10.23.2023 - By Insert Credit
Frank Cifaldi, Tim Rogers and Brandon Sheffield answer host Alex Jaffe’s questions and uncover the most Insert Credit thing to ever happen, the latest industry megamerger, and a giant cheese wheel. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Tim Rogers, Brandon Sheffield. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.
Questions this week:
How’d the Atari Jaguar Museum at the Portland Retro Gaming Expo go, Frank? (09:18)
Tina Carter asks: Is taking advantage of a a game’s technical system in a single-player environment “cheating”? (19:33)
What happens now that Microsoft bought Activision? (25:03)
You’re at a family dinner, and your six year old nephew asks if you’ve got any games on your phone. What do you show him? (31:30)
Tom Arrow asks: What are some other game franchises that could make interesting use of Sonic & Knuckles ‘Lock On Technology’? (35:28)
Design a minigame for Insert Credit: The Video Game. (46:03)
LIGHTNING ROUND: Video Game Baby Shoes (52:14)
Recommendations and Outro (56:01)
Discuss this episode in the Insert Credit Forums
A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:
Batman: Arkham series
Dragon’s Lair
Super Metroid
Yakuza / Ryū ga Gotoku series
Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon
Street Fighter II: Special Champion Edition
Atari Jaguar
Portland Retro Gaming Expo
Video Game History Foundation
Hasbro Releases Jaguar Publishing Rights
Songbird Productions
BigPEmu
Rayman
Ultra Vortek
Monkey D. Luffy
Boba Fett
Imagin HotRod Intra-Oral Camera
Bubsy series
Blinx: The Time Sweeper
Ty the Tasmanian Tiger
Baldur’s Gate series
Animal Crossing series
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
Animal Crossing: New Horizons Review - IGN
Boku no Natsuyasumi
Microsoft completes Activision Blizzard acquisition
Call of Duty series
Spider-Man 2
Pitfall!
Barnstorming
SEGA Rally Championship
King’s Quest
3-D Ultra Pinball
Donkey Kong Land 2
Quest 64
Infinite Jest
Leisure Suit Larry series
Halo series
Candy Crush Saga
Overwatch series
Diablo series
James Corden
Carpool Karaoke
Jimmy Fallon
Random.org
Zaga-33
Vampire Survivors
Super Hexagon
Holedown
One pound
Sonic & Knuckles
Lost Judgment
Grand Theft Auto IV & Episodes from Liberty City
Super Mario Bros. 2
Fallout games
Mega Man: Legacy Collection
Ghost of Tsushima
God of War
Horizon: Zero Dawn
The Last of Us
Marvel Spider-Man
Super Mario Bros. Wonder
Sonic Superstars
Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games series
The Insert Credit Video Game
Ore no Ryōri
Diner Dash series
The big cheese wheel
Recommendations:
Brandon: DVLSBLSH zine vol. 1 and 2, check out the writing of Izumi Suzuki
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