The Insert Credit Show

Ep. 395 - We've Got Enough Nuts McSquirrels


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Your Insert Credit panel covers open world games, the Tango & Cash NES platformer, and the many secrets of The Ooze. Plus, credits are spent to make everyone to play a game. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Ash Parrish, and Brandon Sheffield. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.

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SHOW NOTES:

1: Ash, how was Summer Game Fest? (02:16)

  • Summer Game Fest
  • Astro Bot
  • Resident Evil Requiem
  • Outer Worlds 2
  • Ben Starr
  • Magic the Gathering
  • Final Fantasy XVI
  • Clive Rosfield (Vial Smasher the Fierce)
  • Doom
  • John Carmack
  • Killer7
  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
  • Cam Clarke
  • Die Fledermaus
  • The Tick
  • Liquid Snake
  • Chairface Chippendale

    2: merritt k asks, which classic film should have gotten an inexplicable platformer on the NES? (10:22)

    • Tango & Cash (1989)
    • Turner & Hooch (1989)
    • Nintendo Entertainment System
    • Last Action Hero
    • Arachnophobia (1990)
    • Arachnaphobia
    • Ocean’s Eleven (2001)
    • Ocean’s 11 (1960)
    • Relooted
    • Indiana Jones
    • Lara Croft
    • Nathan Drake
    • Ernest Goes to Jail (1990)
    • Flatliners (1990)
    • Highlander (1986)
    • It (1990)
    • Highlander
    • Super Mario Bros. the Movie (1993)

      3: When should a video game have an open world? (16:23)

      • Red Dead Redemption
      • Kaizen Game Works
      • Paradise Killer
      • Promise Mascot Agency
      • Any Austin
      • Demonschool
      • Pragmata
      • Brandon’s Robocop 3 post
      • Transformers: Kiss Players
      • Marvel’s Deadpool VR

        4: Happy pride! What are some extremely complicated things developers can do to make their games more queer? (24:20)

        • The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy
        • Twine
        • Stellar Blade
        • David Cage

          5: Littleboat asks, what is the worst goo in a videogame? (29:04)

          • Gooigi
          • Super Mario Bros. Wonder
          • The Ooze
          • Boogerman: A Pick and Flick Adventure
          • Death Stranding
          • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze (1991)
          • A Boy and His Blob
          • Chemical Plant Zone
          • Captain Planet and the Planeteers
          • Gooey
          • Slime
          • Final Fantasy Tactics
          • Kingdom Hearts
          • Doctor Who missing episodes

            6: How were 90’s video games informed by their wider historical context? (35:15)

            • G. I. Joe
            • Disney’s Toy Story
            • Clockwork Knight
            • Sonic 3D Blast
            • The Adventures of Batman & Robin
            • Sega Genesis
            • Demoscene
            • Mr. Nutz
            • Punky Skunk
            • Awesome Possum Kicks Dr. Machino’s Butt
            • Daxter

              7: What is the “BlueSky is dying” of video games? (41:32)

              • NBA 2K23
              • Magic: The Gathering Arena
              • Fallout series
              • Assassins Creed series
              • Final Fantasy VI
              • Triple Triad

                LIGHTNING ROUND: Famicom Feud - Repeatedly Novelized Game Series (47:45)

                Recommendations and Outro (01:00:29):

                • Brandon: Support your alt weeklies, Guns and Guts (1974)
                • Ash: Subscribe to the Patreon at a $10 level to get drag names from Ash, Steam Next Fest

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