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Ep. 450 - The Italian Hyphen Jul 20, 2026

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The panel covers game cancellations, Gen Z’s first games, and consummating a game. 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: Suikoden Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Je suis-koden “What are you doing dying! Awful! Start over!” Triceratops Tyrannosaurus Pachycephalosaurus Ankylosaurus Stegosaurus Monster Hunter series 1: What game do you think was the first game for the highest percentage of Gen Z gamers? (03:14) Generation Z Minecraft Wii New Super Mario Bros. Wii Wii Sports Guitar Hero series Angry Birds Subway Surfers Roblox Generation Alpha Mega Man: Legacy Collection Nintendo 64 2: What was the longest you have been stuck on a video game? (08:52) Exile: Wicked Phenomenon TurboGrafx Shenmue II Tomb Raider II PlayStation Bubsy Prima Strategy Guides GameFAQs 3: What’s the hardest you’ve ever been hit by a video game cancellation? (15:32) Data West Bonk RPG Yakuza: Like a Dragon SNK King of Fighters series Vectorman series Sonic X-treme Final Fantasy Versus XIII Final Fantasy XIII-2 Final Fantasy XV Forbes: An ‘Assassin’s Creed’ Civil War Game Was Canceled Because Of Yasuke Reaction, US Politics Red Dead Redemption Mafia III Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag - Freedom Cry Castle Wolfenstein series Kotaku: Warner Bros. Cancels Wonder Woman Game And Shuts Down Shadow Of Mordor Studio X-Women: The Sinister Virus EarthBound 64 The Adventures of Batman & Robin Jesper Kyd Kingdom Hearts IV 4: If you could replace the words “Press Start” on video game start up screens with any other phrase, what would it be? (21:50) Insert Credit Elite Beat Agents TurboGrafx Nintendo Entertainment System Chulip 5: Propelleher asks, what video game character would you trust to house sit for you while you’re away? (26:44) Kazuma Kiryu Frey Holland Big the Cat Sonic the Hedgehog King Jack Blanka Chibi-Robo Servbot Dr. Robotnik Scratch Grounder Miles “Tails” Prower Cream the Rabbit Amy Rose Knuckles’ Chaotix Charmy Bee Cheese the Chao Blaze the Cat Goofy Pluto 6: What do you predict will be the final non-Nintendo game released on a disc? (32:49) Wii U Call of Duty series Sega Genesis FIFA series Nintendo Switch 2 PlayStation 2 PlayStation 3 MLB series Just Dance series PlayStation 5 Frogger GameBoy Color Game Gear Ms. Pac-Man 7: What is the Chubby Checker’s “Let’s Twist Again” of video games? (36:05) Chubby Checker The Twist Let’s Twist Again Twistin’ USA Twist It Up Do The Freddie Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Remake Bubsy series Street Fighter II series Mortal Kombat series Overwatch 2 Metal Gear Solid: VR Missions Super Mario 64 Lair Sixaxis The Last of Us series LIGHTNING ROUND: Micro Maker (41:25) Recommendations and Outro (52:12): Brandon: Flamin’ Hot Doritos, dried jackfruit, check out your local physical media place and just look around Frank: That’s It Organic Fruit Crunchables, figure out how to consume media without watching ads because the social contract has been broken Ash: Fla-Vor-Ice This week’s Insert Credit Show is brought to you by patrons like you. Thank you. Gen Z/Gen Alpha listeners ONLY! Send a one minute or less .mp3 or .wav of yourself sharing your first video game, the games you remember your older siblings playing, or what you think the final Prima Strategy Guide was to show@insertcredit.com and maybe we’ll play it on air in a future episode! Subscribe: RSS, YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more!

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Ep. 449 - Gathering Lavender, with Jesse Thorn Jul 13, 2026

