About this episode
Your wise and benevolent Insert Credit panel covers industry shifts caused by Helldivers II, decides the Dreamcast 2 launch lineup, and imagines the gritty Super Monkey Ball: Act Zero. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Tim Rogers, and Brandon Sheffield. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman. Questions this week: What can you tell from a video game’s color scheme? (03:42) Which video game has the best original take on what the internet is? (09:17) In games where you pick from an assortment of guys, when do you pick the big guy, and when do you pick the little guy? (15:03) Design a fourth-person shooter. (18:53) rose asks: What would the ideal starting lineup be for the Dreamcast 2? (25:44) Who is the most famous person who could beat you at Street Fighter? (33:01) What is the taking a melatonin and drinking a caffeinated beverage of video games? (38:37) LIGHTNING ROUND: Console Genre Associations (44:02) Recommendations and Outro (51:35) Discuss this episode in the Insert Credit Forums A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED: O. J. Simpson Billy Joel J. Jonah Jameson Gears of War Resident Evil (film series) Steven Soderbergh Batman Begins (2006) The Dark Knight (2008) Front Mission 3 Phantasy Star Online Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor .hack series .hack//Versus .hack//Beyond the World (2012) District 9 (2009) God of War III Stealth (2005) WipEout Pure Short Peace: Ranko Tsukigime’s Longest Day Rocko’s Modern Life Tokyo Jungle Dragon’s Dogma series Samurai Shodown series Street Fighter series Baldur’s Gate III Helldivers II Rainbow Six series Call of Duty series Overwatch Five Nights at Freddy’s The Third Man (1949) The 7th Guest Free Guy (2021) Super Mario Bros. Pac-Man Geist Force Geist Gaist Crusher Dreamcast Sonic Adventure series Ryū ga Gotoku / Like a Dragon / Yakuza series OutRun Crazy Taxi Jet Grind Radio series Altered Beast series Shinobi series NiGHTS into Dreams… Star Fox Horizon: Zero Dawn Rent A Hero The Typing of the Dead Ghost Squad Wicked Monsters: BLAST! Yuji Naka Amanda Waller Suicide Squad Air Twister Mathew Kumar Queen Unicorn Overlord Ogre Battle Jamie Lee Curtis Evo Lil Nas X Mortal Kombat games Serena Williams Michelle Yeoh Dean Kamen Robert Atkins John Cena Shake ’n Bake Ringo Sheena Caffeine Melatonin The Last of Us: Part II Nintendo DS Henry Hatsworth in the Puzzling Adventure Hermie Hopperhead: Scrap Panic Super Monkey Ball series Bomberman: Act Zero Gunvalkyrie Recommendations: Brandon: Only use a half-cup of flour in Brandon’s “Daddy’s Dusters” Dog Treat Recipe, Klaus Nomi - The Cold Song Live , Trencher Frank : Brandon’s “Daddy’s Dusters” Dog Treat Recipe Tim : Ripley This week’s Insert Credit Show is brought to you by patrons like you . Thank you. Subscribe: RSS , Apple Podcasts , Google Podcasts , Spotify , and more!