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Ep. 356 - Zeus's Mistress, with ThorHighHeels
Video essayist and composer ThorHighHeels joins video game historian Frank Cifaldi to answer questions about the Dreamcast’s legacy, the PS5 Pro, and penis worms. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi and ThorHighHeels. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.
Discuss this episode in the Insert Credit Forums
SHOW NOTES:
Dreamcast
ThorHighHeels
Grammy Awards
Question 1: What does the Dreamcast represent? (02:04)
Vaporwave
Shenmue
Pixies
Up close with Sony’s PS5 Pro — and the 30th Anniversary model
Sega Genesis
Penny’s Big Breakaway
Penny Hardaway
Xbox
PlayStation 4
The Last of Us: Part II
PlayStation
Question 2: Is it ever worth getting the Pro version of a console? (07:28)
PlayStation 3 models
PlayStation 2 models
Nintendo 3DS
Nintendo Switch
Game Boy Advance SP
Nintendo Entertainment System
Mario’s Tribal Tattoo
Cybersigilism
Nirvana
Mark Cerny
Question 3: When in your experience have recent video games been most nakedly attempting to generate a meme? (12:56)
Borderlands series
Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth
Wild Bastards
Contra Piss Corps
Kingdoms of Amalur: Shitening
Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal
Assassin’s Creed series
Don’t Shit Your Pants
Can You Pet the Dog?
Back At It Again at Krispy Kreme
Earth Defense Force 6
All your base are belong to us
Question 4: What happened to everybody that was making browser flash games? (17:09)
Trials HD
Alien Hominid
Tom Fulp
Bennett Foddy
Question 5: Which phylum in the animal kingdom has the best monster design? (18:38)
(Content warning: most of these are links to types of worms)
Phylum
Mollusca (Mollusks)
Acanthocephala (Thorny headed worms)
Acoelomorpha (Without gut)
Annelida (Little ring)
Arthropoda (Jointed foot)
Brachiopoda (Arm foot)
Bryozoa (Moss animals)
Chaetognatha (Longhair jaw)
Chordata (With a cord)
Cnidaria (Stinging nettle)
Ctenophora (Comb bearer)
Cycliophora (Wheel carrying)
Echinodermata (Spiny skin)
Entoprocta (Inside anus)
Gastrotricha (Hair stomach)
Gnathostomulida (Jaw orifice)
Hemichordata (Half cord)
Kinorhyncha (Motion snout)
Loricifera (Corset bearer)
Priapulida (Penis worms)
Phoronida (Zeus’s mistress)
Tardigrada (Slow step)
Xenoturbellida (Strange flatworm)
Vetulicolia (Ancient dweller)
Question 6: Psynuxie asks, what is the “George R. R. Martin should just hire a ghost writer to finish the series” of video games? (21:50)
George R. R. Martin
A Song of Ice and Fire
Game of Thrones
Hideo Kojima
Metal Gear series
Yu Suzuki
Shenmue III
The Simpsons
David Cage
Question 7: Ayla asks, what is the most specifically personalized video game recommendation you’ve offered to someone? (28:06)
Tim Rogers
Undertale
EarthBound
The Secret of Monkey Island
The Sniper 2
Beethoven’s 2nd
Postal
Wishbone: Activity Zone
Question 8: LeFish asks, what game would be most improved with the addition of Satan? (32:46)
Spec Ops: The Line
Ace Attorney series
Daryl F. Gates Police Quest: Open Season
Daryl Gates
Space Quest series
LIGHTNING ROUND: Guess the Top 10 Vtubers (35:25)
Shirakami Fubuki
Mori Calliope
Hoshimachi Suisei
Kobo Kanaeru
**ZilverK**
Filian
Kizuna AI
Houshou Marine
Gawr Gura
Recommendations and Outro (42:05):
Thor: Electroplankton
Frank: King of the Hill
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Video essayist and composer ThorHighHeels joins video game historian Frank Cifaldi to answer questions about the Dreamcast’s legacy, the PS5 Pro, and penis worms. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi and ThorHighHeels. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.
Discuss this episode in the Insert Credit Forums
SHOW NOTES:
Dreamcast
ThorHighHeels
Grammy Awards
Question 1: What does the Dreamcast represent? (02:04)
Vaporwave
Shenmue
Pixies
Up close with Sony’s PS5 Pro — and the 30th Anniversary model
Sega Genesis
Penny’s Big Breakaway
Penny Hardaway
Xbox
PlayStation 4
The Last of Us: Part II
PlayStation
Question 2: Is it ever worth getting the Pro version of a console? (07:28)
PlayStation 3 models
PlayStation 2 models
Nintendo 3DS
Nintendo Switch
Game Boy Advance SP
Nintendo Entertainment System
Mario’s Tribal Tattoo
Cybersigilism
Nirvana
Mark Cerny
Question 3: When in your experience have recent video games been most nakedly attempting to generate a meme? (12:56)
Borderlands series
Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth
Wild Bastards
Contra Piss Corps
Kingdoms of Amalur: Shitening
Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal
Assassin’s Creed series
Don’t Shit Your Pants
Can You Pet the Dog?
Back At It Again at Krispy Kreme
Earth Defense Force 6
All your base are belong to us
Question 4: What happened to everybody that was making browser flash games? (17:09)
Trials HD
Alien Hominid
Tom Fulp
Bennett Foddy
Question 5: Which phylum in the animal kingdom has the best monster design? (18:38)
(Content warning: most of these are links to types of worms)
Phylum
Mollusca (Mollusks)
Acanthocephala (Thorny headed worms)
Acoelomorpha (Without gut)
Annelida (Little ring)
Arthropoda (Jointed foot)
Brachiopoda (Arm foot)
Bryozoa (Moss animals)
Chaetognatha (Longhair jaw)
Chordata (With a cord)
Cnidaria (Stinging nettle)
Ctenophora (Comb bearer)
Cycliophora (Wheel carrying)
Echinodermata (Spiny skin)
Entoprocta (Inside anus)
Gastrotricha (Hair stomach)
Gnathostomulida (Jaw orifice)
Hemichordata (Half cord)
Kinorhyncha (Motion snout)
Loricifera (Corset bearer)
Priapulida (Penis worms)
Phoronida (Zeus’s mistress)
Tardigrada (Slow step)
Xenoturbellida (Strange flatworm)
Vetulicolia (Ancient dweller)
Question 6: Psynuxie asks, what is the “George R. R. Martin should just hire a ghost writer to finish the series” of video games? (21:50)
George R. R. Martin
A Song of Ice and Fire
Game of Thrones
Hideo Kojima
Metal Gear series
Yu Suzuki
Shenmue III
The Simpsons
David Cage
Question 7: Ayla asks, what is the most specifically personalized video game recommendation you’ve offered to someone? (28:06)
Tim Rogers
Undertale
EarthBound
The Secret of Monkey Island
The Sniper 2
Beethoven’s 2nd
Postal
Wishbone: Activity Zone
Question 8: LeFish asks, what game would be most improved with the addition of Satan? (32:46)
Spec Ops: The Line
Ace Attorney series
Daryl F. Gates Police Quest: Open Season
Daryl Gates
Space Quest series
LIGHTNING ROUND: Guess the Top 10 Vtubers (35:25)
Shirakami Fubuki
Mori Calliope
Hoshimachi Suisei
Kobo Kanaeru
**ZilverK**
Filian
Kizuna AI
Houshou Marine
Gawr Gura
Recommendations and Outro (42:05):
Thor: Electroplankton
Frank: King of the Hill
This week’s Insert Credit Show is brought to you by patrons like you. Thank you.
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