The Insert Credit Show

Ep. 314 - Tofurtacular Thank Tank

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Every member of the Insert Credit panel gathers for a feast of questions regarding cartridge consumption, Tom Cruise title changes, and Bangai-O. 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. How would video games be different if the concept of a sequel didn’t exist? (10:39)
  2. How do you keep enemy encounters from feeling repetitive? (17:53)
  3. What’s the best law to break in a video game? (24:28)
  4. What is the best jump noise in video games? (32:03)
  5. What’s the worst first impression you’ve had of a game due to outside circumstances? (37:58)
  6. What video game cartridge or disc would you like to eat the most? (43:02)
  7. What can the U.S. healthcare system learn from healthcare in video games? (49:04)
  8. What are the greatest non-corporate rivalries in video games? (55:09)
  9. Is it possible to make a competitive multiplayer game completely diagetic to its story? (01:00:55)
  10. Has a piano ever been dropped on or near someone in a video game to great effect? (01:06:14)
  11. Should fall damage be phased out? (01:11:09)
  12. How would you explain Bangai-O to your mom? (01:18:03)

    13. LIGHTNING ROUND: Potpourri (01:25:36)

    Recommendations and Outro (01:30:02)

    Discuss this episode in the Insert Credit Forums

    A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:

    • Yakuza / Ryū ga Gotoku series
    • Alex Jaffe
    • Insert Credit Patreon (The Dirtbag)
    • Insert Credit Flavored Questions that are too stupid for the Dirtbag
    • Topher Florence
    • Tofurky
    • Impossible Foods
    • Be’f
    • Repo Man (1984)
    • Taylor Swift
    • Mission: Impossible
    • Tom Cruise
    • Nintendo Entertainment System
    • Balloon Fight
    • Clu Clu Land
    • Urban Champion
    • Popeye
    • Donkey Kong
    • Mario Bros.
    • Super Mario Bros.
    • Yume Kōjō: Dokidoki Panic
    • Super Mario Bros. 2
    • Metroid
    • The Legend of Zelda
    • Kid Icarus
    • Psycho Fox
    • DEcapAttack
    • Magical Hat no Buttobi Turbo! Daibōken
    • Wonder Boy series
    • Brave Fencer Musashi
    • Threads of Fate
    • Yu Suzuki
    • After Burner
    • Space Harrier
    • OutRun
    • Fire Emblem series
    • Gunstar Heroes
    • Chrono Trigger
    • Dragon Quest series
    • Final Fantasy series
    • Pokémon series
    • Final Fantasy VII
    • Cliff Bleszinski
    • LawBreakers
    • Uncharted series
    • Animal Crossing series
    • Cyberpunk 2077
    • Base Wars - Cyber Stadium Series
    • Atari Jaguar
    • Virtual Boy
    • Wii U
    • Deca Sports
    • MLB The Show series
    • Spider-Man 2
    • Power Pros
    • Super Mario series
    • Mega Man series
    • The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
    • Sonic the Hedgehog series
    • The Witness
    • Jonathan Blow
    • Elon Musk
    • Elden Ring
    • Joseph Conrad
    • Vladimir Nabokov
    • Minecraft
    • Markus “Notch” Persson
    • GameCube
    • PlayStation 5
    • HuCard
    • PlayStation Vita
    • Nintendo Switch
    • Yes, Nintendo Switch cartridges taste terrible
    • PC Engine
    • John Woo
    • Live, Die, Repeat: Edge of Tomorrow (2014)
    • All You Need Is Kill
    • Pokémon Center
    • Call of Duty series
    • Control
    • Gears of War series
    • Alan Wake II
    • Pregnant Elsa Dies at Dentist
    • Daigo Umehara
    • Justin Wong
    • Evo Moment 37
    • Kazuma Kiryu
    • Goro Majima
    • SonicFox
    • Battlefield series
    • Cloud Strife
    • Sephiroth
    • Capcom
    • SNK
    • Marvel
    • Monday Night Combat
    • Apex Legends
    • Football Manager
    • Videoball
    • Tokimeki Memorial
    • Boku no Natsuyasumi
    • Destiny
    • Hyper Gunsport
    • Looney Tunes licensees
    • WarioWare series
    • Bugs Bunny
    • Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner
    • Coyote vs. Acme
    • The Day the Clown Cried
    • Dave the Diver
    • CTR: Crash Team Racing
    • Mario Kart series
    • Super Mario 64
    • Bangai-O

      Recommendations:

      Tim: Check out some cheese, drink whole milk if you’re gonna drink milk,

      Brandon: RoboDoc: The Creation of RoboCop

      Jaffe: 52 Pickup

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