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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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#455
Monday · 1 hr 24 min
Ep. 455 - Resident Fourvil
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. Watch episodes with full video on YouTube Discuss this episode in the Insert Credit Forums 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. This week’s Insert Credit Show is brought to you by patrons like you. Thank you. Subscribe: RSS, YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more!
#454
August 17 · 1 hr 7 min
Ep. 454 - Turtle Goblins
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. Watch episodes with full video on YouTube Discuss this episode in the Insert Credit Forums 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 This week’s Insert Credit Show is brought to you by patrons like you. Thank you. Subscribe: RSS, YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more!
#453
August 10 · 1 hr 4 min
Ep. 453 - Mega Duck and Cougar Boy
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. Watch episodes with full video on YouTube Discuss this episode in the Insert Credit Forums 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 This week’s Insert Credit Show is brought to you by patrons like you. Thank you. Subscribe: RSS, YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more!
#452
August 3 · 1 hr 13 min
Ep. 452 - Ground Bud
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. Watch episodes with full video on YouTube Discuss this episode in the Insert Credit Forums 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 This week’s Insert Credit Show is brought to you by patrons like you. Thank you. Subscribe: RSS, YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more!
#451
July 27 · 1 hr 20 min
Ep. 451 - Big Dick 3, with Stella Sacco
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. Watch episodes with full video on YouTube Discuss this episode in the Insert Credit Forums 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) This week’s Insert Credit Show is brought to you by patrons like you. Thank you. Subscribe: RSS, YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more!
#450
July 20 · 1 hr
Ep. 450 - The Italian Hyphen
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. Watch episodes with full video on YouTube Discuss this episode in the Insert Credit Forums 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 This week’s Insert Credit Show is brought to you by patrons like you. Thank you. Gen Z/Gen Alpha listeners ONLY! Send a one minute or less .mp3 or .wav of yourself sharing your first video game, the games you remember your older siblings playing, or what you think the final Prima Strategy Guide was to show@insertcredit.com and maybe we’ll play it on air in a future episode! Subscribe: RSS, YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more!
#449
July 13 · 1 hr 37 min
Ep. 449 - Gathering Lavender, with Jesse Thorn
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. Watch episodes with full video on YouTube Discuss this episode in the Insert Credit Forums 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 This week’s Insert Credit Show is brought to you by patrons like you. Thank you. Subscribe: RSS, YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more!
#448
July 6 · 1 hr 16 min
Ep. 448 - Werewolf Cancellation
Our illustrious panel covers the end of games on discs, Marathon Steve, and how much money Ash has spent on Love and Deepspace. 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: You Smoke Too Tough. Your Swag Too Different. Your Bitch Is Too Bad. They’ll Kill You “You notice a dog smell.” Taekwondo Cleveland Dragon Boat Association Aikido Bouldering Grades Bouldering Mission: Impossible 2 (2000) Rock climbing 1: Can we address Sony? (06:20) Kotaku: Sony Ending Discs For All New PlayStation Games Starting In 2028 Eurogamer: Sony announces an end to the PS3 and Vita digital stores Kotaku: PlayStation Is Deleting 551 Movies From Customers’ Accounts E3 2013: Xbox One Star Fox Resident Evil 4 GameCube GameStop Kotaku: Xbox Is Reportedly Testing A Way To Digitize Your Physical Games Funko Pop Kingdom Hearts series Tomb Raider series Bloodborne Limited Run FanGamer Strictly Limited Statement from VGHF director Frank Cifaldi on the discontinuation of physical PlayStation media, and the closure of the PS3 and PSP digital storefronts. 2: What’s the longest you’ve played a game before realizing you were playing it the wrong way? (12:50) Aftermath: I Believe In The Idea Of ‘Marathon Steve’ Marathon Pokemon series Pidgey Rattata Sonic the Hedgehog series MMO Dragon Slayer: The Legend of Heroes II PC Engine Final Fantasy XIV Infinity Nikki 3: What are the most inventive ways the camera has been used in a video game? (17:56) Fatal Frame Nintendo 3DS Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance Love and Deepspace Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Silent Hill Silent Hill (2006) Pac-Man Karateka Apple II Jordan Mechner LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight Alfred Hitchcock Square Enix Final Fantasy VII Final Fantasy VIII 4: What should Jaffe do about the fan response to his popular romance game? (24:21) Kotaku: Love And Deepspace Devs Decide To Cancel New Werewolf Love Interest After Fans Reportedly Send Them Cow Shit Mass Effect 3 ending controversy BTS Metroid series 5: spencergifs asks, how long should it take to make a game? (34:15) This month’s monthly bonus episode Riddler Star Citizen Blue Prince Sos Sosowski Lazy Kickers Claude Grand Theft Auto VI Sega Genesis Zoop 6: On which non-video game subjects does most or all of your knowledge on them come from video games? (40:35) Assembly language Golf Baseball R.B.I. Baseball Volleyball Haikyu!! Rock Band series La Li Lu Le Lo Templars Cooking Mama Nintendo 3DS Guide Louvre Animal Crossing series Jiangshi Where in North Dakota is Carmen Sandiego? Devils Lake Persona series Koryo Tours: Pyongyang Racer Roger Maris 7: What is The Godfather Part III (1990) of video games? (46:07) Kingdom Hearts III Sofia Coppola Shenmue III Final Fantasy III Dragon Age: The Veilguard Dino Crisis 3 Fallout series Atari Atari Recharged series Masters of the Universe (2026) Bubsy series Sonic the Hedgehog 4 Sonic Mania Toy Story series LIGHTNING ROUND: The Price is Sprite (52:04) Recommendations and Outro (01:04:59): Frank: matttt - comic & manga history Brandon: The Amstrad GX4000: A VERY Underrated Console | Kim Justice I Love Boosters (2026) Quadrophonia - Cozmic Jam Blu-Ray.com Auntie Ash’s Self-Care Corner: Take your shirt off Write shit down This week’s Insert Credit Show is brought to you by patrons like you. Thank you. Subscribe: RSS, YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more!
