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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. 82 - Did I Say Gogo? Apr 17, 2014

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Insert Credit Knows Nobody Cares About Robin.

Questions this week:

Saving Video Game History with Frank and Brandon
GDC Recap
Best 3D Single Player Hand-to-Hand Combat
FFVI – Name All Party Members and Add a Fifteenth
Games Other Than Dark Souls 2
Lowest Percentage Completion Single Player Game
Restaurant Staffed by Video Game Professionals
Worst and Most-Listened-To Song in a Video Game
Did Facebook and Oculus End the Kickstarter Dream?

LIGHTNING ROUND: Game Rater

Edited by Blaine Brown. Music ‘Ape Escape Theme’ Ape Escape for the PlayStation Move (Japanese Version), ‘Victory Fanfare’ from Final Fantasy VI, ‘Bubble Bobble Theme’ from Bubble Bobble Covered by Lara de Wit.

Ep. 81 - BGOAT, with Rob Meyer Mar 26, 2014

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We determine the Best Competitive Game of All Time.

Edited by Blaine Brown. Music ‘Rainbow Road’ from Mario Kart 7 Performed by YouTube User DSCAccount.

Ep. 80 - No More Cheeroes Mar 13, 2014

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Insert Credit Has Got That Bad’un.

Questions this week:

Good Postmortem Discussion
Chronotrigger Recruiting
Largest Critical Blindspot
Akira Toriyama Dragon Quest
Taking Smartphones Seriously
Themed Arcade
Design a Non-Violent Video Game Using the Doom IP
How to Become a Better Level Designer
Redesign a Video Game Character

LIGHTNING ROUND: The Crichtoning Round

Edited by Blaine Brown. Music ‘Sonic Boom’ from Sonic CD, ‘Victory Fanfare’ from Final Fantasy VI and ‘Level 1’ From Jurassic Park for the NES.

Ep. 79 - Weird Ninja Turtles Fan Fiction Mar 08, 2014

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Insert Credit is Both the Sin and Punishment.

Questions this week:

Less Blank and More Blank
Most Fun Projectile Catching
Custom Soundtrack
Video Game Olympic Representatives
Improv Zone
Most Unpleasant Console Game to Work On
Personalities to Create a Game
Microtransactions in Nintendo Games
Willy Wonka and the Video Game Factory

LIGHTNING ROUND: Rank the Devil May Cry Games

Edited by Blaine Brown. Music ‘Beach Stage’ from Flying Power Disc – Windjammers for the Neo Geo and ‘Monday (Glitch Mob Remix)’ by Nalepa from the DmC Devil May Cry Trailer.

Ep. 78 - Hot Tunes and Cool Chooms Feb 26, 2014

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Insert Credit Has Zoop and It’s Jaffe’s Fault.

Questions this week:

Great Ideas Already Done
Irrational Games
Twitch Plays Pokemon
Monthly Video Game Comic Books
Most Back-Handed Compliment
Your Video Game Boss
Lightning Round Bottom Line Review Arcade Edition
Lightning 2 Who Would Win in a Fight

LIGHTNING ROUND: Lightning Returns Returns Elevator Pitch Co-Op Edition

Edited by Blaine Brown. Music ‘The Ego Room’ from Remember Me and the Zoop Soundtrack.

Ep. 77 - The Crybox, with Adam Rippon Feb 23, 2014

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Insert Credit Celebra las Consolas de los Muertos.

Questions this week:

Brandon at D.I.C.E.
Save Nintendo
Successful Breaks Out of the Comfort Zone
Mobile Birds
Fictional Vehicles
Video Game Holidays
Good Castlevanias
Nullify One Trademark, Copyright, or Patent
Smash Mouth’s All Star of VGM

LIGHTNING ROUND: Best to Worst

Edited by Blaine Brown. Music ‘Terra’s Theme’ from Final Fantasy VI Performed by YouTube User DSCAccount and ‘Lonely Rolling Star’ from Noby Noby Boy.

Ep. 76 - Iceberg Podcast, with Jim Stormdancer Feb 16, 2014

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Insert Credit is the Opposite of Cool Spot (That’s a good thing, trust us).

Questions this week:

Disparate Worlds Tactics
The Series for WayForward
Dreamcast VMU
Accidental Greatness
Surprises in Games
Edutainment

LIGHTNING ROUND: Opposite Day

Edited by Blaine Brown. Music ‘In The Mountain’ by Yuzo Koshiro from Stickman Is Back Genesis, ‘Title Theme’ from Forever Kingdom (Evergrace 2), ‘Wild Child & Manmos’ by Yasuyuki Suzuki and Emiko Suganuma from Tail of the Sun PSX, and nearly the entire Frog Fractions Soundtrack by Twinbeard.

Ep. 75 - Simply Impossiblag Feb 02, 2014

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Insert Credit would win in a fight against Past, Present, and Future.

Questions this week:

Easily Fixable Game Ruiners
No More Localization
Best to Worst
Three Laws of Video Games
Favorite Stage One Boss
Themed Arcade
Cover Stories for a Video Game Celebrity Magazine

LIGHTNING ROUND: Title Design

Edited by Blaine Brown. Music “Boss 3” and “Stage 4” from Gunhouse. Gunhouse is available now for PS Vita and PlayStation Mobile!

Ep. 74 - Insert Credit Annual #2 Jan 09, 2014

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The second installment of an annual series wherein we determine what may be empirically be considered the Best Game of All Time.

The List:

Panzer Dragoon II Zwei
NiGHTS into Dreams
Castlevania: Dracula X
Gunstar Heroes
Super Mario Brothers
Manica Mansion: Day of the Tentacle
Lufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals
Phantom Dust
Sonic & Knuncles
Ghosts in the Shell
Gears of War II
Breath of Fire: Dragon Quarter
Zelda II: The Adventure of Link
Thunder Force IV
Asuka 120% Limited Over
Ouendan II
Ufouria: The Saga
QWAP
Marble Madness
A Mind Forever Voyaging

Edited by Blaine Brown. Music 'Plain Asia' from the album Arrow Rain from the game Imperishable Night, 'Mario Land Overworld Theme Remix' uploaded by YouTube user shadowmario23, and 'Stage 2' from Marble Madness for the NES.

Ep. 73 - GOTY 2013 Dec 26, 2013

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We rank the best games of 2013.

The List: