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2026/10/19
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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 guests. Hosted by Alex Jaffe. Edited by Esper Quinn. Original music by Kurt Feldman.
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Ep. 463 - Krang Cifaldi
2026/10/19
Ep. 463 - Krang Cifaldi
The finest minds in video games return to discuss the enjoyment found in bad games, memorable NPCs, and ooey gooey sticky honey concoctions. 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:
Super Saiyan Son Goku (Mini)
Funko Pop
Crunchyroll
forums.insertcredit.com
“Now bear my arctic blast!”
Destructo Disc
“Scrib doon!”
Silent Hill series
Krang
Jesus Christ
Infinity Gauntlet
1: When do you find yourself most enjoying a game that’s not very good? (07:18)
Mystery Science Theater 3000
90% of Gambling Addicts Meme
Simple Series
Universal Studios Theme Parks Adventure
Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events
PC Engine
Sega Saturn
RndStranger
Pokémon
Seattle Mariners
Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave
2: Are there any old video games that you literally couldn’t make today, regardless of whether or not they’d be financially successful? (13:32)
Kinect
Vector monitor
Vectrex
Lament Configuration
PlayStation 3
Gyromite
R.O.B.
3: What are some of the most baffling launch events in video game history? (19:04)
Gizmondo
Dietrich
Tapwave Zodiac
PalmPilot
Banjo-Kazooie
Sue Bee Honey
The Price is Right
Phil Salvador: A promotional event where Nintendo had kids dive into a vat of honey to retrieve copies of Banjo-Kazooie
Willy Wonka
Buck Bumble
the photo from the press event
Wonka’s The Golden Ticket
Gene Wilder
4: Do you have any favorite weird little video game NPCs? (27:51)
Glup Shitto
Mina the Hollower
Undertale series
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Marauder Shields
Heat Flamesman
World of WarCraft: The Burning Crusade
Arator the Redeemer
World of Warcraft: Forever
Bombchu Girl
Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Fallout: New Vegas
Mean Sonofabitch
Shopping District, Taiping Road
Baroque
5: BiggerJ asks, what do you remember about ROM sites from the early 2000’s? (34:09)
ROM
Tripod
GeoCities
7-Zip
WinRAR
Castlevania: Rondo of Blood
Napster
Kotaku: No, System of a Down Did Not Make a Zelda Song. But This Guy Did
Zophar’s Domain
EmuParadise
Dragon Ball Z games
6: When have you been most moved listening to a new version of an old song from a video game? (40:56)
Ys series
Ridge Racer series
Super Smash Bros. series
Psycho Soldier
Psycho Soldier Theme | Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra - The Legend of Zelda Theme
Nobuo Uematsu
Bloody Tears
Castlevania: The Adventure - ReBirth
Phantasy Star series
7: What is the Alejandro González Iñárritu’s Digger (2026) of video games? (48:12)
Digger (2026)
Bluesky
NieR series
Barbarian (2022)
Megalopolis (2024)
Balan Wonderworld
Demonschool
Titanium Court
Dressmaker
You Can See Everything (2026)
The Nightlight
Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother (2026)
LIGHTNING ROUND: Before and After Burner (54:21)
(thanks to barleybap for the idea and the The Matrix: Path of Neo Turf Masters example)
Recommendations and Outro (01:00:56):
Brandon: Physical 100: Mexico, Physical 100: Italy, Vampire Crawlers, KFJC 89.7 FM
Ash: Thrifting
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Ep. 462 - The Hole Fillers, with Alex Jaffe and Esper Quinn
2026/10/12
Over one thousand questions have been submitted to the Question Hole at patreon.com/insertcredit, and now it’s up to legendary podcast host Alex Jaffe and legendary podcast editor Esper Quinn to answer more than 200 of them.
Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Esper Quinn. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.
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SHOW NOTES:
nah, not for this one, sorry. Join us next week for your beloved Insert Credit panel, and yet another question from the depths of the Question Hole!
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Ep. 461 - Thanks, Odama
2026/10/05
Insert Credit co-founder Brandon Sheffield joins the panel to cover the current state of Japanese games, ace representation in video games, and owning seven PSPs.
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:
Batman
Black Mask
Obi-Wan Kenobi
Birds of Prey (2020)
Clock King
Batman (TV series)
Bill Finger
Mr. Freeze
Batman: The Animated Series
Harley Quinn: The Animated Series
Alfred Molina
Poison Ivy
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Riddler
Jim Carrey
Joker
Alfred Stryker
Matches Malone
“You’re getting a promotion!”
MobyGames
Takafumi Noma
Unicorn Overlord
Dawngazer
Alexandra Pestretzova
Sweet Baby Inc.
Viggo Mortensen Broke His Toe In ‘The Two Towers’
DJ Jazzy Jeff
Sega Genesis
DJ Jazzy Jeff playing a Sega Genesis
Britney Spears
Beyonce
Madden series
NBA Live ’96
1: Brandon, what’s going on in Japan with video games right now? (08:13)
Tokyo Game Show 2026
COVID-19
Kotaku: Over 85 Percent Of Japanese Game Developers Are Using AI
Crazy Taxi: World Tour
Level-5
Earth Defense Force 6.2: Invaders from Another World
miHoYo
2: How do you make equipment management fun in games? (15:25)
Hollow Knight
Mina the Hollower
Earthbound
Forspoken
Bayonetta
Demonschool
Dragon Quest series
Psychopomp
Sylvan Tale
Game Gear
Bonk series
Legend of Zelda series
Mega Man series
Paperboy
3: Which characters in video games can be claimed as asexual? (21:50)
Asexuality
Phoenix Wright
Ace Combat series
Ristar
Eliza
Parvati Holcomb
The Outer Worlds
Kazuma Kiryu
Yakuza series
Overwatch
Space Marine
Warhammer 40,000
Death Stranding - An Asexual World
Ryu
Pepsiman
4: What is the most ill-advised video game related purchase you’ve ever made? (30:02)
Odama
GameCube
PlayStation Portal
Nintendo Switch
Steam Deck
PlayStation 5
Dragon Age: The Veilguard
PC Engine
PSP
5: Room Check! (37:05)
Konami
Bill Elliott’s NASCAR Challenge
Book Off
Mutant League Football
Fester’s Quest
Uncle Fester
Atari 7800
Missing in Action (1984)
Midnight Mutants
Grandpa Munster
Pretty Pretty Princess
6: Joel Valentin asks, what game do you wish had become the defining influence in its genre? (50:05)
The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask
Phantasy Star
Final Fantasy series
Chrono Trigger
Asuka 120% series
Gunstar Heroes
Final Fantasy Tactics
Shining Force
Nectaris: Military Madness
Jeanne d’Arc
LIGHTNING ROUND: The Forgotten-Named Game (54:14)
Recommendations and Outro (01:09:33)
Brandon: T-Ride, They Will Kill You (2026), Tippett Studios Visual Archive
Ash: Get away from the internet, go touch grass
Frank: Go touch grass
Jaffe: Go touch grass
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Ep. 460 - Guiltlessly Child Free, with Shivam Bhatt
2026/09/28
Writer, podcaster, and Hindu pandit Shivam Bhatt joins the panel to cover spirituality in games, Activision’s Halo, and video games for dogs. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Ash Parrish, and Shivam Bhatt. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.
