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A relentlessly on topic smorgasbord of hard hitting video game questions as addressed by a panel of experts. Featuring Frank Cifaldi, Ash Parrish, Brandon Sheffield, and a rotating group of special guests. Hosted by Alex Jaffe. Edited by Esper Quinn. Original music by Kurt Feldman.
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Frank Cifaldi of the Video Game History Foundation, Ash Parrish of The Verge, and Brandon Sheffield of Necrosoft Games choose and rank the twenty-one best video games of the year 2024. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Ash Parrish, and Brandon Sheffield. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.
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Credit Report (03:42)
Balatro
Cryptmaster
UFO 50
Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League
1: Frank’s first nomination (09:45)
Neva
Gris
Nomada Studio
Fumito Ueda
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
HowLongToBeat.com
2: Ash’s first nomination (14:06)
Mouthwashing
3: Brandon’s first nomination (19:47)
Astro Bot
Astro’s Playroom
Ape Escape
Super Mario series
Astro Bot is the game you buy a PS5 for
The Game Awards
4: Frank’s second nomination (24:26)
Derek Yu
UFO 50
Steam Deck
GameMaker
Digital Eclipse Software, Inc.
MSX
PC Engine
Kaizo
Pixel
5: Ash’s second nomination (30:54)
Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree
Elden Ring
Geoff Keighley
Hidetaka Miyazaki
6: Brandon’s second nomination (36:35)
Fantasian: Neo Dimension
Hironobu Sakaguchi
Tokusatsu
Power Rangers
Godzilla
Nobuo Uematsu
Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes
7: Frank’s third nomination (42:18)
Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown
Metroidvania
Celeste
Hades
forums.insertcredit.com
Super Metroid
Ubisoft ends future development on its best game in years
8: Ash’s third nomination (47:37)
Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess
Capcom Co., Ltd.
Shinsekai: Into the Depths
9: Brandon’s third nomination (52:49)
Crow Country
Resident Evil
Resident Evil 4
10: Frank’s fourth nomination (59:10)
Indika
Amnesia series
Magical realism
Andrei Tarkovsky
11: Ash’s fourth nomination (01:09:29)
Animal Well
Videogamedunkey
Arkanoid
12: Brandon’s fourth nomination (01:18:01)
Stellar Blade
Bayonetta
Xbox 360
Bullet Witch
NieR
Hyung-tae Kim
Born Sexy Yesterday
Lightning
Final Fantasy XIII
NieR: Automata
Dark Souls
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine II
Roger Dean
13: Frank’s fifth nomination (01:24:33)
Metaphor ReFantazio
Atlus Co., Ltd.
Final Fantasy XVI
Persona series
There’s a reason Metaphor: ReFantanzio’s battle music sounds as cool as it does
Sir Mix-A-Lot - I check my bank
Sir Mix-A-Lot - Baby Got Back
Dolly Parton
Henchman 24
Kermit
14: Ash’s fifth nomination (01:33:31)
Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth
Queen’s Blood
Kingdom Hearts series
Triple Triad
Final Fantasy VII: Remake
15: Brandon’s fifth nomination (01:37:49)
Zenless Zone Zero
Black Myth: Wukong
miHoYo Co., Ltd.
Blockbuster
Gacha game
16: Frank’s sixth nomination (01:44:37)
Arzette: The Jewel of Faramore
Legend of Zelda series
CD-i
Shantae series
FMV
Ep. 330 - Squadala
Final Fantasy VIII
Gunblade
Limited Run Games, Inc.
John Linneman
17: Ash’s sixth nomination (01:51:22)
The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom
The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening
Misophonia
Infinity Nikki
Little Nicky (2000)
Marvel Snap
PlayStation Portable
PlayStation Portal
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
18: Brandon’s sixth nomination (02:02:44)
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
Harrison Ford
Troy Baker
Indiana Jones And The Great Circle - Digital Foundry Tech Review
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
PlayStation 2
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
Tony Todd
19: Frank’s seventh nomination (02:09:58)
Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League
Batman: Arkham Knight
Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty
The Crimson Diamond
20: Ash’s seventh nomination (02:14:52)
Ufouria: The Saga 2
Dragon Age: The Veilguard
Balatro
Texas Hold ’Em
sheeple
Slice & Dice
Slay the Spire
21: Brandon’s seventh nomination (02:23:48)
Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth
Ryū ga Gotoku / Like a Dragon / Yakuza universe
Resident Evil: Village
Animal Crossing series
Crazy Taxi
Pokemon
Unicorn Overlord
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Brandon Sheffield roams the streets and parties of Tokyo Game Show 2024, interviewing famous developers, spotting soba restaurants affiliated with drift tracks, and espousing the beauty of Neo Geo Pocket sprites. Hosted by Brandon Sheffield, with Christian Whitehead, Paul Veer, Hunter Bridges, Yohan Leclerc, Brad Flick, Dylan Cuthbert, and KC. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.
Chapters:
starting things off with caveats (00:24)
a town called suwa (01:19)
christian whitehead, are you sonic’s step dad? (14:31)
paul veer, tell us about fuga memories of steel (23:13)
hunter bridges, say what you were trying to do with the neo geo pocket emulator (28:43)
yohan leclerc, what do you think about the encroaching AI problem? (35:10)
brad flick, tell us about dialogue editing (40:09)
running into dylan cuthbert on the train (46:59)
the process for getting a business pass at tokyo game show (01:07:59)
kc, what happened to your other chair? (01:10:37)
last day in tokyo (01:13:35)
mission success (01:15:56)
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Journalist, podcaster, and PR person Ed Zitron joins the panel for the reveal of the Video Game History Museum Library, how to tell when a PR person is lying, and a precise rundown of how fucked video games are. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Brandon Sheffield, and Ed Zitron. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.
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SHOW NOTES:
Alien: Romulus (2024)
Aliens (1986)
Alien vs. Predator (2004)
Predator (1987)
Kirby
Toad
Abba-Zabba
Nintendo DS
Birdo
Credit Report (05:01)
1: Aaron Stewart-Ahn asks, have you ever gotten in serious trouble playing a multiplayer game? (05:12)
Star Wars Galaxies
Second Life
EverQuest
Habbo Hotel
2: Frank, tell us about the newly online Video Game History Museum Library (11:01)
The Video Game History Museum Library
Digital Eclipse
What’s Up?
Nintendo Power
Myst
Riven: The Sequel to Myst
OCR
Diehard GameFan
id Software
Atari Jaguar
Game Developer Magazine
Halo series
Official Xbox Magazine
Metroidvania
Sega Genesis
3: Who do you think has the best PR team in video games? (19:52)
Mario
Game Developers Conference
Tokyo Game Show
Bloodborne
4: How fucked are video games? (27:31)
3dfx
Bump mapping
Dragon Age: The Veilguard
Bob Dylan
Joker
5: LeFish asks, rank from best to worst: 1080 Snowboarding, Excitebike, F-Zero, Mario Kart, and Wave Race. (34:13)
1080° Snowboarding
Excitebike
F-Zero
Mario Kart
Wave Race
Satellaview
6: What is exactly as satisfying in real life as it is to do in a video game? (37:49)
Ace Attorney series
7: What is the Queens of the Stone Age of Video Games? (40:45)
Queens of the Stone Age
Stoner rock
Hades
Mark Ronson
D.I.C.E. Awards
LIGHTNING ROUND: 21 Questions (43:41)
Recommendations and Outro (55:11):
Ed: Better Offline
Frank: John Carpenter’s Toxic Commando
Brandon: Whatever you gotta do to feel better about things you have Brandon’s permission, Star Trek: Lower Decks
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Screenwriter Aaron Stewart-Ahn joins a panel guest hosted by Esper to cover the current definition of “good graphics,” Nicholas Cage’s sublime beauty, and seeing Attack of the Clones on acid.
