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The finest minds in video games discuss the evolution of turn-based combat, turning pixels into symphonies, and the devastating return of Violence Island. 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: Audacity E3 Doctor Who Doctor Manhattan Blink Tom Baker Sherlock Steven Moffat Daliens Cybermen “Do you think people are happy in this wizard kingdom?” Mega Man series Clown Man It Nicole Kidman Kid n’ Play 1: What tips you off that someone discussing video games has no idea what they’re talking about? (06:08) New York Times IGF Awards Call of Duty series Mega Man: Legacy Collection Batman Superman Zack Snyder Madden series Daryl Hall & John Oates - Out Of Touch 2: How have turn-based battle systems evolved over 30 years? (11:58) Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Shin Megami Tensei series Valkyria Chronicles Final Fantasy XII Parasite Eve Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle Metaphor: ReFantazio Kingdoms of the Dump The Doors - Riders On The Storm Final Fantasy X-2 3: On what occasions have you wished a game was harder? (17:27) Soulslike Gunstar Heroes Bayonetta 3 Pokemon series 4: If we were to re-establish an official video game seal of quality, what would be the qualifying criteria? (21:41) Official Nintendo Seal Steam Deck 5: Syswivv asks, what kind of video game would Andy Warhol have made? (28:08) Andy Warhol Madonna Fortnite CD-i Eric Idle Starship Titanic Harlan Ellison Harlan Ellison: I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream CD+G Sega CD Empire (1965) Peter Molyneux MAGFest GDC Bubsy 3D: Bubsy Visits the James Turrell Retrospective James Turrell 6: Describe Bubsy 3D: Bubsy Visits the James Turrell Retrospective to Ash (32:24) Arcane Kids Donut County Bubsy series 7: What’s the best use a game has ever made of being able to click in the analog stick? (34:39) The Godfather: The Game Manhunt God of War III Oedipus Yanya Caballista: City Skater Katamari Damacy Kinect Ghost (1990) Octodad: Dadliest Catch 8: Who is your favorite video game character to debut in the last ten years? (40:39) Crow Country Mara Forest Hollow Knight: Silksong Hornet Bayonetta series Bayonetta Nier: Automata 2B Indika Final Fantasy XV Prompto Argentum Ignis Scientia Overwatch Tracer Baldur’s Gate III Astarion Balan Wonderworld Balan Concord LIGHTNING ROUND: Violence Island (46:02) Recommendations and Outro (01:01:52): Brandon: The Most Terrible Time in My Life (1993), Gnosia, yucca Ash: Put chili crisp on everything, Support Laid-off Vox Media Workers Frank: Lil’ baby potatoes This week’s Insert Credit Show is brought to you by patrons like you. Thank you. Subscribe: RSS, YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more!

Our heroes confront video game movie adaptations, how controversy sells games, and Tom Cruise in Sonic 3 & Knuckles the Porn Parody the Official Game of the Movie. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank “Baseball” 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: The mushroom making people hallucinate dozens of tiny humans Lilliputians “If I was a creature made of stagnant water, I’d rather die and return to my bog.” Mark McGwire Michael Jordan Sylvester the Cat Yosemite Sam Dennis Rodman Akron RubberDucks Ricky Henderson Twitch banned Dr Disrespect after viewing messages sent to a minor, say former employees 1: What are some good games with built in breaks? (08:20) Demonschool Final Fantasy XV Final Fantasy VII Final Fantasy VIII Hades Loop Hero Ball x Pit Arkanoid Hypogea Quake 2: Which character has suffered the biggest design downgrade in video game history? (15:50) The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition Earthworm Jim HD Arle Nadja Overwatch 2 Ugly Sonic Sonic Boom series Sonic Adventure series Cloud Strife Ballz Fat Pikachu Bomberman: Act:Zero Tomb Raider series Mario 3: Who’s your Mario? (21:29) Neo Geo Pocket Sonic The Hedgehog Pocket Adventure Super Mario Galaxy Super Mario Bros. 2 Astal Superstar Saga series Alex Kidd in Shinobi World 4: Is the average video game based on a movie better than the average movie based on a video game? (25:42) Indiana Jones and the Great Circle Super Mario Bros. (1993) Max Headroom Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (2024) Return to Silent Hill (2026) Fallout Silent Hill f White Day: A Labyrinth Named School Sweet Home Werewolves of London 5: SaveaSaturn asks, what game that you’ve never played would you take to a desert island with you? (31:39) Mario Kart series Earth Defense Force 2: Invaders from Planet Space Magic: the Gathering Arena Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic Baldur’s Gate III Dezaemon 2 Dragon Quest series Satisfactory Super Mario Maker 2 NetHack Caves of Qud Make My Video: Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch 6: What makes bad video games successful? (38:30) Horses Hatred Fortnite Super Smash Brothers series Sonic ’06 Top Gun (1986) Top Gun Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Super Mario Bros. Super Mario Bros. 3 7: What is the “Maybe it will happen today” of video games? (44:17) Mother 3 Duke Nukem Forever Metroid Prime 4: Beyond Beyond Good and Evil 2 SNK Kingdom Hearts IV Chrono Trigger Fallout: New Vegas LIGHTNING ROUND: GameFAQ&As - Genshin Impact (49:54) Recommendations and Outro (56:38): Brandon: From the Fields granola, Dosa Chips, American Rickshaw (1989), please review Demonschool positively on Steam Frank: Rate and review things in general This week’s Insert Credit Show is brought to you by patrons like you. Thank you. Subscribe: RSS, YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more!