#447
June 29 · 1 hr 8 min
Ep. 447 - Formative Game Uncles
Frank, Ash, and Brandon answer questions about episodic games, the ever-changing “average gamer,” and full-frontal Mario. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Ash Parrish, and Brandon Sheffield. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman. Watch episodes with full video on YouTube Discuss this episode in the Insert Credit Forums SHOW NOTES: Video Game History Foundation Sonic Sez Punky Brewster “I’m brave, I’m hairy, and your dad loves me.” Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time - The Lost Woods Theme Alarmo Jay John Mayer - Waiting on the World to Change Evanesence - Bring Me to Life Wham! - Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go 1: When should a game be released in chapters as opposed to all at once? (04:28) Deltarune Esper’s bluesky post Sam & Max series Toby Fox Poppy Playtime Dispatch Telltale Games AdHoc Studio Dreamcast Grauen no Torikago Kapitel 3: Kansei GameTap American McGee’s Grimm Katamari Damacy Tim Burton Temu 2: How old should a game be before it gets a remake? (09:54) The Last of Us series Resident Evil series Silent Hill series Final Fantasy VII: Remake Metal Gear Solid series MindsEye Star Fox Disney’s Robin Hood Five Nights at Freddy’s series 3: What would you consider the worst timed video game releases in history? (15:18) Kotaku: Konami Is Suing To Unmask Whoever’s Responsible For The Major Metal Gear Solid 2 Source Code Leak Disaster Report 4: Summer Memories Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp Propeller Arena Grand Theft Auto VI Animal Crossing: New Horizons Doom Eternal Barbenheimer Hades Battleborn Overwatch The Outer Worlds Outer Wilds Duke Nukem Forever 4: What is an uncle game? (20:06) The Guardian: Long live the ‘unc game’ AAVE Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 World of WarCraft Madden series FIFA series Wordle Spelling Bee Roblox Mecca Chameleon Mina the Hollower Friendslop Grand Theft Auto V NCAA Football series NBA 2K series NBA Jam series Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas Tiger Woods PGA series Street Fighter II Sonic the Hedgehog Guilty Gear series Dragon Ball Z: Budokai series Def Jam: Fight for NY Tony Hawk skateboarding series Lode Runner Duke Nukem series Atari Coleco Intellivision Sega Genesis Mortal Kombat 5: Room Check! (29:39) youtube.com/insertcreditshow Soundsheets Darius Space Harrier Quartet Fantasy Zone Master System Osamu Murata Casette tape KQED Forum Sega Take Your Daughter to Work Day City Year Cleveland Jesse Owens V for Vendetta V for Vendetta (2005) Scarabaeidae Dung beetle 6: SuperDQP asks, which game franchise should get a “the movie the game” treatment? (38:45) Street Fighter the Movie the Game Super Mario Bros. (1993) Super Mario series CD-i Midway Games Mortal Kombat series NARC Cyberpunk 2077 Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life (2003) Naughty Dog Crystal Dynamics Java JavaScript Cradle 2 the Grave (2003) Paul W. S. Anderson Wii Sonic the Hedgehog (2020) Jim Carrey The Riddler Sonic and the Black Knight 007: First Light King of Fighters (2009) Tekken (2009) Need for Speed (2014) Gran Turismo (2023) LIGHTNING ROUND: Pride or Die (46:12) Recommendations and Outro (57:50): Brandon: not any of the Jaws sequels Nirvana X-Rom - Wired Into Your Brain Priscilla Page’s Predator and Prey essays Karaoke Videos - 99% Invisible InnerSpiral’s I Built This Body To Hold Yours Jim Wilson’s Center Core Never More seiji oda - LAST SUMMER Ash: Road to Empress II or maybe not because it has a lot of Gen AI Jaffe: give us money! Or leave a review This week’s Insert Credit Show is brought to you by patrons like you. Thank you. Subscribe: RSS, YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more!
