you. Thank you. Subscribe: RSS, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, and more!

European video game documentarian Kim Justice joins the panel to discuss a broad variety of accents, whether or not Sonic R is a British game, and a revisitation of our Best British Games list. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Tim Rogers, Brandon Sheffield, and Kim Justice. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman. Questions this week: Has a video game ever captured the qualities of sumo? (10:46) What are the most essential things we wouldn’t have in games today without the early European games scene? (17:46) Apart from brand recognition, what are the advantages and disadvantages of working on a licensed game? (25:55) What is the worst video game the most people have played? (32:52) Carl/Charles: What would an English version of The Tairyou Jigoku’s multiple dialect options be like? (40:23) LIGHTNING ROUND: Best British Games revisitation (50:27) Recommendations and Outro (01:01:25) Discuss this episode in the Insert Credit Forums A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED: CeX Michigan: Report from Hell Sonic the Hedgehog 3 The Secret of Monkey Island The Legend of Zelda Metroid Cocoon Parasite Eve The 3rd Birthday Grange Hill The Hulk Sumo Super Mario 64 Ys series Virtua Fighter Buriki One: World Grapple Tournament ’99 in Tokyo Death Stranding Yie Ar Kung-Fu Shadow of the Beast Roger Dean Psygnosis Wizardry games The Black Onyx Henk Rogers Tim Rogers Gary Sheffield Brandon Sheffield Michael Jackson Fred Rogers Outkast - Ms. Jackson The Police - Roxanne Eddie Murphy - Roxanne Duane Reade Walgreens Star Wars: Return of the Jedi - Death Star Battle TRON Tron (1982) Alien: Resurrection GoldenEye 007 Sharknado: The Video Game Sharknado 2: The Second One (2014) Cobra Rocky (1976) Candy Crush Saga FarmVille Bubble Witch Saga 2048 Threes! Carlsbad Caverns National Park The Tairyou Jigoku The Great British Bake Off Gex series Leslie Phillips Dana Gould KSAN 107.7 The Bone Space Ghost George Lowe Lamont & Tonelli Diablo series George Bernard Shaw My Fair Lady Glasgow dialect Geordie Manchester dialect Warwick Davis Willow (1988) Cary Grant Audrey Hepburn Elton John Archie Leach Daniel Craig Knives Out (2019) Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001) Logan Lucky (2017) Adam Driver Sean Connery Recommendations: Brandon: Turn off YouTube’s Ambient Mode if you watch a lot of 4:3 content on your phone, CapsuleCity.com Kim: If you have a thumb drive with old documents sitting around, go back and read some, Kim Justice on YouTube, Kim Justice’s Wrestling Road, kim_justice on Twitch, Waterworld (SNES) - Soundtrack Tim: If you live in the city of New York, never ride the subway ever again, check out Waterworld (1995) if you’re Frank Cifaldi, The Zone of Interest (2023) Frank: Kim Justice as a concept This week’s Insert Credit Show is brought to you by patrons like you. Thank you. Subscribe: RSS, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, and more!

Your Insert Credit panel returns to cover another death of physical media, Steamboat Willie, and The Minecraft Reality TV Show Criminal Court Case Chronicles. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Tim Rogers, and Brandon Sheffield. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman. Questions this week: Are we approaching an era without physical game releases? (04:51) Does gameplay have to be the starting principle of a good video game? (20:00) Public Domain Adaptation Game: Design a game based on Steamboat Willie (26:12) Catherine: What games are best structured for playing a little bit each day? (35:21) Following the acclaim of Pokemon Concierge, what should be the next video game show set in the world of a game but not about the game itself? (42:55) LIGHTNING ROUND: The Time Is Right (49:20) Recommendations and Outro (01:00:36) Discuss this episode in the Insert Credit Forums A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED: D.I.C.E. Awards Ed Boon 1999 2nd Annual Interactive Achievement Awards Martin Short Coolio The Last of Us series Silent Hill 3 Best Buy will no longer carry physical movies in 2024 Writers Guild of America Valkyria Chronicles series Hard Target (1993) The Departed (2006) Dragon Quest series Hyper Gunsport Redbox Grateful Dead Assassin’s Creed II Digital Eclipse Boku no Natsuyasumi Devolver Digital Unsighted The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Steamboat Willie Lady Chatterley’s Lover D. H. Lawrence Mickey Mouse Sherlock Holmes Warren Spector Phil Spector Will Wright Disney Epic Mickey Minnie Mouse ship’s wheel The Skeleton Dance (public domain next year) Ub Iwerks Castle of Illusion starring Mickey Mouse Hollow Knight Super Mario series Rick and Morty Pete Super Mario 64 Super Hydlide H.E.R.O. Shenmue series Elden Ring Persona series Pokémon Concierge The White Lotus Ryū ga Gotoku / Like a Dragon / Yakuza series Battles Without Honor and Humanity Ikebukuro West Gate Park Pokémon Concierge Theme Song “Have a Good Time Here” Mariya Takeuchi The Last of Us The Walking Dead Forza Motorsport series Initial D Need for Speed series Minecraft Old Enough! Recommendations: Brandon: Apologies to people who know about religions, The Tairyou Jigoku Frank: Search a search engine for The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening DX This week’s Insert Credit Show is brought to you by patrons like you. Thank you. Subscribe: RSS, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, and more!

As has become tradition, Insert Credit ranks the best games of all time. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Tim Rogers, and Brandon Sheffield. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman. Chapters: The Premise This Year: Metacritic Scores Below 80 (12:29) Round 1 - Brandon (18:05) Round 1 - Frank (21:25) Round 1 - Tim (23:51) Round 2 - Brandon (26:39) Round 2 - Frank (31:31) Round 2 - Tim (35:04) Round 3 - Brandon (41:32) Round 3 - Frank (47:24) Round 3 - Tim (53:48) Round 4 - Brandon (01:02:46) Round 4 - Frank (01:06:52) Round 4 - Tim (01:12:58) Insert Credit Quick Break: Butter Dorks (01:18:43) A Little More About God Hand (01:20:03) Round 5 - Brandon (01:22:41) Round 5 - Frank (01:29:05) Round 5 - Tim (01:37:54) Round 6 - Brandon (01:50:59) Round 6 - Frank (01:55:54) Round 6 - Tim (02:04:32) Final Round and Honorable Mentions - Brandon (02:13:15) Final Round and Honorable Mentions - Frank (02:25:42) Final Round and Honorable Mentions - Tim (02:33:54) Outro (02:52:03) Discuss this episode in the Insert Credit Forums A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED: Batman (1989) Batman Returns (1992) Batman ’89 Sam Hamm Dennis O’Neil The Flash (2023) Michael Keaton Anton Furst Max Fleischer Dick Sprang The Dark Knight (2008) Chicago The Bund China Strike Force (2000) Mark Dacascos Coolio Oriental Pearl Tower Strange Days (1995) Westin Bonaventure Hotel Face/Off (1997) The Net (1995) American McGee Doom Metacritic Sideways (2004) Gunhouse Ryū ga Gotoku / Like a Dragon / Yakuza series NieR PlatinumGames Dark Savior Undertale Alundra The Ninja Saviors: Return of the Warriors Anodyne The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening Steambot Chronicles Katamari Damacy Earth Defense Force series Digital Foundry Flipnic: Ultimate Pinball Hearthstone: Heroes of WarCraft My Little Pony Breath of Fire: Dragon Quarter Dead Rising Ico Shadow of the Colossus Panzer Dragoon Silo Persona series Ridge Racer 6 Ridge Racer 7 Ridge Racer V Gran Turismo series Chulip Captain★Rainbow Giftpia Animal Crossing Boku no Natsuyasumi EarthBound Moon Minami-Senju Adventures of Tom Sawyer OutRun: Online Arcade OutRun 2006: Coast 2 Coast OutRun 2 Ferrari (2023) OutRun 2 Abandonware Groundhog Day (1993) Wheelman Bujingai: The Forsaken City Wuxia Shachou Eiyuuden Sifu Shinobi Gackt Raw Danger! Super Mario series Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers God Hand Spartan: Total Warrior Metal Gear Solid Total War series God of War Shinji Mikami Dark Souls Ribbit King Deadly Premonition Warren Spector Hidetaka Suehiro Twin Peaks Marvel Spider-Man 2 Lost Odyssey Blue Dragon Final Fantasy XIII Hironobu Sakaguchi Nobuo Uematsu Takehiko Inoue Vagabond Slam Dunk Kiyoshi Shigematsu Final Fantasy X Dragon Quest series Hideo Kojima The King of Fighters XIII Street Fighter IV Street Fighter 6 Intellivision Lives! Keith Robinson Normy’s Beach Babe-O-Rama SNK 40th Anniversary Collection Munch Mobile Double Dragon & Kunio-kun: Retro Brawler Bundle Kunio / Nekketsu High games Mega Man: Legacy Collection Samurai Shodown NeoGeo Collection Hyper Gunsport Bullet Witch Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex Cavia Halo series Devil May Cry F.I.S.T.: Forged in Shadow Torch R-Type Final Metal Slug 3 Lost Planet series The Saboteur Summon Night: Swordcraft Story Doom 64 Turok licensees Balan Wonderworld Killer7 Crazy Taxi 3: High Roller Wolfenstein: The New Order BioShock The Last of Us BioShock Infinite Call of Duty: Modern Warfare The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Fallout 3 Fallout 4 Fallout: New Vegas Starfield No Man’s Sky Dino Crisis 2 Mirror’s Edge Metroid Prime Pinball Star Fox Command Electroplankton The Cave Master of Illusion City Crisis Jaws: Unleashed Ecco the Dolphin Wonder Boy: The Dragon’s Trap Lizardcube Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom Stranglehold Dungeon Maker: Hunting Ground Brave Story: New Traveler Monster Kingdom: Jewel Summoner Bionic Commando Wild Arms XF Pandora’s Tower Culdcept Saga Noby Noby Boy Wild Arms 5 Ape Escape 3 Uncharted series This week’s Insert Credit Show is brought to you by Butter Dorks and patrons like you. Thank you. Subscribe: RSS, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, and more!

