The Insert Credit Show

Ep. 241 - Octoplath Traveler, with Allegra Frank

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Deputy editor of The Daily Beast Allegra Frank joins the panel to cover Kirby adults, Pokemon Gonlyfans, and whether or not demons are cool.

Questions this week:

  1. Does adapting a story focused on choice into another medium cheapen player agency? (04:58)
  2. Where does the Kirby franchise go from here? (13:19)
  3. What’s happened with Pokemon Go in the last six years since anyone played it? (20:13)
  4. Which video game character would you pick to guest host Saturday Night Live? (26:58)
  5. Are demons cool? (32:02)
  6. Kyle asks: Which famous writer would be best at writing a video game walkthrough? (41:36)
  7. Tim asks: who cares? (48:42)

    LIGHTNING ROUND: GameFAQ&As: Dragon Age Inquisition (49:35)

    Recommendation & Outro (01:00:44)

    Pokemon Go to the forums to discuss this episode!

    A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:

    • Demonschool by Necrosoft Games, now wishlistable on Steam
    • Dornie
    • Super Mario 64
    • Jurassic Park: Rampage Edition
    • Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
    • Yoshi
    • Black Mirror: Bandersnatch
    • F For Fake (1973)
    • The Walking Dead
    • BioShock
    • Dragon Age series
    • Mass Effect series
    • Life Is Strange series
    • Halo
    • Kirby games
    • Kirby Air Ride
    • Kirby and the Forgotten Land
    • Curb Your Enthusiasm
    • Pokémon universe
    • Pokémon GO
    • Mongo only pawn in game of life
    • Cork
    • The Human Toll Of Fallout 76’s Disastrous Launch
    • Marcus Michael Fenix
    • George Steinbrenner
    • Big Boss
    • Solid Snake
    • Dr. Hal “Otacon” Emmerich
    • Demonschool
    • Shin Megami Tensei series
    • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge
    • Persona series
    • Yakuza / Ryū ga Gotoku series
    • Final Fight: “Streetwise”
    • Ernest Hemingway
    • Homer
    • Beowulf
    • Salman Rushdie
    • Jonathan Franzen
    • Conker’s Bad Fur Day
    • Sylvia Plath
    • Warlock
    • Jean-Paul Sartre
    • Jorge Luis Borges
    • Miguel de Cervantes

      Recommendations:

      Brandon: F For Fake (1973), Desiccation’s Cold Dead Earth,

      Tim: This lunchtime photograph, Don’t call yourself a flexitarian

      Allegra: Freeze then thaw your tofu

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      Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Tim Rogers, Brandon Sheffield, and Allegra Frank. Edited by Esper Quinn. Original Music by Kurt Feldman.

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