#446
June 22 · 1 hr 10 min
Ep. 446 - Extra Capitalismishness
The panel you know and love discusses the video game industry crash, Grand Theft Auto VI expectations, and the human body’s fun port. 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: “Come and see me if you’re interested in being homeless.” Batman Digital Eclipse Kotaco Scrub 1: Are we in a video game industry crash? (06:47) Gabe Newell Just Bought A $70 Million Mansion In Florida Devil’s Crush Time Cruise Bandicoot Xbox 2: Is there any scenario where Grand Theft Auto VI is a flop? (11:18) Grand Theft Auto VI Rockstar Games Grand Theft Auto V Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas Grand Theft Auto: Vice City 3: What are the biggest tells that a once ambitious game developer is beginning to rest on their laurels? (15:22) Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake NBA 2K22 - Jake From State Farm Flappy Bird iBeer Angry Birds Splitting the G: The Guinness Beer Challenge, Explained Age of Empires II: HD Edition 4: What QA notes do you have for the developers of reality? (21:33) The Elder Scrols IV: Oblivion MMO Spider-Man 5: Dillson asks years ago, who will the next developer or publisher or voice actor to announce an NFT project? (27:35) NFT Ubisoft Snoop Dogg RGG Studios Square-Enix Tencent Love and Deepspace Tim Sweeney All My Apes Gone New Coke Rare Donkey Kong series Battletoads series Yooka-Laylee series Amiga Simulmondo 6: On a personal level, what video games most engage your imagiation? (34:16) Archive Of Our Own Love and Deepspace Dragon Age series Baldur’s Gate III Any Austin Indika Crow Country 7: What are the best games to have on your phone when kids ask if you have games on your phone? (39:47) Sonic the Hedgehog 2 Call of Duty series FIFA series Michael Brough Void Pyramid Ramble Planet Ash’s bluesky post about phone games for kids Alto’s Odyssey Tiny Wings Holedown Slice & Dice Zaga-33 Threes! Desert Golfing LIGHTNING ROUND: Game Namers (44:20) Recommendations and Outro (01:04:48): Ash: Duppy Detective Tashia, thank a black person in your life, thank a queer person in your life Brandon: Submit your game to the Game Industry Hardship Fund, Zdzisława Sośnicka, Japanese instrumental Jazz Fusion and Light Jazz playlist for Ash This week’s Insert Credit Show is brought to you by patrons like you. Thank you. Subscribe: RSS, YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more!
#445
June 15 · 1 hr 17 min
Ep. 445 - The Video Game Stork
Your Insert Credit panel covers the rest of the news from Summer Game Fest, where games come from, and Mortal Kombat fetishism. 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: Watch episodes with full video on YouTube “My mayor Muslim, my bagel Jewish, my Christian Dior, Kingdom Hearts IV.” Kingdom Hearts IV Midtown Comics 007: First Light GoldenEye 007 Pokemon series Phantasy Star II Ys: Books I & II PC Engine GameFAQs 1: Anything interesting at the other summer game events we didn’t cover last time? (05:36) Summer Game Fest PlayStation State of Play Xbox Showcase Nintendo Direct Gears Of War: E-Day Is An Xbox Console Exclusive, And Is Not Coming To PS5 Kingdom Hearts fans cry foul over AI-generated artwork claims God of War Laufey Ocarina of Time Remake Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask Legend of Zelda movie Spyro: A Realm Beyond Toys For Bob Goes Indie Amiibo Mike Fahey Tupac Appears in New RGG Studios Game Snoop Dogg Yakuza series Movement To Remove Voice Actor Who Has Admitted To Sexual Assault Has Yakuza Fans At Breaking Point Shaq Kurt Cobain and Johnny Cash sing YMCA in “Band Hero” Marilyn Monroe Zombie gen Atlas Day of the Devs Tim Schafer 2: What are we going to do when every triple-A new game has AI? (19:37) Ys series 3: What other Final Fantasy characters should be distributed to fighting games? (21:14) Cloud Strife Sephiroth Super Smash Bros. series Clive Rosfield Tekken series Tifa Lockhart Street Fighter series Guilty Gear series Kimahri Ronso Noctis Lucis Caelum Sol Badguy Vaan Final Fantasy XII Vincent Valentine Jack Garland Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin SoulCalibur series Mortal Kombat series Squall Leonhart Samurai Shodown series Auron Cyan Garamonde Final Fantasy VI Cait Sith Bloody Roar series Altered Beast 3-D WorldRunner Dark Presence Galloping Ghost Aerith Gainsborough Ehrgeiz: God Bless the Ring Rumble Roses series Dead or Alive series Final Fantasy X-2 Yuna Rikku Paine Spice Girls Sporty Spice Baby Spice Skullgirls series Yuffie Kisaragi Lulu ONLINE MULTIPLAYER: What do YOU think the John Waters’ Pink Flamingos (1972) of video games is? (29:48) 4: Connrr asks, where do video games come from? (32:28) Shigeru Miyamoto Cronus Rhea Nintendogs Taekwondo Beijing Opera Jackie Chan Sammo Hung Yuen Biao Rampage 2: Universal Tour 5: If you were programming a video game orchestral concert, what obscure track would you drop in there? (38:45) Sunset Park (Act 3) - Sonic the Hedgehog Triple Trouble Sonic 2 Music: Chemical Plant Zone Knuckles Chaotix - Seascape The Terminator Tommy Tallarico Sylvan Tale - Intro Panzer Dragoon series Final Fantasy XIV Flow Answers Footfalls Intellivision Lives - My Intellivision Infogrames Rocks My World Sonic Spinball - Toxic Caves X-Men Taz-Mania That One Song From Resident Evil Directors Cut 6: What is the One Piece of video games? (45:15) One Piece Star Citizen “Clowns farting”: The wild story behind Resident Evil’s worst soundtrack Luffy Pokemon series Metal Gear series Touhou series Halo series LIGHTNING ROUND: Name Design - AFI’s Top 100 Film Quotes (50:47) AFI’s 100 YEARS…100 MOVIE QUOTES Recommendations and Outro (01:07:12): Brandon: Hey, Sexuality by Lorelei and the Ghost, The Great Silence (1968), ****Shopping (1994), Game Industry Hardship Fund, ElFamosoDemon Frank: Sunset Boulevard (1950) Ash: Kotaku, Casiopea Jaffe: BIG BOOL This week’s Insert Credit Show is brought to you by patrons like you. Thank you. Subscribe: RSS, YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more!