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Legendary podcaster and founder of Maximum Fun Jesse Thorn joins Ash and Brandon for summer speedruns, a Def Jam: Vendetta update, and the besta Bethesda. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Ash Parrish, Brandon Sheffield, and Jesse Thorn. 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: Vampire Diphthong Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles “Striker to the line! Leg it! Leg it!” selectbutton podcast Topher Florence GameRankings.com WatchMojo Splitscreen Kotaku Retronauts Bonk series PC Engine Sega Saturn Taito Gamasutra GDC Jordan, Jesse, Go! Jordan Morris Judge John Hodgman Bullseye with Jesse Thorn Maximum Fun Jesse Thorn Monk Never Not Funny Archive.org 1: What’s going on with speedrunning lately? (04:30) Summer Games Done Quick Kotaku: 8 Incredible Speedruns You Have To Watch Right Now Balatro by adef in 1:04:49 Tetris by meme and huff 36:00 Sonic Dream Team by huds601 and Argick in 1:06:25 Hollow Knight: Silksong by mathulu in 1:42:41 Peanut Butter the Speedrunning Dog Ken Griffey Jr. Presents MLB by Peanut Butter the Dog & JSR_ in 29:48 Mr. Bones by shmumbler and Spectral in 36:09 Ep. 423 - Explode My Bones Gracie’s Game Gauntlet Superman 64 Wayne’s World Costco Connection Gray Matter Inc. The Crow: City of Angels God Hand 2: How are old bad games bad differently from how new bad games are bad? (11:32) PowerWash Simulator Roblox Call of Ponchy: Mahjong Warfare 3: Design a new Def Jam fighting game for 2026 (17:11) Def Jam: Vendetta PaRappa the Rapper Scarface Ludacris WC Jay-Z Mankind Stone Cold Steve Austin Wu-Tang: Shaolin Style Shaq Fu Wu-Tang: Rise of the Deceiver Evan Narcisse Zoe Tunnell Carmen Electra Lil’ Kim Megan Thee Stallion Bayonetta Umamusume: Pretty Derby Crazy Taxi series Cappadonna Chap hop MC Chris They Might Be Giants John Hodgman Musique concrète Mr.B The Gentleman Rhymer Trap Grime Drill King of Fighters series Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls Tony Hawk Pro Skater 1 + 2 Snoop Dogg Jean-Michel Basquiat Too Short Roxanne Shante Yakuza series E-40 4: Are video games artsy? (25:27) Katamari Damacy Walking simulator Yume Nikki Tactile Dome Viewfinder 5: LeFish asks, would you rather live one year of your life with big head mode, loudly speak like a Mario, or only be able to walk like you’re tank controlled? (34:07) Big Head Mode Mario Tank controls Charles Martinet Metaphor: ReFantazio Yes Man Eat Pray Love Granada Pop’n Tanks! Bolo Girls und Panzer series Armored Core series Cowboy Bebop Yoko Kanno 6: What’s the best-a Bethesda? (43:27) The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Starfield Fallout series IHRA Professional Drag Racing 2005 Mass Effect series Ghostwire: Tokyo Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus Wolfenstein 3D Ghost of Yotei Kumail Nanjiani Fallout Taskmaster Peacemaker Steve Agee Paul Scheer Suicide Squad John Ostrander John Economos James Gunn Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) Pee-wee’s Big Adventure (1985) Paul Rubens Dana Gould Gex Dr. Zaius Hanging With Dr. Z Planet of the Apes series Blaine Capatch The Merv Griffin Show (Seinfeld) LIGHTNING ROUND: Equip This On (56:33) Iori Yagami Red Soma Cruz Kazuma Kiryu The Bouncer (Sion Barzahd) Sora Kefka Luso Clemens Alucard Tingle Recommendations and Outro (01:21:18): Jesse: Delete Out of the Park Baseball off your work computer, The Larry Sanders Show, Vincent Price Art Museum, Vincent Price vs. Peter Lorre in Wine Tasting Contest Ash: Unbeatable OST, Theater of Blood (1973) Brandon: Stella Chang’s music, the films of Marc Price 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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Ep. 448 - Werewolf Cancellation Jul 06, 2026

