Ep. 324 - Bocket Tinesters

Tim Rogers hosts the Insert Credit panel this week, exploring Hideo Kojima’s recent announcements, the first working game developer to reach 80 years old, and Korean butt animation. Hosted by Tim Rogers, with Frank Cifaldi, Alex Jaffe, and Brandon Sheffield. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.

Questions this week:

Choose a video game coming out in 2024 and ask Frank to play it (11:16)

When do you think you’ll stop playing video games, Brandon Sheffield? (26:32)

Did you all see the Hideo Kojima stuff at PlayStation State of Play? (39:44)

Why aren’t there more Hideo Kojimas? (55:40)

Alex Jaffe, flip a coin (01:06:53)

Insert Credit Time Capsule (01:08:01)

A Brief Medical Update (01:21:48)

Recommendations and Outro (01:29:24)

Discuss this episode in the Insert Credit Forums

A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:

The Matrix (1999)

Photochromic lens

Boktai: The Sun is in Your Hand

Pokémon

Ambidexterity

Bob Dylan

Sonic the Hedgehog (2020)

video games coming out in 2024 - Google Search

Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League

Batman: Arkham series

Dragon’s Dogma 2

Dogma (1999)

Alone in the Dark series

Persona series

Persona 3: Reload

Ryū ga Gotoku / Like a Dragon / Yakuza series

The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening

Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth

Unicorn Overlord

Rise of the Rōnin

Assassin’s Creed series

Princess Peach: Showtime!

Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes

Skull and Bones

Final Fantasy VII Rebirth

Metaphor: ReFantazio

Demonschool

Funko Fusion

Earth Defense Force 6

Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown

Rayman Origins

Black Myth: Wukong

All the news from PlayStation’s 2024 State of Play

miHoYo

Honkai: Star Rail

Genshin Impact

Fortnite

Palworld

PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds

Roblox

Stellar Blade

Sony Interactive Entertainment

Silent Hill 2 Remake’s New Trailer Is All About Combat

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Bonk’s Revenge

Skibidi Toilet

Lethal Company

Starfield

Gunstar Heroes

Baldur’s Gate II: Shadows of Amn

Baldur’s Gate III

Street Fighter II

Street Fighter 6

Diablo II

Diablo IV

Immortals of Aveum

NieR

NieR: Automata

Earthblade

Celeste

Maddy Thorson

Hideo Kojima

Death Stranding 2 On The Beach

George Miller

Silent Hill: The Short Message

P.T.

PHYSINT is the working title of Hideo Kojima’s new not-a-Metal-Gear game

Quentin Tarantino

Ken Levine

BioShock series

System Shock

Judas

Five Nights at Freddy’s

Kendall Roy

Bennett Foddy

Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy

Jonathan Blow

David Cage

Tetsuya Nomura

Kingdom Hearts series

Cliff Bleszinski

The Outer Worlds

Sharknado: The Video Game

Michael Mann

Ferrari (2023)

Hayao Miyazaki

Martin Scorsese

Dragon Quest series

Yuji Horii

Shigeru Miyamoto

Jake Kazdal

Young Yuji Hori

Tim Schafer

Puyo Puyo

Yoshiro Kimura

Random.org

Banjo-Kazooie

Ys series

Gain Ground

Xanadu games

Electronic Gaming Monthly

Magic Sword

Paladin’s Quest

Final Fight

Kirby’s Dream Land

Contra III: The Alien Wars

Sonic the Hedgehog 2

Knights of the Round

Spinal disc herniation

Ganbare Goemon series

Recommendations:

Jaffe: Reach out on Bluesky for personalized comic book recommendations between 2/5/24 and 2/11/24, 52 Pickup, Sandman Mystery Theatre for Tim specifically, Poor Things (2023)

Brandon: Tetsuo: The Iron Man (1989)

Tim: FREAKHUNTER, LowercaseJai, GLYDR Kickstarter

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