#444
June 8 · 1 hr 11 min
Ep. 444 - Trickle-Down Justice
Our heroes confront Summer Game Fest, questions of manners when talking to swords, and another trip to the Omegaverse. 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: Polka dot “I have to stay alive and record this podcast before I die!” PAX Return of Monkey Island Video Game History Foundation Game Boy Camera Alexey Pajitnov Sonic the Hedgehog 2 Dragon Age series Solas Thedas Iron Bull Cullen Rutherford Game Boy Advance Xeno Crisis Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories Spyro 2: Season of Flame Jurassic Park III: The DNA Factor 1: What did you think of the PlayStation State of Play? (05:19) PlayStation State of Play God of War: Laufey Kemuri: Hunt the Unseen Report: Payment for some TheGamer staff now tied to per-article sessions Gitaroo Man God of War: Ragnarök Jack Quaid Beauty and the Beast (1991) Dungeons & Dragons Ghostwire: Tokyo Hairy Wolverine Kratos Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis studio have used “AI-assisted tools” during development Bubsy 2: Why do we do these and who are they for? (16:47) P.N.04 Day of the Devs GDC 3: If you could insert one sentence into Geoff Keighley’s teleprompter at Summer Game Fest this year, what would it be? (21:10) Geoff Keighley Pong Free Palestine Black Lives Matter Trans Rights Are Human Rights Kermit the Frog Rainbow Connection Costco Connection 4: CaptainNAC asks, which game would you pick as the secret handle to open a hidden passageway behind a false wall? (26:45) Sega Genesis NCAA Football Columns Columns III: Revenge of Columns NBA 2K19 Coach K College Basketball Sega CD Ready Player One NCAA: Road to the Final Four NCAA Final Four Basketball 5: What would you guess are the first five mods a community typically makes for a video game? (35:27) 6-7 007: First Light World of WarCraft HDR Special K Shrek Thomas the Tank Engine Mortal Kombat 6: What is the John Waters’ Pink Flamingos (1972) of video games? (40:03) John Waters Pink Flamingos (1972) Horses Divine Yoko Taro Drakengard 3 Mouthwashing Danganronpa series The Godfather II Scarface: The World Is Yours Send a one minute or less .mp3 or .wav of yourself explaining your choice for the John Waters’ Pink Flamingos of Video Games (or why The Godfather Part II might have been advertised using a pink flamingo) to show@insertcredit.com and maybe we’ll play it on air in a future episode! LIGHTNING ROUND: Omegaversus (44:42) Omegaverse Recommendations and Outro (01:11:34): Brandon: Read Only Memo, Dirty Kopz (2001) Frank: The Video Game History Hour Ep. 156 - Read Only Memo Ash: Find something you like on Archive of Our Own and leave a comment and kudos on something you like This week’s Insert Credit Show is brought to you by patrons like you. Thank you. Subscribe: RSS, YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more!
#443
June 1 · 1 hr 17 min
Ep. 443 - It's Da Freakin' Bat, with Lucy James
Podcaster and Summer Games Fest host Lucy James joins the panel to cover Hideo Kojima’s AI use, playing as a cat in games, and GamemasterAnthony’s pride parade. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Ash Parrish, Brandon Sheffield, and Lucy James. 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: Lasik Body Worlds “Whoever reads this, please enter my grave. I will let you have my stretching, shrinking keepsake.” Star Trek Heathcliff) Ricky Henderson NBA Jam Space Jam (1996) Yosemite Sam Foghorn Leghorn The Unauthorized Bash Brothers Experience Mark McGwire Jose Conseco 1: What’s the most ludicrous video game press release you’ve ever seen? (05:28) Lucy James: this is the worst email I have ever received Fing-Longer Pornhub Overwatch EarthBound World of Tanks 2: How is AI viewed in Japanese development? (11:27) Hideo Kojima’s AI Prada video prompts outcry from gamers 3: What’s your favorite thing to be in a video game? (14:25) The Aristocats - Ev’rybody Wants To Be a Cat Stray Little Kitty, Big City Tenchu series LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight Catwoman Traveller’s Tales Sonic R Veep Batman Tinykin World of WarCraft Troll (WarCraft race) Tachikoma KITT Cars (2006)) Disney·Pixar Cars 4: How would you explain Minecraft to Zohran Mamdani? (20:41) Zohran Mamdani Minecraft Boris Johnson Sadiq Khan Meijer A Minecraft Movie (2025) Jack Black Bubsy) The video of a zombie in a mine cart (thanks to Sandwich Jones for finding this for me) Demonschool Pathologic 2 Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures Marvel Spider-Man Cities: Skylines Tropico Sid Meier’s Civilization series Disco Elysium Tim Walz Crazy Taxi 5: Catherine asks, which video game characters would you expect to show up at Pride? (28:10) GamemasterAnthony Kratos) David Jaffe Giannis Antetokounmpo God of War (2018) Loki Freyja Baldr Bayonetta) Leon S. Kennedy Liza Minnelli Lisa Vanderpump Princess Peach Princess Daisy Waluigi Char Aznable Chris Redfield Sylvando Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age Final Fantasy XV Noctis Lucis Caelum 6: What lines from or aspects of video games have permeated your real life? (34:39) Portal The Sims Shenmue Ryo Hazuki Dragon Age series Chant of Light Klingon Disaster Report Deltarune Super Mario series The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023) Audio Atrocities Dishonored Fable Batman: Arkham series Bruce Timm Paul Dini Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor Resident Evil: Village Resident Evil 4 7: What is The Mandalorian and Grogu (2026) of video games? (43:43) The Mandalorian and Grogu (2026) The Mandalorian Andor Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced Aliens: Colonial Marines Alien: Isolation Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves Asteroids LIGHTNING ROUND: OC Remix (49:09) Recommendations and Outro (01:07:17): Frank: LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight, Brandon: Vote for gov’nah if you’re Californian, Sega-16’s Mike Fischer interview, the first and second Abashiri Prison movies but not the third one Ash: Touch grass Lucy: Widow’s Bay, lookingfor.game This week’s Insert Credit Show is brought to you by patrons like you. Thank you. Subscribe: RSS, YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more!