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Our illustrious panel covers the end of games on discs, Marathon Steve, and how much money Ash has spent on Love and Deepspace. 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: You Smoke Too Tough. Your Swag Too Different. Your Bitch Is Too Bad. They’ll Kill You “You notice a dog smell.” Taekwondo Cleveland Dragon Boat Association Aikido Bouldering Grades Bouldering Mission: Impossible 2 (2000) Rock climbing 1: Can we address Sony? (06:20) Kotaku: Sony Ending Discs For All New PlayStation Games Starting In 2028 Eurogamer: Sony announces an end to the PS3 and Vita digital stores Kotaku: PlayStation Is Deleting 551 Movies From Customers’ Accounts E3 2013: Xbox One Star Fox Resident Evil 4 GameCube GameStop Kotaku: Xbox Is Reportedly Testing A Way To Digitize Your Physical Games Funko Pop Kingdom Hearts series Tomb Raider series Bloodborne Limited Run FanGamer Strictly Limited Statement from VGHF director Frank Cifaldi on the discontinuation of physical PlayStation media, and the closure of the PS3 and PSP digital storefronts. 2: What’s the longest you’ve played a game before realizing you were playing it the wrong way? (12:50) Aftermath: I Believe In The Idea Of ‘Marathon Steve’ Marathon Pokemon series Pidgey Rattata Sonic the Hedgehog series MMO Dragon Slayer: The Legend of Heroes II PC Engine Final Fantasy XIV Infinity Nikki 3: What are the most inventive ways the camera has been used in a video game? (17:56) Fatal Frame Nintendo 3DS Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance Love and Deepspace Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Silent Hill Silent Hill (2006) Pac-Man Karateka Apple II Jordan Mechner LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight Alfred Hitchcock Square Enix Final Fantasy VII Final Fantasy VIII 4: What should Jaffe do about the fan response to his popular romance game? (24:21) Kotaku: Love And Deepspace Devs Decide To Cancel New Werewolf Love Interest After Fans Reportedly Send Them Cow Shit Mass Effect 3 ending controversy BTS Metroid series 5: spencergifs asks, how long should it take to make a game? (34:15) This month’s monthly bonus episode Riddler Star Citizen Blue Prince Sos Sosowski Lazy Kickers Claude Grand Theft Auto VI Sega Genesis Zoop 6: On which non-video game subjects does most or all of your knowledge on them come from video games? (40:35) Assembly language Golf Baseball R.B.I. Baseball Volleyball Haikyu!! Rock Band series La Li Lu Le Lo Templars Cooking Mama Nintendo 3DS Guide Louvre Animal Crossing series Jiangshi Where in North Dakota is Carmen Sandiego? Devils Lake Persona series Koryo Tours: Pyongyang Racer Roger Maris 7: What is The Godfather Part III (1990) of video games? (46:07) Kingdom Hearts III Sofia Coppola Shenmue III Final Fantasy III Dragon Age: The Veilguard Dino Crisis 3 Fallout series Atari Atari Recharged series Masters of the Universe (2026) Bubsy series Sonic the Hedgehog 4 Sonic Mania Toy Story series LIGHTNING ROUND: The Price is Sprite (52:04) Recommendations and Outro (01:04:59): Frank: matttt - comic & manga history Brandon: The Amstrad GX4000: A VERY Underrated Console | Kim Justice I Love Boosters (2026) Quadrophonia - Cozmic Jam Blu-Ray.com Auntie Ash’s Self-Care Corner: Take your shirt off Write shit down 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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Ep. 447 - Formative Game Uncles Jun 29, 2026

