The Insert Credit Show

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A relentlessly on topic smorgasbord of hard hitting video game questions as addressed by a panel of experts. Featuring Frank Cifaldi, Ash Parrish, Brandon Sheffield, and a rotating group of special

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April 26, 2021Ep. 182 - Chipfaced, with merritt k
Fanbyte writer and podcaster merritt k sits with the panel to cover the darkness within Viva Pinata, Bad Boy Reggie Fils Aime, and an explanation of what Touhou actually is. Original music by Kurt Feldman. (Content warning: This episode contains strong language.)
Questions this week:
From Ash Parrish: Congress has a button to destroy all video games, and you’ve been brought in to convince them not to press it. What’s the worst game to present? (03:25)
What are the most egregious cases of falling upwards in the video game industry? (08:47)
What game did you come around to liking after vocally disliking before playing? (14:12)
How do video games express extreme speed, without sacrificing control? (20:06)
Leaving aside Lester the Unlikely, what is the most unlikely video game? (24:45)
Dirtbag Derek asks: What do you predict will be the cause of the next video game renaissance? (32:16)
What’s happened in the Japanese indie game scene since Cave Story? (38:14)
What examples of fans officially taking a game forward have worked out? (42:58)
What is the Alvin and the Chipmunks of video games? (48:52)
LIGHTNING ROUND: Seven Virtuous Minigames (54:40)
Think you have better answers than the panel? Politely discuss this episode in the Insert Credit forums.
A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:
Blind Box Vintage Game Magazines
Primus - Too Many Puppies
Ash Parrish
Six Days in Fallujah
Hyperdimension Neptunia
Viva Pinata
Genshin Impact
Battletoads Turbo Tunnel
Danganronpa
Altaïr Ibn-La’Ahad
Gravity Rush
Kudo Tsunoda
Reign of Fire
Phil Harrison
Kickin’ ass, takin’ names, makin’ games
Crusader of Centy
99 Potions
James Rolfe
Oh, Deer!
Rocket Knight Adventures
Faster Than Speed
Lester the Unlikely
Wild Woody
Land Before Time
Air Bud
Mister Mosquito
Bee Simulator
Deadly Premonition 2
Jersey Devil
Glover
Normy’s Beach Babe-O-Rama
Sgt. Rock game
Gumby vs. The Astrobots
Snoopy vs. The Red Baron
Jackbox
Every Ninja Turtles reboot
Touhou
Sakuna: of Rice and Ruin
Sonic Mania
Dizzy the Egg
Toxic Avenger
Alien cartoon
Robocop cartoon
Total Recall
Tool Assisted Speedruns
Rabbids
Alan Sherman
Toki Tori
Toki
Recommendations:
Brandon: Clazziquai - Remix Pinch Your Soul, Yukiko Tanaka - Reflection, Nobody (2021), Enter The Fat Dragon (2020), recognize the misogyny and colorism in Baahubali
Frank: Feel free to pirate games, Gumby
Merritt: Fanbyte, Fanbyte Podcasts, twitch.tv/fanbyte
Edited by Esper Quinn. Original Music by Kurt Feldman.
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1h 11min
April 19, 2021Ep. 181 - All Six Of Them, with Ash Parrish
Game journalist and friend of the show Ash Parrish returns to cover Amiga AI, alien boyfriends, and pynball.
Questions this week:
From Heather Alexandra: What game has the tastiest potions? (03:53)
What’s something you never want to see in a video game again? (08:27)
What are the best achievements in video game AI development? (12:56)
Which officially released video games are most transparently fanfiction of other games? (17:37)
Design the perfect romancable alien RPG NPC, but make them distinctly nonhuman. (22:27)
Dirtbag MoxBagel asks: How would you re-design pinball to be more of a 30 minute game instead of a 3 minute game? (28:40)
Have you ever wished a game challenged you a little more? (34:53)
What are the best liminal spaces in a video game? (39:41)
Has your opinion of a game ever changed after speaking with the developer? (43:53)
What is the Miles Davis “Kind of Blue” of video games? (49:52)
LIGHTNING ROUND: Alphanumerous Characters (55:26)
Think you have better answers than the panel? Politely discuss this episode in the Insert Credit forums.
