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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. 72 - The Longest Blink Dec 18, 2013

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Broadcasting a podcast broadcast pre-recorded live from development heck.

Questions this week:

What's the best fake language in a video game?
Why do so many games that escape development hell end up a disappointment, and which games escape that fate?
Which third-party developers would you most like to see making the next Zelda game?
Design a game that takes into account the player blinking.
How embarrassing is the PAX Diversity Lounge?
Custom Soundtrack: Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Which game creators have the most contempt for their own creations?
A deep cable television network wants the three of you to produce a nightly 4 hour programming block of your own design.

LIGHTNING ROUND: Themed Arcade Again Again

Edited by Blaine Brown. Music 'Lorule Overworld' and 'Lorule Field 2' from The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds for 3DS.

Ep. 71 - Dead Chimera Dec 11, 2013

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Insert Credit Doesn't Wanna Be The Guy.

Questions this week:

What games would you want to do a single credit run on?
How much are video games like what you imagined they would be like in the future when you were a kid?
What are your "sick day" video games?
What are the best games that can no longer be played or acquired?
Custom Soundtrack: Final Fantasy VII
What is needed to make a good masocore game?

LIGHTNING ROUND: Playing Favorites: Holiday Edition

Edited by Blaine Brown. Music 'Haunted Graveyard' from Super Ghouls 'n Ghosts SNES, 'Dream Dreams' from Christmas NiGHTS into Dreams Remixed by OCRemix User by Dale North, 'Maya Fey - Turnabout Sisters' Theme 2001' from Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney DS Remixed by OCRemix User OA, and 'Xmas MGS Boss 4' from Merry Gear Solid 2 PC by Arthur Lee.

Ep. 70 - Endless 100 Meter Dasher Dec 04, 2013

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Trying to Make the Bleak Future a Little Bit Better.

Questions this week:

If a plague killed everybody in the game industry except you, your friends, and five people of your choice, who would be safe?
Has a game series ever produced a better sequel for less money?
Design a video game to be played for 24 hours straight without stopping.
Complete this sentence -- "There are two kinds of people who play video games:"
What are some creative but home-safe insults for multiplayer?
You're going out for lunch with a date who wants to eat at a restaurant from a video game. Where do you take her?
What licensed music would you put into Gears of War?
What is the most independent video game?
Who's the most competent video game princess?

LIGHTNING ROUND: Title Design - Tom Hanks Movies

Edited by Blaine Brown. Music 'Main Theme' from Cave Story PC and 'Begin', 'Home Waters (Down)', 'Stormy Seas (Down)', 'Arctic Floes (Down)', 'Maelstrom (Down)', and 'Alternative End (Unused)' from Ridiculous Fishing iOS.

Ep. 69 - Big Ol' Game Burger Nov 27, 2013

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Tim Rogers Hosts The Jerry Bruckheimer Michael Bay Double Funeral.

Questions this week:

What's your favorite video game format?
What are you most thankful for re: video games?
When did you get your first television?
When is a Batman game "Batman enough"?
Is video game music dead?
Theme Arcade
Who do you take a heart, liver, and kidney from: Mario, Sonic, Bonk?

LIGHTNING ROUND: Rank The Series

Edited by Blaine Brown. Music 'Adventure' by Disasterpeace from Fez PC, 'Base Theme' from Contra NES, 'Ending Theme' from Super C NES, 'Area 3' from Operation C GB, 'Stage 1' from Contra III The Alien Wars SNES, 'Stage 4' from Contra Force NES, 'The Hard Corps Blues' from Contra Hard Corps Genesis, 'Jungle Conflict' from Contra Legacy of War PSX, 'Mission 1' from Contra Adventure, 'Stage 1' from Super Contra X NES (The Unlicensed Game), 'Fortress' from Shin Contra PS2, 'Main Theme' from Neo Contra PS2, 'Stage 1' from Contra 4 NDS, 'Boss 2' from Contra ReBirth Wii, 'Final Boss' from Hard Corps Uprising XBLA and PSN.

Ep. 68 - Hotter Than Reality Nov 20, 2013

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Insert Credit Is A Crate Full of Mysteries.

