Go back to hell! Insert Credit celebrates the release of Demonschool by analyzing trends in indie releases, the best grids in games, and of course, woke. 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:

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  Tooth Protectors
  


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  Number Munchers
  


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  Pac-Man
  


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  Prince
  


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  “Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today…”
  


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  Demonschool
  


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  Preacher
  


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  Garth Ennis
  


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  Elder Scrolls series
  


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  Demonology
  


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  Succubus
  


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  Hollow Knight: Silksong
  

1: What’s the difference between setting a video game in high school and setting a video game in college? (03:33 )

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  Persona 5
  


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  Talmud
  


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  Coneheads (1993)
  


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  Kurt Feldman
  


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  Rob Zombie - Dragula
  


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  No Doubt
  


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  The Matrix (1999)
  

2: Do indie developers find success by making what they want to play, or by following the market? (09:18 )

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  Ysbryd Games
  


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  Q-UP
  


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  Unfair Flips
  


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  Vampire Survivors
  


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  Roblox
  


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  Goat Simulator
  

3: What are the best grids in video games? (14:49 )

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  Legend of Zelda series
  


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  Tomb Raider series
  


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  Tetris
  


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  Puyo Puyo
  


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  Frame Gride
  


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  Animal Crossing series
  


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  Sokoban
  


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  Portal
  


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  Alundra
  


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  Resident Evil 4
  


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  Save Room
  


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  Solatorobo: Red the Hunter
  


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  Unpacking
  


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  The Grid
  


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  California Extreme
  


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  Bioshock
  


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  Pipe Dream
  

4: When making a video game, how woke should it be? (20:39 )

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  Woke
  


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  Steam
  


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  Astrology
  


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  Magic: the Gathering
  

5: Tom Arrow asks, how did the rise and fall of Blockbuster video impact videogames? (27:39 )

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  Blockbuster
  


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  Walmart
  


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  Working Designs
  


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  Sonic the Hedgehog 2
  


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  Superman 64
  


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  GameFly
  


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  Flex Three Subscription PC
  


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  Counter-Strike series
  


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  Valorant
  


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  Minecraft
  


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  Ray tracing
  


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  Path tracing
  

6: How much does the average video game player want to be challenged? (34:13 )

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  Fortnite
  


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  Gacha games
  


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  PUBG Mobile
  


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  VGHF: “We’ve completed our digitized collection of E3 directories from 1995–2006”
  


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  Wordle
  


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  CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
  


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  Law & Order
  


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  Hades
  

7: What movie is Demonschool of video games? (40:02 )

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  Demons (1985)
  


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  Lamberto Bava
  


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  Mario Bava
  


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  Last Action Hero (1993)
  


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  School of Rock (2003)
  


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  Jack Black
  

8: What’s the Empire Records (1995) of video games? (42:01 )

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  Empire Records (1995)
  


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  Clerks (1994)
  


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  That Thing You Do! (1996)
  


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  insert credit
  


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  The Gin Blossoms - Til I Hear It From You
  

LIGHTNING ROUND: Trashtalkal RPG (43:21 )

Recommendations and Outro (48:20 ):

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  Brandon: Demonschool
  


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  Ash: Demonschool, consider running for office
  


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  Frank: Demonschool, Pluribus
  


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  Jaffe: Call and yell at your representatives
  

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