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SHOW NOTES:
“Peek Aboo Call Me Back And Nuisance Back. Pac-Mania.”
Nintendo 64
Mario Kart series
Nintendo DS
Ping Pals
Legend of Zelda series
Death Stranding
Quake III: Arena
Journey
Casual Magic with Shivam Bhatt
Shivam And Wheeler Love Magic
Chronicles of Dragonlance
1: Which video games have you had spiritual experiences with? (08:26)
Hinduism
Magic: The Gathering
Ramayana
Moses
Link
Cloud Strife
Rez
Tetris Effect
Tetsuya Mizuguchi
Jeopardy!
Dance Dance Revolution series
beatmania series
PlayStation VR
Child of Eden
Born again
Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan / Elite Beat Agents series
The Righteous Gemstones
NieR: Automata
Orthodox Judaism
NetHack
2: What is the difference in tone and content between Western and Asian dramas? (19:54)
David and Goliath
Dark Shadows
Supernatural
Game of Thrones
Babylon 5
World of WarCraft
3: What is Activision’s Halo going to look like? (25:36)
Kotaku: Activision Taking Over Halo Franchise And What Remains Of Halo Studios Will Now Be A Support Team
Call of Duty series
Halo: Infinite
Halo: Reach
id Software
Pitfall!
Chopper Command
Grand Theft Auto VI
Elder Scrolls series
Madden series
NBA 2K series
Peak
BeamNG.drive
Roblox
Final Fantasy series
Burnout series
Bluey: The Videogame
4: Joel Valentin asks, what is something you thought only existed in video games until you were made aware of it in real life? (31:22)
Silent Hill series
The Simpsons
Super Mario series
Don Quijote
Yakuza series
Ifrit
Shiva
Sid Meier’s Civilization series
CalorieMate
Metal Gear Solid series
La Li Lu Le Lo
Ocarina
Echidna
Knuckles
Hedgehog
Sonic
DuckTales
Hollywood Reporter: Disney+ Revives Darkwing Duck
5: Brandon Sheffield asks, design a game for a dog (36:34)
Stella, the dog that “talks”
NOVA | Can Dogs Talk?
6: What is the printing a Magic card so imbalanced it has to be immediately banned from tournament play of video games? (40:23)
Akuma
Super Street Fighter II Turbo
League of Legends
Counter-Strike series
Tekken series
Pokemon series
Mewtwo
Kotaku: NES Tetris Players Call It ‘Rolling,’ And They’re Setting New World Records
Golf
Business Insider: They’re Probably Going To Ban The Putting Technique That Just Won The Masters
Soulslike
LIGHTNING ROUND: Planes Talkers (46:01)
Recommendations and Outro (01:07:58):
Frank: The Digital Archive at VGHF Library
Shivam: Sanjay Patel’s Ramayana and Mahabharata
Ash: Squeakross: Home Squeak Home, let Ash know what Warhammer she should read next
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Ep. 459 - Mission Impastabowl, with Chris Plante
2026/09/21
Host of Post Games Chris Plante joins the panel to the future of video game journalism, the new Wolverine game, and a boxed copy of Microsoft Excel.
Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Ash Parrish, and Chris Plante. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.
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Ep. 458 - Wet Adult Link, with Alex Fraioli
Wii
Nintendo DS
Playdate
Ivy the Kiwi?
Feel the Magic XY/XX
Samba De Amigo
Yuji Naka
“I’m a cat herder. My parents were cat herders. Their parents were cat herders, and their parents. I don’t understand why we do what we do but it is all I know.”
Kotaku
Polygon
Post Games
The Besties
Google Sheets
Microsoft Excel
Digital Archive at VGHF Library
Office Depot
Myst
Microsoft PowerPoint
Deluxe Paint 2
1: How can video games responsibly portray physical disability? (07:15)
alt.ctrl.GDC
Grand Theft Auto IV
to a T
Keita Takahashi
Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice
Octodad: Dadliest Catch
Bennett Foddy
Mission: Impossible
Kim Possible
2: How important is fidelity in video game adaptation? (14:47)
Marvel’s Wolverine
Wolverine
Resident Evil (2026)
Jean Grey
Wario Land series
Paul W. S. Anderson
Halo
Super Mario Bros. (1993)
Marvel Spider-Man series
Batman: Arkham series
Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League
Jurassic Park
3: Brandon Sheffield asks: what are some games that struck you immediately as being good, bad, or otherwise tailored toward you? (23:30)
Zombi 2 (1979)
Ranger X
Everyday Shooter
Golden Sun
The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages
The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons
2064: Read Only Memories
Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney series
Tales series
Xenogears series
4: How do you adapt a podcast into a broadway show? (29:03)
The Besties: Live On Broadway
TurboGrafx
Dreamcast
David Cage
Radiolab
Welcome to Night Vale
#IDARB
Rooster Teeth
Saturday Night Live
Mike Drucker
Mike Drucker: Shit Arcade
Cookie’s Bustle
5: Bigger J asks, there’s a lot of recurring level themes in platform games. What isn’t one, but should be? (36:23)
God of War series
Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Toy Story series
Sega Genesis
Monster in My Pocket
Pokemon series
Bubsy series
NieR: Automata
6: Is there a future for professional video game journalism? (43:31)
Aftermath
Stephen Totilo
Saber Interactive
Press Reset: Ruin and Recovery in The Video Game Industry
Mothership
Game Informer
Twitch
LIGHTNING ROUND: Arcade Of Our Own (52:46)
Recommendations and Outro (01:06:22):
Chris: Butter Side Down, Post Games
Frank: Try to watch things that don’t have commercials
Ash: Make shit to eat that you’ve never made before, Firefly Wedding
Jaffe: Pasta e Fagioli
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Ep. 458 - Wet Adult Link, with Alex Fraioli
2026/09/14
Podcaster, Essayist and Voice Actor Alex Fraioli joins the panel to cover the Ocarina of Time remake, barcade preferences, and keyblade nonsense.
Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Ash Parrish, and Alex Fraioli. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.
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SHOW NOTES:
Coyote vs. Acme (2026)
James Gunn
Peter Lorre
M (1931)
Cut Man
Ren
Frankenstein (1931)
Casablanca (1942)
The Maltese Falcon (1941)
Looney Tunes
Humphrey Bogart
“Never strive for a better tomorrow”
Looney Tunes
Beaky Buzzard
Chickenhawk
Tom & Jerry
Hanna Barbera
Gossamer
Tweety Bird
Winnie-the-Pooh
Tigger
Minions
Taz
Bugs Bunny
Space Ghost Coast to Coast
Witch Hazel
Michigan J. Frog
1: Brandon Sheffield asks, what is the most fun you’ve had with a game on a gimmick-based platform? (09:36)
Wii
Nintendo DS
Kinect
Playdate
Ivy the Kiwi?
Feel the Magic XY/XX
Samba De Amigo
Wii Sports
Intellivision
Nintendo Switch Sports
WarioWare: Twisted!
Game Boy Advance
Rabbids series
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
Game Boy Color
The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening DX
Games Done Quick
Dance Dance Revolution series
maimai series
Jubeat series
Rock Band series
2: How did you see video games evolve socially over time? (14:51)
Nagoya, Japan
Mario Kart series
Super Smash Bros. series
Burgertime
Burgertime: Worldtour
Dig Dug
Mega Man series
Castlevania III: Dracula’s Curse
Tenth Level Tavern
Pretty Soldier: Sailor Moon
Pac-Man
Dave & Busters
Round1
Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike
Mortal Kombat III
3: Which video games do you associate with specific cities? (20:39)
NBA Jam
Chicago Bulls
Scottie Pippen
Horace Grant
B.J. Armstrong
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Grand Theft Auto V
Dead Rising
Fallout: New Vegas
Casino Kid
Paranormasight: The Mermaid’s Curse
Final Fantasy XI Online
Boku no Natsuyasumi series
Marvel Spider-Man series
Pokemon series
Parasite Eve
Austin Powers: Oh, Behave!
Grand Theft Auto: London
4: What should we anticipate from this recently announced Kingdom Hearts anime? (24:42)
Kingdom Hearts series
Kingdom Hearts anime
Apothecary Diaries: The False Imperial Brother
Yumeria
Suikoden the Anime
Donald Duck
Sora
Roxas
Ansem
The Good Dinosaur (2015)
Star Wars series
Grogu
Tonberry
Groot
Apocalypse
Chernobog
Yen Sid
Pete
Vandal Savage
Maleficent
Team Rocket
Xion
PSP
The King of Fighters: Destiny
Street Fighter
Fatal Fury: The Motion Picture (1994)
Virtual Fighter
Monkey D. Luffy
Goku
Popeye the Sailor Man
Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie (1994)
5: The 1000-Year Old Man asks, what is the Mt. Fuji of video games? (34:20)
Avatar (2009)
FamilyMart
Terry Pratchett
J. R. R. Tolkien
Mount Fuji
Metroidvania
Metroid
Castlevania
JRPG
Achievements
Mario Bros.
Donkey Kong
Shigeru Miyamoto
Kraft Mac and Cheese
6: Where is the uncanny valley? (40:38)
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Remake trailer
Kotaku: Why Is Link The Only Character Who Looks Like A Freak In The Ocarina Of Time Remake?
ReBoot
Uncharted series
The Comeback
Nathan Drake
Lisa Kudrow
Planet of the Apes series
Dragon Quest VII: Reimagined
7: What do you think is the hardest job in voice acting? (44:24)
Billy West
Justin Roiland
Hatsune Miku
Eric Bauza
Porky Pig
Daffy Duck
Hank Azaria
Robin Williams
Genie
Dan Castellaneta
Homer Simpson
Earthworm Jim
Frank Castle
Christopher Lee
Peter Jackson
LIGHTNING ROUND: Name Design - Lorre Not Lorre (48:44)
Recommendations and Outro (01:00:18):
Alex: No More Whoppers, Draw Game, Quartet
Ash: The Blood of Dawnwalker, The Great Food Truck Race
Frank: If you have blood in your dong water go see a doctor, PBS
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Ep. 457 - Hey Me, Pikachi
2026/09/07
Your beloved panel covers advances in stealth games, new Pokemon types, and whether or not Marty McFly has a scrote. 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:
“Come and have a go if you think you’re hard enough!”
Pokemon series
Metal Gear Solid Δ: Snake Eater
Kotaku
LeBron James
1: What is the correct amount of time to sit down and play a video game in front of your TV? (05:57)
Marvel Cinematic Universe
X-Men (2000)
Thor: The Dark World (2013)
Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025)
The Marvels (2023)
The Incredible Hulk (2008)
Black Panther (2018)
Avengers: Endgame (2019)
Zack Snyder
Eternals (2021)
Kingo
Kumail Nanjiani
2: Which video games are most responsible for advancing their genre? (13:02)
Metal Gear Solid series
System Shock
Deus Ex
Street Fighter II
Spy Fiction
Resident Evil 4
Assassin’s Creed series
Hitman series
Immersive sim
Dishonored
Metroidvania
Pinball
John Romero discovers a 1940 first person shooter
Pong
3: What even is the incentive to make video games commercially? (19:43)
Wadjet Eye Games
Dave Gilbert
Ron Gilbert
Dave Grossman
EA
4: Design a new Pokemon type (25:13)
Water
Fire
Ground
Rock
Normal
Ghost
Fairy
Grass
Poison
Flying
Dragon
Dark
Bug
Psychic
Fighting
Ice
Electric
Yu-Gi-Oh
Steel
Hey You, Pikachu!