As has become tradition, Insert Credit ranks the best games of all time. 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: Digital Eclipse Final Fantasy VIII “If I die here alone, a miserable death, no one will bother to pick up my bones.” Sonic the Hedgehog Arator the Redeemer World of WarCraft Demonschool Ryu Number #IDARB Street Fighter: 30th Anniversary Collection Aetherdrift Bestow Greatness (the supposed Ash card) Johnny Silverhand Yakuza 0 EarthBound Super Mario Bros. 3 Panzer Dragoon II: Zwei Doom OutRun: Online Arcade Silent Hill 1: Frank’s Mom’s Favorite Game (08:56) Super Mario series 2: Ash’s Cousin Eric’s Favorite Game (14:07) Ms. Pac-Man Sega Genesis Mortal Kombat series Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures 3: Brandon’s Partner Christina’s Favorite Game (19:45) Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Nintendo DS Grand Theft Auto series Game Boy Advance Ivy the Kiwi? 4: Frank’s Co-host Ash’s Favorite Game (25:08) Dragon Age: Inquisition Overwatch Bayonetta Sonic the Hedgehog Part II Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles Sega Technical Institute Mark Cerny 5: Ash’s Friend Nicki’s Favorite Game (34:34) Pokémon Red Version The Vision of Escaflowne ACen Pokémon Blue Version Sega Game Gear MissingNo Sailor Moon Street Sharks Pikachu 6: Brandon’s Dad’s Favorite Game (39:52) Military Madness TurboGrafx-16 Famicom Wars Advance Wars Neutopia Legend of Zelda series Tetris Spelling Bee Sub Hunt PalmPilot Atari 2600 Circus 7: Frank’s Best Friend and Editor Esper’s Favorite Game (45:31) Drifting Off with Joe Pera: A Sleep Podcast The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012) Final Fantasy VII Phil Salvador Sega Saturn Final Fantasy VII: Remake Barrett Wallace Final Fantasy Got It Right With Two Black Fathers Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII 8: Ash’s Friend Will’s Favorite Game (55:34) Karazhan Ventrillo Hikikomori Elwynn Forest Dreadsteed 9: Brandon’s Friend Scott’s Favorite Game (01:04:38) Final Fantasy VI Super Nintendo Entertainment System Record of Lodoss War La Blue Girl Nobuo Uematsu 10: Frank’s Friend Lucy’s Favorite Game (01:11:42) Mass Effect 2 Pulp Fiction (1994) Fallout: New Vegas 11: Ash’s Cousin Jason’s Favorite Game (01:24:29) Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Dragon Ball Z Vegeta Dragon Ball Dragon Ball Super 12: Brandon’s Former Coworker Christian’s Favorite Game (01:32:36) Ys: Book I & II Tengai Makyō: Ziria Bump System The Frog For Whom the Bell Tolls 13: Frank’s Wife Amanda’s Second Favorite Game (01:38:38) Kickle Cubicle Irem R-Type series Disaster Report series Adventures of Lolo 14: Ash’s Husband Travis’s Favorite Game (01:42:33) Contra III: The Alien Wars Mana series Castlevania: Bloodlines Contra Hard Corps Weenie Hut Jr’s Super Castlevania IV UFO 50 15: Brandon’s College Friend and Insert Credit Co-Founder Vincent’s Favorite Game (01:47:42) Metaphor: ReFantazio Puyo Puyo Sun Bubble Bobble Puzzle Bobble 16: Frank’s Pal Ian’s Favorite Game (01:52:31) Killer7 Suda51 Cam Clarke Resident Evil 4 No More Heroes Shadows of the Damned 17: Ash’s Sister Alexis’s Favorite Game (01:59:53) Uno No Mercy Connect Four Kingdom Hearts Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit Disney Channel No Strings Attached Katamari Damacy 18: Brandon’s Friend Chaz’s Favorite Game (02:06:00) Shining Force II N-Gage 19: Frank’s Other Friend Ian’s Favorite Game (02:10:48) Super Mario World Kaizo Super Mario Maker Disneyland Walt Disney World 20: Ash’s Best Friend Abby’s Favorite Game (02:17:11) Dragon Age: Inquisition Baldur’s Gate series Alistair Sid Meier’s Civilization series Cullen Rutherford Miscegenation 21: Brandon’s Coworker Tara’s Favorite Game (02:28:43) Aces Wild: Manic Brawling Action! NieR: Automata NieR PlatinumGames Inc. Final List (02:28:43) View the finalized list right here! This week’s Insert Credit Show is brought to you by patrons like you. Thank you. Subscribe: RSS, YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more!

The panel reviews Mr. Bones, a Sega Saturn classic featuring frustrating design choices, a certain comedy level, and skeletism. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Ash Parrish, 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: “Oh, there go all my bones!” Mr. Bones Bonk series 1: How did we get here? (03:57) Sega Saturn Star Trek Awesome Games Done Quick January 6 United States Capitol attack Mr. Bones by Lizstar in 1:12:00 Boneitis LSD: Dream Emulator Game Boy Color Game Gear Street Fighter series PlayStation Sega Genesis Sega Dreamcast Ronnie Montrose Ed Anunziatta Sinners (2025) Paul Pena Bastion 2: What are the good versions of the ideas presented in this game? (27:20) Tempest Vectorman series Arzette: the Jewel of Faramore Fitz Houston Seinfeld Contra series 3: Brenton Woodrow asks, which Saturn or Dreamcast game that never had a sequel is best suited for a sequel in 2021? (37:02) Burning Rangers Magic Knight Rayearth Sonic R Richard Jacques Sonic & All-Stars Racing series Powerslave Black Fire Metroid Prime Final Fantasy II Last Bronx Shining Force series Panzer Dragoon Saga Rick Moranis Clockwork Knight Dark Savior 4: If not Mr. Bones, what’s the best skeleton in a video game? (42:04) Dry Bones Dry Bowser Mr. Bones Japanese cover Grateful Dead 5: Let’s talk about this game’s comedy level (44:46) Monkey Island series Grand Theft Auto series Super Mario series Jeff Fort Zono, Inc. Generations Lost Bruce Straley The Last of Us KISS Frank’s preservation of the print art for Generations Lost X-Men 6: What can we learn about the blues from this video game? (51:07) Paul Pena Jet Airliner 7: Do you like Mr. Bones? (56:43) TechnoClash X-Men 2: Clone Wars The Amazing Spider-Man: Web of Fire Sega Channel Sega Menacer Freak Boy LIGHTNING ROUND: Name Design - Mr. Organs (01:02:31) Credit Report (01:08:16) Recommendations and Outro (01:13:08): Brandon: The All New, All Astonishing Insert Credit Patreon, May I Ask For One Final Thing?, Journal with Witch, Blackhawk Museum Ash: Ball x Pit, touch grass, tell people you care about them, this empire shall burn too Frank: someone make a thread in the forums of media where fascists lose and die This week’s Insert Credit Show is brought to you by patrons like you. Thank you. Subscribe: RSS, YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more!

