The Insert Credit Show

Ep. 279 - Cauliflower If It Makes Sense, with Jeff Gerstmann

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Video game journalist Jeff Gerstmann sits down at the Insert Credit table to cover video game history, AI, and the return of Violence Island. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Tim Rogers, Brandon Sheffield, and Jeff Gerstmann. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.

Questions this week:

  1. Have any of you seen the news lately? (09:58)
  2. Let’s examine the evolution of the endless runner. (21:53)
  3. Wrestling games. Glorified character creators, or is there something there gameplay-wise? (28:22)
  4. Definitively rank tank, healer, and DPS from best to worst. (35:52)
  5. Kyle asks: Form a musical super group composed of video game characters. (43:38)
  6. Are AI programs like ChatGPT good for video games? (50:44)

    7. LIGHTNING ROUND: Violence Island (01:03:50)

    Recommendations and Outro (01:23:49)

    Discuss this episode in the Insert Credit forums

    A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:

    • Yakuza / Ryū ga Gotoku series
    • GDC
    • James Austin Johnson
    • The Jeff Gerstmann Show
    • Service Discontinuation: Nintendo eShop for Nintendo 3DS
    • EU’s Microsoft-Activision Deadline Delay Puts UK in Driving Seat
    • Detroit: Become Human
    • Final Fantasy Creator On Why He Thinks ‘Quality’ Japanese Games Saw A Brief Drop
    • Square Enix’s NFT game has a new trailer
    • Commodore 1571
    • https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2023/03/why-game-archivists-are-dreading-this-months-3ds-wii-u-eshop-shutdown/
    • Canabalt
    • TikTok is helping games about high heels and long nails go viral
    • Jetpack Joyride
    • Jetpack Joyride 2
    • Idle Slayer
    • Holedown
    • Tunic
    • Pepsiman
    • WWE All Stars
    • Style Savvy / Style Boutique / Girls Mode series
    • Tomodachi Life
    • Kingdom Something or Other 3
    • Hyper Gunsport
    • Super Smash Brothers series
    • Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Series
    • NBA 2K series
    • SaltyBet
    • Fire Pro Wrestling series
    • A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)
    • Final Fantasy XIV Online: A Realm Reborn
    • EverQuest
    • World of WarCraft
    • A Healer Only Lives Twice
    • Final Fantasy series
    • Squall Leonhart
    • Duke Nukem
    • PaRappa the Rapper
    • Linkin Park
    • Noctis Lucis Caelum
    • Shatterhand
    • I-No
    • Lord Raptor
    • Chaos
    • Jack Garland
    • Locke Cole
    • Sabin Rene Figaro
    • Cloud Strife
    • Tifa Lockhart
    • Aerith Gainsborough
    • Zell Dincht
    • Wakka
    • Gladiolus Amicitia
    • Barret Wallace
    • ChatGPT
    • Fallout 76
    • Goat Simulator
    • Noam Chomsky: The False Promise of ChatGPT
    • Dizzy
    • Billy Hatcher
    • Machamp
    • Goro
    • Quiet
    • The Quiet Man
    • Mario
    • Link

      Recommendations:

      Brandon: the plot of Kung Fu Traveler (2017)
      Jeff: Go listen to the Snoop Dogg Call of Duty: Vanguard voicelines
      Frank: Chicory: A Colorful Tale
      Tim: Croupier (1998)

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