Ep. 312 - Tetsuya Mizuguchi's Expensive Tetris

Your beloved Insert Credit Show panel convenes on topics such as Sony Zelda, the Buddha’s Pickle Rick era, and the return of Violence Island. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Tim Rogers, and Brandon Sheffield. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.

Questions this week:

Phil Salvador asks: What is a game you love that you would not recommend? (07:02)

What’s the best way to pepper sidequests through an RPG? (12:47)

What’s the difference between a good artist and a good concept artist? (18:08)

What will Link’s first line of dialogue be in the live action Legend of Zelda movie? (23:47)

Insert Credit Quick Break: video game union newsletter

Jerome asks: which real people have had the most legally distinct video game characters based on them? (32:05)

Why is the Streets of Rage pickup sound better than the Pac-Man pickup noise? (38:14)

What are, according to Wikipedia, some video games the Buddha might or might not enjoy? (42:29)

LIGHTNING ROUND: Violence Island (49:11)

Recommendations and Outro (01:11:08)

Discuss this episode in the Insert Credit Forums

A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:

Goodfeathers

Animaniacs

Looney Tunes

Wile E. Coyote

Bugs Bunny

Chuck Jones

Elmer Fudd

Big Chungus

Pickle Rick

Porky Pig

Telefunken U 47

Frank Sinatra

Tweety

Sylvester the Cat

SpongeBob SquarePants

Tom Kenny

Granny

Yosemite Sam

Deadwood

1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die

Tetris

Tetris Effect

Tetsuya Mizuguchi

Titenic

Valis series

Yakuza / Ryū ga Gotoku series

Demonschool

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

Persona series

Cyberpunk 2077

Yoshitaka Amano

Tetsuya Nomura

Kazuko Shibuya

Final Fantasy series

Yoshitaka Amano, Kazuko Shibuya - from paper to pixel

Nintendo is making a live-action Zelda movie

Legend of Zelda series

Maze Runner (film series)

The Maze Runner (book series)

Tom Hardy

Tom Holland

Chris Pratt

Ruby Rose

John Wick: Chapter 4 (2023)

The Lost City of Z (2016)

Bruce Lee

Fei Long

Street Fighter series

Liu Kang

Mortal Kombat games

Sylvester Stallone

Rambo

The Revenge of Shinobi

Jackie Chan

Bruce Willis

Elvis Presley

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Bloody Wolf

Commando (1985)

The Terminator (1984)

Rocky (1976)

Dolph Lundgren

Mario Segale

Harrison Ford

Han Solo

Indiana Jones

Patriot Games (1992)

The Fugitive (1993)

U.S. Marshals (1998)

Streets of Rage

Pac-Man

Yuzo Koshiro

Castlevania series

List of games that Buddha would not play

The Buddha

Fire Emblem series

Super Mario 64

Mario Kart series

WarioWare series

You Don’t Know Jack series

Dota 2

League of Legends

Blood Will Tell: Tezuka Osamu’s Dororo

Tony Hawk skateboarding series

Viewtiful Joe

Agent 47

Ristar

Rayman

Billy Kane

Billy Zane

Sylvando

Rouge the Bat

Recommendations:

Frank: The Legend of Beavis

Brandon: If you’re watching Yakuza Apocalypse (2015) the only watchable version is on Tubi, Saturnalia on Steam

Tim: The new Daytona USA 2 port on Steam

Jaffe: Aftermath, 52 Pickup

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