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Ep. 176 - Gin & Sonic, with Ash Parrish

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Ash Parrish rejoins the panel to cover Final Fantasy XIV’s superiority, the Screaming Idea, and G4M3R5.

Questions this week:

  1. Previously on Insert Credit 86: What games not originally designed for arcades would best make the transition to arcades? (01:58)
  2. What specifically makes Final Fantasy XIV the best MMO game? (05:17)
  3. Which games have benefitted the most from changing course during development? (10:37)
  4. What game features the greatest distance of quality between how good the music is and how bad the game itself is? (15:42)
  5. The pandemic is over, and each of you is opening up a barcade. What do you name it? (20:44)
  6. Patreon Supporter THX Deep Note’s #1 Fan asks: If you could design a startup jingle for a video game console, what would it sound like? (28:28)
  7. What are some things that video game fans THINK they want, but won’t actually enjoy? (33:36)
  8. What is the longest you’ve ever struggled with a particular challenge in a video game? (38:44)
  9. Topher “Docfuture” Florence gives this challenge: Design a singular controller to be put into a time capsule that will be the only controller to play all console games. It can have any button or stick configuration, but is arbitrarily limited to only 3 “gimmicks.” (44:07)
  10. Who is the Meghan Markle of video games? (49:31)

    11. LIGHTNING ROUND: Guess That Fanfic (54:29)

    Think you have better answers than the panel? Politely discuss this episode in the Insert Credit forums

    A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:

    • Michigan J. Frog
    • Push Up
    • Push Pop
    • Push-Up Bra
    • Ribbit King
    • Hades
    • Blitzball
    • Flappy Bird
    • Scribblenauts
    • Firewatch
    • Ring Fit Adventure
    • Super Mario Run
    • Stupid bad Rayman ad
    • Final Fantasy XIV
    • Clash Royale
    • Deadly Premonition
    • Naoki “Yoshi-P” Yoshida
    • Yoshi’s Island
    • Plok
    • PachiPara series
    • Disaster Report
    • Okami
    • Sunsoft Games
    • Hover Strike
    • Picross
    • Final Fantasy XIII
    • Dirge of Cerberus
    • Original Pokemon cave theme
    • Crank Yankers theme
    • Dreamcast startup jingle
    • Gamecube startup jingle
    • Playstation startup jingle
    • Xbox startup jingle
    • Xbox 360 startup jingle
    • That tall vampire lady in the new Resident Evil
    • Extra-Dimensional Biological Entity
    • Nier Automata “Idiot Savant” sidequest
    • Exile: Wicked Phenomenon
    • Ouendan
    • Fullmetal Alchemist theme
    • Celeste
    • Area 51
    • Seaman
    • Meghan Markle
    • Glu Mobile
    • Clementine
    • She’s Gone Gone Gone Rewrite
    • From Which All That Was
    • Pizza Date
    • Among the stars we fell in love
    • Acts of God
    • The Confession of a Lifetime
    • Game Boy box art Frank drops in the chat after the show

      Recommendations:

      Brandon: Barb and Star Go to Vista del Mar (2021), Frankie Rose’s Cage Tropical, Crazy Samurai 400 vs 1

      Ash: Kotaku Splitscreen

      Jaffe: The Tobolowsky Files

      Frank: The Video Game History Hour

      Edited by Esper Quinn. Original Music by Kurt Feldman.

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