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Our beloved heroes convene for games that are clearly psyops, the Rocky Horror Picture Show of video games, and the shocking return of the Improv Zone. 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: “Yow! A filthy man is here! Leave!” Sailor Moon 1 : Pro_Kesadia asks, if you could choose any character from any source of media to be your mentor for any profession who would it be (02:04) Chalk I Don’t Know… That’s Scary… Bob Ross The Joy of Painting Shigeru Miyamoto Shigeru Miyamoto’s 1999 GDC Keynote Nintendogs Haikyu!! Alan Wake The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Rito Bayonetta Ayrton Senna’s Super Monaco GP II Zohran Mamdani wins NYC mayoral race 2 : What are the most interesting win objectives you’ve seen in a game? (08:14) Baba Is You Bundle of Joy WarioWare series Yakuza series Cooking Mama series Halo: Reach Silent Hill f Pong To The Moon NASA Refutes Kim Kardashian’s Fake Moon Landing Conspiracy Tom Hanks Apollo 13 (1995) The Rub Rabbits! 3 : Which two video games not from the same series should be sold as a package? (13:47) Vanquish Bayonetta 2 Bullet Witch Ridge Racer 6 God Hand Persona 5 Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles Toshio Iwai Electroplankton SimTunes Mother Moon: Remix RPG Adventure Undertale Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg Balan Wonderworld Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story Crow Country Animal Well Jet Set Willy Wild Woody Aladdin Earthworm Jim The Lion King Sonic the Hedgehog series Socket High Seas Havoc Awesome Possum Kicks Dr. Machino’s Butt Sparkster TinHead Uncharted series 4 : IMPROV ZONE - Even More Unused MLB SlugFest 20-03 Voice Lines (19:34) Never before heard rejected audio from MLB Slugfest MLB SlugFest 20-03 Formula One Overwatch Ed Semrad Electronic Gaming Monthly 5 : Cracking Jonze asks, other than Call of Duty which video games are psyops? (26:40) Call of Duty series Psychological operations 2K Sports Gacha game ACAB Dead to Rights NARC Animal Crossing series Diner Dash The Sims series Stardew Valley Halo series Microsoft mum about ICE co-opting Halo imagery Mindgate Conspiracy 6 : What are habits people pick up in game development that carry over to the rest of their lives? (31:48) Game Developer Magazine Noah Falstein Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine BioShock 7 : Design a communal video game experience equivalent to Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) (37:04) The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) Games Done Quick Sonic R Kingdom Hearts series Primus Slayer Super Mario 64 Super Mario Sunshine LIGHTNING ROUND: Is It Wrong to Retitle Video Games For a Podcast? (41:52) Recommendations and Outro (48:05): Frank: We Launched the NES 40 Years Ago Today - Gail Tilden, Lance Barr, Bruce Lowry - PRGE 2025 Portland Brandon : don’t watch Weird Science (1985) Ash : Have your pets spayed or neutered This week’s Insert Credit Show is brought to you by patrons like you . Thank you. Subscribe: RSS , YouTube , Apple Podcasts , Spotify , and more!