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Ep. 367 - Rings Aren't Coins Dec 09, 2024

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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:

1: Are all video games inherently political? (04:58)

2: How do video game trailers lose you? (10:38)

3: Which game console has the best library of games released by third parties after its discontinuation? (15:37)

4: Design a new boot-up screen for the PlayStation 6 (21:00)

5: Captain asks, what makes a video game coin enjoyable to pick up? (27:17)

6: Frank, what can you tell us about the state of game preservation this year? (33:54)

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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Ep. 366 - Xboxen Dec 02, 2024

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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. Watch episodes with full video on YouTube Discuss this episode in the Insert Credit Forums SHOW NOTES: 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 This week’s Insert Credit Show is brought to you by The Storied Sword, available digitally and physically, and patrons like you. Thank you. Subscribe: RSS, YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more!

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Ep. 365 - Post-Crisis Sonic 2 Nov 25, 2024

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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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SHOW NOTES:

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)

2: At what point is a game’s DLC worth judging as its own entity? (12:08)

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)

4: What is the Nintendo Listo? (24:58)

Apology Corner: None of the Hansons from Hanson are dead (32:54)

5: Feral asks, what are your favorite completely missable areas in video games?

6: What is the Morbius of video games? (42:50)

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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Ep. 364 - Way More Chooms, with Kieron Gillen Nov 18, 2024

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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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SHOW NOTES:

1: What’s the difference between game culture and comics culture? (04:44)

2: In tabletop game design, how do you make a game that allows players to do anything, while maintaining a unique identity? (10:03)

3: What’s the closest a video game has come to ruining your life? (17:19)

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)

5: PersonalMatthew asks, how important is it that someone writing about videogames be “good” at videogames? (34:33)

6: What was the golden age of video game journalism? (40:53)

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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Ep. 363 - Love in the Time of Dragons Nov 11, 2024

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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.

1: Have video games completely realized the concept of importing your data from one game to the next? (20:59)

2: What do people really mean when they talk about learning curves? (27:46)

3: What’s up with video games having “Dragon” in the title and then not having very many dragons? (33:41)

4: Which video game character is tattooed on the most human bodies? (38:47)

The Insert Credit Quick Break: Puppy Cam! (44:34)

5: Esther Weinbach asks, what is the most important thing you’ve ever learned from a video game? (45:38)

6: Can you think of a single piece of memorable video game music from the past ten years? (54:37)

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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Ep. 362 - Official Mario Bong, with Mathew Kumar Nov 04, 2024

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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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SHOW NOTES:

1: merritt k asks, what are some of the more interesting bootleg or knockoff consoles? (06:50)

2: What The Hell Is Going On At Nintendo? Part II Chapter 2 - Online Network Test (20:16)

3: What The Hell Is Going On At Nintendo? Part III - Nintendo Music (26:50)

4: At this point in your life, what would it take to get you to play more video games? (32:34)

5: Is Tommy Tallarico a backgammon champion now? (40:37)

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)

LIGHTNING ROUND: Name Design - Magic: the Gathering Cards (58:24)

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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Ep. 361 - Specdracular 2024, with merritt k Oct 28, 2024

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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. Watch this episode with full video on YouTube Discuss this episode in the Insert Credit Forums 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! This week’s Insert Credit Show is brought to you by patrons like you. Thank you. Subscribe: RSS, YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more!

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insert credit #360: tim rogers enjoys 36 xbox 360 games Oct 22, 2024

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View the full video for this episode on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fi7Sfj3quMA

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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Ep. 359 - Be Curious, with Ash Parrish Oct 14, 2024

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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. Discuss this episode in the Insert Credit Forums 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) 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!

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Ep. 358 - Soak the Hippo, Save the World, with Ash Parrish Oct 07, 2024

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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. Discuss this episode in the Insert Credit Forums 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 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!

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