A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:
Seventh Son of a Seventh Son by Iron Maiden
The Seventh Sign (1988)
Synesthesia
A Healer Only Lives Twice
Phantasy Star
Bayonetta
Castlevania Holy Water
C.C. Lemon
Final Fantasy Potion energy drink
Bawls
Mamotte Knight
Ico
The Last Guardian
Enemy: Tempest of Violence
Final Fight
River City Ransom
X-COM
Oddworld: Abe’s Oddysee
Lemmings
Yooka Laylee
Fantasian
Doujin games
Melty Blood
Touhou fangames
I Wanna Be The Guy
Freedom Planet
Project X Zone
Tatsunoko vs. Capcom
Inuyasha
Queer Eye for the Straight Guy
Elcor
Volus
Blue humans
Babylon 5
Trypophobia (warning: potentially upsetting)
Tryptophan
Misophonia
3D Pinball
Pinball Quest
Devil’s Crush
Demon’s Tilt
Alien Crush
Fantastic Pinball
Pokemon Pinball
Sonic Spinball
Metroid Prime Pinball
Flipnic: Ultimate Pinball
Yoku’s Island Express
It Takes Two
The Witness
Nier: Automata
Deadly Premonition
Mega Man 2 ending cavern
Sonic CD soundtrack
“Games for which there are two soundtracks, and both are good” on the Insert Credit Forums
Black Athena: How Hades Gets Its Gods Right by Ash Parrish
Slap Happy Rhythm Busters
Miles Davis “Kind of Blue”
Super Mario Galaxy
Spec-Ops: The Line
Wii Sports
Take Five
Street Fighter IV
Mortal Kombat III
Recommendations:
Ash: Kotaku Splitscreen, twitter.com/adashtra
Brandon: Fourth Dimension, Melinda’s Hot Sauce
Frank: Shaquanda’s Hot Pepper Sauce
Jaffe: The Unknown (1927)
This Week’s Insert Credit Art Jam Topic: Cheating
Edited by Esper Quinn. Original Music by Kurt Feldman.
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1h 3min
April 12, 2021Ep. 180 - Insert Credit 20th Anniversary
Twenty years of insertcredit.com, as remembered by past and present contributors. Featuring Vincent Diamante, Chris Woodard, Azurelore Korrigan, Patrick Miller, and more.
Questions this week:
What do you remember about the GP32, and how does obscure hardware fit in Insert Credit’s taste? (07:20)
What are the best video game comeback stories? (11:42)
If Insert Credit could secure the film rights to any video game, what would it be? (16:09)
What gets changed when porting a video game? (19:19)
What Insert Credit-type games influence Vincent’s music composition? (23:06)
What is Tose up to now, and what other important game companies don’t we know about? (31:51)
Insert Credit declared the death of print video game media on April 16th, 2008. Is that about right? (36:38)
In 2009, there was some pontification on Insert Credit on what constituted “good” or “bad” video game journalism. Where do you stand on that now? (41:03)
What are some of the most striking video game convention displays you’ve seen? (44:43)
How did the cottage industry of new games for old consoles happen, and which ones are worth discussing? (49:50)
How did the forums and community shape Insert Credit’s identity? (59:03)
How can one still find obscurity on the internet? (01:09:03)
What are the biggest differences between video game culture in 2004-2006 and now? (01:14:00)
After all these years, how would you define your relationship to video games? (01:20:35)
What the hell is wrong with video games? (01:24:54)
How has Insert Credit changed since the start of the podcast? (01:44:53)
How did you all go from writing about to developing and preserving video games? (01:49:24)
Are video game blogs dead? (02:00:09)
What are the best things to come out of Insert Credit? (02:04:40)
Finish this sentence: Insert Credit is the _____ of video games. (02:09:15)
Discuss these questions and obscure video game hardware in the Insert Credit forum thread for this episode.
A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:
Lost Levels
Vincent Diamante
thatgamecompany
Skullgirls
GP32
Arcturus: The Curse and Loss of Divinity
Astonishia Story
White Day: A Labrynth Named School
Corum III: Chaotic Magic
Gamasutra
Punch-Out!! (Wii)
NieR
Puyo Puyo
Windjammers
Wonder Boy
Hajime no Ippo
Asuka 120%
Clue (1985)
SoundTeMP
Sky by thatgamecompany featuring music by Vincent Diamante
Kingdom Hearts 100% ending featuring Insert Credit watermark
Tose Co. Ltd.
