The Insert Credit Show

Ep. 206 - Bmups, with Christine Love

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Developer of Get in the Car, Loser! Christine Love joins the panel to cover Alf, tactical romance action, and the crushing economic realities of indie games.

Questions this week:

  1. How has video game art and design been impacted by Christian iconography? (03:40)
  2. What are the worst ports of the best games? (09:00)
  3. Has the Metroidvania outgrown Metroid? (13:01)
  4. What is the weirdest advice you’ve gotten for playing a video game? (17:22)
  5. What is and is not a visual novel? (21:11)
  6. Dirtbag Spencer asks: What Mortal Kombat character should get the next Mythologies game? (27:13)
  7. Are video games capable of evoking Britcom-style secondhand embarrassment? (32:37)
  8. Should games with a customizable protagonist and multiple love interests assume bisexuality? (36:59)
  9. From Brandon Sheffield: Christine, how can you justify giving away your game for free? (41:57)

    10. LIGHTNING ROUND: Name Design: Meme Girls (50:17)

    Get over here! So you can discuss this episode in the forums!

    A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:

    • Oh, Deer!
    • Analogue: A Hate Story
    • Ladykiller in a Bind
    • Get in the Car, Loser!
    • Splatterhouse
    • Castlevania
    • Shin Megami Tensei
    • ALF
    • Bubsy
    • Halo
    • Last Bible series
    • Bible Master
    • Wisdom Tree games
    • Crack Down cover
    • Street Fighter on the ZX Spectrum
    • Sonic Jam
    • Resident Evil on the Game.com
    • Axiom Verge 2
    • Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
    • Chasm
    • Deadly Premonition
    • GameFAQs
    • Jeanne d’Arc
    • Snatcher
    • Ace Attorney
    • Tokimeki Memorial
    • Fire Emblem: Three Houses
    • Cosmic Fantasy Stories
    • Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero
    • Scorpion
    • Raiden
    • Reptile
    • Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy
    • Larry David
    • Final Fnatasy XIV
    • Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures
    • Seinfeld Game pitch
    • Dragon Age
    • Digital: A Love Story
    • Get in the Car, Loser! - Battle on the Big Boardwalk DLC Available Now
    • Deltarune
    • Mean Girls (2004)

      Recommendations:

      Brandon: Dead & Buried (1981), Miho Fujiwara’s tracks on the California Crisis OST

      Frank: Can-Am Modular Metal Cabinetry, reach out to [email protected] if you’re interested in donation matching for the upcoming winter fundraiser

      Christine: Get in the Car, Loser! and the Battle on the Big Boardwalk DLC

      Jaffe: Kurt Feldman’s Insert Credit Show Soundtrack

      Edited by Esper Quinn. Original Music by Kurt Feldman.

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