Our heroes convene to discuss the Sega Game Gear, the most satisfying punch in video games, and sports MMOs. 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: Half Price Books PlayStation 3 Sonic the Hedgehog series Resistance: Fall of Man Madden series LEGO Star Wars: The Video Game Criterion Closet Severin Films Joe Dante Pirhana (1978) Gremlins (1984) The Howling (1981) Small Soldiers (1998) Synapse Films Rent-A-Relic “Please forgive me for my sin of making illegal copies. Please forgive me for my sin of hypocrisy. Please forgive me for my sin of arrogance. Amen.” All Those Moments by Rutger Hauer Ralph Ellison Invisible Man The Invisible Man H. G. Welles 1: What kinds of video games do you think we’ll never see again? (07:27) Metal Gear Solid Teleprinter Kinect Nex Playground Wii Light gun All Dogs Go to Heaven (1989) All Dogs Go to Heaven Don Bluth Dragons Lair series The Secret of NIMH (1982) Mina the Hollower Commodore 64 2: What’s the most satisfying punch you can throw in a video game? (12:15) Shatterhand The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker Final Fight Castlevania: Symphony of the Night Bayonetta Game Gear Krusty’s Super Fun House Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie (1995) Mortal Kombat series Darkstalkers series Toasty! God Hand Electronic Gaming Monthly 3: Which Game Gear games are most faithful to their source material? (17:07) Gunstar Heroes Dynamite Headdy Ecco the Dolphin Sonic the Hedgehog: Triple Trouble Shining Force series Battletoads Sonic the Hedgehog 2 Master System Aleste series Beep Games, Inc. OutRun Space Harrier Yuji Naka 4: The Adaptation Game - Betty Boop (21:50) Betty Boop Mr. Boop Cuphead Stray Rotoscoping Max Fleischer PaRappa the Rapper The Charleston 23 skidoo Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures 5: littleboat asks, what is the word of the year in videogames? (27:42) Friendslop “Slop” chosen as Merriam-Webster’s 2025 word of the year Peak Big Walk Untitled Goose Game Titanfall 2 Titanic (1997) H Game 6: Are there sports MMOs where everybody is one player? (35:38) Second Life Madden series NBA 2K series Rocket League Rematch Sifu Hyper Gunsport 7: Has making a video game gotten harder or easier over time? (39:42) Unity Unreal Engine Ed Annunziata SGDK Intellivision Amico Blender LIGHTNING ROUND: GameFAQ&As - Baldur’s Gate III (45:15) Recommendations and Outro (52:52): Frank: King Leo peppermint Brandon: Dickens Fair, Dark Angel (1990), Cat Eyed Boy Ash: Greyhound (2020), I, Claudius Jaffe: I, Podius (for Ash), Pluribus (for Brandon), Ragman (1991 series) (for Frank), leave us a review, watch a couple Insert Credit Show episodes in a row on YouTube, support us at patreon.com/insertcredit This week’s Insert Credit Show is brought to you by patrons like you. Thank you. This week’s horrible buzzer was sent in by selib. Thanks! To submit your own horrible buzzer, send an original recording no longer than two seconds in mp3 or wav format to [email protected], and maybe we’ll use it on the show! Subscribe: RSS, YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more!

Frank, Ash, and Brandon spend the end of the year clearing out the Question Hole, finding brainslop, Tommy Tallarico’s new alias Sammy Salazar, and the death of Sonic the Hedgehog. 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: “Earth friend, if you want to stay alive, turn off the computer.” Persona series The Hierophant The Tower The High Priestess The Chariot Magical Drop series Tarot WonderSwan Sega Saturn Ayami Kojima 1: MarkJ asks, what’s the most inappropriate time and place for a video game merchant to set up shop? (04:02) Phantasy Star series Pokemon series Elden Ring Fantasy Zone Opa-Opa The Simpsons Resident Evil 4 Merchant Leon Kennedy Moogles Final Fantasy IX 2: Call Me By Your Name asks, which game would you play until eternity ends? (7:30) Elevator Action Returns Memento (2000) Nethack Dwarf Fortress Holedown Tetris Baldur’s Gate III Pluribus 3: David asks, what would it take to make a consistently funny game? (10:36) Disco Elysium High on Life Marvel Deadpool VR Kaizo FromSoftware 4: Ryan asks, if you could be the best in the world at one video game what would it be? (12:37) Tetris California State Lottery Street Fighter series Tekken series Kimberly Elena 5: NVB asks, how would you bring back text adventure games? (13:56) Ace Attorney series Twine 6: Gallander asks, do you have any game or experience that makes you reflect on how things that once were won’t ever be again, or makes you too sad? (14:58) Why Do They Call It Oven When You Of In The Cold Food Of Out Hot Eat The Food? Dragon Age: The Veilguard XCOM series Animal Crossing series Sonic 3 & Knuckles 7: Horizontal Hold asks, what video game soundtrack is most analogous in its sound as it is to its gameplay? (16:56) Tetris Effect Demonschool Rez WarioWare series Sound Shapes The Legend of Zelda 8: Billy asks, what modern non-arcade games would be improved if only available in arcades? (18:25) Beat Saber Balatro CloverPit Dogpile 9: Corey asks, what is the next phenomenon that will be predicted by a Hideo Kojima game? (19:18) Hideo Kojima Death Stranding Metal Gear Solid 2 Sammy Salazar Tommy Tallarico Mr. Snrub 10: SvenserSblant asks, how has working in the game industry impacted your ability to enjoy games? (22:20) Game Boy Advance 11: Gaagaagiins asks, what would