Mimikyu
Missingno
Skylanders series
Spyro
Palworld
Unown
Rotom
5: Dr. Booperstein III asks, are all video games derivative of the first generation of video games? (32:08)
Guess Who?
Pac-Man
Donkey Kong
Q*Bert
Night Driver
Back to the Future Part II (1989)
Leslie “Spike” O’Malley
Entertainment Software Association
E3
Summer Game Fest
Back to the Future: The Game
6: What’s the stupidest playable race in a video game? (39:18)
Pepsiman
Mass Effect series
Asari
Quarian
Turian
Star Trek
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Bajoran
Vulcan
Spock
Dwarf Fortress
Dwarves
Blood Elves
World of WarCraft
Night Elves
Orc
Tauren
Troll
Undead
Pikmin
Pikmin series
Zerg
7: What is the Steven Spielberg’s Stanley Kubrick’s A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001) of video games? (46:16)
Milo
Peter Molyneux
Haley Joel Osment
Berserk
Dune
The Wheel of Time
BioShock series
Ken Levine
Judas
Fallout 3
Fallout: New Vegas
Metal Gear: Survive
Duke Nukem Forever
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic - Remake
Dragon Age: The Veilguard
Sonic CD
Metropolis (1927)
LIGHTNING ROUND: GameFAQ&As - Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (52:58)
Recommendations and Outro (58:24):
Brandon: Doom Runners (1997), Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning (2012), Etiene T. Boy - Jealousy, Vintage Obscura Radio
Frank: Barkin’, Classic X-Men
Ash: The Blood of Dawnwalker, The Prisoner of Beauty
Hard Truths (XX:XX):
Jaffe: If you have a work day that ends at 10 PM, you don’t get to do all the stuff you do if your work day normally ends at 5 PM.
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Ep. 456 - Lady RoboBobby, with Stella Sacco
2026/08/31
Narrative designer Stella Sacco joins the panel to cover Grand Theft Auto VI, detecting AI in games, and pink plush Peeps bunnies.
Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Brandon Sheffield, and Stella Sacco. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.
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SHOW NOTES:
“I’m escaping to the one place that hasn’t been ruined by capitalism! Insert Credit!”
Super Smash Bros. series
PlayStation 4
Xbox One
Grand Theft Auto VI
Majestic 12
Oceans Eleven
Grand Theft Auto: The Ballad of Gay Tony
Stella Sacco
Sex 2
PC-98
Teledildonics
Halo series
1: How are we feeling about Grand Theft Auto VI? (05:38)
Grand Theft Auto III
PlayStation 2
Grand Theft Auto VI: An Extended Look
Kotaku: Grand Theft Auto 6’s Latest Leak Told Me All I Need To Know
Spider-Man
IGN: Rockstar Doesn’t Mind if You Dislike GTA 6’s Romantic Side
Grand Theft Auto V
Any Austin
GDC
Red Dead Redemption series
Marvel Midnight Suns
Blade
Final Fantasy XIV
Animal Crossing series
Splatoon series
Dark Souls series
Hypnospace Outlaw
web3
MySpace
Fourteenite
XIII
2: How can we trust any new video games not to use AI? (15:52)
Time Extension: James Pond Creator On System 3’s “Soulless” Legacy Collection
the kickstarter for that bad AI Genesis game Brandon was talking about
Wanted: Dead’s AI slop key art
3: How have video game companies most egregiously attempted to rewrite their own histories? (20:40)
Arc System Works
GDRI
BioWare
Electronic Arts
Treasure
Yakuza
Zaibatsu
Midway
4: Which movies most need a “Scarface: The World is Yours” type sequel with the protagonist coming back to life? (25:17)
Scarface: The World Is Yours
The Green Mile (1999)
Heat (1995)
The Goonies (1985)
Thelma & Louise (1991)
Bump ‘N’ Jump
Robocop 3 (1993)
John Wick: Chapter 4 (20XX)
The Fast and Furious series
Warhammer 40,000: Darktide
Judge Dread
Dead to Rights: Retribution
Sorcerer (1977)
Death Stranding
Tangerine Dream
Titanic (1997)
Ghost of Yōtei
Pirates of the Caribbean series
Point Break (1991)
5: Room Check! (32:48)
Peeps
MAGFest
Video Game History Foundation
Pony Express
Mochilla
Earth Defense Force series
Tokyo Game Show
Casio Loopy
Gematsu: Earth Defense Force 6.2: Invaders from Another World announced for PS5
6: WillaWisp asks, what is the CeraVe Daily Moisturizer of video games? (38:16)
CeraVe
Threes
Cetaphil
Tetris
Xbox Wireless Controller
Other Ocean
Eucerin
Holedown
Picross series
Squeakross: Home Squeak Home
Nintendo 3DS
Star Trek
7: If Dolly Parton asked you to show her some video games, which ones would you show her? (43:35)
Dolly Parton
Rock Band series
Night in the Woods
Nintendo Switch
RollerCoaster Tycoon series
Dollywood
Bayonetta series
Elvira
Splatterhouse
Mario Party series
Wii Sports
Desert Bus
Penn & Teller
LIGHTNING ROUND: Blind Pull Quote (48:41)
Recommendations and Outro (58:27):
Frank: Cetaphil moisturizing cream
Stella: Mortal Shell II, Terminator 2: Judgment Day 35th Anniversary (2026)
Brandon: The Tong - Dangerous Games, Val Young - Let’s Fall In Love, Save the Green Planet! (2003)
Jaffe: The Shadow with Orson Welles
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Ep. 455 - Resident Fourvil
2026/08/24
The panel reviews Resident Evil 4, a foundational 3rd person action horror game with memorable characters, a novelty controller, and an egg meta. 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:
Resident Evil 4
PlayStation 2
GameCube
Resident Evil 5
Game Informer
PlayStation 4
Separate Ways
“Hey, it’s that dog!”