Interview: Tose: Game Development Ninjas by Brandon Sheffield
Game Developer Research Institute
Jason Schreier
Gizmondo
Phantom
ApeXtreme
N-Gage
Colors
Intellivision Amico
Star Odyssey
SGDK
Super Fighter Team
Piko Interactive
Stone Protectors
MadMan’s Cafe
Peter Molyneux
The GIA
Insert Credit Show Episode 13 - Shave and a Haircut, with Justin McElroy
Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance
Iron Man
Captain America: Super Soldier
Shoryuken Forums
The Molydeux Game Jam
Lost Media Wiki
Barnyard Blast: Swine of the Night
Edge Magazine
Flower
The Last Blade 2
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex for PS2
Drag-On Dragoon
cavia inc.
Edited by Esper Quinn. Original Music by Kurt Feldman.
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2h 16min
April 05, 2021Ep. 179 - Dirtbag Deep Dive, with Tyriq Plummer
The panel opens the Dirtbag, joined by game developer and composer Tyriq Plummer. Also covered: petty attract modes, the steamy details of Wario’s parentage, and Bleomard Nimoy.
Questions this week:
David asks: What are your favorite home console attract modes? (01:33)
Big Steve Lasanga asks: is the pursuit of “legitimacy” by prestige games a creative dead end? (04:46)
Sam asks: Why aren’t there more genre mash-ups in video games? (09:22)
Shun asks: what would a Quadruple A video game be like? (12:10)
Thundercricket asks: What is the most practical dungeon in a video game? (14:49)
MoxBagel asks: How would video games be different if Sega was the dominant console manufacturer today? (18:36)
Graphite asks: What are the most notable video game misreadings? (21:58)
Aldo Leopold asks: is cranking the resolution in a PS2 emulator playing “the real game”? (25:32)
Daniel R asks: What are the selling points of quadruple-A game Steampunk 1877? (29:00)
TheFragranceOfDarkCoffee asks: How do you recommend a competent and enjoyable but not remarkable game? (32:27)
Kiko asks: Is it possible to reboot Seaman? (35:41)
Anders M asks: What countries besides the US, Japan, and UK put out the best games? (38:23)
GigaSlime asks: What celebrities would you cast in your expensive vanity project? (41:58)
George Rohac asks: What about video games still gives you hope for the medium? (45:30)
Eric Eaton asks: What is the Bob Dylan of video games? (49:45)
LIGHTNING ROUND: Spilling the Dirtbag (52:47)
Think you have better answers than the panel? Politely discuss this episode in the Insert Credit forums.
A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:
SNK 40th Anniversary Collection
Exile
Dragon Slayer: The Legend of Heroes
Samurai Showdown
Yakuza 4
A Mind Forever Voyaging
Call of Duty: Black Ops - Cold War
Final Lap Twin
World Court Tennis
Volleyball Shooter by Necrosoft Games Available Now on Stadia and Google Play Pass
AaaaaAAaaaAAAaaAAAAaAAAAA!!!: A Reckless Disregard for Gravity
SNK vs. Capcom: Cardfighters’ Clash 2 - Expanded Edition
Mister Mosquito
PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale (puh-SAS-burr)
Phantasy Star Online
Undertale
Sylvan Tale
Phantom Dust
L is real 2401
IDARB
Super Mario Bros fans are panicking over rumors that Mario is going to die by Clare Duffy, CNN Business
Parasol Stars
Godzilla v. Kong (2021)
Venom • Spider-Man: Separation Anxiety
Barnyard Blast: Swine of the Night
Seaman
Brendan Fraser
Doom Patrol
Christopher Lambert
LeVar Burton
Conan O’Brien in Death Stranding
GrandPooBear
Avery Brooks
Moses Sumney
Jim “Somebody” Guthrie
Ozzy Osbourne
Jaleel White
Alf
Heathcliff
Nancy
Comix Zone
Crusader of Centy
Chulip
Celeste
A Short Hike
Wandersong
Bob Dylan
Papers Please
Disco Elysium
Captain Blood
Mizzurna Falls
Mother 3
Soul Edge
Mortal Kombat
Wizardry series
Recommendations:
Brandon: On-Gaku: Our Sound (2019), Night of the Kings (2020), Katedralen by Mork, The Insert Credit Art Jam
Tyriq: Catacomb Kids, twitch.tv/fourbitfriday, Mid-Air Thief, Crumb, Frror
Edited by Esper Quinn. Original Music by Kurt Feldman.