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SHOW NOTES:
Fenrir
Light Cycle
Tron (1982)
Kingdom Hearts II
Tron
Honda Motocompo
Shadows of the Damned
Mandy (2018)
Yaiba Kusanagi CT-3X
Cyberpunk 2077
Keanu Reeves
Arch Motorcycle
Alex Winter
Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure (1989)
Gran Turismo
Polyphony Digital
Tourist Trophy: The Real Riding Simulator
Road Rash
Sega Saturn
Sony Playstation
3DO
Full Throttle
1: Where are your favorite places to hang out in open world video games? (06:20)
Throne and Liberty
Fallout 76
The First Descendant
World of WarCraft: The Burning Crusade
Honor Hold
Arator the Redeemer
Final Fantasy XIV Online
Ryū ga Gotoku / Like a Dragon / Yakuza universe
Boyhood (2014)
Kamurochō
Shenmue
Slitterhead
2: When is it most obvious that zero research went into a particular video game scene? (15:15)
Starfield
Astral Lounge
Mass Effect series
GoldenEye 007
Far Cry series
Motor Toon Grand Prix
3: Design a video game where the main hero is played by Nicolas Cage. (20:54)
Nicholas Cage
Superman 64
Dead By Daylight
Leon Kennedy
Leatherface
Tekken series
Stanislavski’s system
Mortal Kombat series
Avery Brooks
Shun Di
Virtua Fighter series
John Barrymore
Charlie Chaplin
Buster Keaton
Akuma
M. Bison
4: Design a video game where the main villain is played by Nicolas Cage. (25:16)
Pig (2021)
Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance
Death Stranding 2 On The Beach
Hideo Kojima
Dan Brown
Weezer
Cats (2019)
Megalopolis (2024)
Kendrick Lamar
Shroud of Turin
Robert De Niro
The Devil’s Advocate (1997)
Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty
Legend (1985)
Tim Curry
Constantine (2005)
5: Spencer asks, what are games biggest strengths as a medium? (30:56)
Street Fighter (1994)
Watchmen
Ultima V: Warriors of Destiny
Indika
‘Sonic the Hedgehog 4’ Gets 2027 Release Date
Call of Duty series
Half-Life 2
6: What do “good graphics” mean in 2025? (38:11)
Super Scaler
Indika
Final Fantasy X
Final Fantasy XV
OutRun
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002)
7: What is the Decemberists of video games? (44:46)
The Decemberists
Colin Meloy
Shrek 2 (2004)
Shoryuken
The Matrix (1999)
The Matrix Revolutions (2003)
Dark Souls series
Bloodborne
Fleetwood Mac
Kate Bush
King’s Field
Devil May Cry series
LIGHTNING ROUND: Name Design – Czech New Wave Classics (49:37)
Credit Report (57:01)
Recommendations and Outro (57:24):
Ash: Dynasty Warriors: Origins, Three Kingdoms
Brandon: And Give My Love to the Swallows (1972), Kin-dza-dza! (1986), exercise
Aaron: Rejection
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Frank Cifaldi, Ash Parrish, and Brandon Sheffield assemble to cover the Switch 2, video game console Marxism, and the shocking return of our most controversial segment. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Ash Parrish, and Brandon Sheffield. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.
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SHOW NOTES:
Mount & Blade: Warband
Infinity Nikki
Dropout.tv
Picross series
Frédéric Chopin
Live 105
1: merritt k asks, which 90s platformer mascots do you think will never get a cash-in nostalgia-baiting revival? (03:31)
Awesome Possum Kicks Dr. Machino’s Butt
Greendog: The Beached Surfer Dude!
Boogerman: A Pick and Flick Adventure
Ristar
Wild Woody
Congo: The Movie - Descent into Zinj
Congo (1995)
Tim Curry
Sackboy
Astro Bot
Malice
Whiplash
Shadow of the Colossus
Mario
Pauline
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi’s Island
Supper Mario Broth
2: How bout that Switch 2? (09:37)
3DO Is Coming To MiSTer FPGA
Nintendo Switch 2 announcement
The Vergecast
3: What are the characteristics of a Nintendo video game? (16:55)
Metroid series
F-Zero series
OutRun
Daytona USA
Sonic the Hedgehog
Call of Duty series
Steam Deck
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Waluigi
Kirby
Wario
Mario & Luigi: Brothership
Pac-Man
Rent-A-Relic
Frogger
Centipede
4: Improv Zone - MMO Raid (22:48)
Isekai
Elon Musk
Grimes
5: BluntForceMama asks, what is the optimal point in a game’s life cycle (ie, how long after release) to play it? (28:17)
Games that launch at $60, will soon discount $20, and in 10 years be $60 again
Marvel Guardians of the Galaxy
Harvestella
Deadpool
Final Fantasy XV
Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV (2016)
Brotherhood: Final Fantasy XV
Final Fantasy Versus XIII: Official HD Gameplay Trailer
Final Fantasy XVI
Ryū ga Gotoku / Like a Dragon / Yakuza universe
Persona series
Metaphor: ReFantazio
6: Which video game fandom has the highest barrier of entry? (34:10)
Kingdom Hearts series
Goofy
World of Warcraft
Touhou Project
ZUN
7: What’s the ratio of great 2D games to great 3D games? (37:29)
Ray tracing
Return of the Obra Dinn
LIGHTNING ROUND: Quester’s Fest (41:00)
Recommendations and Outro (44:12):
Brandon: Lowrider, California Fire Relief Bundle on itch.io
Ash: History of Rome podcast
Frank: don’t be a dumb bad guy, get your cat one of those cat hamster wheels
Jaffe: Mulholland Drive (2001)
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Writer, game designer, and friend of the show merritt k joins the panel to discuss GDQ runs, the Radiohead of video games, and skeleton bone boobs. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Ash Parrish, Brandon Sheffield, and merritt k. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.
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SHOW NOTES:
alexjaffe.bsky.social
frankcifaldi.bsky.social
adashtra.bsky.social
brandon.insertcredit.com
merrittk.com
mastodon.social
dril
1: If you had to design and perform a gimmicky GDQ speedrun, what would it be? (05:13)
Games Done Quick
New Super Mario Bros. Wii While Playing Piano by Wes in 41:20 - Awesome Games Done Quick 2025
Bucephalus
Elden Ring
Peanut Butter the Dog
Gyromite
Ken Griffey Jr Presents Major League Baseball
Ken Griffey Jr. Presents MLB by Peanut Butter the Dog & JSR_ in 29:48 - Summer Games Done Quick 2024
Elden Ring on Saxophone by Dr. Doot in 29:22 - Awesome Games Done Quick 2025
ALF
Sonic & Knuckles
Star Control 3
2: What are the popular games within the monsterfucking community? (12:03)
Sonic the Hedgehog
Sonic the Werehog
Wolf
Werewolf
Knuckles the Echidna
Shadow the Hedgehog
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (2024)
Baldurs Gate III
Undertale
Sans Undertale
Frank Quitely
Thanos
Death
I Love You Colonel Sanders
Lady Dimitrescu
Resident Evil: Village
3: What tricks do video games do to convince players that they’re much bigger than they actually are? (18:39)
Banjo-Kazooie
Persona series
Demonschool
Resident Evil series
Final Fantasy VII
Ryū ga Gotoku / Like a Dragon / Yakuza universe
The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask
Leisure Suit Larry Goes Looking for Love (In Several Wrong Places)
Dwarf Fortress
Bashi Bazook: Morphoid Masher
4: The Annual Public Domain Adaptation Game - Popeye (24:57)
Popeye, Tintin among works entering U.S. public domain in 2025
Popeye
Donkey Kong
Popeye
Olive Oyl
Mickey Mouse
Gasoline Alley
Steve Urkel
Steamboat Willie
Sea Power
Cat Power
Paul Atredies
Blondie
Dagwood Bumstead
Nancy
Fritzi Ritz
Jaws (1975)
Dragon Quest Heroes: Rocket Slime
Fleischer Studios
Paramount Pictures
Superman
5: a small rabite’s mom asks, why are there so many deserts in video games? Every time I see you playing one of these things you’re in a desert. (31:22)
Gulf War
Dune II: The Building of a Dynasty
6: What is the Radiohead of video games? (35:26)
Radiohead
Blue Bottle Coffee
Ico
Shadow of the Colossus
Katamari Damacy
Can You Pet the Dog?