Tetris
1: What did you know about Resident Evil 4 before playing? (03:17)
E3
CRT
Wii
Resident Evil 4 - HD Project
Resident Evil 4 Remake
Luis Serra Navarro
Leon Scott Kennedy
ShaderGlass
Dreamcast
Ingrid Hunnigan
Steam Deck
Ada Wong
The Ada Missions
Ashley Graham
Resident Evil: Village
2: Do we need to reevaluate escort missions in 2026? (18:18)
Escort Mission
Oscar the Grouch
3: How important is it for a horror game to be scary? (23:27)
Del Lago
PlayStation 5
Xbox 360
Bitores Méndez
Killer7
Resident Evil 4 - Insert Credit Challenge / Credit Spent spoilers
TMP
Merchant
Ramón Salazar
4: Is inventory management fun? (36:45)
Save Room
Crow
Las Plagas
Eggs
Snake
Metal Gear series
Kaizo
Manic pixie dream girl
Resident Evil: Code Veronica
Jack Krauser
Resident Evil 2
5: Dustin asks, what games should have a novelty controller? (51:08)
Chainsaw Controller
Sega Bass Fishing
Samba De Amigo
Donkey Konga
Guitar Hero series
Densha de Go! series
Nintendo Labo
SNK 40th Anniversary Collection
Ikari Warriors
Nintendo 3DS
Sonic Mania
Nintendo Switch
Kirby games
Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds
Grand Theft Auto VI
6: Let’s talk about the remakes (57:53)
Monster Hunter series
Uncharted series
Star Trek
7: Why is this game important? (01:06:31)
Cliff Bleszinski
Gears of War series
God Hand
8: Where does Resident Evil 4 rank among the Capcom Five? (01:08:27)
Capcom Five
P.N.03
Bayonetta series
Dead Phoenix
Viewtiful Joe
Killer7
Suda51
House of the Dead series
LIGHTNING ROUND: What’re Ya Buyin? (01:13:57)
Recommendations and Outro (01:20:15):
Jaffe, Frank, Ash and Brandon: Resident Evil 4, either on a CRT or with the HD Project mod and ShaderGlass.
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Ep. 454 - Turtle Goblins
2026/08/17
Editor and Media Critic Esper Quinn joins Jaffe, Frank and Brandon for an evening of video game writing, high volume of death, and the Mr. Bones Apology Tour.
Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Brandon Sheffield, and Esper Quinn. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.
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SHOW NOTES:
“This isn’t a brutality. This is a fatality.”
Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time - Hyrule Field
Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time - Title Screen
Panzer Dragoon - Title Screen
X-Men - Title Screen
The Beatles - A Hard Day’s Night
Insert Credit Show
Topic Lords
Pokemon Red & Blue - Intro
Ep. 453 - Mega Duck and Cougar Boy
Game Boy Advance
1: What do you look for in a video game castle? (04:18)
Unicorn
Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day!
Castlevania series
Super Mario 64
Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
Pokemon series
Baldur’s Gate III
Persona 5
Resident Evil 4
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Crow Country
2: What kinds of video games have the narrowest distinction between a good one and a bad one? (10:22)
Deadly Premonition
Earth Defense Force series
Blue Archive
Comiket
Love and Deepspace
Pokemon Trading Card Game Pocket
Norm!
3: Hey Esper, what are the hardest video games to find footage for when making the video edition of Insert Credit? (15:34)
PC-98
Recommendation Guy
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl
Daria’s Inferno
Creative Commons
MobyGames
MTV’s Beavis and Butt-Head in Virtual Stupidity
Seaman
World of Longplays
10min Gameplay
4: What do video game writers get away with that would never fly in other media? (22:38)
Brad Pitt
Rick and Morty
5: Magnanimus asks, other than humans, what creature has been killed the most times across all video games? (26:58)
Turtle
Zombie
Goblin
Super Mario series
Goomba
Fungus
Minecraft
Vampire Survivors
Skeleton
Bat
Zubat
Robot
Cyborg
Mother 3
Slime
Cookie Clicker
The Felling of the One Hundred Centillion Turtle Goblins: A Morality Game (download, extract html file, and open in browser to play!)
6: On which occasions have you told someone specifically not to play a video game? (31:42)
MMO
Magic: the Gathering
The 3rd Birthday
Parasite Eve series
No Man’s Sky
PC-Engine
Ep. 423 - Explode My Bones
Mr. Bones
Valis series
Mr. Bones by shmumbler and Spectral in 36:09
Grateful Dead
7: What is the FLCL of video games? (35:44)
Gainax
Neon Genesis Evangelion
The Rub Rabbits!
Star Fox series
Sin & Punishment
Shenmue series
No More Heroes
Bayonetta series
Platinum Games
MadWorld
Persona series
LIGHTNING ROUND: Magic: the Sortening (40:40)
Recommendations and Outro (01:00:11)
Brandon: Not Dracula 3000 (2004), Taskmaster Season 21, Please do not hang out in the street, the commentary for Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
Esper: The Mountain Goats - Days, Ekphrasis, Magic Every Day with Esper Quinn
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Ep. 453 - Mega Duck and Cougar Boy
2026/08/10
Frank, Ash, and Brandon answer Jaffe’s questions about simple ways to improve any game, documentary video game adaptations, and turning consoles into anime girls.
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:
BMX XXX
Burning Man
Acclaim Entertainment
David Cronenberg
“You point a gun at me? Your own kin? Your dear papa?”