#442
May 25 · 1 hr 23 min
Ep. 442 - Even More Questions Too Stupid for the Dirtbag, with Esper Quinn
Editor and media critic Esper Quinn joins Ash and Brandon in answering more questions from the insert credit forum. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Ash Parrish, Brandon Sheffield, and Esper Quinn. 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: For All Mankind “Ryu ga gotoku the polls” forums.insertcredit.com Insert Credit Flavored Questions that are too stupid for the Dirtbag 1: marurun asks, who is the most pointlessly bland fighting game character? Moreso than “guy in a karate gi”. (03:17) Divekick Goiken Muyou: Anarchy in the Nippon Fighting Vipers Comix Zone Streets of Rage series Super Smash Bros. series Fire Emblem series 2: ana asks, what’s the most common hidden gem? (05:55) Rupee Celeste Cult of the Lamb Deltarune NiGHTS into Dreams… Radiant Silvergun Panzer Dragoon Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks 3: yeso asks, has anyone ever cried at one of the Leisure Suit Larry death scenes? (07:48) Leisure Suit Larry series Omegaverse Ron Jeremy Pamela Anderson Carmen Elektra Maxim 4: SteveWithaB asks, is it time to retire the term “gamer”? (11:06) Call of Duty series Halo series 5: Tradegood asks, if Xbox is Mountain Dew and Doritos, and Nintendo is Coca-Cola and Pringles, what is Sony? (13:40) Xbox Mountain Dew Doritos Nintendo Coca-Cola Pringles Sony Pepsi Lay’s Black & Mild Blunt Bong Candy cigarette Dr Pepper Sega Jaguar RC Cola Konami Amiga Dreamcast Ramune Hamburger French fries 6: Death_Strandicoot asks, who should be the first recipient of the Nobel Prize for Video Games? (16:16) The Hague Geoff Keighley David Cage Shigeru Miyamoto Mario Pac-Man Pong 7: Mnemogenic asks, how would you adapt a 10 yen game into a big budget AAA video game? (18:24) 10 yen coin Call of Ponchy : Mahjong Warfare Frogger Dragon Quest Web3 8: Taliesin_Merlin asks, design an Amy Rose video game based on one of the following novel premises. (20:41) The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo I, Robot The Name of the Rose I, Claudius I, Tonya (2017) The Name of the Rose (1986) The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog Sonic and the Black Knight Lollipop Chainsaw 9: Tom asks, what are the seven basic game genres? (23:33) The Seven Basic Plots 10: mtvcribs asks, what happened to thong-era final fantasy (26:19) Final Fantasy X-2 Final Fantasy XIII Tetsuya Nomura Final Fantasy XV Cindy Aurum Final Fantasy XIV Online Final Fantasy XVI Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin Clive Rosfield Jon Snow Game of Thrones 11: mack41 asks, is Google Maps cop warning alert a strand game? (29:07) Death Stranding Dark Souls series 12: beets asks, if you were going to make a table from videogame hardware, what would you use? (30:53) BattleTech pod Xbox One PlayStation 2 Logan Paul 13: rootfifthoctave asks, is sega the company that gets the most “[not-sega game] feels like a [sega] game” comments spoken about it? (32:24) Soulslike Treasure Ubisoft Assassin’s Creed series Stardew Valley 14: KingTubb asks, how often do the following characters change their bed sheets: (35:11) Solid Snake Naked Snake Venom Snake Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain Jack Bauer Liquid Snake Raiden Princess Peach Heavy Rain Harvest Moon series Deadly Premonition 15: PassionQuotient asks, what’s the video game equivalent of reading all of Shakespeare? What about James Joyce? (38:26) William Shakespeare James Joyce WarioWare series Dragon Quest series Final Fantasy series Geoffrey Chaucer Kingdom Hearts series Dune Atari 2600 16: Kiki asks, what’s Jollibee? (41:07) Jollibee Jollibee x FINAL FANTASY XIV Collaboration Campaign Watch_Dogs 2 17: YellerDog asks, what game is the most fun with the worst graphics? What game is the least fun with the best graphics? (42:58) Dwarf Fortress Rogue MindsEye Grand Theft Auto VI r/GamingLeaksAndRumours 18: adashtra asks, What is the “telling your puppy to stop biting your feet, but he’s so dang cute you don’t wanna yell at him” of video games? (45:20) Animal Crossing series LIGHTNING ROUND: Arcade of Our Own (48:58) Recommendations and Outro (01:05:42): Brandon: some of The Magnificent Seven sequels but not others, Possession (1981), microchip your animals Ash: Is God Is (2026) Esper: Esper Quinn’s Top 10 Hottest Games of 2025, Witch Hat Atelier, Absolute Wonder Woman, Fantastic Four, The Moon & Serpent Bumper Book of Magic Jaffe: Read Berserk at work This week’s Insert Credit Show is brought to you by patrons like you. Thank you. Subscribe: RSS, YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more!
