About this episode
The panel discusses the best pixel artists, Clair Obscur’s greatest weakness, and In Which Lake Is Carmen Sandiego? 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: MS-07B Gouf Panel lining Goof Troop “Use R to prevent the world’s collapse!” Forspoken PC Engine Sega Saturn Vegetarianism 1 : How do you pick a video game release date? (06:44) Demonschool Why Demonschool Got Delayed, Even Though It’s Nothing Like Silksong Hollow Knight: Silksong Hades II Grand Theft Auto series Silent Hill f Final Fantasy Tactics - The Ivalice Chronicles Ninja Gaiden 4 Pokémon Legends: Z-A Slay the Spire 2 Ysbryd Games 2 : Is there anything from a video game that would be fun to build, gunpla style? (13:44) Minecraft Zoe Quinn R.O.B. The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Warhammer 40,000 3 : Who does the best sprite work in video games? (18:41) Henk Nieborg Gustav Örn Samuelson Battle Axe Amiga Oh, Deer! Hyper Gunsport Paul Robertson Catherine Menabde Junkboy Tatsuyuki Tanaka Linda³ Breeze in the Clouds James D. Sachs Defender of the Crown Mark Ferrari Loom Monkey Island series Simon S. Anderson Owlboy Cocefi Metal Slug series Street Fighter series SrBilyon Temmie Chang Undertale 4 : Design “Where in Ohio is Carmen Sandiego?” (24:55) Ohio Carmen Sandiego series Minot, North Dakota Land of 10,000 Lakes Fargo, North Dakota Howard the Duck Cleveland, Ohio Columbus, Ohio Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Drew Carey The Drew Carey Show Devo Free Stamp The Horseshoe Buckeye Cleveland Guardians Hope Memorial Bridge (Editor’s note: Ash is incorrect in claiming that Pennsylvania is cooler than Ohio. I insist she regrets the error. -Esper) Flag of Ohio Flag of Puerto Rico Flag of Indiana 5 : Terapixel asks, have video game controllers been “solved?” (31:46) Xbox Wireless Controller PlayStation Dualsense Controller Nintendo Joy-Con Home row Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing! Sega Saturn controller EVO Power A Fusion Fightpad 6 : What elements of a game should be opaque or invisible to the player? (38:21) Animal Crossing series Telltale’s The Walking Dead series Eternights Call of Duty series Leon Kennedy Sid Meier’s Civilization series Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Minions Rabbids Jerry Lewis Freakazoid! Truman Capote The Movie What’s His Name In Cold Blood 7 : Who is the Jackie Chan of video games? (45:00) Jackie Chan Bruce Lee Snake in the Eagle’s Shadow (1978) Rush Hour 3 (2007) Jet Li The Forbidden Kingdom (2008) Buster Keaton Mario Sonic the Hedgehog Ace Attorney series Mario Kart series Mario Party series Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 Super Smash Brothers series Charles Martinet LIGHTNING ROUND: Trash Talk (50:35) Recommendations and Outro (56:08): Brandon : Check out the library, Upír z Feratu (1982) Ash : Take a walk in a cemetery (without your dog) Frank: Learn homerow This week’s Insert Credit Show is brought to you by patrons like you . Thank you. Subscribe: RSS , YouTube , Apple Podcasts , Spotify , and more!