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Frank, Ash, and Brandon answer questions about episodic games, the ever-changing “average gamer,” and full-frontal Mario. 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: Video Game History Foundation Sonic Sez Punky Brewster “I’m brave, I’m hairy, and your dad loves me.” Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time - The Lost Woods Theme Alarmo Jay John Mayer - Waiting on the World to Change Evanesence - Bring Me to Life Wham! - Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go 1: When should a game be released in chapters as opposed to all at once? (04:28) Deltarune Esper’s bluesky post Sam & Max series Toby Fox Poppy Playtime Dispatch Telltale Games AdHoc Studio Dreamcast Grauen no Torikago Kapitel 3: Kansei GameTap American McGee’s Grimm Katamari Damacy Tim Burton Temu 2: How old should a game be before it gets a remake? (09:54) The Last of Us series Resident Evil series Silent Hill series Final Fantasy VII: Remake Metal Gear Solid series MindsEye Star Fox Disney’s Robin Hood Five Nights at Freddy’s series 3: What would you consider the worst timed video game releases in history? (15:18) Kotaku: Konami Is Suing To Unmask Whoever’s Responsible For The Major Metal Gear Solid 2 Source Code Leak Disaster Report 4: Summer Memories Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp Propeller Arena Grand Theft Auto VI Animal Crossing: New Horizons Doom Eternal Barbenheimer Hades Battleborn Overwatch The Outer Worlds Outer Wilds Duke Nukem Forever 4: What is an uncle game? (20:06) The Guardian: Long live the ‘unc game’ AAVE Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 World of WarCraft Madden series FIFA series Wordle Spelling Bee Roblox Mecca Chameleon Mina the Hollower Friendslop Grand Theft Auto V NCAA Football series NBA 2K series NBA Jam series Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas Tiger Woods PGA series Street Fighter II Sonic the Hedgehog Guilty Gear series Dragon Ball Z: Budokai series Def Jam: Fight for NY Tony Hawk skateboarding series Lode Runner Duke Nukem series Atari Coleco Intellivision Sega Genesis Mortal Kombat 5: Room Check! (29:39) youtube.com/insertcreditshow Soundsheets Darius Space Harrier Quartet Fantasy Zone Master System Osamu Murata Casette tape KQED Forum Sega Take Your Daughter to Work Day City Year Cleveland Jesse Owens V for Vendetta V for Vendetta (2005) Scarabaeidae Dung beetle 6: SuperDQP asks, which game franchise should get a “the movie the game” treatment? (38:45) Street Fighter the Movie the Game Super Mario Bros. (1993) Super Mario series CD-i Midway Games Mortal Kombat series NARC Cyberpunk 2077 Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life (2003) Naughty Dog Crystal Dynamics Java JavaScript Cradle 2 the Grave (2003) Paul W. S. Anderson Wii Sonic the Hedgehog (2020) Jim Carrey The Riddler Sonic and the Black Knight 007: First Light King of Fighters (2009) Tekken (2009) Need for Speed (2014) Gran Turismo (2023) LIGHTNING ROUND: Pride or Die (46:12) Recommendations and Outro (57:50): Brandon: not any of the Jaws sequels Nirvana X-Rom - Wired Into Your Brain Priscilla Page’s Predator and Prey essays Karaoke Videos - 99% Invisible InnerSpiral’s I Built This Body To Hold Yours Jim Wilson’s Center Core Never More seiji oda - LAST SUMMER Ash: Road to Empress II or maybe not because it has a lot of Gen AI Jaffe: give us money! Or leave a review 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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Ep. 446 - Extra Capitalismishness Jun 22, 2026

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The panel you know and love discusses the video game industry crash, Grand Theft Auto VI expectations, and the human body’s fun port. 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 we in a video game industry crash? (06:47)

2: Is there any scenario where Grand Theft Auto VI is a flop? (11:18)

3: What are the biggest tells that a once ambitious game developer is beginning to rest on their laurels? (15:22)

4: What QA notes do you have for the developers of reality? (21:33)

5: Dillson asks years ago, who will the next developer or publisher or voice actor to announce an NFT project? (27:35)

6: On a personal level, what video games most engage your imagiation? (34:16)

7: What are the best games to have on your phone when kids ask if you have games on your phone? (39:47)

LIGHTNING ROUND: Game Namers (44:20)

Recommendations and Outro (01:04:48):

Ash: Duppy Detective Tashia, thank a black person in your life, thank a queer person in your life
Brandon: Submit your game to the Game Industry Hardship Fund, Zdzisława Sośnicka, Japanese instrumental Jazz Fusion and Light Jazz playlist for Ash

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Ep. 445 - The Video Game Stork Jun 15, 2026