Tomb Radier
Fumito Ueda
LIGHTNING ROUND: GameFAQ&As - Draskula (39:31)
Credit Report (44:57)
Recommendations and Outro (45:30):
merritt: Fledgling Manor
Frank: Drac’s Night Out
Brandon: Send recommendations for movies about killin nazis, listen to Malice Mizer if you want to feel like a dracula
Ash: Interview with the Vampire, make more games about killing klan members
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As has become tradition, Insert Credit ranks the best games of all time, or at least 87% of them: the ones the industry won’t sell you anymore. Plus, the first ever spending of credits on Insert Credit Show. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Ash Parrish, and Brandon Sheffield. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.
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SHOW NOTES:
The Boss
87% Missing: the Disappearance of Classic Video Games
PC Engine
Sega Saturn
OutRun: Online Arcade
Asuka 120% series
Ga-rou-den Breakblow
Ribbit King
NiGHTS into Dreams…
Spec Ops: The Line
Rain Jerks
Lost Odyssey
Bloodborne
Nintendo Wii
Nintendo DS
Nintendo 3DS
1: Round 1 - Frank’s First Nomination (08:13)
Rock Band
Guitar Hero series
Rock Band 4
Stone Temple Pilots
Soundgarden
Alice in Chains
2: Round 1 - Ash’s First Nomination (13:08)
Concord
Foamstars
Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League
3: Round 1 - Brandon’s First Nomination (16:12)
Silent Hill
Resident Evil
Silent Hill 2
Stephen King
Wes Craven
P.T.
4: Round 2 - Frank’s Second Nomination (19:34)
NBA Jam
Michael Jordan
Madonna
A League of Their Own (1992)
1991-92 Chicago Bulls season
Magic: the Gathering
Jordan vs Bird: One on One
Grand Theft Auto series
Madden series
Call of Duty series
Ken Griffey Jr Presents Major League Baseball
5: Round 2 - Ash’s Second Nomination (28:00)
Tekken 3
Tekken series
Super Smash Brothers series
Street Fighter series
EVO
Gon
Masashi Tanaka
Hunter X Hunter
SoulCalibur IV
Darth Vader
Geralt
Zelda
Def Jam series
Ryū ga Gotoku / Like a Dragon / Yakuza series
6: Round 2 - Brandon’s Second Nomination (32:43)
Virtua Cop 2
Time Crisis series
Resident Evil: Dead Aim
Area 51
Fighters Megamix
The House of the Dead series
The Police
7: Round 3 - Frank’s Third Nomination (36:50)
Animal Crossing
Animal Crossing series
Chulip
Booker
Copper
Ryū ga Gotoku / Like a Dragon / Yakuza series
8: Round 3 - Ash’s Third Nomination (43:37)
Crazy Taxi
Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah
Tim Waltz
Sega Dreamcast
OutRun
Games Done Quick
The Offspring
Bowling For Soup
Ozzfest
GameTap
9: Round 3 - Brandon’s Third Nomination (51:06)
Panzer Dragoon Saga
Sega Saturn
Ryū ga Gotoku / Like a Dragon / Yakuza series
Sega Genesis
Doctor Who
Super Scaler
Burning Rangers
Sony PlayStation 2
Sony PlayStation 3
Pong
Arkanoid
10: Round 4 - Frank’s Final Nomination (01:02:04)
The Secret of Monkey Island
Ship of Theseus
Raw Danger!
Disaster Report / Zettai Zetsumei Toshi series
Roland Emmerich
Die Hard (1988)
Mass Effect series
11: Round 4 - Ash’s Final Nomination (01:09:02)
Elite Beat Agents
Mr. Bones
LaserDisc
Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero
Grateful Dead
The Sirens of Titan
12: Brandon’s Honorable Mentions (01:15:17)
OutRun: Online Arcade
Ga-rou-den Breakblow
Asuka 120% series
Ribbit King
NiGHTS into Dreams…
F-Zero GX
Resistance series
Killzone series
inFAMOUS series
Halo series
Spec Ops: The Line
Rain Jerks
Sakura Taisen
Burning Rangers
Magic Knight Rayearth
Sega Rally Championship
Dino Crisis 2
Ridge Racer 7
Ridge Racer 6
WipEout XL
Parasite Eve
Bushido Blade
Snatcher
Vakyria Chronicles 2
Oh Deer!
12: Round 4 - Brandon’s Final Nomination (01:18:18)
Puyo Puyo~n
Vincent Diamante
Sega Dreamcast
Sony PlayStation
13: Frank and Ash’s Honorable Mentions (01:20:19)
Lemmings
Amiga
Rockstar Games
Psygnosis
SSX Tricky
Diddy Kong Racing
Nintendo 64
Sailor Moon Drops
Nintendo DS
Why do games go out of print? (01:24:58)
Credit Report (01:37:58)
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Silent Hill
Raw Danger!
Panzer Dragoon Saga
Crazy Taxi
NBA Jam
Tekken 3
Rock Band
Animal Crossing (GCN)
Virtua Cop 2
Puyo Puyo~n
Mr. Bones
Concord
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The three finest minds in video games plumb the depths of our listener-submitted Question Hole, dredging up all manner of holiday cheer, the Floridafication of America, and the return of Seaman. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Ash Parrish, and Brandon Sheffield. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.
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Barbara Walters
20/20
1: Tradegood asks, what is the best video game to play on a first date? (03:04)
New Super Mario Bros.
Overwatch League
Love Letter
2: Kiko B asks, aside from jumping and running, what are the most important verbs in a platform game? Are there any that don’t get the attention they deserve? (06:28)
3: Breadytodie asks, which is the better racing game series: Initial D or Wangan Midnight? (07:34)
Initial D series
Wangan Midnight series
Motohiro Kawashima
Yuzo Koshiro
Densha de Go! series
4: Goonbag asks, what’s the most shame you have ever experienced playing a video game? (08:48)
Duke Nukem Forever
Call of Duty series
5: Hobart Painsborough asks, why do so many games lie to the player when they say “press any button to continue” when in reality “any button” does not, in fact, allow you to continue? (11:23)
6: A small rabite asks, is the Mana series the most mismanaged Square-Enix franchise? (12:43)
Mana series
Final Fantasy series
Ehrgeiz: God Bless the Ring
Parasite Eve series
7: LeFish asks, who is the coolest videogame character whose design is family friendly or specifically aimed towards kids? (13:27)
Sonic the Hedgehog
8: Tom Arrow asks, I recently noticed while playing the Dreamcast that a bunch of these games feature an arcade-style race against the clock mechanic. What was the deal with that? (13:43)
Sega Dreamcast
Eighteen Wheeler: American Pro Trucker
Crazy Taxi
Hydro Thunder
Jet Set Radio
Sega Rally series
Tony Hawk Pro Skater
Sega Saturn
Virtua Fighter series
9: Connrrr asks, can playing a video game be a form of puppeteering? (15:48)
10: Michael from Cyprus asks, it was Alain Badiou I think that said “ Most people resort to the certainty of misery than the misery of uncertainty.“ What two Video Games ultimately answer to the two paths? (16:27)
Alain Badiou
Harvestella
11: LowGuppy asks, what video game most needs a sequel subtitled “On the Beach?” (17:55)
Dragon Age series
Dead or Alive: Xtreme Beach Volleyball
Death Stranding
Greendog: The Beached Surfer Dude!
Normy’s Beach Babe-O-Rama
WildStorm
12: Spencergifs asks, what is the best video game that is not played with a controller, mouse and keyboard, or arcade stick (19:19)
Before Your Eyes
Groove Coaster
Taiko Drum Master series
Arkanoid
Tempest 2000
Pong
It Ain’t Over Till The Fat Neighbor Sings
13: Rice_9 asks, when looking at a new game online, do you watch the video, read the copy, or look at screenshots first? (21:39)
14: Why Why asks, how do you make destructible items fun to destroy? (22:01)
Iron Soldier
Earth Defense Force series
Age of Empires series
15: Psinuxie asks, what are some later games that figured out design fundamentals? (23:29)
Super Mario Bros.
