The Insert Credit Show

Ep. 309 - Jovial Duress

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Frank Cifaldi, Tim Rogers and Brandon Sheffield answer host Alex Jaffe’s questions and uncover the most Insert Credit thing to ever happen, the latest industry megamerger, and a giant cheese wheel. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Tim Rogers, Brandon Sheffield. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.

Questions this week:

  1. How’d the Atari Jaguar Museum at the Portland Retro Gaming Expo go, Frank? (09:18)
  2. Tina Carter asks: Is taking advantage of a a game’s technical system in a single-player environment “cheating”? (19:33)
  3. What happens now that Microsoft bought Activision? (25:03)
  4. You’re at a family dinner, and your six year old nephew asks if you’ve got any games on your phone. What do you show him? (31:30)
  5. Tom Arrow asks: What are some other game franchises that could make interesting use of Sonic & Knuckles ‘Lock On Technology’? (35:28)
  6. Design a minigame for Insert Credit: The Video Game. (46:03)

    7. LIGHTNING ROUND: Video Game Baby Shoes (52:14)

    Recommendations and Outro (56:01)

    Discuss this episode in the Insert Credit Forums

    A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:

    • Batman: Arkham series
    • Dragon’s Lair
    • Super Metroid
    • Yakuza / Ryū ga Gotoku series
    • Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon
    • Street Fighter II: Special Champion Edition
    • Atari Jaguar
    • Portland Retro Gaming Expo
    • Video Game History Foundation
    • Hasbro Releases Jaguar Publishing Rights
    • Songbird Productions
    • BigPEmu
    • Rayman
    • Ultra Vortek
    • Monkey D. Luffy
    • Boba Fett
    • Imagin HotRod Intra-Oral Camera
    • Bubsy series
    • Blinx: The Time Sweeper
    • Ty the Tasmanian Tiger
    • Baldur’s Gate series
    • Animal Crossing series
    • The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
    • Animal Crossing: New Horizons Review - IGN
    • Boku no Natsuyasumi
    • Microsoft completes Activision Blizzard acquisition
    • Call of Duty series
    • Spider-Man 2
    • Pitfall!
    • Barnstorming
    • SEGA Rally Championship
    • King’s Quest
    • 3-D Ultra Pinball
    • Donkey Kong Land 2
    • Quest 64
    • Infinite Jest
    • Leisure Suit Larry series
    • Halo series
    • Candy Crush Saga
    • Overwatch series
    • Diablo series
    • James Corden
    • Carpool Karaoke
    • Jimmy Fallon
    • Random.org
    • Zaga-33
    • Vampire Survivors
    • Super Hexagon
    • Holedown
    • One pound
    • Sonic & Knuckles
    • Lost Judgment
    • Grand Theft Auto IV & Episodes from Liberty City
    • Super Mario Bros. 2
    • Fallout games
    • Mega Man: Legacy Collection
    • Ghost of Tsushima
    • God of War
    • Horizon: Zero Dawn
    • The Last of Us
    • Marvel Spider-Man
    • Super Mario Bros. Wonder
    • Sonic Superstars
    • Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games series
    • The Insert Credit Video Game
    • Ore no Ryōri
    • Diner Dash series
    • The big cheese wheel

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