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**The Insert Credit Show**

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.

Latest Episodes:

Ep. 171 - Hidden Glass Shard Feb 08, 2021

Show notes

Bad jokes, meaningful treehouse hangouts, and the Five Best Video Game Magazines Of All Time.

Questions this week:

Previously on Insert Credit #123: What would be the worst movie to license as a beat-em-up? (02:21)
What’s keeping big tech companies from breaking into video games after Microsoft? (07:42)
What is executionally the worst joke you have ever seen in a video game? (13:21)
Which human video game characters would be most valuable to examine for medical science? (19:39)
What are the top five video game magazines of all time? (25:34)
Patreon Supporter Beaion asks: What game are you always trying to get your friend group or social circle to play and why won’t they play it? (31:43)
What are the ideal personal and environmental conditions which must be met before you play a video game for a long period of time? (38:28)
When do you feel like you need to start an unfinished video game over from the beginning before you can finish it? (42:53)
What was the best day you ever had just playing video games? (48:34)
What is the “figuring out how to use the shower in an unfamiliar bathroom after a long day of travel” of video games? (56:50)

LIGHTNING ROUND: Trademark-Free Video Game Valentines (01:01:53)

Edited by Esper Quinn. Original Music by Kurt Feldman.

Ep. 170 - Sonic the Hedgefund Feb 01, 2021

Show notes

Earthworm Jim didn’t invent the 90’s, he was just there.

Questions this week:

Previously on Insert Credit: What’s the most backhanded compliment you could give a video game? (02:52)
Can we harness the feedback loop of gacha games for good? (09:33)
What pair of short video games would make the best double feature? (14:58)
Biolence Island: Viohazard Protagonists (20:31)
Patreon Suppoerter John Beyer asks: is it wrong to play old video games and remakes instead of new video games? (32:50)
If you weren’t aware of the credits, would you be able to tell Balan Wonderworld is a Yuji Naka game? (39:40)
What video game actions would be more fun if they were decompressed? (46:23)
Who are the Dexys Midnight Runners of video games? (50:33)
Explain Gamestop stock manipulation to your mom. (56:03)

LIGHTNING ROUND: Stock Market Tips & Tricks (01:03:13)

Edited by Esper Quinn. Original Music by Kurt Feldman.

Ep. 169 - Quorantine Spectaskular Jan 25, 2021

Show notes

A last minute guest cancellation means double value for you! Jaffe presents the panel with Quora.com’s top twenty video game questions at three minutes a piece.

Quoras this week:

Jay Sapinsky asks: how do you spot gamers in real life? (06:06)
Nor Reza asks: What about Fallout Lore bothers you? (08:57)
Aditi Triveti asks: What is the most messed up thing you’ve ever done in any video game? (11:49)
Anthony Andranik Moumjian asks: Is it bad to leave a gaming PC on all the time? Can it damage the PC? (14:56)
Andre Xast asks: Hulk will protect you from the final bosses of the last 3 video games you played. Do you live? (17:35)
Kaan Kala asks: How difficult is legendary difficulty in Skyrim? (20:21)
Nor Reza asks: What is something in the Call of Duty games that makes no sense? (22:02)
Kyle Dring asks: Why are low morality games so popular? (24:11)
Lily Shen asks: What is the cheapest thing you’ve done to win a video game that wasn’t technically cheating? (27:39)
Anonymous asks: How do I find inappropriate games on Roblox? (31:21)
David P. Black asks: Do soldiers in wars actually throw empty mags like in video games? (35:15)
Sam Bunn asks: What game feature or animation makes you think “This person must’ve had a lot of fun making this?” (37:36)
Nor Reza asks: What if you woke up in a video game and there was no way out? (40:39)
Ryan Nelson asks: Are there any games that punish or mock you for playing it in a certain way? (43:18)
Sean Kernan asks: What’s the furthest a parent has gone to get their kid to quit gaming? (46:10)
Ryan Russell asks: What are some things that only gamers would understand? (49:01)
Christopher Abrahams asks: Why do Marvel games not made by Sony feel like they are pandering to MCU fans? (50:33)
Nor Reza, King of Video Game Quora asks: Why are support classes so dang boring in video games? All you do is heal people and it doesn’t feel rewarding. (52:56)
Craig O Grant asks: What’s your favorite Minecraft trick and how do you do it? (56:16)
Anonymous asks: Why is video gaming a “teenage” thing? (58:22)

Edited by Esper Quinn. Original Music by Kurt Feldman.