Resident Evil 4
Dr. Jekyll Mr. Hyde
Alien: Resurrection
Quake
Duke Nukem 3D
Turok: Dinosaur Hunter
GoldenEye 007
Batman: The Video Game
Street Fighter series
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds
Fortnite
Batsugun
DonPachi
Minecraft
Black & White
16: Dustin asks, what was a favorite multi-disc game for you? (26:36)
Final Fantasy VII
Final Fantasy VIII
Koudelka
Lost Odyssey
Blue Dragon
Shenmue
Grandia
Metal Gear Solid
Devil May Cry 2
17: BluntForceMama asks, is GTA 6 late to the party regarding Florida culture? (29:18)
Grand Theft Auto VI
Florida Man
18: Anonymous asks, how do one’s actions in the human realm affect which video game world you go to when you die? (30:39)
Sonic the Hedgehog
One Piece
19: Anders Matsen asks, what specific elements make up a “hang out game?”
Ryū ga Gotoku / Like a Dragon / Yakuza universe
VR Chat
Final Fantasy XIV
A Short Hike
Infinity Nikki
Legend of Zelda series
20: Will Heydt Minor asks, is the world ready for Seaman 2? (35:36)
Seaman
Seaman 2: Pekin Genjin Ikusei Kit
Deadly Premonition
Tamagotchi
21: Kyle Karesh asks, what game series is better to play in chronological order rather than release order? (37:54)
Legend of Zelda series
The Legend of Zelda: Hyrule Historia
Ryū ga Gotoku / Like a Dragon / Yakuza universe
22: Cara Esten asks, what video game would make the memory of a traumatic event worse? (38:49)
Tetris
Hideo Kojima
23: Dilson asks, what makes in-game lore compelling? (39:22)
Mass Effect series
Warlords
Yuji Naka
Girl’s Garden
NieR
Dragon Age series
Pac-Man
Secret Level
Fallout series
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Assassin’s Creed series
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
Astro Bot
Credit Report (52:00)
Recommendations and Outro (52:37):
Brandon: Do what you can
Frank: Help those around you
Ash: Keep hope alive
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Composer, designer, and puzzler Chris Remo joins the panel to cover how specific instruments evoke moods in games, Mad Libs as branching path narrative, and VR’s Myst problem. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Ash Parrish, Brandon Sheffield, and Chris Remo. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.
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Metroidvania
Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins
A Christmas Carol
Charles Dickens
Scrooged (1988)
The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)
Die Hard (1988)
A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965)
Vince Guaraldi
Sesame Street
A Christmas Story (1983)
How the Grinch Stole Christmas (1966)
Elf (2003)
The Elf on the Shelf
Will Ferrell
Thurl Ravenscroft
The Nutcracker
English National Ballet
San Francisco Ballet
1: What’s the right way to modulate crossword puzzle difficulty? (06:04)
The New York Times crossword puzzle
Will Shortz
2: What particular moods or vibes in video game soundtracks are most closely associated with specific instruments? (12:24)
Vibrato
Tubular bells
Metaphor: ReFantazio
Homer
Fez
Super Nintendo Entertainment System
Sega Genesis
New jack swing
Roland Synthesizers
John Carpenter
Demonschool
Danganronpa
3: Did any of those Wordle clones have any merit? (16:41)
Wordle
Tetris
Simple and Clean
Mad Libs
Dungeons & Dragons
Twenty Questions
Spelling Bee
Connections
Wheel of Fortune
4: If I haven’t been convinced to get into VR by now, am I beyond reach? (22:53)
Batman: Arkham Shadow
Half-Life: Alyx
Beat Saber
Oculus
Myst
Half-Life
Insert Credit Quick Break: Charles Greenberg (33:27)
5: Death Strandicoot asks, what are some interesting company interactions or rivalries in gaming? (34:41)
Regular Show
Funko
Itch.io
itch.io says it was taken down by Funko
Pinkerton
Magic publishers sent Pinkerton agents to a YouTuber’s house to retrieve leaked cards
Rockstar Games
Red Dead Redemption II
The legal dispute between Take-Two, Rockstar, and Pinkerton has ended
Tengen
Mario “Super Powers Reach Exclusive Agreement” poster
Tetris
Atari
Tommy Tallarico
Intellivision
6: What is the TCM documentary about the making of The Day the Clown Cried of video games? (41:16)
Citizen Kane (1941)
The Day the Clown Cried
From Darkness to Light (2024)
The Tetris Movie (2023)
Duke Nukem Forever
Gearbox Software
Half-Life: 25th Anniversary Documentary
Peter Molyneux
Project Milo
Jay Benson
Firewatch
Jerry Lewis
Playing Columbine (2008)
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
LIGHTNING ROUND: Burning Questions (47:51)
Recommendations and Outro (51:34):
Brandon: Play Christmas NiGHTS into Dreams…
Frank: Play Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit with curious kittens if you have the chance
Ash: Mouthwashing
Chris: youtube.com/chrisremo, The Brutalist (2024)
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Frank, Ash and Brandon design games based on historical events, explain the plot of Earth Defense Force, and discover why women have hollow bones. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Ash Parrish, and Brandon Sheffield. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.
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SHOW NOTES:
Madame Web (2024)
Morbius (2022)
Venom (2018)
Venom: Let There Be Carnage (2021)
Venom: The Last Dance (2024)
Eminem original Venom rap
Glyceo the Destroyer
Lucius Aurelius
Maximus Arelius
Caesar Minumus
Caesar Agustus
Hannibal
Scipio Africanus
The Pope
Assassin’s Creed series
Games where the final boss is the pope
Final Fantasy XIV
Final Fantasy XIII
Nights of Azure series
Final Fantasy Tactics
Rodrigo Borgia
The Young Pope
Anti-Pope
Psycho-Pirate
Doctor Fate
Marv Wolfman
52 Pickup
1: What historical events would it be interesting to recreate in a video game? (06:03)
JFK Reloaded
John Brown
Castle Wolfenstein series
Sherman’s March
Titan submersible implosion
Downwell
Super Mario Bros. 2
Ridiculous Fishing
Amelia Erhart
Microsoft Flight Simulator
Bayonetta
Purdue
2: What video game do you like that you believe the greatest percentage of people who have played it do not like? (11:22)
Forspoken
Marvel Midnight Suns
Fatal Fury series
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Jekyll
Sonic R
Credit Report (14:58)
3: Has there ever been an unreleased video game that you were glad never came out? (15:16)
Confederate
Beavis and Butt-Head
Marble Madness
Sonic X-treme
Steven Seagal Is: The Final Option (Prototype) by Crak Atak in 21:44 - Awesome Games Done Quick 2023
Desert Bus for Hope
Penn & Teller’s Smoke and Mirrors
Drac’s Night Out
Hammerman
Hammer vs. Evil D. in Soulfire
Power Factory featuring C+C Music Factory
Make My Video: Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch
Max Payne (2008)
4: Explain the lore of Earth Defense Force in 6 minutes (19:51)
Elden Ring
Earth Defense Force series
Earth Defense Force: Insect Armageddon
Insert Credit Quick Break: Puppycam! (25:50)
5: Rin asks, how often do you use button remapping? (26:32)
Vampire Survivors
Xbox 360
Super Nintendo Entertainment System
Sony Playstation
Neo Geo
Sega Saturn
SNK 40th Anniversary Collection
Super Mario World
Infinity Nikki
6: What’s the best prison or prison sequence in a video game? (34:32)
Wolfenstein
Phantasy Star III: Generations of Doom
Final Fantasy IX
Fable series
Peter Molyneux
7: What is the Christopher Nolan’s TENET of video games? (40:27)
Tenet (2020)
Hideo Kojima
Metal Gear series
Christopher Nolan
LawBreakers
Cliffy B
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Superhot
Braid
Sonic CD
LIGHTNING ROUND: Famicom Feud - Past Game Awards Winners (44:26)
Recommendations and Outro (54:01):
Brandon: Subway (1985), Miho Nakayama’s albums Mind Game, Catch the Night, Angel Hearts and Hide ‘N’ Seek
Ash: The Verge’s premium subscription
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our Insert Credit Panel covers how a video game might be political, new games for dead consoles, and the Jaffe Cut of Rocky Horror Picture Show. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Ash Parrish, and Brandon Sheffield. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.
