A jam packed five star five course meal of bonus content awaits you inside this mp3 file! Featuring tim rogers’ Coke Zero review, Kris Graft’s grilling wisdom, Frank Cifaldi talking about classic games, CRTs and high end PCs, Brandon discussing his relationship with meat, and Vincent Diamante joining the exclusive club of guests who actually listen to the show.

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Leading game industry professionals and Insert Credit Show regulars Mathew Kumar and Liz Ryerson rejoin the panel for cryptid talk, Nintendo Direct, and pissing on gentrifiers.

Questions this week:

LIGHTNING ROUND: Name Design: Old Cursewords (from Dirtbag Yeso) (01:00:14)

Don’t even act like you don’t wanna discuss this episode in the forums!

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Recommendations:

Brandon: Jack Frost (1997), Pig (2021)

Liz: Cruelty Squad, Salad Fields

Jaffe: Batman the Audio Adventures

Edited by Esper Quinn. Original Music by Kurt Feldman.

A rare confluence of Jewish high holidays and immovable project deadlines results in a Patreon content unlock for the week! We celebrate the return of Frank with a few excellent stories about what he’s up to lately, Mathew Kumar has an incredible impromptu interview with Chris Remo about the design considerations of crosswords, and Ash Parrish talks about the shift from Kotaku to The Verge. Find over a year’s worth of excellent bonus content just like this at the Insert Credit Patreon!

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Edited by Esper Quinn. Original Music by Kurt Feldman.

Since last month’s hour long Bonus Credit will be tossed unto the masses tomorrow, the lack of coordinated recording time this week results in incredible value for you! Feast upon the pre- mid- and post-show recordings too delicious for consumption by the main feed, from before I ever started editing the show.

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Insert Credit Co-Founder and legendary video game music composer Vincent Diamante joins the panel to cover the Playstation conference, Frank Cifaldi’s necromancy of Clippy, and Daft Williams.

Questions this week:

LIGHTNING ROUND: Name That Game Tune (51:01)

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Brandon: Documental

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Frank: Kate Willaert, acriticalhit.com, Video Dames #0, Wild Gunman ‘74: Nintendo’s Forgotten First FMV Game

Vince: Kate Willaert, acriticalhit.com, Video Dames #0, The True First Easter Egg: Ready Player One Was Wrong

Jaffe: Congratulations Kelsey Lewin, The Sculptor

Edited by Esper Quinn. Original Music by Kurt Feldman.

Questions this week:

LIGHTNING ROUND: Name Design: JAV Titles (01:01:34)

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Recommendations:

Brandon: Check out the new GameDeveloper.com, Melissa’s self titled album, Ask Hershers Pizza for the Insert Credit, Enjoy with a D’Aquino Chianti Flask

Kris: Go to gamedeveloper.com, learn something new, Dishonored

Frank: Psychonauts 2

Jaffe: Superman Smashes the Klan

Edited by Esper Quinn. Original Music by Kurt Feldman.

After Frank’s brief absences, the full Insert Credit panel reunites upon their two hundredth battle. The task? Their greatest foe yet: one hundred rapid fire questions from the more than 420 dirtbags at patreon.com/insertcredit. Each panelist has four skips, but will it be enough to survive your best? Find out now!

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Brandon: Legend of the Eight Samurai (1983), Formula 1: Drive to Survive, JVC D series

Tim: The Last Dance with Michael Jordon

Frank Trailblazer Cifaldi: Do not own a CRT television

Jaffe: Usagi Yojimbo

Edited by Esper Quinn. Original Music by Kurt Feldman.

Editorial director of Digital Eclipse Chris Kohler joins the panel to cover bug-free cartridge games, on air game history research, and a brutal round of Famicom Feud. Original music by Kurt Feldman.

Questions this week:

LIGHTNING ROUND: Famicom Feud – Video Games Notable For Negative Reception (56:24)

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Frank: The new Twilight Zone series

Brandon: Vote no on recalling Newsom if you live in California, even if he sucks he’ll get replaced by somebody a whole bunch worse

Chris: The Ultimate History of Video Games vol. 2

Jaffe: The Many Deaths of Laila Starr

Edited by Esper Quinn. Original Music by Kurt Feldman.

Fan favorite panelists Ash Parrish and Liz Ryerson return triumphant to to cover Knuckles, vaporwave, and the multitude of things the hell wrong with video games.

Questions this week:

LIGHTNING ROUND: Initial Design (01:16:18)

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Liz: The Blood Zone, death’s dynamic shroud

Ash: Pig (2021)

Brandon: G.I. Samurai, Oddtaxi

Jaffe: The Nice House on the Lake

Edited by Esper Quinn. Original Music by Kurt Feldman.

Game designer, composer, and co-creator of Idle Thumbs Chris Remo joins the panel along with Mathew “Agent of Chaos” Kumar to cover the Honda Prelude, Crossword of the Dead, and live on-air cat noises.

Questions this week:

LIGHTNING ROUND: Name Design – Jodi Picoult (01:01:44)

Don’t you wish you could share your answers to the prompts? You can do exactly that in the forums!

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Recommendations:

Brandon: To Kill With Intrigue (1977), Walker (1987)

Mathew: Gold Ninja Video fundraiser

Chris: Police Story (1985)

Edited by Esper Quinn. Original Music by Kurt Feldman.