be the for a cool run? (23:58) Tool-assisted speedrun Mega Man series The Sopranos SNK 40th Anniversary Collection Games Done Quick 12: MDS asks, if you knew better in the past, what game or console would you have been super into? (27:20) Super Nintendo Game Boy Color Commodore 64 Amiga Karateka Jordan Mechner Online Multiplayer: Two Game Blister Pack Pairing (30:36) 13: FLCL Forever asks, If Sega had nigh-unlimited money, what could they have done to save the Saturn? (32:47) Sega Saturn Xbox One PlayStation 32X Dreamcast A $5 Million Gift From Sega Saved Nvidia Sonic the Hedgehog The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog 14: Chin asks, what do you think of violence in video games? (39:31) Spec Ops: The Line Amnesia: the Dark Descent Clock Tower 15: Dan Cantou asks is licensed crap inherently worse than original crap? (41:39) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge Terminator 2D: No Fate Indiana Jones and the Great Circle 007: First Light Fortnite Home Alone NiGHTS into Dreams… Yuji Naka 16: Malcove asks, how do we make a Studio Ghibli game? (44:37) Ni No Kuni series Giblets Boku no Natsuyasumi 17: Chopemon asks, what setting would you design for a Resident Evil-style one location video game? (45:52) Paradise Killer Promise Mascot Agency Las Vegas Strip Disneyland Crow Country Catacombs of Paris Doom Wieliczka Salt Mine Silent Hill series 18: Devilsblush asks, who is your favorite developer of video games you aren’t interested in playing? (48:35) Hideo Kojima FromSoftware Elden Ring Shigeru Miyamoto 19: TapeVulture asks, how can we describe Yuji Naka’s legacy? (49:39) Naoto Oshima Sonic CD Sonic the Hedgehog co-creator given suspended prison sentence for insider trading 20: Dilson asks, how could loading screens be made better? (52:43) Uncharted series Sonic Frontiers 21: Eric Hamilton Schneider asks, if you discovered a door into a video game world, what would would you be most happy is real? (54:17) The Magicians Star Trek Pokemon series Stardew Valley The Sims series 22: Garrett asks, how can or should pinball continue its evolution? (57:23) Pinball Metallica Iron Maiden 23: BreadyToDie asks, which games do time travel the best? (01:00:01) Vince Campella Titanfall 2 Effect and Cause Call of Duty series TimeSplitters Maniac Mansion: Day of the Tentacle 24: Katon asks, do you think Terry Basio could make a Donkey Konga game work? (01:02:06) Terry Bozzio Frank Zappa Donkey Konga series 25: Spencer asks, do a majority of game players have an unhealthy relationship with games? (01:03:08) Recommendations and Outro (01:04:24): Brandon: Touring After the Apocalypse, Priscilla Chan’s Autumn Colors, Paradox’s first album, be nice to each other Ash: Love in the Clouds Frank: Try to relax This week’s Insert Credit Show is brought to you by patrons like you. Thank you. This week’s horrible buzzer was sent in by selib. Thanks! To submit your own horrible buzzer, send an original recording no longer than two seconds in mp3 or wav format to [email protected], and maybe we’ll use it on the show! Subscribe: RSS, YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more!

DigitalFoundry’s John Linneman returns for what is seemingly becoming an annual event: sitting with Brandon Sheffield to discuss games purchased while in Japan. 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: 1: Brandon’s F1 Triple Battle, F1 Circus Special: Pole to Win, and F1 Circus ’92 Moto Roader Motoroader MC PC Engine Mega Drive 2: John’s Ridge Racer V demo and Japanese Ridge Racer 6 Ridge Racer 8-4 Xbox 360 3: Brandon’s Out Live: Be Eliminate Yesterday Out Live Sunsoft Kileak: The Blood Daedalus Belzerion Tetsujin Blaster Master: Blasting Again Myst The Manhole Atari Jaguar Abduction 4: John’s Tengai Makyō: Daiyon no Mokushiroku - The Apocalypse IV Tengai Makyo series Joe Hisaishi Ryuichi Sakamoto 5: Brandon’s Knight Rider Special Chase HQ Magical Chase 6: John’s Virtua Fighter for PC Panzer Dragoon NV1 Sega Saturn 3DO Blaster PC-FX FM Towns Amiga Commodore 7: Brandon’s Volfied Simple 1500 series Qix Gals Panic 8: John’s Namco History Vol. 4 Galaxian Galaga Gaplus Bosconian King & Balloon Warp & Warp Namco Museum series Namco Anthology series Valkyrie no Bōken: Toki no Kagi Densetsu Konami Game Collection series 9: Brandon’s Koudelka and Clock Tower II demos Shadow Hearts series Nier series Clock Tower 10: John’s Hungry Ghosts Tokuro Fujiwara Ghouls n’ Ghosts Extermination Hidetaka Suehiro King’s Field Baroque Hungry Ghosts: You are being watched. You are being judged. - Kimimi the Game Eating-She Monster 11: Brandon’s RayForce soundtrack Zuntata Xevious 12: John’s Goemon: Shin Sedai Shūmei! Ganbare Goemon series 13: Brandon’s Anearth Fantasy Stories: The First Volume Seiya Monogatari: Anearth Fantasy Stories 14: John’s Gunparade Orchestra Sakura Taisen series Phase Paradox Philosoma Cosmic Smash 15: Brandon’s Cardcaptor Sakura: Clow Card Magic Twinkle Star Sprites Tetris with Cardcaptor Sakura: Eternal Heart Tetris: The Grand Master 16: John’s Virtual Boy Wario Land Virtual Boy Pochita Tatsuki Fujimoto Gunpei Yokoi WonderSwan Gunpey 17: Brandon’s Macross VF-X2 HUMMING BIRD Ace Combat series 18: Brandon’s The Note Doctor Hauzer 19: Brandon’s Laplace no Ma Insert Credit Gaiden is brought to you by patrons like you. Thank you. Subscribe: RSS, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, and more!