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Your Insert Credit panel covers the rest of the news from Summer Game Fest, where games come from, and Mortal Kombat fetishism. 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: Watch episodes with full video on YouTube “My mayor Muslim, my bagel Jewish, my Christian Dior, Kingdom Hearts IV.” Kingdom Hearts IV Midtown Comics 007: First Light GoldenEye 007 Pokemon series Phantasy Star II Ys: Books I & II PC Engine GameFAQs 1: Anything interesting at the other summer game events we didn’t cover last time? (05:36) Summer Game Fest PlayStation State of Play Xbox Showcase Nintendo Direct Gears Of War: E-Day Is An Xbox Console Exclusive, And Is Not Coming To PS5 Kingdom Hearts fans cry foul over AI-generated artwork claims God of War Laufey Ocarina of Time Remake Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask Legend of Zelda movie Spyro: A Realm Beyond Toys For Bob Goes Indie Amiibo Mike Fahey Tupac Appears in New RGG Studios Game Snoop Dogg Yakuza series Movement To Remove Voice Actor Who Has Admitted To Sexual Assault Has Yakuza Fans At Breaking Point Shaq Kurt Cobain and Johnny Cash sing YMCA in “Band Hero” Marilyn Monroe Zombie gen Atlas Day of the Devs Tim Schafer 2: What are we going to do when every triple-A new game has AI? (19:37) Ys series 3: What other Final Fantasy characters should be distributed to fighting games? (21:14) Cloud Strife Sephiroth Super Smash Bros. series Clive Rosfield Tekken series Tifa Lockhart Street Fighter series Guilty Gear series Kimahri Ronso Noctis Lucis Caelum Sol Badguy Vaan Final Fantasy XII Vincent Valentine Jack Garland Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin SoulCalibur series Mortal Kombat series Squall Leonhart Samurai Shodown series Auron Cyan Garamonde Final Fantasy VI Cait Sith Bloody Roar series Altered Beast 3-D WorldRunner Dark Presence Galloping Ghost Aerith Gainsborough Ehrgeiz: God Bless the Ring Rumble Roses series Dead or Alive series Final Fantasy X-2 Yuna Rikku Paine Spice Girls Sporty Spice Baby Spice Skullgirls series Yuffie Kisaragi Lulu ONLINE MULTIPLAYER: What do YOU think the John Waters’ Pink Flamingos (1972) of video games is? (29:48) 4: Connrr asks, where do video games come from? (32:28) Shigeru Miyamoto Cronus Rhea Nintendogs Taekwondo Beijing Opera Jackie Chan Sammo Hung Yuen Biao Rampage 2: Universal Tour 5: If you were programming a video game orchestral concert, what obscure track would you drop in there? (38:45) Sunset Park (Act 3) - Sonic the Hedgehog Triple Trouble Sonic 2 Music: Chemical Plant Zone Knuckles Chaotix - Seascape The Terminator Tommy Tallarico Sylvan Tale - Intro Panzer Dragoon series Final Fantasy XIV Flow Answers Footfalls Intellivision Lives - My Intellivision Infogrames Rocks My World Sonic Spinball - Toxic Caves X-Men Taz-Mania That One Song From Resident Evil Directors Cut 6: What is the One Piece of video games? (45:15) One Piece Star Citizen “Clowns farting”: The wild story behind Resident Evil’s worst soundtrack Luffy Pokemon series Metal Gear series Touhou series Halo series LIGHTNING ROUND: Name Design - AFI’s Top 100 Film Quotes (50:47) AFI’s 100 YEARS…100 MOVIE QUOTES Recommendations and Outro (01:07:12): Brandon: Hey, Sexuality by Lorelei and the Ghost, The Great Silence (1968), ****Shopping (1994), Game Industry Hardship Fund, ElFamosoDemon Frank: Sunset Boulevard (1950) Ash: Kotaku, Casiopea Jaffe: BIG BOOL 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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Ep. 444 - Trickle-Down Justice Jun 08, 2026

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Our heroes confront Summer Game Fest, questions of manners when talking to swords, and another trip to the Omegaverse.

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: What did you think of the PlayStation State of Play? (05:19)

2: Why do we do these and who are they for? (16:47)

3: If you could insert one sentence into Geoff Keighley’s teleprompter at Summer Game Fest this year, what would it be? (21:10)

4: CaptainNAC asks, which game would you pick as the secret handle to open a hidden passageway behind a false wall? (26:45)

5: What would you guess are the first five mods a community typically makes for a video game? (35:27)

6: What is the John Waters’ Pink Flamingos (1972) of video games? (40:03)

Send a one minute or less .mp3 or .wav of yourself explaining your choice for the John Waters’ Pink Flamingos of Video Games (or why The Godfather Part II might have been advertised using a pink flamingo) to show@insertcredit.com and maybe we’ll play it on air in a future episode!

LIGHTNING ROUND: Omegaversus (44:42)

Omegaverse

Recommendations and Outro (01:11:34):

Brandon: Read Only Memo, Dirty Kopz (2001)
Frank: The Video Game History Hour Ep. 156 - Read Only Memo
Ash: Find something you like on Archive of Our Own and leave a comment and kudos on something you like

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Ep. 443 - It's Da Freakin' Bat, with Lucy James Jun 01, 2026

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Podcaster and Summer Games Fest host Lucy James joins the panel to cover Hideo Kojima’s AI use, playing as a cat in games, and GamemasterAnthony’s pride parade.

Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Ash Parrish, Brandon Sheffield, and Lucy James. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.