Brandon Sheffield celebrates the end of his Japan trip by comparing video game purchases with Digital Foundry’s John Linneman. By Brandon Sheffield and John Linneman, with an intro by Alex Jaffe. Featuring the track “It’s Different Now” by Ice Choir. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman. Segments**:** Preface (00:26) Sitting in Saizeriya (02:55) John: Akira Psycho Ball (04:10) Brandon: Destruction Derby (06:39) John: Pu•Li•Ru•La (08:30) Brandon: Panzer Bandit (11:58) John: Gun Survivor 3: Dino Crisis (14:08) Brandon: Namco Anthology 1 & 2 (17:43) John: Lethal Enforcers (19:51) Brandon: Vib-Ribbon and Alnam no Tsubasa (21:45) John: Hresvelgr (23:42) Brandon: After Burner III (24:49) John: Heavy Metal Thunder (25:38) Brandon: Zeiram Zone (27:17) John: Tempo (28:36) Brandon: Community Pom (32:54) John: Ys VI: The Ark of Napishtim (34:50) Brandon: Demolition Man (37:55) John: Crack Down (39:39) Brandon: Sōkyūgurentai (41:51) John: Soldier Blade (43:20) Brandon: Double Dragon II (46:15) John: Thunder Force V: Perfect System (48:23) Brandon: Kurohyō 2: Ryū ga Gotoku (49:54) John: Ø Story and Kunoichi (51:16) Brandon: Biomotor Unitron 2 (53:48) John: Silent Line: Armored Core III (54:48) Brandon: Royal Stone (55:24) Rattling Off A Few More (56:32) Ice Choir - It’s Different Now (01:04:00) Discuss this episode in the Insert Credit Forums A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED: Dragon Quest Heroes: Rocket Slime John Linneman Saizeriya Ep. 109 - Part One – Insert Credit Abroad Tokyo Insect Zoo Panzer Bandit Gunners Heaven Mad Stalker: Full Metal Force Space Channel 5 MIL-CD Digital Foundry Akira Psycho Ball KAZe Co., Ltd. KAZe Digital Pinball series Digital Pinball: Necronomicon Saban’s Power Rangers Zeo: Full Tilt Battle Pinball Resident Evil series Kyūtenkai: Fantastic Pinball Flipnic: Ultimate Pinball Devil’s Crush Alien Crush Metroid Prime Pinball Pokémon Pinball Kirby’s Pinball Land Pinball Quest Destruction Derby MiSTer Psygnosis Limited Reflections Interactive Limited WipEout 3 Lemmings Revolution Pu•Li•Ru•La Taito Corporation Fill in Café Co., Ltd. Gun Survivor 3: Dino Crisis CD-i Dino Crisis Gun Survivor 4: BioHazard - Heroes Never Die GunCon Shinkiro Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy Namco: Anthology 1 Namco: Anthology 2 Namco Museum series Star Luster Babel Wrestleball Valkyrie no Densetsu Lethal Enforcers Time Crisis 3 Virtua Cop Mad Dog McCree Gradius Henry Explorers Vib-Ribbon Masaya Matsuura Alnam no Tsubasa: Shōjin no Sora no Kanata e Alnam no Kiba: Jūzoku Jūnishinto Densetsu Right Stuff Corp. Hresvelgr After Burner III G-Loc: Air Battle Heavy Metal Thunder Zeiram Zone Zeiram Tempo Tempo Jr. Super Tempo 32X Atari Jaguar Patrick Bateman Sonic the Hedgehog: Spinball Sega CD Cosmic Fantasy Stories Community Pom Fill in Café Co., Ltd. Asuka 120% Burning Fest. Ys VI: The Ark of Napishtim Ys series Ys: The Oath in Felghana Ys IV: The Dawn of Ys Demolition Man Battle Mania Daiginjō Crack Down Alien Syndrome Gain Ground Sōkyūgurentai Radiant Silvergun Soldier Blade Double Dragon II: The Revenge Thunder Force V: Perfect System Hyper Duel Blast Wind Kurohyō 2: Ryū ga Gotoku Ryū ga Gotoku / Like a Dragon / Yakuza series Ø Story Kunoichi Shinobi Bujingai: The Forsaken City Biomotor Unitron Neo Geo Pocket Silent Line: Armored Core Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon Royal Stone: Hirakareshi Toki no Tobira Game Gear Super Monkey Ball Deluxe Saber Marionette J: Battle Sabers Jumping Flash! 2 Chase the Express Azumanga Donjara Daioh 7th Dragon 2020 Ninpu Sentai Hurricaneger Blue Dragon MotoGP 2 London Seirei Tantei-dan Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike Sega Ages 2500: Vol.11 - Hokuto no Ken Abalaburn Battle Arena Toshinden series Cyber Egg: Battle Champion Cyber Troopers Virtual On Epica Stella Shining Force III Kurt Feldman Insert Credit Gaiden is brought to you by patrons like you. Thank you. Subscribe: RSS, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, and more!