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SHOW NOTES:
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
“Penis breath” clip
Tetris
Spelling Bee
Sub Hunt
PalmPilot
Katamari Damacy
Guitar Hero series
Circus
Madden series
Call of Duty series
Mortal Kombat series
Ms. Pac-Man
Sonic the Hedgehog series
The Lion King
Wordle
Words With Friends
Myst
Military Madness AKA Nectaris
Advance Wars
Mega Man
Bayou Billy
1: Are all video games inherently political? (04:58)
Circus
Game & Watch Wide Screen: Fire
Animal Well
Metal Gear Solid series
Mike Tyson
Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out!!
Galactic Saga
G.I. Joe
Roadblock
The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
2: How do video game trailers lose you? (10:38)
Demonschool
Granblue Fantasy: Relink
HowLongToBeat.com
3: Which game console has the best library of games released by third parties after its discontinuation? (15:37)
Atari 7800
Sega Dreamcast
Sega Genesis
Nintendo Entertainment System
Super Nintendo Entertainment System
XenoCrisis
Tanglewood
Mad Stalker: Full Metal Force
Asuka 120% series
Game Boy
itch.io
Shantae
Game Boy Advance
Yuzo Koshiro
Streets of Rage 2
Earthion
Atari 2600
H.E.R.O.
Halo 2600
4: Design a new boot-up screen for the PlayStation 6 (21:00)
PlayStation 1 boot up
Silent Hill 2
Silent Hill 2 remake
PlayStation 5 boot up
PlayStation 2 boot up
PlayStation 3 boot up
PlayStation 4 boot up
PlayStation Studios tag
Sony’s Universe of Spider-Man Characers
Switch boot up
Xbox Series boot up
5: Captain asks, what makes a video game coin enjoyable to pick up? (27:17)
Sonic Adventure
Sonic Generations
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle would’ve been better as a movie
Banjo-Kazooie
Tomb Raider series
Uncharted series
Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft
Whiplash
Knuckles’ Chaotix
6: Frank, what can you tell us about the state of game preservation this year? (33:54)
Video Game History Foundation
PC-FX
Newgrounds
LIGHTNING ROUND: GameFAQ&As - No Man’s Sky (39:25)
Credit Scores (42:51)
Recommendations and Outro (42:55):
Brandon:
Do stretches before you go to bed and after you wake up
if you have a dog that won’t pee on dirt when it’s wet or cold try getting some mulch
Wicked (2024)
Jaffe:
The Marvelous Land of Oz: Being an Account of the Further Adventures of the Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman
Ash:
Only see Gladiator II (2024) for Denzel chewing scenery
The Verge’s premium subscription
Frank:
The return of The Video Game History Hour
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The full Insert Credit panel covers what Xboxes are, Fatal Fury movie casting, and dog football. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Ash Parrish, and Brandon Sheffield. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.
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Mr. Bones
Mr. Bones by Lizstar in 1:12:00 - Awesome Games Done Quick
Mr. Bones shirt
Cyber Monday
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (2024)
Yuji Naka
Naoto Ohshima
Sonic
Knuckles
Tails
Dr. Robotnik
Yasushi Yamaguchi
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Shadow
Sonic the Hedgehog (2020)
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (2022)
Charles Pulliam-Moore
The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023)
Jaleel White
Steve Urkel
Credit Report (04:06)
1: Is this podcast an Xbox? (04:48)
Xbox
Xbox continues its push beyond consoles with new ad campaign
Microsoft’s next Xbox, coming 2028, envisions hybrid computing
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
Game spending is up — and you can thank Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
The Penguin
Magic: the Gathering
2: What is the most fortunate accident in video game history? (10:22)
Street Fighter II
Street Fighter II Turbo
Super Mario 64
Sega Saturn
Sony Playstation
Space Invaders
Alanis Morrisette
3: Which video game genre on the whole compares best to its correspondent film genre on the whole? (15:29)
Uncharted (2022)
Visual Novel
Robert Ludlum
Dune
Jack Ryan
John Krasinski
VeggieTales
The Fast and the Furious series
Mario Kart series
The Northman (2022)
The Green Knight (2021)
4: What class should be added in the next Dragon Quest 3 remake? (21:09)
Dragon Quest III (Super Famicom remake)
Thief
Dragon Quest III: HD-2D Remake
Beastmaster
Pictomancer
Arithmetician
Adeline
Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards
Dragon Quest series
Cartographer
Dragon Quest V
Dragon Quest Monsters
EarthBound
Ness
Dracky
Final Fantasy XV
Ignis
Gladiolus
Prompto
Quina
Final Fantasy IX
Insert Credit Quick Break: The Storied Sword, available digitally and physically (26:57)
5: Pro Skater 4 asks, how would you cast a Fatal Fury movie? (28:36)
Silent Hill 2
Cube (1997)
Ezri Dax
Star Trek: Deep Space 9
One Piece
Avery Brooks
Fatal Fury series
Terry Bogard
Chris Evans
Mai Shiranui
Scarlett Johansson
Andy Bogard
Chris Pratt
Joe Higashi
Tony Jaa
Raul Julia
Geese Howard
Pedro Pascal
Nicholas Cage
John Leguizamo
The Menu (2022)
Duck King
Marco Rodrigues AKA Khushnood Butt
Namor
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022)
Tenoch Huerta Mejía
Garou: Mark of the Wolves
Billy Kane
Scott Atkins
Bob Wilson
John Boyega
Surf Dracula
King of Fighters series
Street Fighter series
Virtua Fighter series
6: If you could instantly put any game on every iPhone, what would it be? (35:34)
Songs of Innocence and of Experience
U2
Fantasian
Astro Bot
Astro Boy
Quincy Jones
Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP
Spider Solitaire
Snake
Nokia N-Gage
Balatro
Pokémon GO
Niantic
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
Fi
Mr. Resetti
Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day!
Dr. Kawashima
7: What’s the Air Bud (1997) of video games? (41:02)
Army Men series
Air Buddies (2006)
Baba Is You
Scribblenauts
Jerry Rice & Nitus’ Dog Football
Marshawn Lynch
Snoop Dogg
David Beckham
Shaq
Space Jam (1996)
Michael Vick
Brett Farve
Shohei Ohtani
Jose Canseco
Stephen Curry
Simone Biles
Xavier Woods
Babe Ruth
Pete Rose
LIGHTNING ROUND: Name Design - Bart Vs. The Simpsons (46:23)
Recommendations and Outro (54:09):
Frank: Please donate to the Video Game History Foundation this Giving Tuesday
Brandon: more of a review than a recommendation, but The Beekeeper (2024) is like John Wick but not very good and doesn’t make any sense and doesn’t have stakes, “dune scene” from untitled louise weard castration movie, Shangri-La Frontier if you like anime with leveling up
Ash: Stream Not Like Us as much as possible
Jaffe: One Piece
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The finest panel in video games covers Sony buying Kadokawa, relitigates what counts as games versus DLC, and brings you the exclusive reveal of the Nintendo Listo. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Ash Parrish, and Brandon Sheffield. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.
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Viewtiful Joe
Bob & George
SMS Power Forums
FanFiction.Net
Warlock - World of Warcraft Forums
World of WarCraft
Neo Geo Pocket
1: Brandon, two years ago when Microsoft bought Blizzard Activision, you proposed something that would be really funny that Sony could do to retaliate. Do you remember what it was? (05:35)
Microsoft completes Activision Blizzard acquisition
FromSoftware parent company confirms Sony’s acquisition interest
Spike Chunsoft
Acquire
Octopath Traveler
Tenchu series
Shinobi series
Stray
Demon’s Souls
Morbius (2022)
George R. R. Martin
PaRappa the Rapper
Kingdom Hearts series
Playstation All Stars Battle Royale
Danganronpa
Bloodborne
2: At what point is a game’s DLC worth judging as its own entity? (12:08)
Geoff Keighley
The Game Awards 2024 Nominees
Elden Ring
Hidetaki Miyazaki
Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree
D.I.C.E. Awards
Emmy Awards
Fortnite
Marvel Spider-Man: Miles Morales
Final Fantasy XIV Online
Among Us
Final Fantasy XIV Online: Endwalker
Hideo Kojima
International Game Developers Association
3: What’s the biggest gulf in difference between a game’s singleplayer and multiplayer modes, and what’s the biggest golf in video games? (21:17)
Golden Tee Golf series
Desert Golfing
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2005
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 06
What the Golf?
