The Insert Credit panel you know and love discuss developments in game journalism, gacha games about girls who are horses, and what happens when you put Coke Zero in espresso. 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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  “I’m almost there, touching the numinous”
  


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  Murderbot
  


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  The Murderbot Diaries
  

1: Ash, you used to write for Kotaku, right? (03:29 )

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  Kotaku
  

2: Ash, what’s your read on this whole G/O Media selling Kotaku to Gizmodo’s parent company? (03:36 )

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  G/O Media sells Kotaku and says it’s “winding down”
  


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  Gizmodo
  


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  Jim Spanfeller
  


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  io9
  


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  The Root
  


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  What Is an io9?
  


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  The Verge
  


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  Polygon
  


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  Iodine
  


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  SegaSammy merger
  


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  SquareEnix merger
  


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  Dragon Quest series
  


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  Hi-Fi Rush
  


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  Tango Gameworks
  


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  Krafton slams ex-Subnautica 2 execs — who now say they’re suing
  

3: When is it cool that a video game changes the rules on you, and when is it annoying? (08:55 )

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  Xbox 360
  


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  Sega Genesis
  


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  Commodore 64
  

4: What non-video game piece of media do you think has inspired the most video games? (13:20 )

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  Star Wars
  


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  The Lord of the Rings
  


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  Dune
  


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  Sailor Moon
  


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  Gambling
  


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  Magical girl
  


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  Dungeons & Dragons
  


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  Zoobooks
  


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  Sonic the Hedgehog
  


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  Bill Clinton
  


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  Arsenio Hall
  


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  Cedric the Entertainer
  


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  Knuckles the Echidna
  


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  Michael Jackson
  


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  How Sonic The Hedgehog Was Directly Inspired By Bill Clinton and Michael Jackson
  


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  Miles “Tails” Prower
  


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  A.C. Slater
  


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  Screech Powers
  


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  Blade Runner (1982)
  


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  Phantasy Star
  


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  Final Fantasy VI
  


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  Alien (1979)
  


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  Metroid
  

5: Design 3 new characters for Uma Musume: Pretty Derby (18:27 )

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  Uma Musume: Pretty Derby
  


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  Infinity Nikki
  


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  Seabiscuit
  


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  Kentucky Derby
  


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  Babe Ruth
  


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  Shiori Fujisaki
  


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  Tokimeki Memorial
  


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  Eve
  


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  DraftKings
  


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  Bayonetta
  


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  Jill Valentine
  


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  Lady Dimitrescu
  


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  2B
  


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  Kainé
  


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  Samus Aran
  


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  Stellar Blade
  


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  The iDOLM@STER series
  

Minigame: Gacha Time! (24:44 )

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  John Smith
  


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  The Outfoxies
  


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  Governor Griffon
  


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  Red Dead Revolver
  


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  Steven Tyler
  


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  Orianna
  


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  The Witcher III: Wild Hunt
  


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  The Nothing
  


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  Fortnite
  


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  Autkendo Jansa
  


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  The Elder Scrolls IV: Shivering Isles
  


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  Karlach
  


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  Baldur’s Gate III
  


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  Heidi Kalson
  


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  The Sims: Life Stories
  


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  Bonker
  


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  Clay Fighter
  

6: Alex Jaffe asks, what is an indie game? (33:13 )

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  Indie Game: the Movie (2012)
  


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  Braid
  


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  Fez
  


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  Super Meat Boy
  


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  Minecraft
  


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  Naughty Dog
  


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  Brandon Boyer
  


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  Necrosoft
  

Minigame: 18 Questions - Real Person Who Has Appeared in the Greatest Number of Video Games (38:31 )

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  John Madden
  


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  Harrison Ford
  


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  Sid Meier’s Civilization series
  


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  Genghis Khan
  


• (SPOILER) The Real Person Who Has Appeared in the Greatest Number of Video Games
  

7: Gemstonez asks, please rank and discuss the PlayStation games mentioned in the song “My Console” by Eiffel 65 (43:12 )

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  Eiffel 65 - My Console
  


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