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SHOW NOTES:

Lasik
Body Worlds
“Whoever reads this, please enter my grave. I will let you have my stretching, shrinking keepsake.”
Star Trek
Heathcliff)
Ricky Henderson
NBA Jam
Space Jam (1996)
Yosemite Sam
Foghorn Leghorn
The Unauthorized Bash Brothers Experience
Mark McGwire
Jose Conseco

1: What’s the most ludicrous video game press release you’ve ever seen? (05:28)

Lucy James: this is the worst email I have ever received
Fing-Longer
Pornhub
Overwatch
EarthBound
World of Tanks

2: How is AI viewed in Japanese development? (11:27)

Hideo Kojima’s AI Prada video prompts outcry from gamers

3: What’s your favorite thing to be in a video game? (14:25)

The Aristocats - Ev’rybody Wants To Be a Cat
Stray
Little Kitty, Big City
Tenchu series
LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight
Catwoman
Traveller’s Tales
Sonic R
Veep
Batman
Tinykin
World of WarCraft
Troll (WarCraft race)
Tachikoma
KITT
Cars (2006))
Disney·Pixar Cars

4: How would you explain Minecraft to Zohran Mamdani? (20:41)

Zohran Mamdani
Minecraft
Boris Johnson
Sadiq Khan
Meijer
A Minecraft Movie (2025)
Jack Black
Bubsy)
The video of a zombie in a mine cart (thanks to Sandwich Jones for finding this for me)
Demonschool
Pathologic 2
Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures
Marvel Spider-Man
Cities: Skylines
Tropico
Sid Meier’s Civilization series
Disco Elysium
Tim Walz
Crazy Taxi

5: Catherine asks, which video game characters would you expect to show up at Pride? (28:10)

GamemasterAnthony
Kratos)
David Jaffe
Giannis Antetokounmpo
God of War (2018)
Loki
Freyja
Baldr
Bayonetta)
Leon S. Kennedy
Liza Minnelli
Lisa Vanderpump
Princess Peach
Princess Daisy
Waluigi
Char Aznable
Chris Redfield
Sylvando
Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age
Final Fantasy XV
Noctis Lucis Caelum

6: What lines from or aspects of video games have permeated your real life? (34:39)

Portal
The Sims
Shenmue
Ryo Hazuki
Dragon Age series
Chant of Light
Klingon
Disaster Report
Deltarune
Super Mario series
The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023)
Audio Atrocities
Dishonored
Fable
Batman: Arkham series
Bruce Timm
Paul Dini
Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor
Resident Evil: Village
Resident Evil 4

7: What is The Mandalorian and Grogu (2026) of video games? (43:43)

The Mandalorian and Grogu (2026)
The Mandalorian
Andor
Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced
Aliens: Colonial Marines
Alien: Isolation
Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves
Asteroids

LIGHTNING ROUND: OC Remix (49:09)

Recommendations and Outro (01:07:17):

Frank: LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight,
Brandon: Vote for gov’nah if you’re Californian, Sega-16’s Mike Fischer interview, the first and second Abashiri Prison movies but not the third one
Ash: Touch grass
Lucy: Widow’s Bay, lookingfor.game

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Ep. 442 - Even More Questions Too Stupid for the Dirtbag, with Esper Quinn May 25, 2026