Golf with Your Friends
PangYa
Mario Party series
4: What is the Nintendo Listo? (24:58)
The first mention of the Listo in ep. 363
Nintendo Alarmo
Wii Fit
Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day!
PalmPilot
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Nintendo Switch
Picross
Chocobo
GameFAQs
Playdate
Listicle
Resetera
Apology Corner: None of the Hansons from Hanson are dead (32:54)
Hanson
The Hanson Brothers
5: Feral asks, what are your favorite completely missable areas in video games?
Metal Slug 3
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Hidden Palace Zone
Hidden Palace
Sonic the Hedgehog 3
Christian Whitehead
Sonic Mania
Crisis on Infinite Earths
The Doomsday Zone
Star Wars: Outlaws
Super Mario Bros.
6: What is the Morbius of video games? (42:50)
Morbius (2022)
Deadly Premonition
The Callisto Protocol
Dead Space
Playstation All Stars Battle Royale
Fat Princess
Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League
The Sinister Six
Dead2y Premonition: A Blessing in Disguise
Corecell Technology Co., Ltd.
Wicked Monsters: BLAST!
Hidetaka Suehiro
The Lord of the Rings: Gollum
Aliens: Colonial Marines
Bubsy series
Dragon Age: Origins
Jared Leto
Thirty Seconds to Mars
LIGHTNING ROUND: Arcade of Our Own (48:37)
Recommendations and Outro (01:03:37):
Frank: Maybe play Dragon Quest XI, but more specifically, just lean into being comfortable right now
Brandon: Dark Crystal - Minako Yoshida, The Ballad of Sacco and Vanzetti, know that the Hakkaider blu-ray is a bad quality transfer
Ash: (For Geoff Keighley specifically) Get the Flute Guy and ReFantazio Chanting Monk on the same stage to heal the world
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Author and journalist Kieron Gillen joins the panel to cover the golden age of games journalism, Squaresoft’s 1996 SNES licensed X-Men JRPG, and the mysterious Hat Man. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Ash Parrish, Brandon Sheffield, and Kieron Gillen. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.
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Riders on the Storm
Ghost Riders in the Sky
The Doors
Ghost Rider 2: Spirit of Vengeance (2011)
Mutant
Amiga Power
Eisner Awards
Hugo Award
Amiga
Mister Sinister
1: What’s the difference between game culture and comics culture? (04:44)
Jack Kirby
Twine
Al Ewing
Marvel Cinematic Universe
Gamergate (harassment campaign)
Sad Puppies
Jim Rossignol
2: In tabletop game design, how do you make a game that allows players to do anything, while maintaining a unique identity? (10:03)
Mörk Borg
OSR
Dungeons & Dragons
Baldurs Gate III
Baldur’s Gate 3 is a masterpiece built on a bad tabletop game
3: What’s the closest a video game has come to ruining your life? (17:19)
World of Warcraft
World of WarCraft: The Burning Crusade
Clash of Clans
Princess Pajama
Infinity Nikki
Shin Megami Tensei: Liberation Dx2
Sonic Advance 3
Nintendo Official Magazine UK
Circuit City
World of WarCraft: Wrath of the Lich King
MUSH
Space Invaders
The Sims Online
Grand Theft Auto IV
4: The year is 1996. Squaresoft wants you to design their final game for the SNES, a licensed X-Men RPG. What have you got? (27:22)
Squaresoft
Super Nintendo Entertainment System
X-Men
Image Comics
Jim Lee
X-Men 2: Clone Wars
X-Men: The Animated Series
Storm
Rise of the Robots
Wolverine
Princess Maker
Charles Xavier
Final Fantasy
Sentinel
Spider-Man
The Punisher: The Ultimate Payback!
Days of Future Past
Chrono Trigger
Callisto
Marrow
Giant-Size X-Men
Cyclops
Colossus
Thunderbird
Jean Grey
5: PersonalMatthew asks, how important is it that someone writing about videogames be “good” at videogames? (34:33)
Madden
DLSS
Digital Trends
Kimimi The Game-Eating She-Monster
Demonschool
Final Fantasy Tactics
Persona
Shin Megami Tensei
6: What was the golden age of video game journalism? (40:53)
Spider-Man 3
Mad Men
PC Gamer
Tomb Raider
Rock Paper Shotgun
LIGHTNING ROUND: High Scoring (47:22)
Recommendations and Outro (57:22):
Kieron: The Power Fantasy, We Called Them Giants
Frank: Go read Kieron’s comics
Brandon: If you’re feeling cold tuck your shirt into your pants, Manga documentary 1982, The Great Cleric if you want some extremely mid anime, follow Brandon on Bluesky
Ash: Game Changers on HBO Max
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Your new Insert Credit panel, now including Ash Parrish of The Verge, discusses Dragon Age fanfiction, the best video game music of the last ten years, and a Spice Girls nude code. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Brandon Sheffield, and Ash Parrish. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.
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SHOW NOTES:
The beginning of this episode features some words from Brandon Sheffield on personal loss, the election, and what we can do going forward. The usual intro begins at (09:01). Thank you.
Vincent Diamante
Game Developer Magazine
Demonschool
Video Game History Foundation
The Verge
Gojo Industries
Dandadan
Momo Ayase
Bundle for Ukraine
The Insert Credit Forums
1: Have video games completely realized the concept of importing your data from one game to the next? (20:59)
Assassin’s Creed series
Legend of Zelda series
Yakuza series
Golden Sun series
Mass Effect series
Pokémon series
Dragon Age series
2: What do people really mean when they talk about learning curves? (27:46)
Super Mario series
Metroid series
Crusader Kings III
Sid Meier’s Civilization series
Warhammer universe
3: What’s up with video games having “Dragon” in the title and then not having very many dragons? (33:41)
Dragon Age series
Dragon Quest universe
Yakuza series
Drakengard series
Halo series
Monster Hunter series
Dragon Slayer
Panzer Dragoon series
Dragon’s Dogma series
Spice Girls
Spice World
The Spice Girls nude in the game Spice World
Lara Croft
Double Dragon series
4: Which video game character is tattooed on the most human bodies? (38:47)
Mario
Sonic the Hedgehog
Pikachu
Ribbit King
1-Up Mushroom
Hylian Shield
Triforce
Space Invaders
Pac-Man
Squirtle
Bulbasaur
Snorlax
Magikarp
Mew
Gengar
Slime
Shanghai Dragons
Overwatch
Genji
Hanzo
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5: Esther Weinbach asks, what is the most important thing you’ve ever learned from a video game? (45:38)
BioShock
Bravoman
Dragon Age series
Cullen Rutherford
NieR
6: Can you think of a single piece of memorable video game music from the past ten years? (54:37)
Undertale
Sonic Mania
Yakuza series
Baka Mitai
Gunsport series
Crossniq
Border Down
Shoji Meguro
Persona series
Metaphor: ReFantazio
Masayoshi Soken
Final Fantasy XIV Online
NieR: Automata
Weight of the World
Street Fighter IV
Indestructible
LIGHTNING ROUND: Celebrity Gamers (01:00:09)
Recommendations and Outro (01:09:00):
Brandon: Give your coupons to people who seem like they need them, Monoxide Brothers, Megumi Hayashibara’s The Characters Taught Me Everything
Ash: Get a puppy, the What is White French Dressing? episode of Aw, Would You Look At The Time
Jaffe: 52 Pickup, the first three seasons of Slayers
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Game designer and author Mathew Kumar joins a panel guest hosted by editor Esper Quinn to cover famous famiclones, the latest in Nintendo developments, and Tommy Tallarico’s unexpected ascent into backgammon legend. Hosted by Esper Quinn, with Frank Cifaldi, Brandon Sheffield, and Mathew Kumar. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.
