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Ep. 447 - Formative Game Uncles
Frank, Ash, and Brandon answer questions about episodic games, the ever-changing “average gamer,” and full-frontal Mario.
Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Ash Parrish, and Brandon Sheffield. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.
Watch episodes with full video on YouTube
Discuss this episode in the Insert Credit Forums
SHOW NOTES:
Video Game History Foundation
Sonic Sez
Punky Brewster
“I’m brave, I’m hairy, and your dad loves me.”
Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time - The Lost Woods Theme
Alarmo
Jay
John Mayer - Waiting on the World to Change
Evanesence - Bring Me to Life
Wham! - Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go
1: When should a game be released in chapters as opposed to all at once? (04:28)
Deltarune
Esper’s bluesky post
Sam & Max series
Toby Fox
Poppy Playtime
Dispatch
Telltale Games
AdHoc Studio
Dreamcast
Grauen no Torikago Kapitel 3: Kansei
GameTap
American McGee’s Grimm
Katamari Damacy
Tim Burton
Temu
2: How old should a game be before it gets a remake? (09:54)
The Last of Us series
Resident Evil series
Silent Hill series
Final Fantasy VII: Remake
Metal Gear Solid series
MindsEye
Star Fox
Disney’s Robin Hood
Five Nights at Freddy’s series
3: What would you consider the worst timed video game releases in history? (15:18)
Disaster Report 4: Summer Memories
Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp
Propeller Arena
Grand Theft Auto VI
Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Doom Eternal
Barbenheimer
Hades
Battleborn
Overwatch
The Outer Worlds
Outer Wilds
Duke Nukem Forever
4: What is an uncle game? (20:06)
AAVE
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7
World of WarCraft
Madden series
FIFA series
Wordle
Spelling Bee
Roblox
Mecca Chameleon
Mina the Hollower
Friendslop
Grand Theft Auto V
NCAA Football series
NBA 2K series
NBA Jam series
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Tiger Woods PGA series
Street Fighter II
Sonic the Hedgehog
Guilty Gear series
Dragon Ball Z: Budokai series
Def Jam: Fight for NY
Tony Hawk skateboarding series
Lode Runner
Duke Nukem series
Atari
Coleco
Intellivision
Sega Genesis
Mortal Kombat
5: Room Check! (29:39)
youtube.com/insertcreditshow
Soundsheets
Darius
Space Harrier
Quartet
Fantasy Zone
Master System
Osamu Murata
Casette tape
KQED
Forum
Sega
Take Your Daughter to Work Day
City Year Cleveland
Jesse Owens
V for Vendetta
V for Vendetta (2005)
Scarabaeidae
Dung beetle
6: SuperDQP asks, which game franchise should get a “the movie the game” treatment? (38:45)
Street Fighter the Movie the Game
Super Mario Bros. (1993)
Super Mario series
CD-i
Midway Games
Mortal Kombat series
NARC
Cyberpunk 2077
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life (2003)
Naughty Dog
Crystal Dynamics
Java
JavaScript
Cradle 2 the Grave (2003)
Paul W. S. Anderson
Wii
Sonic the Hedgehog (2020)
Jim Carrey
The Riddler
Sonic and the Black Knight
007: First Light
King of Fighters (2009)
Tekken (2009)
Need for Speed (2014)
Gran Turismo (2023)
LIGHTNING ROUND: Pride or Die (46:12)
Recommendations and Outro (57:50):
Brandon:
Nirvana X-Rom - Wired Into Your Brain
Karaoke Videos - 99% Invisible
seiji oda - LAST SUMMER
Ash: Road to Empress II or maybe not because it has a lot of Gen AI
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Frank, Ash, and Brandon answer questions about episodic games, the ever-changing “average gamer,” and full-frontal Mario.
Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Ash Parrish, and Brandon Sheffield. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.
Watch episodes with full video on YouTube
Discuss this episode in the Insert Credit Forums
SHOW NOTES:
Video Game History Foundation
Sonic Sez
Punky Brewster
“I’m brave, I’m hairy, and your dad loves me.”
Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time - The Lost Woods Theme
Alarmo
Jay
John Mayer - Waiting on the World to Change
Evanesence - Bring Me to Life
Wham! - Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go
1: When should a game be released in chapters as opposed to all at once? (04:28)
Deltarune
Esper’s bluesky post
Sam & Max series
Toby Fox
Poppy Playtime
Dispatch
Telltale Games
AdHoc Studio
Dreamcast
Grauen no Torikago Kapitel 3: Kansei
GameTap
American McGee’s Grimm
Katamari Damacy
Tim Burton
Temu
2: How old should a game be before it gets a remake? (09:54)
The Last of Us series
Resident Evil series
Silent Hill series
Final Fantasy VII: Remake
Metal Gear Solid series
MindsEye
Star Fox
Disney’s Robin Hood
Five Nights at Freddy’s series
3: What would you consider the worst timed video game releases in history? (15:18)
Disaster Report 4: Summer Memories
Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp
Propeller Arena
Grand Theft Auto VI
Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Doom Eternal
Barbenheimer
Hades
Battleborn
Overwatch
The Outer Worlds
Outer Wilds
Duke Nukem Forever
4: What is an uncle game? (20:06)
AAVE
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7
World of WarCraft
Madden series
FIFA series
Wordle
Spelling Bee
Roblox
Mecca Chameleon
Mina the Hollower
Friendslop
Grand Theft Auto V
NCAA Football series
NBA 2K series
NBA Jam series
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Tiger Woods PGA series
Street Fighter II
Sonic the Hedgehog
Guilty Gear series
Dragon Ball Z: Budokai series
Def Jam: Fight for NY
Tony Hawk skateboarding series
Lode Runner
Duke Nukem series
Atari
Coleco
Intellivision
Sega Genesis
Mortal Kombat
5: Room Check! (29:39)
youtube.com/insertcreditshow
Soundsheets
Darius
Space Harrier
Quartet
Fantasy Zone
Master System
Osamu Murata
Casette tape
KQED
Forum
Sega
Take Your Daughter to Work Day
City Year Cleveland
Jesse Owens
V for Vendetta
V for Vendetta (2005)
Scarabaeidae
Dung beetle
6: SuperDQP asks, which game franchise should get a “the movie the game” treatment? (38:45)
Street Fighter the Movie the Game
Super Mario Bros. (1993)
Super Mario series
CD-i
Midway Games
Mortal Kombat series
NARC
Cyberpunk 2077
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life (2003)
Naughty Dog
Crystal Dynamics
Java
JavaScript
Cradle 2 the Grave (2003)
Paul W. S. Anderson
Wii
Sonic the Hedgehog (2020)
Jim Carrey
The Riddler
Sonic and the Black Knight
007: First Light
King of Fighters (2009)
Tekken (2009)
Need for Speed (2014)
Gran Turismo (2023)
LIGHTNING ROUND: Pride or Die (46:12)
Recommendations and Outro (57:50):
Brandon:
Nirvana X-Rom - Wired Into Your Brain
Karaoke Videos - 99% Invisible
seiji oda - LAST SUMMER
Ash: Road to Empress II or maybe not because it has a lot of Gen AI
This week’s Insert Credit Show is brought to you by patrons like you. Thank you.
Subscribe: RSS, YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more!
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