Happy holidays! Gamespot’s Lucy James drops down the Insert Credit chimney to cover Welsh elves, the first official weed strain for a video game, and Dreiblade. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Tim Rogers, Brandon Sheffield, and Lucy James. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman. Questions this week: As the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future, which three video game characters would be best at teaching Ebenezer Scrooge to change his miserly ways? (09:23) Do sliding ice physics ever positively contribute to a video game? (15:19) What do you think is the best selling non-video game item at GameStop as a gift this season? (21:35) Design the greatest Santa Claus video game of all time (30:48) How could dreidel be improved? (35:49) Which video game company probably holds the best Christmas party? (42:43) Based on video games, what do we know about elves? (49:05) What is the Rankin Bass of video games? (54:53) LIGHTNING ROUND: Name Design - Christmas Songs (01:01:19) Recommendations and Outro (01:12:28) Discuss this episode in the Insert Credit Forums A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED: Mariah Carey - All I Want for Christmas Is You Eggnog The Genealogy of Jesus the Messiah Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree Monstera deliciosa The Twelve Days of Christmas The Da Vinci Code A Christmas Carol Ebenezer Scrooge Tetsuya Nomura Organization XIII The World Ends with You Marluxia Mickey Mouse Kazuma Kiryu Goro Majima Davy Crockett Bob Cratchit The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992) Mickey’s Christmas Carol (1983) Mickey and the Beanstalk Pinocchio (1940) Jiminy Cricket James Stewart Lies of P Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio (2022) Pinocchio: A True Story (2021) Pinocchio (2002) Navi Super Mario series Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End The Last of Us series X-Men licensees Kickle Cubicle Chip’s Challenge Loki #248 Funko Pop! - Thor Ragnarok Pikachu Squishmallows Plush Breaking Bad Minecraft Jay and Silent Bob Fortnite Sonic the Hedgehog series Halo series The Lost and The Wicked Tom Holland Darth Vader Christmas Sweater Pokémon Trading Card Game Alan Wake: Remastered Tom Clancy’s The Division Tom Hiddleston Santa Claus Mortal Kombat series John Wick (2014) BioShock Death Stranding Norman Reedus Stardew Valley Daze Before Christmas Hanukkah Dreidel Hanukkah gelt Paper fortune teller Beyblade Mario Party series Sega Christmas NiGHTS into Dreams… Konami Tokimeki Memorial games Wargaming Devolver Digital Keita Takahashi Noby Noby Boy Tim Schafer Jack Black Heather Hawkins Dreamcast Limp Bizkit Ted Lasso The Matrix (1999) The Eras Tour Elf Bowling Legend of Zelda series Keebler Company Fudge Stripes Elves The Lost Vikings Three Dirty Dwarves Two Crude Dudes Rankin/Bass Animated Entertainment Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964) Frosty the Snowman (1969) Rudolph’s Shiny New Year (1976) The Year Without a Santa Claus (1974) ThunderCats Norman Rockwell FromSoftware Doom Rockstar Games American McGee’s Alice Kingdom Hearts series Super Smash Bros. Boba Fett Pornhub’s Most Popular Video Game Character In 2023 Was Chun-Li From… Fortnite? Insomniac Games Recommendations: Frank: Check out gamehistory.org where there will be a video about a very strange game called Super Sushi Pinball Brandon: Raiders of Atlantis (1983) Tim: Ferrari (2023) Lucy: Godzilla Minus One (2023) This week’s Insert Credit Show is brought to you by patrons like you. Thank you. Subscribe: RSS, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, and more!