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1h 3min
March 29, 2021Ep. 178 - Top 20 Xbox 36Tacular, with Kris Graft and Mathew Kumar
Special guests Kris Graft of Gamasutra and Mathew Kumar of Future Club join the show to rank the top 20.17 Xbox 360 games of all time, as well as discuss unconventional promotion techniques, vanilla cake, and living to see yourself as a robot.
THE INSERT CREDIT XBOX 360 TOP 20.17:
Deadly Premonition
Left 4 Dead
NieR Gestalt
Dead Rising
Bloody Checkers
Halo: Reach
Gears of War
Mamotte Knight
Pac-Man Championship Edition
Rock Band
Lost Planet 2
Lost Odyssey
Bullet Witch
Ridge Racer 6
Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved
Trials HD
Iron Brigade
Crackdown
Vidiot Game
Castle Crashers
20.17. Earth Defense Force 2017
Got a different list, or think we missed something big? Come politely discuss the list in the forums!
A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:
MTV Presents Xbox The Next Generation Revealed Presented by Elijah Wood with Special Guest Performance by The Killers
Interview: Astro A-Go-Go: Designing the Xbox 360
“The Big X” Xbox prototype
GameTap
Women in Refrigerators
Yaris
Big Bumpin’
50 Cent: Blood on the Sand
Gears of War “Mad World” trailer
Burger King Games
The Oliver Twins
Bomberman: Act Zero
Back 4 Blood
Blue Dragon
OutRun 2006: Coast 2 Coast
Forza Horizon 2 Presents Fast & Furious
Action Button Reviews Pac-Man
Lit - My Own Worst Enemy
George Harrison’s Son
Vanquish
Vidiot Game Free on Steam
OnLive
Edited by Esper Quinn. Original Music by Kurt Feldman.
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1h 56min
March 22, 2021Ep. 177 - Yakuza the Musical, with Heather Alexandra
Double Fine’s Heather Alexandra joins the panel to cover Jerry Lewis, beating coins out of people, and The Ultimate MacGuffin.
Questions this week:
Previously on Insert Credit 20: You encounter someone who, quote, “plays video games for the story.” What games can you assume they own? (7:12)
What does it mean to be a community manager for a game studio that mostly makes single player games? (12:35)
What are the most video gamey things you’ve seen in real life? (18:04)
It’s been one year since we all went into a global quarantine. How would video games be different right now if that never happened? (23:06)
The Adaptation Game: Yakuza movie (27:49)
Dirtbag Kory asks: What is the most underappreciated button on a controller? (32:20)
What is the best MacGuffin in a video game? (37:25)
Frank’s question: How would you design a video game museum? (40:48)
What tea blends would you match with games? (48:37)
LIGHTNING ROUND: Blue Rogue’s Code (52:59)
Think you have better answers than the panel? Politely discuss this episode in the Insert Credit forums
A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:
Skies of Arcadia
Danganronpa
Firewatch
Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV
Jerry Lewis
Gallagher
Gallagher’s Gallery
Double Fine’s Discord
Insert Credit Forums
Everwild
Fig
Supergiant
Grim Fandango
Austin Walker
Brent Porter
They Live
Intellivision Amico
Gunsport By Necrosoft Games Available Now On Google Play Pass
Yakuza 0
Baka Mitai
Turbografx controller
VMU buttons
Dreamcast controller
Jaguar controller
GameCube controller
The Duke
MacGuffin
Chaos Emeralds
Big Whoop
The Empty Lot
Ankaran Sarcophagus
Amulet of Kings
Piece of Eden
Rain Room
David Crane
Cyber Doll
Blue Rogues
Sakura Taisen
Bryce Boltzmann
Recommendations:
Heather: To The Horizon, Psychonauts 2, Lapsang tea, Kukicha tea
Frank: DG Voodoo 2
Brandon: Ploho, Morwan, D’LaVance, Moondog, Peppermint Bark tea, Turmeric Three Root tea, Unicorn Grass tea
Edited by Esper Quinn. Original Music by Kurt Feldman.
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1h 12min
March 15, 2021Ep. 176 - Gin & Sonic, with Ash Parrish
Ash Parrish rejoins the panel to cover Final Fantasy XIV’s superiority, the Screaming Idea, and G4M3R5.
