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Ep. 318 - Insert Credit Santacular, with Lucy James

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Happy holidays! Gamespot’s Lucy James drops down the Insert Credit chimney to cover Welsh elves, the first official weed strain for a video game, and Dreiblade. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Tim Rogers, Brandon Sheffield, and Lucy James. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.

Questions this week:

  1. As the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future, which three video game characters would be best at teaching Ebenezer Scrooge to change his miserly ways? (09:23)
  2. Do sliding ice physics ever positively contribute to a video game? (15:19)
  3. What do you think is the best selling non-video game item at GameStop as a gift this season? (21:35)
  4. Design the greatest Santa Claus video game of all time (30:48)
  5. How could dreidel be improved? (35:49)
  6. Which video game company probably holds the best Christmas party? (42:43)
  7. Based on video games, what do we know about elves? (49:05)
  8. What is the Rankin Bass of video games? (54:53)

    9. LIGHTNING ROUND: Name Design - Christmas Songs (01:01:19)

    Recommendations and Outro (01:12:28)

    Discuss this episode in the Insert Credit Forums

    A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:

    • Mariah Carey - All I Want for Christmas Is You
    • Eggnog
    • The Genealogy of Jesus the Messiah
    • Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree
    • Monstera deliciosa
    • The Twelve Days of Christmas
    • The Da Vinci Code
    • A Christmas Carol
    • Ebenezer Scrooge
    • Tetsuya Nomura
    • Organization XIII
    • The World Ends with You
    • Marluxia
    • Mickey Mouse
    • Kazuma Kiryu
    • Goro Majima
    • Davy Crockett
    • Bob Cratchit
    • The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)
    • Mickey’s Christmas Carol (1983)
    • Mickey and the Beanstalk
    • Pinocchio (1940)
    • Jiminy Cricket
    • James Stewart
    • Lies of P
    • Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio (2022)
    • Pinocchio: A True Story (2021)
    • Pinocchio (2002)
    • Navi
    • Super Mario series
    • Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back
    • Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End
    • The Last of Us series
    • X-Men licensees
    • Kickle Cubicle
    • Chip’s Challenge
    • Loki #248 Funko Pop! - Thor Ragnarok
    • Pikachu Squishmallows Plush
    • Breaking Bad
    • Minecraft
    • Jay and Silent Bob
    • Fortnite
    • Sonic the Hedgehog series
    • Halo series
    • The Lost and The Wicked
    • Tom Holland
    • Darth Vader Christmas Sweater
    • Pokémon Trading Card Game
    • Alan Wake: Remastered
    • Tom Clancy’s The Division
    • Tom Hiddleston
    • Santa Claus
    • Mortal Kombat series
    • John Wick (2014)
    • BioShock
    • Death Stranding
    • Norman Reedus
    • Stardew Valley
    • Daze Before Christmas
    • Hanukkah
    • Dreidel
    • Hanukkah gelt
    • Paper fortune teller
    • Beyblade
    • Mario Party series
    • Sega
    • Christmas NiGHTS into Dreams…
    • Konami
    • Tokimeki Memorial games
    • Wargaming
    • Devolver Digital
    • Keita Takahashi
    • Noby Noby Boy
    • Tim Schafer
    • Jack Black
    • Heather Hawkins
    • Dreamcast
    • Limp Bizkit
    • Ted Lasso
    • The Matrix (1999)
    • The Eras Tour
    • Elf Bowling
    • Legend of Zelda series
    • Keebler Company
    • Fudge Stripes
    • Elves
    • The Lost Vikings
    • Three Dirty Dwarves
    • Two Crude Dudes
    • Rankin/Bass Animated Entertainment
    • Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964)
    • Frosty the Snowman (1969)
    • Rudolph’s Shiny New Year (1976)
    • The Year Without a Santa Claus (1974)
    • ThunderCats
    • Norman Rockwell
    • FromSoftware
    • Doom
    • Rockstar Games
    • American McGee’s Alice
    • Kingdom Hearts series
    • Super Smash Bros.
    • Boba Fett
    • Pornhub’s Most Popular Video Game Character In 2023 Was Chun-Li From… Fortnite?
    • Insomniac Games

      Recommendations:

      Frank: Check out gamehistory.org where there will be a video about a very strange game called Super Sushi Pinball

      Brandon: Raiders of Atlantis (1983)

      Tim: Ferrari (2023)

      Lucy: Godzilla Minus One (2023)

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