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Snake Eater (Live at Symphony Hall)
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
Sonic Mania
Sonic Mania OST - Studiopolis Act 2
Snow Surfers OST - Ronnie’s Theme
Rippin’ Riders
alpha’s video game drum and bass music playlist
Bomberman Hero
Jun Chikuma
Saori Kobayashi
Sylvan Tale
Panzer Dragoon
Sylvan Tale シルヴァンテイル組曲/Compose&Arrange:小林早織
Every Game I’ve Finished 14>24 by Mathew Kumar
Yakuza 4
Makoto Date
Yakuza 4 Theme “For Faith” (with lyrics)
1: merritt k asks, what are some of the more interesting bootleg or knockoff consoles? (06:50)
Pegasus
famiclone
Nintendo Entertainment System
EA FIFA series
Battletank
Circus Charlie
Phantom System
Dendy
Xiao Bawang
Handheld TV game
Frogger
Scramble
Commodore 64
ZDog
Avatar: The Way of Water (2022)
Zdinarsik (Z-Dog)
Battle City
Bomberman
PC Engine
Ghostbusters II
Predator
2: What The Hell Is Going On At Nintendo? Part II Chapter 2 - Online Network Test (20:16)
Ash Parrish
Nintendo’s mysterious Playtest begins to leak
Minecraft
Roblox
Pokémon GO
Splatoon 3
Animal Crossing series
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
Fortnite
3: What The Hell Is Going On At Nintendo? Part III - Nintendo Music (26:50)
Alarmo
Wii Shop Channel Main Theme
Animal Crossing - 5AM
Nintendo Museum
Rosalina
Astro Bot
Master Chief
4: At this point in your life, what would it take to get you to play more video games? (32:34)
Metaphor: ReFantazio
NieR
Metroid Prime
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
Demonschool
Martin Scorsese
Stalker (1979)
5: Is Tommy Tallarico a backgammon champion now? (40:37)
Tommy Tallarico’s New Goal Is Becoming A Backgammon Legend
Tommy Tallarico
Backgammon
6: Alex Jaffe asks, what is the strongest emotion that video games can produce? (43:49)
Super Princess Peach
7: If you, somehow, wrote an essay for every game you’ve finished, what would you do with those? (51:04)
Every Game I’ve Finished 14>24 by Mathew Kumar
Ko-fi
Kofi Annan
Ninja Gaiden
Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story
Digital Extremes
Digital Eclipse
Warframe
Dark Sector
Internet Archive
The Tower of Druaga
Clive James
LIGHTNING ROUND: Name Design - Magic: the Gathering Cards (58:24)
Chaos Orb
Wurmcoil Engine
Sublime Epiphany
Simian Spirit Guide
Mass Hysteria
Waste Not
Nemesis of Reason
Sunfall
Sword of Feast and Famine
Otterball Antics
Thraximundar
Recommendations and Outro (01:10:45):
Frank: UFO 50
Mathew: It’s very easy to replace your showerhead and shower cartridge, Every Game I’ve Finished 14>24 by Mathew Kumar
Brandon: Mariko Tone - Purple Rose
Esper: The YouTube version of this very podcast
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Writer and game designer merritt k joins the Insert Credit panel on the most haunted podcast of the year, delving into how one really evokes fear in games, Skibidi Toilet costumes, and vampire streaming services. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Brandon Sheffield, and merritt k. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.
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SHOW NOTES:
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
The Thing (1982)
John Carpenter
Sonic the Hedgehog
Halloween (1978)
Warhammer 40,000
Fledgling Manor
Guys: Episode 27
The Mist (2007)
The Fog (1980)
The Exorcist III (1990)
The Exorcist (1973)
Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977)
Jamie Lee Curtis
Ryu
1: What’s the most you were ever scared by a video game? (08:34)
Resident Evil 2
Silent Hill
Cloverfield (2008)
Silent Hill 2
Silent Hill 3
Phantasy Star
Wizardry
Resident Evil 4
Amnesia series
Phantasy Star Online
Yuji Naka
Balan Wonderworld
World of Warcraft
Burning Man
EverQuest
Renaissance fair
Destiny 2
2: How do you scare someone in a text or turn-based game where you aren’t required to act immediately? (16:32)
Dark Souls series
Bloodborne
EarthBound
Dragon Quest
Undertale
3: What are the best ghosts in video games? (22:26)
The Addams Family
Fester’s Quest
Ocean Software
Boo
Super Mario Maker series
Hungry Ghosts
Pac-Man
Billy Mitchell
Sonic & Knuckles
Sonic Mania
Mother 3
Bubble Ghost
Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective
4: What are some last-minute DIY video game costumes our listeners can make at home? (28:03)
Tetris
Harry Mason
James Sunderland
OZZY OSBOURNE - “Perry Mason” (Official Video)
Grand Theft Auto III
Claude
Ugly Sonic
Donkey Kong
Ryu
Taekwondo
The Atlantic
Ian Bogost
Skibidi Toilet
Garry’s Mod
Watch_Dogs series
inFAMOUS: Second Son
Helldivers II
Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth
Astro Bot
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine
Miles “Tails” Prower
Miqo’te
Stray
UFO 50
5: Nineteenletterslong asks, what are the grossest looking hands in video games? (35:17)
Yakuza 0
30 Rock
Elden Ring
Wallmaster
Shenmue
Marvel Snap
Balatro
DC Heroes United
Vampire Survivors
Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League
Why Batman Doesn’t Kill
Solomon Grundy
Splatterhouse
Ethan Winters
Resident Evil 7
Resident Evil: Village
Resident Evil 5
Resident Evil 6
6: Without looking anything up, what do you think the “Tails Doll” creepypasta is about? (41:23)
Tails Doll
Tails Doll Creepypasta
Sonic Adventure
Sonic R
Traveller’s Tales
Metal Sonic
Christian Whitehead
Sonic Mania
Sonic CD
Five Nights at Freddy’s
Rad Mobile
7: What is the The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) of video games? (45:41)
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
Tobe Hooper
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986)
Lifeforce (1985)
Deadly Premonition
Cavia
Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days
Disco Elysium
The Cave
8: Merritt, have you worked on any video games with compelling narratives about awful people? (49:34)
Fledgling Manor
Visual novel
Big Brother
What We Do in the Shadows
In Secret Places
Friday Night Funkin’
Vertigo Comics
Shade, the Changing Man
Chakan
Demonschool
Baldur’s Gate III
FRIGHTENING ROUND: Dating Draculas (58:53)
Recommendations and Outro (01:09:22):
Merritt: Fledgling Manor on Steam and itch.io, Retro Game Zine Issue 001 - It Came From The Desert,
Frank: Vote, and not Republican.
Brandon: Vote for Harris regardless of whether or not you like her and her many problems, let’s get those fascists back in the ground where they belong, Hiruko the Goblin (1991), Desert Golfing
Jaffe: Consider phone banking for the Environmental Voter Project, send us your homemade Horrible Buzzers to possibly hear them in the show!
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00:00 - introduction
20:06 - #36
22:53 - #35
25:26 - #34
27:50 - #33
30:29 - #32
33:03 - #31
25:41 - #30
38:27 - #29
41:08 - #28
43:50 - #27
46:30 - #26
48:54 - #25
51:56 - #24
54:16 - #23
56:50 - #22
59:41 - #21
1:02:23 - #20
1:04:39 - #19
1:07:07 - #18
1:09:54 - #17
1:12:31 - #16
1:15:03 - #15
1:17:25 - #14
1:19:51 - #13
1:22:38 - #12
1:25:06 - #11
1:27:46 - #10
1:30:26 - #9
1:33:11 - #8
1:36:08 - #7
1:39:02 - #6
1:41:49 - #5
1:44:32 - #4
1:47:07 - #3
1:49:40 - #2 + #1
2:00:44 - outroduction
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Ash Parrish of The Verge returns as host to implement new segments, consider community Halo grievances, and weigh evidence that Frank might have been the first person to ever draw a dick in Pictochat. Hosted by Ash Parrish, with Frank Cifaldi, Tim Rogers, and Brandon Sheffield. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.
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SHOW NOTES:
Commodore 64
Jet-Boys
Overwatch League
New York Excelsior
“Ante Up” clip
M.O.P. - Ante Up (Official Music Video)
New jack swing
Sonic the Hedgehog 3
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Tempo
DK Rap
DK Rap Composer
Chap hop
Fighting Trousers - Professor Elemental
Mr.B The Gentleman Rhymer
Math rock
Nerdcore
MC Chris
MC Frontalot
Eminem
Penny Arcade
Gorillaz
PaRappa the Rapper
Andy Schatz
LMFAO - Shots ft. Lil Jon
Parable of the Sower
Ursula K. Le Guin
Octavia E. Butler
Xenogears / Xenosaga universe
El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron
Alan Rickman
Dogma (1999)
Metatron
1: When did animals pivot from enemies to allied NPCs in video games? (13:58)
Can You Pet the Dog?