Richter Belmont
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
Dracula
1: What is something simple you can add to any video game to make it immediately better? (03:53)
Pac-Man series
Klonoa series
Sonic the Hedgehog series
Pokémon series
Tetris
the Pokemon track Ash was thinking of
Metal Gear Solid series
Billy Mitchell
Mystery Science Theater 3000
2: Is there something you’ve encountered in a game you can only explain as an inside joke? (10:43)
Fantasy Life
Nintendo DS
Pier Solar and the Great Architects
Indivisible
Baba Booey
Tetsuya Nomura
Kingdom Hearts III secret ending
Final Fantasy Versus XIII
MindsEye
Astal
Segagaga
Sega
Sony
Dreamcast
3: What are your standard practices for saving your game? (16:26)
Resident Evil 4
SiSTer FPGA
Super Nintendo Entertainment System
Yakuza series
Baldur’s Gate series
PlayStation 4
4: Design anthropomorphized versions of obscure video game consoles for a Hyperdimension Neptunia reboot (21:48)
Hyperdimension Neptunia series
Gijinka
Playdate
Watara Supervision
WonderSwan
Mega Duck/Cougar Boy
Atari Lynx
N-Gage
Casio Loopy
Game Gear
Plug-n-play game
Wii
Shang Tsung
Nex Playground
Meta Ray-Bans
Socrates Interactive Patient System
Amiga CD32
Atari 2600
Intellivision
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
Patty and Selma
Kotaku: Oh Dang, Magic: The Gathering Made Bilbo Baggins Hot
5: Death_Strandicoot asks, what would be the best documentary to adapt into a video game? (30:57)
GIRP
Super Size Me (2004)
March of the Penguins (2005)
March of the Penguins (DS game)
National Geographic
National Geographic licensees
Planet Earth
Critical Kate Willært
The King of Kong (2007)
VA-11 HALL-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action
Coffee Talk
Walter Day
Donkey Kong
Paris Is Burning (1990)
Stepmania
Wii
Kinect
Just Dance series
Plan 9 From Outer Space (1959)
Plan 9 From Outer Space (DOS game)
Her Story
Cold Case Files
Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective
Unsolved Mysteries
Mothman
Grizzly Man (2005)
7 Up
Indie Game: The Movie (2012)
LuLaRoe
Blackfish (2013)
Ape Out
Jaws: Unleashed
Jaws series
An Inconvenient Truth (2006)
Solarpunk
Tetris (2023)
6: What games in the Game Industry Hardship Bundle do you think Frank, Ash, and Insert Credit listeners would like most? (36:30)
Arranger: A Role-Puzzling Adventure
A Short Hike
Holedown
Skatebird
Cool Kid Cody
NEC
TurboGrafx-16
Wheels of Aurelia 1978
Hyper Gunsport
Little Medusa
FutureGrind
Dirtbag Mahjong
Winter Witch
Magenta Horizon
Purrfect Apawcalypse
They Bleed Pixels
Dead Finger Dice: A Billionaire Killing Game
Drywall Eating Simulator
7: Whos a cool lady? (42:23)
Celeste
Madeline
Yasmine
Bayonetta
Hannah Waddingham
Ted Lasso
Moon Lee
Cynthia Rothrock
Chingmy Yau
Michelle Yeoh
Katie Mac
Lady and the Tramp
Semiramis
Michelle Obama
Amy Hennig
Danielle Bunten Berry
Esper Quinn
Ash Parrish
Maddy Thorson
Maddy Myers
Gita Jackson
52 Pickup
Noa Izumi
Birdo
Princess Daisy
Aerith Gainsborough
Samus Aran
Chun-Li
Bullet Witch
Ada Wong
Vivienne
Liara T’Soni
Tali’Zorah
Shale
Amaterasu
Malenia
LIGHTNING ROUND: Verb Coding (48:17)
Recommendations and Outro (56:36):
Brandon: NEWDERY Stick Grips, Beatdown City Survivors, Napalm Death: Tiny Desk Concert
Ash: Clytemnestra, Platform Decay, Ancillary Justice
Jaffe: Absolute Wonder Woman
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Ep. 452 - Ground Bud
2026/08/03
The panel you know and love returns to discuss E3, user generated content, and Ryan Baby Goose.
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:
The Criterion Channel
Kiyoshi Kurosawa
The Samurai and the Prisoner (2026)
Akira Kurosawa
Gatorade Zero Glacier Cherry
Costco
Water
Vitamin Water XXX
xXx (2002)
Stella Sacco
1: What’s everybody been up to lately? (03:13)
San Diego Comic-Con
Funko Pop
Marvel Cinematic Universe
Star Trek
Steve Ditko
Kimba the White Lion
Batman
Hutchinson Island
Sea turtle
Crow
Lemming
Sea cucumber
Rabbit
Florida Keys
Jellyfish
America the Beautiful
2 What was E3 like? (12:06)
E3
Dreamcast
PlayStation 2
Crash Bandicoot
NEC Interchannel
PC Engine
The Video Game History Foundation E3 Collection
Carolyn Rauch
The Beatles: Rock Band
Sega Saturn
PlayStation
Electronic Gaming Monthly
Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
Game Informer
Spider-Man
3: What are the best implementations of weather effects in video games? (19:27)
Haunted Mansion
Soulslike
Final Fantasy X
Ghostwire: Tokyo
The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker
Super Mario series
Looney Tunes
Journey to the West
Astro Boy
Astro Bot
Ken Griffey Jr Presents Major League Baseball
Peanut Butter the Speedrunning Dog
Jerry Rice & Nitus’s Dog Football
Hollywood Reporter: ‘Air Bud Returns’ Movie Reboot Sets Cast Ahead of 2026 Release
Variety: Ryan Gosling Cast as Ghost Rider in Marvel Movie
Baby Driver (2017)
Ryan Gosling
Gosling
4: Design a dating game that takes place at the Cheesecake Factory (25:05)
Cheesecake Factory
Applebee’s
Bucca di Beppo
Chipotle
Pia Carrot e Yōkoso!! series
Date Everything
5: Room Check! (32:24)
Game Developer Conference
Children’s Fairyland
“It’s Just Emulation!”: The Challenge of Selling Old Games
It’s Still Emulation: Saving Video Game History Before It’s Too Late
Preserving Game History: It’s Just Us
Bubsy
Gunpla
MS-09 Dom
Advanced Variable Geo
6: SteveWithAB asks, what was a major inflection point for video games that didn’t feel like one at the time? (40:04)
Roblox
Dreams
LittleBigPlanet
Minecraft
Elden Ring
Atari Games Corp. v. Nintendo of America Inc.
7: What is the Emily Wilson’s critique of Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey of video games? (45:29)
Emily Wilson
Christopher Nolan
The Odyssey (2026)
NPR: ‘Odyssey’ translator Emily Wilson says Nolan shouldn’t have written the movie himself
Hideo Kojima
Capcom
Dante’s Inferno
Console Wars
The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023)
Stellar Blade
Bayonetta
Dracula
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
Sephiroth
Anne Rice
LIGHTNING ROUND: Notable Patreon Characters (54:22)
Recommendations and Outro (01:05:31):
Brandon: Game Industry Hardship Bundle
Ash: Drink more tea
Frank: Go somewhere without an agenda
Jaffe: Magic Every Day with Esper Quinn
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Ep. 451 - Big Dick 3, with Stella Sacco
2026/07/27
Writer and narrative designer Stella Sacco joins Brandon and Esper to cover pandering in games, T4T energy, and dokidokidecahedrons. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Brandon Sheffield, Esper Quinn, and Stella Sacco. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.
