The Insert Credit Show

Ep. 203 - Tomb of the Unknown Gamer, with Mathew Kumar and Liz Ryerson

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Leading game industry professionals and Insert Credit Show regulars Mathew Kumar and Liz Ryerson rejoin the panel for cryptid talk, Nintendo Direct, and pissing on gentrifiers.

Questions this week:

  1. Vincent Diamante asks: What’s the best money you’ve spent on a free-to-play game? (04:33)
  2. How do you make blocking in a game feel as good as attacking? (10:40)
  3. What ideas does Quantic Dream have for Star Wars? (14:37)
  4. Which games were most interesting to you prior to their release? (21:04)
  5. Improv Zone: Nintendo Direct (25:15)
  6. Dirtbag PrivatelyAttack asks: What cryptids show up in an Altus JRPG set in the American midwest? (31:44)
  7. Who are the heroes and role models in the video game industry today? (40:01)
  8. Make a video game about Passion Orange Guava juice without making it entirely about POGs. (45:58)
  9. What is the I Love Lucy of video games? (50:54)
  10. Would the world be better off if there weren’t video games? (54:13)

    11. LIGHTNING ROUND: Name Design: Old Cursewords (from Dirtbag Yeso) (01:00:14)

    Don’t even act like you don’t wanna discuss this episode in the forums!

    A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:

    • Ireland
    • Scotland
    • Sensible World of Soccer
    • Sensible Soccer ’98
    • Sensible Soccer 2006
    • Sensible Soccer European Champions
    • Prey
    • Steel Battalion
    • PlayOn Kinect Game Boat
    • World Flipper
    • Bejeweled 3
    • PS2 Swap Magic
    • Asuka 120%
    • Roblox
    • Tommy Tallarico settles dispute over ‘oof’ sound in Roblox
    • Quantic Dream is making a Star Wars game
    • Detroit Become Human patches out its ending
    • Indigo Prophecy
    • Kinect Star Wars
    • Star Wars: Masters of Teras Kasi
    • Star Wars: Jedi - Fallen Order
    • Star Wars: Squadrons
    • Cruelty Squad
    • Yakuza: Like a Dragon
    • McGruff’s SMART KIDS Album
    • Ogopogo
    • Mothman
    • Loveland Frog
    • Jersey Devil
    • Ghost Adventures
    • Jake from State Farm in NBA 2K22
    • Hirokazu Yasuhara
    • Michael Brough
    • Cinco Paus
    • Jake Elliott
    • Pog
    • Zuckerberg forcing Hawaiian land sales
    • I Love Lucy
    • Bayonetta
    • King’s Quest
    • Video Dames #0
    • Girl’s Garden
    • Phantasy Star
    • America’s Army
    • Satanic Panic
    • Hylics

      Recommendations:

      Brandon: Jack Frost (1997), Pig (2021)

      Liz: Cruelty Squad, Salad Fields

      Jaffe: Batman the Audio Adventures

      Edited by Esper Quinn. Original Music by Kurt Feldman.

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