Questions this week:
Previously on Insert Credit 86: What games not originally designed for arcades would best make the transition to arcades? (01:58)
What specifically makes Final Fantasy XIV the best MMO game? (05:17)
Which games have benefitted the most from changing course during development? (10:37)
What game features the greatest distance of quality between how good the music is and how bad the game itself is? (15:42)
The pandemic is over, and each of you is opening up a barcade. What do you name it? (20:44)
Patreon Supporter THX Deep Note’s #1 Fan asks: If you could design a startup jingle for a video game console, what would it sound like? (28:28)
What are some things that video game fans THINK they want, but won’t actually enjoy? (33:36)
What is the longest you’ve ever struggled with a particular challenge in a video game? (38:44)
Topher “Docfuture” Florence gives this challenge: Design a singular controller to be put into a time capsule that will be the only controller to play all console games. It can have any button or stick configuration, but is arbitrarily limited to only 3 “gimmicks.” (44:07)
Who is the Meghan Markle of video games? (49:31)
LIGHTNING ROUND: Guess That Fanfic (54:29)
Think you have better answers than the panel? Politely discuss this episode in the Insert Credit forums
A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:
Michigan J. Frog
Push Up
Push Pop
Push-Up Bra
Ribbit King
Hades
Blitzball
Flappy Bird
Scribblenauts
Firewatch
Ring Fit Adventure
Super Mario Run
Stupid bad Rayman ad
Final Fantasy XIV
Clash Royale
Deadly Premonition
Naoki “Yoshi-P” Yoshida
Yoshi’s Island
Plok
PachiPara series
Disaster Report
Okami
Sunsoft Games
Hover Strike
Picross
Final Fantasy XIII
Dirge of Cerberus
Original Pokemon cave theme
Crank Yankers theme
Dreamcast startup jingle
Gamecube startup jingle
Playstation startup jingle
Xbox startup jingle
Xbox 360 startup jingle
That tall vampire lady in the new Resident Evil
Extra-Dimensional Biological Entity
Nier Automata “Idiot Savant” sidequest
Exile: Wicked Phenomenon
Ouendan
Fullmetal Alchemist theme
Celeste
Area 51
Seaman
Meghan Markle
Glu Mobile
Clementine
She’s Gone Gone Gone Rewrite
From Which All That Was
Pizza Date
Among the stars we fell in love
Acts of God
The Confession of a Lifetime
Game Boy box art Frank drops in the chat after the show
Recommendations:
Brandon: Barb and Star Go to Vista del Mar (2021), Frankie Rose’s Cage Tropical, Crazy Samurai 400 vs 1
Ash: Kotaku Splitscreen
Jaffe: The Tobolowsky Files
Frank: The Video Game History Hour
Edited by Esper Quinn. Original Music by Kurt Feldman.
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1h 5min
March 08, 2021Ep. 175 - Just Wanna Murder Kids Again , with Topher "Docfuture" Florence
Topher “Docfuture” Florence joins the panel to cover holographic divorce, appeasement of the Froot Brute contingent, and Lammypedia.
Questions this week:
Previously on Insert Credit 31: Design a game for the Star Trek holodeck. (06:36)
Which games in genres with traditionally minimal or completely absent narratives have the most compelling stories? (12:05)
What would Animal Crossing be like if Tom Nook were as villainous as internet memes say he is? (17:38)
Which corporate mascot has the most potential as the star of a great video game? (22:43)
If there was a Friends video game, what would the strats be to speedrun it? (28:59)
Patreon Supporter MoxBagel asks: In an alternate reality your favorite game that deserved a sequel but never got one just had its 10th game. What is it like? (33:31)
What are the good Twitch streams and Let’s Plays for the discerning Insert Crediter? (38:10)
Which video game characters should guest star in the next season of Scooby-Doo, and what should their episodes be about? (43:18)
From Liz Ryerson: What would a DocFuture prestige TV show look like? (48:53)
What is the Police Dogs of video games? (54:05)
LIGHTNING ROUND: Death by Degrees (57:08)
A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:
Dilton Doiley
Archie Meets the Punisher
Holodeck
Facade
The Orville
Seaman
Black Tiger
Bonk’s Revenge
Katamari Damacy
Ribbit King
Mitch Hedberg
Tom Nook donates 90% of his proceeds to an orphanage
Yo! Noid
Chester Cheetah: Wild Wild Quest
Chester Cheetah: Too Cool to Fool
Tony & Friends: New Adventures - Invasion in Kellogg’s Land
Flo
Cap’n Crunch’s Crunchling Adventures
Chex Quest
I Wanna Be The Guy
Deception
KFC Dating Sim
Crazy Craving, the “Me Want Honeycomb” guy
Friends: The One With All The Trivia
Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures
Shatterhand
Um Jammer Lammy
EyeToy
Linda^3
For Frog the Bell Tolls
Video Chess
Fallout: New Vegas - You Only Live Once
Lance McDonald’s PT Explorations
Retro Pals
Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?
