About this episode
Questions this week: Brandon Sheffield asks: What was the first time a parent of your praised a video game unprompted? (02:01) Has Dark Souls replaced Ocarina of Time as The Greatest Game of All Time? (07:59) If you could clone one person 100 times to make an entire game development team, who would it be? (15:03) In light of his passing, what can you tell us about NES and SNES lead architect Masayuki Uemura? (20:45) Is Halo cool? (26:06) Dirtbag Nick asks: What are the best times a game has broken its own rules? (31:55) You wanna talk about the Game Awards? (37:53) Are there really any video games that you couldn’t make today? (45:18) Previously on Insert Credit: What is the real life equivalent of playing a Far Cry game? (50:21) LIGHTNING ROUND: Name Design – JAV Titles (56:22) Recommendations and Outro (01:02:54) Your post could be the Dark Souls of discussing this episode in the forums ! A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED: Yars’ Revenge Vic Viper Blaster Master Journey to Silius Fester’s Quest Batman: The Video Game The Addams Family Bullet Witch Myst ( Jaguar ) Power Drive Rally Castle Wolfenstein DOOM ACTION BUTTON REVIEWS DOOM Assassin’s Creed III Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla Assassins Creed III commercial Super Mario Bros. 3 Shenmue Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins ( Game Boy ) The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Dark Souls GameFaqs “Best. Game. Ever.” Poll Red Dead Redemption II Yngwie Malmsteen Death Stranding Ocarina of Time decompilation Toby Fox Shigesako Itoi Jeff Minter Undertale Groove Coaster Jay Tholen Hypnospace Outlaw Joakim Sandberg NES and SNES creator Masayuki Uemura dies at 78 Ralph H. Baer Gunpei Yokoi Time Crisis The House of the Dead Halo: Combat Evolved Halo: Infinite Dwayne The Rock Johnson was in Fortnite The moon in Duck Tales, dude The Secret of Monkey Island Dragon Warrior Mother / EarthBound series I Wanna Be The Guy: The Movie - The Game Fight Club Mega Man 11 The Game Awards Cyberpunk 2077 Resident Evil: Village Metroid Dread Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Swedish Erotica: Custer’s Revenge Shenmue III Star Citizen Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse Far Cry series Blue Man Group Recommendations: Brandon: School of Chocolate if you’re interested in seeing a reality show that doesn’t work so great, Hyper Gunsport now wishlistable on Steam Frank : Get a Costco card Tim : Don’t even try getting a PS5 for the holiday season, get your child a MiSTer Edited by Esper Quinn . Original Music by Kurt Feldman .