The Insert Credit Show

Ep. 235 - Unchardita, with Vincent Diamante

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Insert Credit Co-founder and legendary game composer Vincent Diamante joins the panel to cover Fighters Megamix romance, Russian Adventure, and the top 5 Sonic games that aren’t the immediately great ones.

Questions this week:

  1. Kris Graft asks: Which two fighters from Fighters Megamix would make the best or worst romantic couple? (05:17)
  2. Now that we have a little distance, what features of the PS4/Xbox One era will feel retro someday? (09:45)
  3. On what occasions have you restarted a game from the beginning before finishing it? (15:02)
  4. What is “immersion” in video games? (19:54)
  5. Design an “In This House We Do Disney” piece of wall art for gamers (25:16)
  6. Dirtbag Salvatore Romano asks: Excluding 1, 2, 3, & Knuckles and Mania, what are the top 5 Sonic the Hedgehog games? (30:36)
  7. Which video game series took the greatest number of entries to start getting good? (36:16)
  8. What is the best logo design in video games? (41:38)
  9. Is Nintendo evil? (46:31)

    10. LIGHTNING ROUND: Acronymizer (50:33)

    Recommendations and Outro (56:30)

    Immerse yourself in this episode by discussing it in the forums!

    A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:

    • Bram Stoker’s Dracula
    • Dan Slott’s Spider-Man run
    • Children of Virtue and Vengeance
    • World Trigger
    • SimCity 2000
    • Fighters Megamix
    • Bean the Dynamite
    • Bark the Polar Bear
    • Daytona USA
    • Virtua Cop
    • Rent A Hero
    • Banjo-Kazooie
    • Kumachan
    • Candy
    • Herbie
    • Jeffry McWild
    • Dural
    • Tomb Raider series
    • Marvel Guardians of the Galaxy
    • Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin
    • Balan Wonderworld
    • Yuji Naka says Square Enix doesn’t ‘value games’ after Balan Wonderworld mess
    • Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
    • The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
    • Time Traveler
    • The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening
    • Super Hydlide
    • Uncharted: The Lost Legacy
    • Chrono Cross
    • Loop Hero
    • the stupid disney thing Jaffe talks about
    • Fortnite series
    • Elden Ring
    • Battlefield 1942
    • Zombie Revenge
    • Disaster Report
    • Sonic R
    • Sonic & All-Stars Racing: Transformed
    • Sonic Adventure
    • Sonic Rush
    • Sonic the Hedgehog Chaos
    • Dr. Robotnik’s Mean Bean Machine
    • Sonic the Hedgehog: Triple Trouble
    • Knuckles’ Chaotix
    • Rush’n Attack series
    • Tetris
    • Final Fantasy series
    • Madden series
    • Bubsy 3D: Bubsy Visits the James Turrell Retrospective
    • Bubsy: Paws on Fire!
    • Mortal Kombat games
    • Street Fighter series
    • Asuka 120% series
    • Castlevania / Akumajō Dracula series
    • Need for Speed series
    • The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
    • Mass Effect 2
    • Capcom cubes logo
    • Ibrahim Hamdi’s game logos in arabic
    • Brain Grey logo
    • HOT B Logo
    • TWEWY logo
    • original Puyo Puyo logo
    • Reggie Fils-Aimé on contractor woes: ‘This isn’t the Nintendo I left’

      Recommendations:

      Vincent: Scritti Politti

      Brandon: Halloween (1978)

      Frank: Dan Slott’s Spider-Man run

      Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Brandon Sheffield and Vincent Diamante. Edited by Esper Quinn. Original Music by Kurt Feldman.

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