The Insert Credit Show

Ep. 288 - El Podcast Regular

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The panel you know and love reconvenes to weigh in on Overwatch 2, the GameCube handle, and Minter’s thing. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Tim Rogers, and Brandon Sheffield. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.

Questions this week:

  1. What does it mean to beat a video game? (05:04)
  2. In the “games as service” era, when do you update a game, and when do you make a sequel? (11:20)
  3. What’s the best non-game feature a gaming console has ever had? (18:32)
  4. What kinds of things aren’t video games licensing that they should? (28:21)
    5. Insert Credit Quick Break: Egglien (33:12)
  5. From ShlooterMcGavin: What would an eSports Utility Vehicle be like? (34:40)
  6. When have game developers best anticipated player behavior? (44:21)
  7. What games have successfully ripped off older games without anyone really noticing? (49:17)
  8. What is the Who Shot Mr. Burns? of video games? (54:03)

    9. LIGHTNING ROUND: GameFAQ&As: Tears of the Kingdom (01:01:00)

    Recommendations and Outro (01:06:09)

    A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:

    • Hexyz Force
    • Tubi
    • 2B
    • Ryo Hazuki
    • Cooking Mama
    • Pluto TV
    • AMC+
    • Arthur Morgan
    • Interview with the Vampire
    • Kanopy
    • Leon Kennedy
    • Yakuza / Ryū ga Gotoku series
    • Final Fantasy XV
    • Overwatch series
    • Overwatch 2’s director explains why its big PvE mode was canceled
    • RuneScape
    • Final Fantasy XIV Online
    • Final Fantasy XI Online
    • Forza Motorsport series
    • Gran Turismo series
    • Crazyracing Kartrider
    • Mario Kart Tour
    • PlayStation 2
    • PlayStation 3
    • Lair
    • Nintendo 3DS
    • StreetPass Mii Plaza games
    • PictoChat
    • Wii
    • Dreamcast
    • Xbox One
    • GameCube
    • Casio Loopy
    • Nintendo DS
    • Neo Geo Pocket
    • PlayStation Portable
    • Talkman
    • Matthew Lesko
    • Toro Inoue
    • Animal Crossing series
    • Horizon II: Forbidden West
    • Project Siren
    • Marvel Spider-Man
    • Atari Jaguar
    • Virtual Light Machine
    • Xbox 360
    • Jeff Minter
    • Cliff Bleszinski
    • Creative Business Unit III
    • The Witcher series
    • Pepsiman
    • ROG Gaming Routers
    • Alienware
    • Mac Pro
    • Kris Graft
    • Gunnar Optiks
    • Gamers Nexus
    • StarCraft
    • F.E.A.R. series
    • The Simpsons: Hit & Run
    • Deus Ex
    • BioShock
    • Crazy Taxi series
    • Nissan GT-R
    • Hyper Gunsport
    • Ico
    • Dog Patch
    • Jurassic Park (1993)
    • Friends
    • Nope (2022)
    • Another World
    • Ecco the Dolphin
    • Critter Crunch
    • Magical Drop
    • Money Puzzle Exchanger
    • AstroPop Deluxe
    • Zuma
    • Who Shot Mr. Burns?
    • Angry Birds
    • Scorched Earth
    • Who shot J.R.?
    • I Love Bees
    • Mortal Kombat II
    • NBA Jam
    • The Tower of Druaga
    • The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
    • Spelunky
    • Fez

      Recommendations:

      Frank: Unofficial Rent-A-Hero No.1 Translation, use actual games saves and not save states if you’re using the Redream emulator, the Xbox Elite Controller
      Tim: the Xbox Elite Controller, the Analogue Duo
      Brandon: talk to your relatives about trans rights issues

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