Insert Credit Fighting Game Correspondent, author, and cannabis connoisseur Patrick Miller joins the panel to answer questions Jaffe wrote while stoned, and play another round of Smokey Bong Bluntry. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Ash Parrish, Brandon Sheffield, and Patrick Miller. 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: House HIPAA Cannabis “The laws of this castle require that your friends be transformed into cards.” patreon.com/insertcredit Memento (2000) Boredoms Polaroids Capcom vs. SNK 2: Mark of the Millennium 0: How does smoking weed or other drugs affect playing video games? (07:05) League of Legends StarCraft SiSTer FPGA Psilocybin Battle Chef Brigade Pinball Hall of Fame The Bally Game Show 1: Are video games art? (13:16) Scott McCloud Understanding Comics 2: Apart from military or law enforcement, what are the most suitable professions for a video game character to have?(14:39) Mario Major League Baseball Fall Guys Kazuma Kiryu Minecraft Steve Fortnite Pipemania Frank West Dead Rising Marvel vs. Capcom series Umamusume: Pretty Derby Marvel Spider-Man series J. Jonah Jameson Travis Touchdown Metal Wolf Chaos Sol Badguy Sakura The Great British Bake Off Balrog R. Mika 3: How do you sell Densha de Go to Americans? (20:45) Densha de Go! series Gunpla Nex Playground Kinect Wii Fit series Milwaukee Circuit City Wii Dhalsim American Truck Simulator 4: Take a title of a Western Video Game, pretend it’s a Japanese Video Game, and then localize the title for a western audience. (24:06) Dragon Age series Dragon Warrior series The Last of Us Horizon series Under Night: In-Birth Maniac Mansion Injustice: Gods Among Us Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls Batman Superman Secret Wars Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League Vampire: the Masquerade Warhammer 40,000 The Insert Credit Quick Break: Videolamer.com (31:32) 5: Moshworld asks, design a Yakuza side story about weed (32:54) Yakuza series Goro Majima Budtender YakuZaZa Anyway You Want It moonlight desires Let’s Restart from Tonight Perfumed Words | Where Your Love Lies 6: Has a game company or game series ever had more than just one good logo design? (38:19) Capcom’s logos Sega’s logos Taito’s logos Konami’s logos Final Fantasy’s logos the Final Fantasy II swoopy logo they’re talking about Nintendo’s logos Panzer Dragoon Zwei Panzer Dragoon Street Fighter’s logos The King of Fighter’s logos Kia’s logos 7: Who are the Phineas and Ferb of video games? (44:21) Phineas and Ferb Perry the Platypus Cheech & Chong Jay and Silent Bob Floigan Bros.: Episode 1 Master Chief Cortana Halo series Naruto Sasuke Penn & Teller ToeJam & Earl Dr. Bunsen Honeydew Beaker It Takes Two Kane & Lynch series LIGHTNING ROUND: Smokey Bong Bluntry - Hard Mode No Zeldas (49:43) that short of Brandon rattling off all them damn games Recommendations and Outro (54:56): Brandon: Kamikaze Girls (2004), Azumanga Daioh, The Outfoxies, Check out old websites, play Christmas NiGHTS and Blue Stinger Frank: Check out the Video Game History Foundation, play Raw Danger! and Sonic Adventure Patrick: Play golf at the Montclair Golf Course, From Masher to Master 2: The Beginner’s Guide to Becoming a Fighting Game Player Ash: Take your PTO, put a coat on that baby This week’s Insert Credit Show is brought to you by Videolamer.com and patrons like you. Thank you. Subscribe: RSS, YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more!

Guest host Esper Quinn asks Frank, Ash, and Brandon about Xbox’s Black Friday failure, The Game Awards, and creative uses for soy sauce. Hosted by Esper Quinn, 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: Nu metal Xbox 360 “It’s not just me—there’s a trillion of us!” Toledo, Ohio Cyberpunk 2077 Simple Flashlight mod Fallout: New Vegas Viva New Vegas World of Warcraft Dragon Age series Honda Prelude Pontiac Tempest 1: Vanessa B asks, what is the most ridiculous fighting game outfit you’ve seen and what about it irks your nerves? (04:51) Street Fighter series Lara Croft Ep. 418 - Keep Cringe Alive, with Vanessa B Juri Cammy Tekken series Leroy Smith Heihachi Chun-Li Mario 2: You guys see the Nex Cube outsold the Xbox on Black Friday? (09:29) Mat Piscatella Black Friday console sales PlayStation 5 Switch 2 Nex Playground Xbox Series Kinect Amico Wii Jackbox series Epic Games v. Apple Handheld TV game 3: If you ran a video game history foundation, what would you do with an unreleased NES game? (18:30) Video Game History Foundation Chris Oberth Xcavator - Lost 1991 NES Game Found and Released Golden Tee series Time Killers Mega Cat Studios WrestleQuest iam8bit Lost In Cult 4: Given that we record this show on the Thursday before it’s released, recap what happened at The Game Awards (23:46) The Game Awards 2025 Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Hideo Kojima Geoff Keighley Half-Life 3 Dreamcast 2 Kermit the Frog The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992) Vitamin D Emmet Otter Legend of Zelda live action movie Willem Dafoe Will Farrell The Lego Movie (2014) Barbie (2023) Flute Guy 5: Yeso asks, if video games had a currency, who would be on the $1, $5, $10, $20, $50 and $100 bills? (30:05) Insert Credit Flavored Questions that are too stupid for the Dirtbag Mike Haggar Final Fight series 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand Ulysses S. Grant Benjamin Franklin George Washington Abraham Lincoln Alexander Hamilton Ralph Baer Sonic the Hedgehog Kane & Lynch Persona series Polybius Princess Peach Tingle Bonk Bobby Kotick Master Chief Solid Snake Yo! Noid Reggie Fils-Aimé Wario how do you politely tell a hookup that they have massively overstayed their welcome? Animal Crossing: New Leaf Nintendo 3DS 6: What age should a person play their first video game? (37:27) Intellivision Atari 2600 7: What is the soy sauce of video games? (41:04) Soy sauce Men’s Testicles Have Taste Receptors? LIGHTNING ROUND: Name Design - Even More Magic the Gathering Cards (45:39) Recommendations and Outro (52:47): Frank: The Video Game History Foundation’s Winter Fundraiser Calendar of Events Brandon: Bullets Over Summer (1999), Jai D - Keichitsu Vol.1, Yoshie Kashiwabara - Luster, please review Demonschool This week’s Insert Credit Show is brought to you by patrons like you. Thank you. This week’s horrible buzzer was sent in by selib. Thanks! To submit your own horrible buzzer, send an original recording no longer than two seconds in mp3 or wav format to [email protected], and maybe we’ll use it on the show! Subscribe: RSS, YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more!