Questions this week:

What IP based on its name alone could raise $200,000 on Kickstarter regardless of team?
Why would anyone need a machine that you connect to a TV and control with physical buttons?
How have video games manifested in your dreams?
A genie transforms the entire world to have the aesthetic of a video game, but you get to choose which one.
Who would win in a fight between a super robot designed by Sony, and a super robot designed by Microsoft?
Are there good racing games where the camera isn't directly behind your car?
What are the best death animations?
If we want to play games with our far-away friends turn by turn, what are our non-Zynga options?
How would you make Captain N: The Game Master: The Movie?
What are some games you should never play?

LIGHTNING ROUND: Games You Should Never Play

Edited by Blaine Brown. Music 'Opening Credits' from Space Quest IV and 'Main Theme' from Super Mario 3D World.

Ep. 67 - Fire, Water, and Quiet Revenge, with Mathew Kumar Nov 12, 2013

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Insert Credit Is Chock-Full of Fruit Ions.

Questions this week:

What would it take to get you to back a Kickstarter and retain interest in it?
What would you do if you got a new console one week earlier than everyone else?
What can we say to our dads when they insist video games are a waste of time?
Who are the Mozart and Salieri of video games?
What innovative evolution conditions would you include in the next Pokemon game?
If you were dividing a diet of good video games into four food groups, what would they be? Provide examples.
In what instances have you found yourself actively suppressing the desire to play more of a particular video game?
What's the story with those video game trade schools you see ads for sometimes?

LIGHTNING ROUND: Title Design - Batman Stories

Edited by Blaine Brown. Music 'K.K. Cruisin' True Remix' Remastered by YouTube User Mesmonium Based Off of the Song 'Cruisin'' from Animal Crossing City Folk for the Wii and 'Title Theme' from NBA Jam for the SNES.

Ep. 66 - A Pink to the Last, with David Hellman Oct 29, 2013

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Insert Credit Presents Boobs in the Sand - Championship Edition.

Questions this week:

Who's your favorite c-list villain from a video game?
Design the free-to-play game that makes everyone get over their hatred of free-to-play games.
Why are video games fun?
How would you define your relationship with video games?
What video games are the most personally empowering?
What is the biggest argument you've had about a video game?
If an elecromagnetic storm knocked out all electronics for 30 years, what would gamers turn to for entertainment?
What is the most poisonous mainstay of video game development?
Have you ever felt like video games have left you behind?

LIGHTNING ROUND: Shame Famitsu

Edited by Blaine Brown. Music 'The Infinite Teatime' from Jeff and Casey Time and 'Undercurrent' from Braid.

Ep. 65 - The Porn Episode, with Ian Adams Oct 23, 2013

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Insert Credit Loves a Good Lady in a Shirt.

Questions this week:

What video game are you the most baffled actually got made?
What were the best looking games of the pre-NES era?
When is a video game remake or remaster different enough from its predecessor to be eligible again for award consideration?
Your publisher has demanded that you punch up the dialogue for your 3D platforming game, and have been given three options. The writing samples seem to channel DnD, other video games, and Monty Python, including direct quotes. Which person do you choose?
How many games is that bit.trip runner guy in?
How will future game designers invoke nostalgia for the games of the 00s?
What are your fondest memories of the Nintendo Wii?
Which video game character do you believe would hate you personally the most?

LIGHTNING ROUND: Playing Favorites

Edited by Blaine Brown. Music 'Impetus' from Bit.Trip Runner and 'BGM 1' from PAC-MAN Championship Edition DX.

Ep. 64 - Sexy 2DS and Naked Chess Oct 14, 2013

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Insert Credit Makes You a Jill Sandwich.

Questions this week:

Does the intended commercial reach of a game has any meaningful impact on it as a creative product?
What are some topical video game costume ideas for Halloween?
What are the differences between the European and the American video game scenes?
Who or what is the Yoko Ono of video games?
Could a non-massively multiplayer video game put out a new chapter every week?
When it comes to assessing an experimental game, how much credit should it get for trying something interesting, even if it fails?
What is the best vest in a video game?
Deadly Premonition is getting a 350 page companion app. What other games should get this treatment?
What have video games gained from chess, and what more can they stand to gain?

LIGHTNING ROUND: Bottom Line Review

Edited by Blaine Brown. Music 'Angry Birds Theme' from Angry Birds iOS Covered by Pomplamoose and 'Theme of the Last Battle' from Professor Layton and the Last Specter DS.

Ep. 63 - BSNESGOAT Oct 09, 2013

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The Best Super Nintendo Games of All Time.

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