The Insert Credit Show

Ep. 250 - Getcha Self a Hot Dog, with Liz Ryerson

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Insert Credit Fringe Games Correspondent Liz Ryerson returns to the panel to cover being a tool user, the year of peak stupidity in video games, and crystals of fun syrup.

Questions this week:

  1. If you had a free day at the world’s most complete arcade, how would you spend a thousand quarters? (02:27)
  2. Is Gamescom the new E3? (07:59)
  3. What is the Snyder Cut of game conferences? (13:19)
  4. Recommend a video game soundtrack for Alex Jaffe’s dad’s commute (18:57)
  5. Improv Zone: Game Director YouTube Channels (23:49)
  6. Mr. Heck asks: what makes successful video games similar, and what makes video game failures unique? (39:24)
  7. What’s the stupidest thing you’ve ever seen in a video game? (47:59)
  8. How would you put the sound of a black hole into a video game? (52:47)
  9. What kind of games and areas of game culture do we not talk about enough on Insert Credit? (56:30)

    10. LIGHTNING ROUND: Episode Title Throwbacks (01:01:41)

    Recommendations and Outro (01:11:06)

    Two hundred and fifty? That’s a lot of episodes you could discuss in the forums!

    A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:

    • Yo, Bro
    • California Extreme
    • 2 Spicy
    • Emergency Call Ambulance
    • Prop Cycle
    • Elevator Action Deluxe series
    • Daytona USA
    • Marble Madness
    • Revolution X
    • Metal Slug series
    • Cadash
    • EightyTwo
    • Golden Axe: The Revenge of Death Adder
    • Long Island Retro Gaming Expo
    • Phantasmagoria series
    • Gamescom
    • Kölsch
    • Zack Snyder’s Justice League (2021)
    • Todd Rogers
    • John Romero
    • that Seinfeld photo shoot
    • Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
    • EverGrace
    • NieR series
    • BioShock series
    • Fallout games
    • Deathloop
    • Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
    • Tony Hawk skateboarding series
    • Katamari Damacy
    • Space Channel 5
    • Ape Out
    • EarthBound
    • FunHouse
    • Mortal Kombat games
    • Disney’s Goof Troop
    • Biohazard / Resident Evil series
    • Maniac Mansion
    • Twister (1996)
    • Inception (2010)
    • Dan Snaith
    • Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan / Elite Beat Agents series
    • London Cab Challenge
    • Smashing Drive
    • Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg
    • Billy the Wizard: Rocket Broomstick Racing
    • Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events
    • Neopets: The Darkest Faerie
    • Death of Adventure Games
    • Gabriel Knight 3: Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned
    • Armed & Delirious
    • Alex Kidd series
    • Exile: Wicked Phenomenon
    • Knuckles’ Chaotix
    • Nasa releases audio of what a black hole ‘sounds’ like
    • Legend of Zelda series
    • Oh, Deer!
    • Super Mario series
    • Fortnite series
    • Clash Royale

      Recommendations:

      Brandon: Wash your car from top to bottom, watch the Comanche dub of Prey (2022), Winter Beast (1992)

      Frank: If you like to channel surf old games, don’t forget to play the popular good stuff too

      Liz: Death’s Dynamic Shroud, Season of the Witch (1972), Kitschfork

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

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