Crystal Dynamics and GDQ Community Manager Vanessa B joins Ash and Brandon to talk about Horses discourse, engaging with game communities, and Juri’s feet. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Ash Parrish, Brandon Sheffield, and Vanessa B. 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: Discord “They hate me…But I still have to shop” Color blindness Diablo series League of Legends Crystal Dynamics Games Done Quick Vanessa B AKA PleasantlyTwstd Bloodborne 1: What’s the best community in speedrunning? (04:57) Haloruns.com Halo series Celeste Black in a Flash Cuphead Tool-assisted speedrun Castlevania series Demonschool Final Fantasy XII Super Mario 64 Ender Lilies: Quietus of the Knights Resident Evil series Lady Arcaders GDQueer Frame Fatales 2: How does a community manager keep the fanbase of a series engaged between release cycles? (13:23) Ep. 208 - How to Correctly Pronounce Ocarina, with Jackie Cole Tomb Raider series Twitter Can You Pet the Dog? MUD FarmVille Capcom Creator Program Monster Hunter series Victoria Tran Among Us Andy Wong Street Fighter series Marvel vs. Capcom series Juri The Behemoth 3: Here in 2025, how do you explain the significance of Lara Croft? (20:54) Lara Croft Alyx Vance Half-Life series Jade Beyond Good & Evil series Nathan Drake Pitfall Harry Indiana Jones Metroid Prime 4: Beyond yoobrandii 4: What is Gex like in real life? (30:17) Gex Geoff Keighley Conker Bubsy Sonic Alex Kidd Crash Bandicoot Ratchet Jak PaRappa Rappa Nathan Fillion Geico Gecko Batman 5: spencergifs asks, how would one make a video game that had the fewest amount of players while generating the largest amount of discourse and content? (37:07) Horses Pokemon series Umamusume: Pretty Derby Mouthwashing I Am Rich Touhou Project 6: Are there specific racial stereotypes within the video game industry and community that we have to contend with? (43:29) Michael Jackson The Witcher series Assassin’s Creed series Aloy Fallout tv series Killmonger cut Overwatch Lúcio Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas Stray LIGHTNING ROUND: Synestheatre (50:05) Recommendations and Outro (01:10:21): Vanessa: Back to Black 2026, Speeding Through the Holidays Ash: Sit with art that makes you uncomfortable Brandon: Under Siege (1992), the blu-ray commentary for The Hunted (1995) if you’re interested in the craft of making movies, Unglued - Way Back When Jaffe: Demonschool This week’s Insert Credit Show is brought to you by patrons like you. Thank you. This week’s horrible buzzer was sent in by selib. Thanks! To submit your own horrible buzzer, send an original recording no longer than two seconds in mp3 or wav format to [email protected], and maybe we’ll use it on the show! Subscribe: RSS, YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more!

At Tokyo Game Show 2025, Necrosoft’s Brandon Sheffield (Demonschool, Hyper Gunsport) interviews Lizardcube’s Ben Fiquet (Shinobi: Art of Vengeance, Streets of Rage 4) on animation, working with larger studios, and the right amount of exploration in action games. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman. Discuss this episode in the Insert Credit Forums A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED: Lizardcube Ben Fiquet Shinobi: Art of Vengeance Streets of Rage 4 Insert Credit Gaiden is brought to you by patrons like you. Thank you. Subscribe: RSS, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, and more!