#441
May 18 · 1 hr 19 min
Ep. 441 - Sigmas in the Omegaverse
The finest minds in video games discuss flying in games, retaining players over the course of a series, and self-lubricating anuses. 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: Zencastr Power Rangers Sailor Scouts “Attention street operators! If you’re not operating Mr. Do!‘s Castle you don’t want to make money!” Mr. Do! Muenster Swiss Mozzarella Goat Cheddar Parmesan Macaroni and Chipotle Mexican Grill La Tur Humboldt Fog Tillamook Cottage Chocolate syrup 1: How do you make flight feel good? (05:48) Ace Combat 5: The Unsung War Earth Defense Force series Panzer Dragoon Wing Cap Steel Battalion Diamond Vince SkyGunner Superman 64 2: What makes a good shop theme? (10:22) Muzak QVC Earthbound - Buy Something Will Ya! Wii Shop Theme Kmart Persona 5 - Weapons Shop Demonschool - Shopping Jeopardy! Yoshi Super Mario World iMUSE Super Mario Bros. Super Mario Bros. 2 3: What are good ways games can reward you for playing the previous entry in a series? (16:48) BioWare Suikoden series Yakuza series Bob Utsunomiya Mass Effect series Sonic & Knuckles Metal Gear Solid series Resident Evil series Final Fantasy VII Remake series Silent Hill series Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII Nier series 4: How could you “walk the room” giving a talk at a video game conference? (21:29) GDC Omegaverse Alpha and beta male Mpreg Supernatural Dark Angel Pon Farr 5: Yeso asks, what is the soda vs. pop of video games? (30:41) Soft drink Sega Ryu The Legend of Kage Ninja Gaiden Nintendo Entertainment System Final Fantasy VI Tidus Chocobo Mortal Kombat series Midway Games Toasty! Cow Clicker Mystery Science Theater 3000 Drew Carey Hydrocity Zone Sonic the Hedgehog series The Boss Baby (2017) City Escape GDQ 6: What’s the difference between a director and a lead designer in video games? (37:33) 7: What stats would you add to fighting game character bios? (40:14) Street Fighter II Maiden and married names Quentin Tarantino Guile Blanka Myspace Uptown Girl Star Search Mega Man series Pokemon series LIGHTNING ROUND: 21 Questions (45:51) Recommendations and Outro (01:06:31): Brandon: You can make watermelon gazpacho out of unripe or unflavorful watermelons, Alyzea, Dead Mountaineer’s Hotel (1979), Convoy Busters (1978), Mona Kimura Frank: The Super Mario Galaxy Movie (2026) if you want to just delete 2 hours of your life This week’s Insert Credit Show is brought to you by patrons like you. Thank you. Subscribe: RSS, YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more!