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SHOW NOTES:
Joe Rogan
“Dig ’em dig ’em dug dig ’em!”
Italy
Saint Patrick’s Day
Scotland
Czech Republic
Germany
England
Ohio
CNBC: 5 biggest risks of sharing your DNA with consumer genetic-testing companies
North American fur trade
Canada
Russia
Hungary
Mario
Sacco and Vanzetti
Joan Baez & Ennio Morricone - Here’s To You
1: What’s the difference between catering to an audience and pandering to an audience? (03:59)
Fan service
Mass Effect 3 ending controversy
Love and Deepspace
2B
NieR: Automata
NieR
Stellar Blade
Tekken 3
Panda
2: What are some things video game writers have to do that most people don’t think about? (09:19)
Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker
TLC - Waterfalls
3: Are there any examples of studio notes improving a game? (14:42)
I Am the Night
Batman: the Animated Series
Albert Pyun
Cyborg
Jean-Claude Van Damme
Cyberpunk 2077
Pokemon
Game Link Cable
Hideo Kojima
Metal Gear Solid series
George Lucas
4: Which video game romance has the most T4T energy? (21:51)
T4T
Demonschool
Princess Peach
Bowser
Destiny
Eris Morn
The Drifter
Avalanche
Motoko Kusanagi
Tachikoma
Batou
Link
Zelda
Dragon Age II
Mass Effect series
Lady Dimitrescu
Baldur’s Gate III
Shadowheart
Halsin
Karlach
Gale
Tidus
Wakka
Banjo-Kazooie
Bridget
Guilty Gear series
Tracer
Bernard Dowd
ONLINE MULTIPLAYER: Gen Z/Gen Alpha Only! What was your first video game? (27:16)
5: Gaagaagiins asks, why is Mario’s mustache black, but his hair is brown? (35:16)
Super Mario 64
Zohran Mamdani
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
George Costanza
Heihachi Mishima
Persona series
Auron
Sam Elliott
Stellar Blade 2
Diana
Bayonetta
Master Higgins
Master Chief
Cortana
Green Arrow
Sonic the Hedgehog
Shadow the Hedgehog
Espio the Chameleon
6: In video games with dialogue, is it always preferable to have voice acting? (42:11)
Fire Emblem series
Resident Evil 4
Ashley Graham
Forspoken
Xenoblade Chronicles 3
Troy Baker
Legend of Dragoon
Tom Clancy’s The Division
Earth Defense Force series
Hulk
Jonathan Hickman
7: What is the Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001) of video games? (52:57)
Street Fighter the Movie the Game
Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV (2016)
Batman: Arkham series
Final Fantasy VII Remake
Die Hard Arcade
Die Hard (1988)
Star Wars: Episode I - Racer
Knights of the Old Republic series
Platoon
LIGHTNING ROUND: Name Design - Giallo Films (58:40)
Recommendations and Outro (01:11:43):
Stella: The Tainted Cup
Esper: Magic Every Day with Esper Quinn starting August 3, Twinbeard Plays Mario
Brandon: KALX, Poil - Pikiwa, Chubby Checker - Dig Dug, The Anime Corner Store, Freeway (1996)
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Ep. 450 - The Italian Hyphen
2026/07/20
The panel covers game cancellations, Gen Z’s first games, and consummating 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:
Suikoden
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Je suis-koden
“What are you doing dying! Awful! Start over!”
Triceratops
Tyrannosaurus
Pachycephalosaurus
Ankylosaurus
Stegosaurus
Monster Hunter series
1: What game do you think was the first game for the highest percentage of Gen Z gamers? (03:14)
Generation Z
Minecraft
Wii
New Super Mario Bros. Wii
Wii Sports
Guitar Hero series
Angry Birds
Subway Surfers
Roblox
Generation Alpha
Mega Man: Legacy Collection
Nintendo 64
2: What was the longest you have been stuck on a video game? (08:52)
Exile: Wicked Phenomenon
TurboGrafx
Shenmue II
Tomb Raider II
PlayStation
Bubsy
Prima Strategy Guides
GameFAQs
3: What’s the hardest you’ve ever been hit by a video game cancellation? (15:32)
Data West
Bonk RPG
Yakuza: Like a Dragon
SNK
King of Fighters series
Vectorman series
Sonic X-treme
Final Fantasy Versus XIII
Final Fantasy XIII-2
Final Fantasy XV
Forbes: An ‘Assassin’s Creed’ Civil War Game Was Canceled Because Of Yasuke Reaction, US Politics
Red Dead Redemption
Mafia III
Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag - Freedom Cry
Castle Wolfenstein series
Kotaku: Warner Bros. Cancels Wonder Woman Game And Shuts Down Shadow Of Mordor Studio
X-Women: The Sinister Virus
EarthBound 64
The Adventures of Batman & Robin
Jesper Kyd
Kingdom Hearts IV
4: If you could replace the words “Press Start” on video game start up screens with any other phrase, what would it be? (21:50)
Insert Credit
Elite Beat Agents
TurboGrafx
Nintendo Entertainment System
Chulip
5: Propelleher asks, what video game character would you trust to house sit for you while you’re away? (26:44)
Kazuma Kiryu
Frey Holland
Big the Cat
Sonic the Hedgehog
King
Jack
Blanka
Chibi-Robo
Servbot
Dr. Robotnik
Scratch
Grounder
Miles “Tails” Prower
Cream the Rabbit
Amy Rose
Knuckles’ Chaotix
Charmy Bee
Cheese the Chao
Blaze the Cat
Goofy
Pluto
6: What do you predict will be the final non-Nintendo game released on a disc? (32:49)
Wii U
Call of Duty series
Sega Genesis
FIFA series
Nintendo Switch 2
PlayStation 2
PlayStation 3
MLB series
Just Dance series
PlayStation 5
Frogger
GameBoy Color
Game Gear
Ms. Pac-Man
7: What is the Chubby Checker’s “Let’s Twist Again” of video games? (36:05)
Chubby Checker
The Twist
Let’s Twist Again
Twistin’ USA
Twist It Up
Do The Freddie
Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Remake
Bubsy series
Street Fighter II series
Mortal Kombat series
Overwatch 2
Metal Gear Solid: VR Missions
Super Mario 64
Lair
Sixaxis
The Last of Us series
LIGHTNING ROUND: Micro Maker (41:25)
Recommendations and Outro (52:12):
Brandon: Flamin’ Hot Doritos, dried jackfruit, check out your local physical media place and just look around
Frank: That’s It Organic Fruit Crunchables, figure out how to consume media without watching ads because the social contract has been broken
Ash: Fla-Vor-Ice
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Ep. 449 - Gathering Lavender, with Jesse Thorn
2026/07/13
Legendary podcaster and founder of Maximum Fun Jesse Thorn joins Ash and Brandon for summer speedruns, a Def Jam: Vendetta update, and the besta Bethesda. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Ash Parrish, Brandon Sheffield, and Jesse Thorn. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.