Frank, Ash, and Brandon hang out and talk about Steam’s censorship, friendslop, and the Never Gonna Give You Up of video games. 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: “I may be damp, but I have a cheerful character!” Tootsie Roll Half Price Books Spider-Man: Spirits of the Earth Fireball Cinnamon Whisky Jeppson’s Malört Carly Rae Jepsen New car smell Autoeroticism 1: How, if at all, should video game distribution services be screening submissions of video games? (05:15) Game Developer: Santa Ragione co-founder Pietro Righi Riva on Horses, Steam, and possible closure of the studio Horses Steam South Park: The Stick of Truth Hyperdimension Neptunia ESRB Epic Games Store itch.io 2: Where is the line between inspiration and plagarism? (11:40) Critter Crunch Money Idol Exchanger AstroPop Magical Drop ChatGPT Steve Engelhart Batman: the Animated Series Green Lantern Batman: Dark Detective The Dark Knight (2008) Guy Gardner Superman (2025) Legends of the DC Universe 3: What are the best video game tiles? (16:43) Chaos Engine Vid Grid News Tower Loop Hero Mahjong Lucky That Way by Brad Fregger 4: What is the newest kind of video game? (22:36) Extraction shooter Friendslop Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Second Life Ultima Habitat Habbo Hotel Demon’s Souls Soulslike Rogue Roguelike Metroidvania Castlevania: Symphony of the Night Metroid Castlevania God Hand Bushido Blade Battle royale PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds Minecraft DayZ Motoroader MC Battle Royale The Hunger Games Tommy Tallarico A Statement from Frank Cifaldi (30:01) Rolls-Royce Motor Cars 5: Esper Quinn asks, who is the best game developer in literature? (32:33) Ready Player One Diamond Age Gandalf Dragon Quest series Akira Toriyama Yuji Horii Shigesato Itoi Black Mirror: Bandersnatch The Riddler Mary Shelley Death Stranding Hideo Kojima Frankenstein The Adventures of Batman & Robin Batman licensees Macaw45 Batman (1989) The Bat Signal lights up the sky. It must be… Bat-Octoberfest. 6: Should every roleplaying game have romance options? (39:56) Fire Emblem series Fable The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth 7: What is the Rick Astley’s Never Gonna Give You Up of video games? (45:44) Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up Bugs Bunny Among Us Call of Duty series Fortnite 9gag Bored Panda Ebaumsworld Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Dizzy series Grand Theft Auto series Akira slide Cloud Strife Legend of Zelda series Chris Person Aftermath Indiana Jones the image Frank shared in chat (53:30) National Treasure series Nicholas Cage LIGHTNING ROUND: Jaffe didn’t come up with a name for this one but he’s asking the panel to name games from a specific year and they’re knocked out if they can’t (54:12) Recommendations and Outro (01:19:29): Brandon: Please review Demonschool on Steam if you’ve bought it, Doritos has three levels of spiciness now Ash: News Tower Frank: Lucky That Way by Brad Fregger This week’s Insert Credit Show is brought to you by patrons like you. Thank you. This week’s horrible buzzer was sent in by selib. Thanks! To submit your own horrible buzzer, send an original recording no longer than two seconds in mp3 or wav format to [email protected], and maybe we’ll use it on the show! Subscribe: RSS, YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more!

A game historian, a game journalist, and a game developer discuss Half-Life 3, The Game Awards, and mpreg. 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: Demonschool Mpreg Arnold Schwarzenegger Mr. Mom (1983) Junior (1994) Joe Pesci Michael Keaton Beetlejuice (1988) Hideo Kojima “Welcome to the virtual zone. I hope you enjoy yourself.” Kasha varnishkes Lancaster, Pennsylvania Shake Weight America’s Test Kitchen: How to Make Brussels Sprouts Taste Good Brandon’s Vegetarian Gravy Start with a roux Add milk (oat is probably fine) Add nutritional yeast, soy sauce, herbs like sage and thyme, cumin, beer if you want Just keep cooking it up until it tastes tangy Optional: add a smidge of vinegar Ash’s Greens Sautee Turkey necks until kinda brown Add chicken stock, sauteed onions, garlic, whatever Braise meat until tender Add greens (not kale) Add seasonings (bay leaf, thyme, sage, pepper, mustard powder, smoked paprika, garam masala, whatever) Boil another 20-30 minutes Add a little apple cider vinegar but not too much 1: What happens at an independent game development studio immediately after they release the game they’ve been working on for years? (13:18) 2: What are the best possible conditions under which to play a video game for review purposes? (16:22) Game Boy Advance Vicarious Visions The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom FromSoftware, Inc. Indiana Jones and the Great Circle Game Developer Magazine Wired insert credit Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree 3: What can we say about Rebecca Heineman? (22:28) Rebecca Heineman PC Gamer: Legendary game designer, programmer, Space Invaders champion, and LGBTQ trailblazer Rebecca Heineman has died Interplay Productions, Inc. Wasteland The Bard’s Tale III: Thief of Fate Space Invaders Jennell Jaquays VCF West: DOOM 3DO: Or How I Survived Hell — Burger Becky John Carmack Fallout 4: What video game would have the best lipstick and nail polish line? (31:13) Bayonetta NYX Professional Makeup ColourPop Cosmetics Hello Kitty Island Adventure King of Fighters series Ash Crimson Promise Mascot Agency Forspoken Overwatch Guilty Gear series Dragon Age series Space Channel 5 Space Channel 5 Japanese Sanitary Towel Commercial Drew Scanlon Space Channel 5: Part 2 Michael Jackson Yakuza series Sonic the Hedgehog series Sailor Moon Pokemon series Shadow the Hedgehog Ichiban Kasuga Ace Attorney series Critical Role 5: Low Guppy asks, if you could take the assets of any videogame and make a completely different game with them, which game would you use and what would you make? (36:59) ToeJam & Earl in Panic on Funkotron Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories WayForward Technologies, Inc. Sailor Moon licensees 6: BreadyToDie asks, how hard should a game push a player to play a certain way? (39:08) Legend of Zelda series Super Mario Bros. Wonder Kirby Air Riders Aliens (1986) Masahiro Sakurai 7: What effect does The Game Awards actually have on video games? (43:47) The Game Awards The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas Call of Duty series Hideo Kojima Geoff Keighley Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences D.I.C.E. Awards 8: How are they going to one-up the Gravity Gun? (49:22) Gravity Gun Kotaku: Why The Internet Thinks Half-Life 3 Is Being Announced This Month Half-Life: Alyx Steam Machine Fortnite Telltale Games Firewatch Campo Santo Dog The Phantom Tollbooth Super Mario Odyssey LIGHTNING ROUND: One Sentence Review but it kind of also becomes Name Design halfway through (54:52) Recommendations and Outro (01:00:57): Brandon: All Those Moments by Rutger Hauer, please review Demonschool on Steam if you’ve bought it Frank: Windswept, review the games you like Ash: Let the people in your life know you love them, Sailor Moon Abridged This week’s Insert Credit Show is brought to you by patrons like you. Thank you. This week’s horrible buzzer was sent in by selib. Thanks! To submit your own horrible buzzer, send an original recording no longer than two seconds in mp3 or wav format to [email protected], and maybe we’ll use it on the show! Subscribe: RSS, YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more!

