The Insert Credit Show

Ep. 312 - Tetsuya Mizuguchi's Expensive Tetris

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Your beloved Insert Credit Show panel convenes on topics such as Sony Zelda, the Buddha’s Pickle Rick era, and the return of Violence Island. 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. Phil Salvador asks: What is a game you love that you would not recommend? (07:02)
  2. What’s the best way to pepper sidequests through an RPG? (12:47)
  3. What’s the difference between a good artist and a good concept artist? (18:08)
  4. What will Link’s first line of dialogue be in the live action Legend of Zelda movie? (23:47)
    5. Insert Credit Quick Break: video game union newsletter
  5. Jerome asks: which real people have had the most legally distinct video game characters based on them? (32:05)
  6. Why is the Streets of Rage pickup sound better than the Pac-Man pickup noise? (38:14)
  7. What are, according to Wikipedia, some video games the Buddha might or might not enjoy? (42:29)

    8. LIGHTNING ROUND: Violence Island (49:11)

    Recommendations and Outro (01:11:08)

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    A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:

    • Goodfeathers
    • Animaniacs
    • Looney Tunes
    • Wile E. Coyote
    • Bugs Bunny
    • Chuck Jones
    • Elmer Fudd
    • Big Chungus
    • Pickle Rick
    • Porky Pig
    • Telefunken U 47
    • Frank Sinatra
    • Tweety
    • Sylvester the Cat
    • SpongeBob SquarePants
    • Tom Kenny
    • Granny
    • Yosemite Sam
    • Deadwood
    • 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die
    • Tetris
    • Tetris Effect
    • Tetsuya Mizuguchi
    • Titenic
    • Valis series
    • Yakuza / Ryū ga Gotoku series
    • Demonschool
    • The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
    • Persona series
    • Cyberpunk 2077
    • Yoshitaka Amano
    • Tetsuya Nomura
    • Kazuko Shibuya
    • Final Fantasy series
    • Yoshitaka Amano, Kazuko Shibuya - from paper to pixel
    • Nintendo is making a live-action Zelda movie
    • Legend of Zelda series
    • Maze Runner (film series)
    • The Maze Runner (book series)
    • Tom Hardy
    • Tom Holland
    • Chris Pratt
    • Ruby Rose
    • John Wick: Chapter 4 (2023)
    • The Lost City of Z (2016)
    • Bruce Lee
    • Fei Long
    • Street Fighter series
    • Liu Kang
    • Mortal Kombat games
    • Sylvester Stallone
    • Rambo
    • The Revenge of Shinobi
    • Jackie Chan
    • Bruce Willis
    • Elvis Presley
    • Arnold Schwarzenegger
    • Bloody Wolf
    • Commando (1985)
    • The Terminator (1984)
    • Rocky (1976)
    • Dolph Lundgren
    • Mario Segale
    • Harrison Ford
    • Han Solo
    • Indiana Jones
    • Patriot Games (1992)
    • The Fugitive (1993)
    • U.S. Marshals (1998)
    • Streets of Rage
    • Pac-Man
    • Yuzo Koshiro
    • Castlevania series
    • List of games that Buddha would not play
    • The Buddha
    • Fire Emblem series
    • Super Mario 64
    • Mario Kart series
    • WarioWare series
    • You Don’t Know Jack series
    • Dota 2
    • League of Legends
    • Blood Will Tell: Tezuka Osamu’s Dororo
    • Tony Hawk skateboarding series
    • Viewtiful Joe
    • Agent 47
    • Ristar
    • Rayman
    • Billy Kane
    • Billy Zane
    • Sylvando
    • Rouge the Bat

      Recommendations:

      Frank: The Legend of Beavis

      Brandon: If you’re watching Yakuza Apocalypse (2015) the only watchable version is on Tubi, Saturnalia on Steam

      Tim: The new Daytona USA 2 port on Steam

      Jaffe: Aftermath, 52 Pickup

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