#440
May 11 · 1 hr 7 min
Ep. 440 - No More Worlds to Conker
Frank Cifaldi, Ash Parrish, and Brandon Sheffield cover GameStop making an offer for eBay, the hotness of the new StarFox designs, and dead rabbids. 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: Nail Bat Final Fantasy VII Die Hard (1988) Gotham City Jean-Paul Valley “Shilly-shally.” Oreo Hydrox TurboGrafx-16 1: GameStop isn’t gonna buy eBay, right? (08:56) GameStop eBay GameStop makes unsolicited bid to acquire online auction giant eBay for $56B GameStop CEO Ryan Cohen banned from eBay after takeover bid stunt Game Informer Sumo Fighter Mega Man 7 Video Game History Foundation Vintage Video Game Magazine Monthly Subscription FuncoLand Funko Relooted Bram Stoker’s Dracula Indiana Jones 2: What are the level 1 magic spells you want to make available to a player in a game? (14:00) Hang on. Is Indiana Jones’s hat a fedora? Indiana Jones: His Hats Explained Okay back to Question 2. Metroidvania 3: Are the Star Fox characters hotter now or not? (18:41) Nintendo announces new Star Fox for Nintendo Switch 2 The Super Mario Galaxy Movie (2026) Falco Lombardi Garrus Vakarian Mass Effect series Vince Lombardi Doug Lombardi Nintendo confirms destruction of original Star Fox puppets The Amazing Digital Circus Five Nights at Freddy’s Kermit the Frog Krystal Waluigi Star Fox 64 Final Fantasy VII: Remake Sonic Adventure Rouge the Bat 4: Write five clues for a Jeopardy! video game category (24:18) Jeopardy! Pac-Man Donkey Kong Mega Man Mario Mario Luigi Mario Minecraft Steve PewDiePie Ninja Bonk J.J. & Jeff Hideo Kojima 5: LeFish asks, what is the best French thing in video games, and what is the best fish? (28:57) David Cage Freddi Fish series Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Ubisoft BioWare Montreal Dragon Age series Another World Rabbids Captain Ahab Super Mario World Seaman Leviathan Putt-Putt series James Pond series 6: What is a more useful aggregation tool: Metacritic, which averages scores, or Rotten Tomatoes, which averages positive vs. negative reviews? (33:53) Metacritic Rotten Tomatoes Star Wars series IMDb 7: What is the Pee-wee’s Big Adventure (1985) of video games? (37:10) Pee-wee’s Big Adventure (1985) The Groundlings Conker’s Bad Fur Day Diddy Kong Racing Pee-wee’s Playhouse Pee-wee Herman Bayonetta Tim Burton The Pee-wee Herman Show PlatinumGames Donkey Kong Country Tiptup Drumstick Wario WarioWare series Tingle Freshly-Picked Tingle’s Rosy Rupeeland Irozuki Tincle no Koi no Balloon Trip The Frog for Whom the Bell Tolls LIGHTNING ROUND: User Reviews (43:14) Credit Corner (56:54) Recommendations and Outro (57:19): Brandon: The Sting (1973), Get Carter (1971) Frank: Rollick N’ Roll Ash: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000), Love and Deepspace This week’s Insert Credit Show is brought to you by patrons like you. Thank you. Subscribe: RSS, YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more!
#439
May 4 · 1 hr 12 min
Ep. 439 - Deleterious
Our heroes share thoughts on twenty years of achievements, developers responding to player feedback, and whether nail bats count as blunt weapons. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Ash Parrish, and Brandon Sheffield. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman, episode art by Gilbert Smith. Watch episodes with full video on YouTube Discuss this episode in the Insert Credit Forums SHOW NOTES: Busby Berkeley Bubsy Fatty Arbuckle “You’re like free pizza at an anime convention. She can smell you. And she wants to consume you.” Video Game History Foundation 1: When has the appeal of a popular game eluded you? (05:24) Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream Mad Libs The Sims series Hank Hill Bocchi Cards Against Humanity Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023) Crimson Desert World of WarCraft Final Fantasy XIV Yakuza series Shenmue series The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Credit Report (11:40) Sega Taito The Ninja Kids Raz Karcy OverBlood Discord My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic 2: How have trophies and achievements impacted video games over the past 20 years? (13:39) Xbox 360 SiegfriedX Left 4 Dead 3: Let’s talk about that MindsEye DLC (20:21) MindsEye Polygon: I played the MindsEye DLC that was supposed to expose ‘sabotage’ and just got a painfully bad mission Tommy Wiseau The Room (2003) Grand Theft Auto series The Fall of Communism as Seen in Gay Pornography (1998) 4: Give me your dream video game blunt rotation (which is to say, three items to cycle through as blunt weapons in a video game) (25:31) Nail Bat Mace Ice cream sandwich EarthBound R.B.I. Baseball series Dragon Age: Inquisition Wedge of Destiny Undercover Cops The Boon of the Spoon 5: Issac asks, what makes a good sick game? (32:47) The Violence Island Gacha Gauntlet #1 Titanium Court Bejeweled Puzzle Quest The Talos Principle Portal Dragon Quest series Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask NieR The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword Chutes and Ladders Ys series For the Frog the Bell Tolls Cookie’s Bustle 6: To what extent should a studio consider the feedback of their playerbase, and when should they ignore it? (39:34) BioWare Elden Ring Game Developer Magazine Telltale Games Sam & Max Downwell Overwatch 7: What is the realizing you’ve been to a restaurant too many times because the workers know who you are by sight of video games? (44:51) Sonic the Hedgehog 2 Bonk’s Revenge Paradise Killer Dragon Age: The Veilguard LIGHTNING ROUND: Circle K Corral (51:11) Recommendations and Outro (59:34): Brandon: Def By Temptation (1990), Ooh Rap I Ya Ash: Actually don’t watch For All Mankind, Titanium Court, Bon Appétit, Your Majesty Frank: Eat a ton of shredded cabbage This week’s episode art was done by Gilbert Smith. Insert Credit Show is brought to you by patrons like you. Thank you. Subscribe: RSS, YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more!