Ep. 168 - Game of the Year 2020 Jan 18, 2021

Show notes

The only game of the year podcast willing to say, On Main, that VR isn’t video games, Sonic The Hedgehog The Movie is a game, and Dragon Quest XI came out in 2020.

Alphabetical Nominees (Unranked):

13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim (09:39)
A Short Hike for Nintendo Switch (14:00)
Animal Crossing: New Horizons (18:18)
Blaseball (25:03)
Deadly Premonition 2 (28:45)
Demon’s Souls Remake (32:44)
Disc Room (37:02)
DooM 64 for Nintendo Switch (41:25)
DooM Eternal (46:10)
Dragon Quest XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age - Definitive Edition (49:56)
Final Fantasy VII Remake (53:57)
GG Aleste 3 (01:01:01)
Hades (01:07:17)
Half-Life: Alyx (01:11:51)
Ikenfell (01:20:22)
Kentucky Route Zero: TV Edition (01:26:28)
The Last of Us Part II (01:30:14)
Spider-Man: Miles Morales (01:35:58)
Streets of Rage 4 (01:40:26)
Yakuza: Like a Dragon (01:45:27)

Edited by Esper Quinn. Original Music by Kurt Feldman.

THE FINALIZED AND RANKED 2020 TWENTY:

Yakuza: Like a Dragon
A Short Hike for Nintendo Switch
Ghost of Tsushima
Demon’s Souls Remake
Sonic the Hedgehog: The Movie
Dragon Quest XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age - Definitive Edition
Final Fantasy VII Remake
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020
Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Hades
Kentucky Route Zero: TV Edition
Deadly Premonition 2
The Last of Us Part II
Spider-Man: Miles Morales
Disc Room
DooM 64 2020
DooM Eternal
Hyperspace Delivery Service for Nintendo Switch
GG Aleste 3
13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim

Ep. 167 - The Great Great Gatsby, with Patrick Miller Jan 11, 2021

Show notes

Patrick Miller victoriously rejoins the panel to cover high literature, experimental film, and the ultimate fighting game tournament arc.

Questions this week:

Previously on Insert Credit: What can you tell about a person based on their fighting game style and preferences? (04:41)
As far as video games go, what is and is not cyberpunk? (10:50)
What studio which has never made a fighting game before could probably make a pretty good fighting game? (16:36)
What did Adobe Flash mean for video games over the past 24 years, what have we lost, and what can be saved? (22:12)
Design The Great Gatsby 2 (28:00)
Which video games make you feel the heaviest? (34:40)
What are some games you went too easy on? (40:32)
What is the Eraserhead of video games? (46:34)
Giant-Sized Violence Island: Fighting Game Protagonists (51:35)

LIGHTNING ROUND: Patreon Suporter Grandbag’s Funeral presents Name Design: Baskin Robins Ice Cream Flavors (01:03:40)

Edited by Esper Quinn. Original Music by Kurt Feldman.

Ep. 166 - Insert Credit Annual #3 Jan 04, 2021

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The greatest video games ever made, ranked…again! The panel weaves through a new elaborate structure to determine, inarguably, the best video games of all time.

Final List:

DooM [Action]
Celeste [Platforming]
Mother 3 [Narrative]
Dragon Quest V [RPG]
Outrun 2 [Driving]
Raw Danger [Adventure]
Valkyria Chronicles [Strategy]
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night [Metroidvania]
Phoenix Wright [Visual Novel]
Link’s Awakening [Action-Adventure]
Capcom vs. SNK 2 [Fighting]
Saturn Bomberman [Party]
Stardew Valley [Sim]
Hades [Roguelike]
VIDEOBALL [Sports]
Final Fantasy XIV [MMO]
Dragon Quest Builders 2 [Creative]
Baba is You [Puzzle]
LoL [E-Sports]
Genshin Impact [Free-To-Play]

Edited by Esper Quinn. Original Music by Kurt Feldman.

