Your new Insert Credit panel, now including Ash Parrish of The Verge, discusses Dragon Age fanfiction, the best video game music of the last ten years, and a Spice Girls nude code. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Brandon Sheffield, and Ash Parrish. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.

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SHOW NOTES:

The beginning of this episode features some words from Brandon Sheffield on personal loss, the election, and what we can do going forward. The usual intro begins at (09:01). Thank you.

1: Have video games completely realized the concept of importing your data from one game to the next? (20:59)

2: What do people really mean when they talk about learning curves? (27:46)

3: What’s up with video games having “Dragon” in the title and then not having very many dragons? (33:41)

4: Which video game character is tattooed on the most human bodies? (38:47)

The Insert Credit Quick Break: Puppy Cam! (44:34)

5: Esther Weinbach asks, what is the most important thing you’ve ever learned from a video game? (45:38)

6: Can you think of a single piece of memorable video game music from the past ten years? (54:37)

LIGHTNING ROUND: Celebrity Gamers (01:00:09)

Recommendations and Outro (01:09:00):

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