#438
April 28 · 58 min
Ep. 438 - We Will Not Be Kept in Your Balls
Your Insert Credit Panel discusses the future of Xbox, the difference between dad games and mom games, and weird little guys. 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: KEXP Italian AOC “This wild aura, man. Can’t let this go.” Falsetto 1: When are you convinced to go back to a particular game after putting it down? (02:51) Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare Cronos: The New Dawn Red Dead Redemption II Deadwood Sega Genesis Sony PlayStation World of WarCraft Quest 64 Quest 64 Official The Ooze barleybap 2: Through video game history, how has the job of level designer evolved? (07:44) TUME Disney’s Aladdin Hirokazu Yasuhara Sonic the Hedgehog series Uncharted series Titanfall 2 Iwata Asks Legend of Zelda series Shigeru Miyamoto Takashi Tezuka 3: What are the differences between a dad game and a mom game? (12:59) Pragmata Cooking Mama Bayonetta Amnesia: Rebirth Super Metroid NieR NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139… Stardew Valley The Sims Black & White Peter Molyneux You know it’s bad for AI when even Peter Molyneux, king of overpromising, is tepid on its use in game dev Grateful Dead Black Sabbath 4: Design a video game trilogy intended to grow up with the player base (19:39) Pokemon series Palworld Mewgenics! Final Fantasy XII Master Chief Game Freak NFT 5: Death_Strandicoot asks, is Xbox a third party now? Is there still a Big 3? (28:01) Halo: Campaign Evolved launches on PS5 ‘We Are Xbox’: read the memo defining Microsoft’s gaming future Developers, developers, developers Nintendo Sony Roblox Epic Fortnite Circana List of largest video game companies by revenue 6: What are some new ways to torture players in masocore games? (33:42) Masocore Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy QWOP Dark Souls Minecraft Marvel Rivals Jackass Virtual Boy Speedrunning 7: What is the McDonald’s Sprite of video games? (38:42) McDonalds Sprite Steam Deck LIGHTNING ROUND: GameFAQ&As - Roblox Mobile (43:51) Recommendations and Outro (49:51): Frank: apply for Video Game History Foundation’s Charity Development Coordinator if you meet the qualifications Ash: For All Mankind Brandon: Boogiepop Phantom, Ikarie XB-1 (1963), Baby Steps Developers React to 7 Minute Speedrun This week’s Insert Credit Show is brought to you by patrons like you. Thank you. Subscribe: RSS, YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more!
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April 20 · 1 hr 20 min
Ep. 437 - Cookie's Bustacular
The panel reviews Cookie’s Bustle, a Japanese PC adventure game hindered by endless copyright strikes and finally freed by the Video Game History Foundation. 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: Yoko Kanno Cowboy Bebop The Real Folk Blues Vincent Diamante Alto saxophone The Offspring Phil Collins Wet Leg Wednesday The Weeknd Taking Back Sunday Wednesday Campanella Cookie’s Bustle Streisand Effect 1: How did we get here? (05:53) Rodik, Inc ClassicsOfGame Video Game History Foundation Games That Weren’t Moon Child The Video Game History Hour 2: How hard is it to get this Japanese abandonware game from 1999 running on your PC in 2026? (11:38) Sega Genesis QuickTime 3: What is happening in Cookie’s Bustle and what are you doing in it? (18:18) sebmal Mr. Bean James Bond Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures Lara Croft 4: Apart from financial cost, what are the material advantages of keeping a development team small? (36:43) Tokyo Godfathers (2003) 5: Chopemon asks: If you were to go on an adventure, what items have video games taught you to take that you wouldn’t normally think to take? (43:26) 6: Developer Keisuke Harigai once said in a 2001 interview that he designed Cookie’s Bustle with the European market in mind. What do you think that means? (49:51) Keisuke Harigai New Jersey LucasArts Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord Grim Fandango Euro Truck Simulator series Farming Simulator series Football Manager series Total War series Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Atomic Heart Disco Elysium 7: Do you like Cookie’s Bustle? (56:07) Tony Hawk series Mario Party series Gold Saucer Mr. Bones Bennett Foddy GDC Penn & Teller’s Smoke and Mirrors Alter Ego SimTunes CD-ROM Myst Wii Fit MobyGames To-Gen-Kiko 8: Let’s talk about the mystique of inaccessible games (01:04:24) Fushigi Yûgi Atari Atomiswave Dreamcast QAnon George Lucas LIGHTNING ROUND: Recommendations (01:15:56) Brandon: Moon Child Frank: The Cookie’s Bustle collection at the Video Game History Foundation Ash: Pizza This week’s Insert Credit Show is brought to you by patrons like you. Thank you. Subscribe: RSS, YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more!
April 19 · 1 hr 31 min
Insert Credit Gaiden #16 - B2B KPIs at GDC 2026, with Liz Ryerson
Writer, Musician, and Experimental Games Workshop Organizer Liz Ryerson takes on GDC 2026’s expo hall and buttered cocoa with the help of Ty Underwood, Kory, and many more. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman. Segments: 1: Mar 9 at 1-17 PM - in the park (00:14) 2: Mar 11 at 1-05 PM - game changer (03:51) 3: Mar 11 at 3-21 PM - overheard at GDC (08:45) 4: Mar 12 at 4-01 PM - GDC expo floor (10:10) 5: Mar 16 at 5-14 PM - rambly sick after show reflections (01:20:20) Discuss this episode in the Insert Credit Forums Insert Credit Gaiden is brought to you by patrons like you. Thank you. Subscribe: RSS, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, and more!

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