Go back to hell! Insert Credit celebrates the release of Demonschool by analyzing trends in indie releases, the best grids in games, and of course, woke. 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: Tooth Protectors Number Munchers Pac-Man Prince “Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today…” Demonschool Preacher Garth Ennis Elder Scrolls series Demonology Succubus Hollow Knight: Silksong 1: What’s the difference between setting a video game in high school and setting a video game in college? (03:33) Persona 5 Talmud Coneheads (1993) Kurt Feldman Rob Zombie - Dragula No Doubt The Matrix (1999) 2: Do indie developers find success by making what they want to play, or by following the market? (09:18) Ysbryd Games Q-UP Unfair Flips Vampire Survivors Roblox Goat Simulator 3: What are the best grids in video games? (14:49) Legend of Zelda series Tomb Raider series Tetris Puyo Puyo Frame Gride Animal Crossing series Sokoban Portal Alundra Resident Evil 4 Save Room Solatorobo: Red the Hunter Unpacking The Grid California Extreme Bioshock Pipe Dream 4: When making a video game, how woke should it be? (20:39) Woke Steam Astrology Magic: the Gathering 5: Tom Arrow asks, how did the rise and fall of Blockbuster video impact videogames? (27:39) Blockbuster Walmart Working Designs Sonic the Hedgehog 2 Superman 64 GameFly Flex Three Subscription PC Counter-Strike series Valorant Minecraft Ray tracing Path tracing 6: How much does the average video game player want to be challenged? (34:13) Fortnite Gacha games PUBG Mobile VGHF: “We’ve completed our digitized collection of E3 directories from 1995–2006” Wordle CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Law & Order Hades 7: What movie is Demonschool of video games? (40:02) Demons (1985) Lamberto Bava Mario Bava Last Action Hero (1993) School of Rock (2003) Jack Black 8: What’s the Empire Records (1995) of video games? (42:01) Empire Records (1995) Clerks (1994) That Thing You Do! (1996) insert credit The Gin Blossoms - Til I Hear It From You LIGHTNING ROUND: Trashtalkal RPG (43:21) Recommendations and Outro (48:20): Brandon: Demonschool Ash: Demonschool, consider running for office Frank: Demonschool, Pluribus Jaffe: Call and yell at your representatives This week’s Insert Credit Show is brought to you by patrons like you. Thank you. Send in YOUR ideas for fun video game blister pack pairings to [email protected] as an audio recording 1 minute or less in length and maybe we’ll play it on air in a future episode. This week’s horrible buzzer was sent in by Death_Strandicoot. Thanks! To submit your own horrible buzzer, send an original recording no longer than two seconds in mp3 or wav format to [email protected], and maybe we’ll use it on the show! Subscribe: RSS, YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more!

Our beloved heroes convene for games that are clearly psyops, the Rocky Horror Picture Show of video games, and the shocking return of the Improv Zone. 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: “Yow! A filthy man is here! Leave!” Sailor Moon 1: Pro_Kesadia asks, if you could choose any character from any source of media to be your mentor for any profession who would it be (02:04) Chalk I Don’t Know… That’s Scary… Bob Ross The Joy of Painting Shigeru Miyamoto Shigeru Miyamoto’s 1999 GDC Keynote Nintendogs Haikyu!! Alan Wake The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Rito Bayonetta Ayrton Senna’s Super Monaco GP II Zohran Mamdani wins NYC mayoral race 2: What are the most interesting win objectives you’ve seen in a game? (08:14) Baba Is You Bundle of Joy WarioWare series Yakuza series Cooking Mama series Halo: Reach Silent Hill f Pong To The Moon NASA Refutes Kim Kardashian’s Fake Moon Landing Conspiracy Tom Hanks Apollo 13 (1995) The Rub Rabbits! 3: Which two video games not from the same series should be sold as a package? (13:47) Vanquish Bayonetta 2 Bullet Witch Ridge Racer 6 God Hand Persona 5 Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles Toshio Iwai Electroplankton SimTunes Mother Moon: Remix RPG Adventure Undertale Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg Balan Wonderworld Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story Crow Country Animal Well Jet Set Willy Wild Woody Aladdin Earthworm Jim The Lion King Sonic the Hedgehog series Socket High Seas Havoc Awesome Possum Kicks Dr. Machino’s Butt Sparkster TinHead Uncharted series 4: IMPROV ZONE - Even More Unused MLB SlugFest 20-03 Voice Lines (19:34) Never before heard rejected audio from MLB Slugfest MLB SlugFest 20-03 Formula One Overwatch Ed Semrad Electronic Gaming Monthly 5: Cracking Jonze asks, other than Call of Duty which video games are psyops? (26:40) Call of Duty series Psychological operations 2K Sports Gacha game ACAB Dead to Rights NARC Animal Crossing series Diner Dash The Sims series Stardew Valley Halo series Microsoft mum about ICE co-opting Halo imagery Mindgate Conspiracy 6: What are habits people pick up in game development that carry over to the rest of their lives? (31:48) Game Developer Magazine Noah Falstein Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine BioShock 7: Design a communal video game experience equivalent to Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) (37:04) The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) Games Done Quick Sonic R Kingdom Hearts series Primus Slayer Super Mario 64 Super Mario Sunshine LIGHTNING ROUND: Is It Wrong to Retitle Video Games For a Podcast? (41:52) Recommendations and Outro (48:05): Frank: We Launched the NES 40 Years Ago Today - Gail Tilden, Lance Barr, Bruce Lowry - PRGE 2025 Portland Brandon: don’t watch Weird Science (1985) Ash: Have your pets spayed or neutered This week’s Insert Credit Show is brought to you by patrons like you. Thank you. Subscribe: RSS, YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more!