Ep. 165 - Best of Insert Credit 2020 Dec 28, 2020

Show notes

Some podcasts pull up old audio and call it a day, but when Insert Credit goes retro, we do it up right. All-time great questions return anew for fresh answers.

Questions this week:

Who are the greatest frauds in video games? (09:52)
How would you adapt Bartleby the Scrivener into a video game? (15:13)
Which video game characters who have never met before would you set up for a blind date? (19:28)
What is the exact middle game? (24:04)
What the hell is wrong with video games? (29:01)
A national pizza chain has hired you to choose the games to emulate on their arcade cabinet; but they can only be abandonware by defunct publishers. What do you choose? (32:13)
If there were a video game convention where only one company could represent each country, who would be there? (37:35)
Who is the Prince of video games? (43:16)
How could we save Sega by readjusting their timeline? (48:50)
What’s the Day the Clown Cried of Video Games? (53:43)

LIGHTNING ROUND: Pokedexperts (01:00:39)

Edited by Esper Quinn. Original Music by Kurt Feldman.

Ep. 164 - Happy Asparagus Week Dec 21, 2020

Show notes

The most wonderful time of the year descends upon us. The panel covers fishing, fancy finishing, and Finland.

Questions this week:

What was the last innovative use of 3D space in a video game? (04:04)
What should I mean when a video game receives an award for “Best Direction”? (08:55)
Why are fishing minigames so ubiquitous, and what’s the best one? (13:40)
Are there any really good adaptations of video games into physical games? (18:12)
How would you adapt the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade into a video game? (22:11)
Patreon Supporter Gwifblymth asks, what’s going on with Treasure? (27:17)
How good was the TurboGrafx-16? (35:40)
What’s the Christmas Game? (40:52)
What is the Cheesecake Factory of video games? (48:34)

LIGHTNING ROUND: Name Design: Christmas Songs (55:26)

Edited by Esper Quinn. Original Music by Kurt Feldman.

Ep. 163 - It Doesn't Get Eddie Vedder Than This, with Heather Anne Campbell Dec 14, 2020

Show notes

Special guest Heather Anne Campbell of Whose Line Is It Anyway, Twilight Zone and How Did This Get Played joins the crew to discuss economics, Eddie Vedder, and an extremely good Improv Zone.

Questions this week:

Does something need to be done about poor performance and understanding of console transition games? (06:53)
What is your favorite video game you’d still consider a bad game? (12:59)
What’s the most interesting economic system in a video game? (18:12)
What’s the most spectacular video game award show failure? (23:24)
Which video game characters would most likely sign up for a UCB class? (29:18)
Improv Zone: Video Game Characters in UCB Class (34:25)
Question by Patreon Supporter Cera Sophia: What are the underappreciated creative/production roles in video games? (39:15)
What can you tell about a person based on their fighting game style? (45:24)
What can someone say to convince you to check out a game, in four words or less? (50:25)
What is the Neon Genesis Evangelion of video games? (54:35)

LIGHTNING ROUND: Slogan Slingin’ (59:33)

Edited by Esper Quinn. Original Music by Kurt Feldman.

Ep. 162 - Stanley Cuberick Dec 07, 2020

Show notes

A nearly educational episode, featuring time travel, masterclasses, and film director name pronunciation.

Questions this week:

Let’s fix the Sega Timeline (03:23)
How can video games reward and encourage patience? (08:48)
Who would you ask to teach the Game Design Masterclass, and who would actually do it? (14:55)
Which video games have the most upsetting color palettes? (20:50)
The Adaptation Game: 2001: A Space Odyssey (26:09)
Question by Patreon Supporter Blue Milk: Who would you cast as the Kacho for an American GameCenter CX? (31:26)
If you had to place five video games on the elemental plinths from The Fifth Element, what would you choose? (37:45)
If Nintendo released a new version of R.O.B. today, what would it do? (43:17)
Which video game has the best map? (48:07)
What is the Freebird of video games? (53:25)

LIGHTNING ROUND: Pokedex Entries (58:47)

Edited by Esper Quinn. Original Music by Kurt Feldman.

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