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SHOW NOTES:
Vampire
Diphthong
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
“Striker to the line! Leg it! Leg it!”
selectbutton podcast
Topher Florence
GameRankings.com
WatchMojo
Splitscreen
Kotaku
Retronauts
Bonk series
PC Engine
Sega Saturn
Taito
Gamasutra
GDC
Jordan, Jesse, Go!
Jordan Morris
Judge John Hodgman
Bullseye with Jesse Thorn
Maximum Fun
Jesse Thorn
Monk
Never Not Funny
Archive.org
1: What’s going on with speedrunning lately? (04:30)
Summer Games Done Quick
Kotaku: 8 Incredible Speedruns You Have To Watch Right Now
Balatro by adef in 1:04:49
Tetris by meme and huff 36:00
Sonic Dream Team by huds601 and Argick in 1:06:25
Hollow Knight: Silksong by mathulu in 1:42:41
Peanut Butter the Speedrunning Dog
Ken Griffey Jr. Presents MLB by Peanut Butter the Dog & JSR_ in 29:48
Mr. Bones by shmumbler and Spectral in 36:09
Ep. 423 - Explode My Bones
Gracie’s Game Gauntlet
Superman 64
Wayne’s World
Costco Connection
Gray Matter Inc.
The Crow: City of Angels
God Hand
2: How are old bad games bad differently from how new bad games are bad? (11:32)
PowerWash Simulator
Roblox
Call of Ponchy: Mahjong Warfare
3: Design a new Def Jam fighting game for 2026 (17:11)
Def Jam: Vendetta
PaRappa the Rapper
Scarface
Ludacris
WC
Jay-Z
Mankind
Stone Cold Steve Austin
Wu-Tang: Shaolin Style
Shaq Fu
Wu-Tang: Rise of the Deceiver
Evan Narcisse
Zoe Tunnell
Carmen Electra
Lil’ Kim
Megan Thee Stallion
Bayonetta
Umamusume: Pretty Derby
Crazy Taxi series
Cappadonna
Chap hop
MC Chris
They Might Be Giants
John Hodgman
Musique concrète
Mr.B The Gentleman Rhymer
Trap
Grime
Drill
King of Fighters series
Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls
Tony Hawk Pro Skater 1 + 2
Snoop Dogg
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Too Short
Roxanne Shante
Yakuza series
E-40
4: Are video games artsy? (25:27)
Katamari Damacy
Walking simulator
Yume Nikki
Tactile Dome
Viewfinder
5: LeFish asks, would you rather live one year of your life with big head mode, loudly speak like a Mario, or only be able to walk like you’re tank controlled? (34:07)
Big Head Mode
Mario
Tank controls
Charles Martinet
Metaphor: ReFantazio
Yes Man
Eat Pray Love
Granada
Pop’n Tanks!
Bolo
Girls und Panzer series
Armored Core series
Cowboy Bebop
Yoko Kanno
6: What’s the best-a Bethesda? (43:27)
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Starfield
Fallout series
IHRA Professional Drag Racing 2005
Mass Effect series
Ghostwire: Tokyo
Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus
Wolfenstein 3D
Ghost of Yotei
Kumail Nanjiani
Fallout
Taskmaster
Peacemaker
Steve Agee
Paul Scheer
Suicide Squad
John Ostrander
John Economos
James Gunn
Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
Pee-wee’s Big Adventure (1985)
Paul Rubens
Dana Gould
Gex
Dr. Zaius
Hanging With Dr. Z
Planet of the Apes series
Blaine Capatch
The Merv Griffin Show (Seinfeld)
LIGHTNING ROUND: Equip This On (56:33)
Iori Yagami
Red
Soma Cruz
Kazuma Kiryu
The Bouncer (Sion Barzahd)
Sora
Kefka
Luso Clemens
Alucard
Tingle
Recommendations and Outro (01:21:18):
Jesse: Delete Out of the Park Baseball off your work computer, The Larry Sanders Show, Vincent Price Art Museum, Vincent Price vs. Peter Lorre in Wine Tasting Contest
Ash: Unbeatable OST, Theater of Blood (1973)
Brandon: Stella Chang’s music, the films of Marc Price
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mope from the forums 2026/10/13
The BEST
I bought an iPhone to give this show a 5 star review, because Alex Jaffe said it was important. How do I emulate gen 6 on this, please send help.
yohoyona 2026/09/17
Best Podcast IN THE WORLD
This show is so fun. Great format and structure, and Jaffe and the panel are so charming. 100% worth a listen. Check out the forums too!!
Stella_Sacco 2026/08/01
I was on it
Show had me on it. So. It’s good obviously
rathowreck 2026/07/22
The Best Videogame Podcast
Four down-to-earth, funny, kind nerds get into the nitty gritty of all things videogames, especially the side of things that are off the beaten path. ...
Amphiseum 2026/07/15
Best Video Game Podcast Out There
Outstanding dynamic between the panelists makes this the one podcast I never miss every week. Incredibly well edited, check out the fantastic video ve...
MightyZug 2026/07/14
Fun, Authentic, Insightful
I’m always in for a treat whenever a new episode drops. Among the best “fly on a wall listening to smart, genuine, fun people” experiences you can hav...
WhenMonster 2026/02/23
Great show. Has only gotten better.
This a fun and insightful show with fun personalities. Black history month show hell yeah. Keep up the good work.
DavidMZB 2026/02/10
I lost my life to this podcast
My shower count went down while listening to this show
ImpalaLlama 2026/01/27
I love games
The one true video game podcast
CoolUsername0000 2026/01/16
Good show
Started watching this early last year and it’s one of the few shows I make sure to catch every week. I mostly listen on my phone but the YouTube versi...
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