Tomb Raider
Fable
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
Final Fantasy XVI
Dead to Rights: Retribution
Call of Duty: Ghosts
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare
Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare
Call of Duty universe
Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days
Kane & Lynch: Dead Men
Jeff Gerstmann
Yes, a Games Writer was Fired Over Review Scores
2: (New Segment) What the hell is going on at Nintendo? Part I - Alarmo (23:00)
Alarmo
Shigeru Miyamoto
Kendrick Lamar - Not Like Us
Splatoon 3
Charles Martinet
Ring Fit Adventure
AIBO
Gunpei Yokoi
Wii
Nintendo DS
Pokémon Smile
Pokémon GO
Pikmin Bloom
Pokémon Sleep
Dragon Quest Walk
Pokéwalker
Doom
Super Mario Bros.
My Cousin Vinny (1992)
3: What should Nintendo’s next lifestyle product be? (31:20)
Wii Vitality Sensor
Pee-wee’s Playhouse
Super Mario 64
Tick Tock Clock
Wii Music
Animal Crossing series
4: What the hell is going on at Nintendo? Part II - Switch Online Playtest (34:15)
Here’s how to apply for Nintendo’s mystery Switch Online playtest
Nintendo Switch Online
GameCube
Super Mario Bros. 35
F-Zero 99
SpotPass and StreetPass
Wolf Link
Lego Fortnite
Fortnite
Minecraft
Stanford prison experiment
PictoChat
5: (New Segment) r/OffMyChest (43:00)
Halo series
A New Dawn | Halo Studios
Melissa Boone
Sweet Baby Inc.
A paper out of New York University on social media finds “0.1% of users shared 80% of fake news,” and “74% of all online conflicts are started in just 1% of communities”
Assassin’s Creed Shadows devs address blowback over game’s ‘historical accuracy’
Yasuke
Ubisoft responds to rumors about Tencent’s potential buyout
Masahiro Ito
Silent Hill 2
Maria
Stellar Blade
Alan Wake II
Disinformation and conspiracy theories cloud Helene recovery efforts in hard-hit areas
Yves Guillemot
Star Wars: Outlaws
The Insert Credit Forums
The Action Button Discord AKA The Goblin Bunker
Princess Mononoke (1997)
Elden Ring
Shachō Eiyūden: The Eagle-Shooting Heroes
Mortal Kombat
Hyung-Tae Kim
Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth
Master Chief
LIGHTNING ROUND: Metaphor: ReFanpastio (01:19:28)
Recommendations and Outro (01:29:34):
Frank: Own your media, if you know what Frank means, and Frank don’t mean disks, if you know what Frank means
Brandon: The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap, 12 Angry Men (1957), don’t forget to watch good things if you’re a person who enjoys trash things, The Matrix Resurrections (2021)
Tim: Frankenstein (1931)
Ash: The Animatrix (2003)
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Reporter for The Verge Ash Parrish guests hosts our panel as they correctly guess the discourse around Zelda and Dragon Age, briefly review Megalopolis, and develop a free exclusive phrase you can use! Hosted by Ash Parrish, with Frank Cifaldi, Tim Rogers, and Brandon Sheffield. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.
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SHOW NOTES:
Portland Retro Gaming Expo
Atari
Jeff Minter
Llama
Alpaca
What Is a ‘Beige Flag’?
Nosferatu
Lumetri scope
r/Vexillology
Gadsden flag
Honey badger
Rainbow flag
Purdue University
Indiana University
1: Are there any games that take heavily from Jewish mythology? (11:01)
Dante’s Inferno
Inferno
Castle Wolfenstein series
Noah’s Ark
Exile
Raji: An Ancient Epic
Black Myth: Wukong
Journey to the West
Dream of the Red Chamber
Romance of the Three Kingdoms
Water Margin
One Thousand and One Nights
Majin and the Forsaken Kingdom
Golem
Kabbalah
Sefirot
Sephiroth
Final Fantasy VII
Hironobu Sakaguchi
Lost Odyssey
Fantasian
The Last Story
Blue Dragon
Etrian Odyssey HD
Seinfeld Scene It?
2: How do you feel about the direction Dragon Age is going? (19:16)
Dragon Age: The Veilguard
Dragon Age series
Baldur’s Gate III
Lego
Playmobil
Oliver Twist
Star Wars
Brown paper bag test
the image of Veilguard on Steam tim mentions
Mass Effect series
Avowed
Saints Row: The Third
Forspoken
Final Fantasy XIV Online
Cyberpunk 2077
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
1-2-Switch
Metroid series
Space Channel 5
Nana
Ai Yazawa
Ai Yazawa’s art of Ulala, with Nana and Hachi
Bloodborne
3: What is the Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis (2024) of video games? (36:56)
Megalopolis (2024)
Francis Ford Coppola
Mike Drucker’s tweet
Hideo Kojima
SimCity
Metropolis (1927)
Metropolis (2001)
Cosmopolis (2012)
Casshern (2004)
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004)
Tomorrowland (2015)
Will Wright
Spore
Stupid Fun Club
The Sims
Raid on Bungeling Bay
The Conversation (1974)
Flash Gordon
Jerry Rice & Nitus’ Dog Football
Alien Hominid
The Godfather (1972)
Death Stranding
Tim Burton
Laurence Fishburne
4: Design a serious triple-A video game about Moo Deng (44:45)
Moo Deng
The Last of Us
God of War: Ragnarök
Heroes
Hungry Hungry Hippos
Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey (2023)
Screamboat
5: How can Nintendo make a well-rounded all-ages video game with a female protagonist that isn’t Samus? (48:34)
Samus Aran
The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom
Princess Peach: Showtime!
Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom doesn’t test your intelligence enough
Princess Peach: Showtime! is clever and playful, but Peach deserves more
Astro Bot
Super Smash Brothers series
Metroid series
Super Princess Peach
Kirby games
Super Mario Bros. Wonder
Mario Kart series
Shigeru Miyamoto
The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening
Super Mario Bros. 2
Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker
New Super Mario Bros. U
6: Design a game starring either Princess Peach or Zelda (56:58)
Tomb Raider series
Barbie licensees
Super Mario Odyssey
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
Three Dirty Dwarves
Hyrule Warriors
Zelda: The Wand of Gamelon
Zelda’s Adventure
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Sheik
Mario Kart 8
LIGHTNING ROUND: GameFAQ&As - The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom (01:03:32)
Recommendations and Outro (01:09:43):
Frank: Sometimes you should have a burrito
Tim: See Megalopolis (2024) in theaters. If you want it to be a good movie, watch Metropolis (1927), Metropolis (2001), Nosferatu (1920), and at the lowest framerate possible Intolerance (1916), as well as Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992), and also you should have seen The Godfather (1972)
Brandon: Reservation Dogs season 3, the original Bubblegum Crisis OVAs, The Left Hand of Darkness
Ash: Appleseed (1988), Dandadan
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I really enjoyed the show this week, despite the asynchronicity. Great panel. Please ask Kate back for a synchronous show!
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My favourite kind of IC episode, with Brandon out and about recording. I look forward to the next one!
its body time.
Great episode! Please more like this at some point :-)
Great episode with Kat Bailey 5 stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
More Esper Quinn appearances please!
I love this show the music is so pleasant the main group have such a wonderful energy, and all the guests are important interesting subjects that bring a wonderful unique energy. I look forward to new episodes every week and im so thankful this show exists. also Jaffe is so funny and creative with questions, intros, and outros what a perfect podcasting specimen
Great episode, I laughed quite a bit. I loved Laura's vibe, she was a great guest.
Heck yeah, this episode was great.
I love that they are back at it!
This was an awesome, really thoughtful episode on what issues plague the video game industry (especially a lack of diversity) and what can be done to fix it.
holy shit Bashi Bazook music