About this episode
Video Game History Foundation Co-Director Kelsey Lewin joins Brandon, Tim and Alex in exploring duality, Caroque, and Spider-Man Root Canaling Pregnant Elsa. Questions this week: Which video game series really got it right on the second try? (02:38) What was the state of video games during the second console generation? (08:05) What are the keys to a great co-op video game experience? (13:27) What would be the easiest game to adapt into a movie on a limited budget? (20:30) Design a fourth Frogger 2. (23:36) Dirtbag Evoline Theory: What is the impact of the Five Nights At Freddy’s franchise on the games industry? (30:48) Violence Island (36:26) LIGHTNING ROUND: Intellivision or ColecoVision? (46:47) Recommendations and Outro (53:45) Everyone else is discussing this episode in the forums , why aren’t you? A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED: Sonic the Hedgehog 2 Go Go Ackman 2 Halo 2 Street Fighter II: The World Warrior Half-Life 2 Persona 2: Eternal Punishment Persona R-Type Final 2 Super Mario Bros. 2 Turok 2: Seeds of Evil Final Fantasy II Dragon Warrior II Final Fantasy XIV Online: A Realm Reborn Final Fantasy VII: Remake Ganbare Goemon 2 Street Fighter Alpha 2 Super Mario Galaxy 2 Fairchild Channel F Atari 2600 Magnavox Odyssey 2 ColecoVision Intellivision Quake III: Arena Resident Evil 5 Gears of War series EVE Online Lucky & Wild Super Mario Odyssey Pokémon: Let’s Go! series Sewer Shark Mad Dog McCree Ground Zero Texas Night Trap Her Story Sonic Forces Frogger II: ThreeeDeep! Frogger 2: Swampy’s Revenge Frogger 2 Baroque Baroque: Become a Meta-Being Ribbit King The Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction Jumping Flash! Simple 2000 series Kero Blaster Cave Story Cave Story’s Secret Santa Five Nights at Freddy’s Willy’s Wonderland (2021) Pig (2021) Taken (2008) Doctor Eggman Dizzy William Sekiro Wander The King of All Cosmos Mister Mosquito Chibi-Robo Recommendations: Brandon: Cancel Spotify Pro Tim : Download 4K Video Downloader , download Insert Credit Show every week from YouTube to feel more like a pirate Kelsey : Liquid I.V. Esper : my personal advice is to download all Insert Credit Show episodes from the archive.org page, the canonical “source” files, to feel cool. Support on Patreon Subscribe: RSS , Apple Podcasts , Google Podcasts , Spotify , and more! Hosted by Alex Jaffe , with Tim Rogers , Brandon Sheffield and Kelsey Lewin . Edited by Esper Quinn . Original Music by Kurt Feldman .