Hanna-Barbera’s Pac-Man show
Kids Incorporated
Hammerman
Life on Mars (American series)
WandaVision
Sex House
Kevin Can F**k Himself
The King of Comedy (1982)
Dog Police
Strong Bad
Hampster Dance
Frog Fractions
Boggy B
Tiny Kong
SHODAN
Commander Shepard
Huang Lee
Axel
Pimple
Brock
Happy Mask Salesman
Remeer
Blue Suede Goo
Mr. Resetti
Battle Arena Toshinden
MDK
Recommendations:
Frank: Phantasy Star IV: Ludonarrative and the Artistic Value of Classic Games
Brandon: The Baddest by Toshinobu Kubota, The Changin’ Times of Ike White (2019), THE ALL NEW insertcredit.com !!!
Topher: Lunatic Obscurity
Edited by Esper Quinn. Original Music by Kurt Feldman.
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1h 12min
March 03, 2021Bonus Credit - Unexpected Competency
(Ep. 171) Tim just wants to chill with Bahubaali. Franks gotta get out of here to make his next appointment.
(Ep. 171) Brandon is playing Ys III on the PC Engine right now. Frank started it on Genesis once, but didn’t get very far. Tim does his Elvis impression.
Andy Kaufman on the Tonight Show
(Ep. 172) Brandon got a Hello Kitty Dreamcast and discusses a flower arranging reality competition. Jaffe makes a Huey Lewis reference nobody gets.
(Ep. 173) Brandon and Jaffe discuss putting lofi music under the show. Franks gotta play Noobow. Brandon mentions the What’s This Obscure Game thread in the Insert Credit forums. Brandon and Frank have a discussion on the absurdities of trying to buy hardware these days without resorting to eBay. Special guest Lotte May discusses what format makes a game feel “real.”
(Ep. 174) Extended episode intro: podcast sponsors are discussed. Special Guest Liz Ryerson and Brandon discusses Matthew Burns’s ELIZA and why it sounds too real.
(Ep. 174) Frank is not going to drink an entire bottle of whiskey, and has a question coming up. Brandon wants to know if you’ve looked at Britny Fox yet and pronounces nostalgia as “nostle-gaiah.” Jaffe shares trivia on Incest Death Squad (2009).
(Ep. 174) Special Guest Liz Ryerson does an incredible Marc Maron impression, but bonus content isn’t in her contract. Brandon keeps meaning to watch CATS (2019) but is worried about cat butthole distractions.
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29min
March 01, 2021Ep. 174 - Sega Macarena, with Liz “Lids” Ryerson
Liz Ryerson joins your favorite 7/10 podcast to cover the secret origins of CapyGames, the true name of the Saturn, and misunderstanding pixel art.
Questions this week:
Previously on Insert Credit #12: Which video game soundtracks are notable for their use of uncommonly heard instruments? (05:07)
What musicians would you have chosen to celebrate Pokemon’s 25th anniversary? (10:06)
Which video games are the best at inducing claustrophobia? (15:28)
Which is better: games about upward movement, or games about downward movement? (21:09)
Improv Zone: Salty Bet Commentary (27:17)
Patreon Supporter Malcove asks: What is the best 3-player game? (34:42)
What’s with Sony shuttering Japan Studio? (39:45)
Is it time to retire pixel art in video games? (48:48)
Frank’s Question: What do we think of modern pixel art emerging as a misunderstanding of classic pixel art? (53:58)
What is the forgetting to defrost your ingredients until right before it’s time to make dinner of video games? (59:47)
LIGHTNING ROUND: Name Design - Tennessee Williams Plays (01:01:28)
Edited by Esper Quinn. Original Music by Kurt Feldman.
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1h 13min

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