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Editor and media critic Esper Quinn joins Ash and Brandon in answering more questions from the insert credit forum. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Ash Parrish, Brandon Sheffield, and Esper Quinn. 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: For All Mankind “Ryu ga gotoku the polls” forums.insertcredit.com Insert Credit Flavored Questions that are too stupid for the Dirtbag 1: marurun asks, who is the most pointlessly bland fighting game character? Moreso than “guy in a karate gi”. (03:17) Divekick Goiken Muyou: Anarchy in the Nippon Fighting Vipers Comix Zone Streets of Rage series Super Smash Bros. series Fire Emblem series 2: ana asks, what’s the most common hidden gem? (05:55) Rupee Celeste Cult of the Lamb Deltarune NiGHTS into Dreams… Radiant Silvergun Panzer Dragoon Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks 3: yeso asks, has anyone ever cried at one of the Leisure Suit Larry death scenes? (07:48) Leisure Suit Larry series Omegaverse Ron Jeremy Pamela Anderson Carmen Elektra Maxim 4: SteveWithaB asks, is it time to retire the term “gamer”? (11:06) Call of Duty series Halo series 5: Tradegood asks, if Xbox is Mountain Dew and Doritos, and Nintendo is Coca-Cola and Pringles, what is Sony? (13:40) Xbox Mountain Dew Doritos Nintendo Coca-Cola Pringles Sony Pepsi Lay’s Black & Mild Blunt Bong Candy cigarette Dr Pepper Sega Jaguar RC Cola Konami Amiga Dreamcast Ramune Hamburger French fries 6: Death_Strandicoot asks, who should be the first recipient of the Nobel Prize for Video Games? (16:16) The Hague Geoff Keighley David Cage Shigeru Miyamoto Mario Pac-Man Pong 7: Mnemogenic asks, how would you adapt a 10 yen game into a big budget AAA video game? (18:24) 10 yen coin Call of Ponchy : Mahjong Warfare Frogger Dragon Quest Web3 8: Taliesin_Merlin asks, design an Amy Rose video game based on one of the following novel premises. (20:41) The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo I, Robot The Name of the Rose I, Claudius I, Tonya (2017) The Name of the Rose (1986) The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog Sonic and the Black Knight Lollipop Chainsaw 9: Tom asks, what are the seven basic game genres? (23:33) The Seven Basic Plots 10: mtvcribs asks, what happened to thong-era final fantasy (26:19) Final Fantasy X-2 Final Fantasy XIII Tetsuya Nomura Final Fantasy XV Cindy Aurum Final Fantasy XIV Online Final Fantasy XVI Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin Clive Rosfield Jon Snow Game of Thrones 11: mack41 asks, is Google Maps cop warning alert a strand game? (29:07) Death Stranding Dark Souls series 12: beets asks, if you were going to make a table from videogame hardware, what would you use? (30:53) BattleTech pod Xbox One PlayStation 2 Logan Paul 13: rootfifthoctave asks, is sega the company that gets the most “[not-sega game] feels like a [sega] game” comments spoken about it? (32:24) Soulslike Treasure Ubisoft Assassin’s Creed series Stardew Valley 14: KingTubb asks, how often do the following characters change their bed sheets: (35:11) Solid Snake Naked Snake Venom Snake Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain Jack Bauer Liquid Snake Raiden Princess Peach Heavy Rain Harvest Moon series Deadly Premonition 15: PassionQuotient asks, what’s the video game equivalent of reading all of Shakespeare? What about James Joyce? (38:26) William Shakespeare James Joyce WarioWare series Dragon Quest series Final Fantasy series Geoffrey Chaucer Kingdom Hearts series Dune Atari 2600 16: Kiki asks, what’s Jollibee? (41:07) Jollibee Jollibee x FINAL FANTASY XIV Collaboration Campaign Watch_Dogs 2 17: YellerDog asks, what game is the most fun with the worst graphics? What game is the least fun with the best graphics? (42:58) Dwarf Fortress Rogue MindsEye Grand Theft Auto VI r/GamingLeaksAndRumours 18: adashtra asks, What is the “telling your puppy to stop biting your feet, but he’s so dang cute you don’t wanna yell at him” of video games? (45:20) Animal Crossing series LIGHTNING ROUND: Arcade of Our Own (48:58) Recommendations and Outro (01:05:42): Brandon: some of The Magnificent Seven sequels but not others, Possession (1981), microchip your animals Ash: Is God Is (2026) Esper: Esper Quinn’s Top 10 Hottest Games of 2025, Witch Hat Atelier, Absolute Wonder Woman, Fantastic Four, The Moon & Serpent Bumper Book of Magic Jaffe: Read Berserk at work 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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Ep. 441 - Sigmas in the Omegaverse May 18, 2026

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The finest minds in video games discuss flying in games, retaining players over the course of a series, and self-lubricating anuses.

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: How do you make flight feel good? (05:48)

2: What makes a good shop theme? (10:22)

3: What are good ways games can reward you for playing the previous entry in a series? (16:48)

4: How could you “walk the room” giving a talk at a video game conference? (21:29)

5: Yeso asks, what is the soda vs. pop of video games? (30:41)

6: What’s the difference between a director and a lead designer in video games? (37:33)

7: What stats would you add to fighting game character bios? (40:14)

LIGHTNING ROUND: 21 Questions (45:51)

Recommendations and Outro (01:06:31):

Brandon: You can make watermelon gazpacho out of unripe or unflavorful watermelons, Alyzea, Dead Mountaineer’s Hotel (1979), Convoy Busters (1978), Mona Kimura
Frank: The Super Mario Galaxy Movie (2026) if you want to just delete 2 hours of your life

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