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Go back to hell! Insert Credit celebrates the release of Demonschool by analyzing trends in indie releases, the best grids in games, and of course, woke. 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: Tooth Protectors Number Munchers Pac-Man Prince “Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today…” Demonschool Preacher Garth Ennis Elder Scrolls series Demonology Succubus Hollow Knight: Silksong 1 : What’s the difference between setting a video game in high school and setting a video game in college? (03:33) Persona 5 Talmud Coneheads (1993) Kurt Feldman Rob Zombie - Dragula No Doubt The Matrix (1999) 2 : Do indie developers find success by making what they want to play, or by following the market? (09:18) Ysbryd Games Q-UP Unfair Flips Vampire Survivors Roblox Goat Simulator 3 : What are the best grids in video games? (14:49) Legend of Zelda series Tomb Raider series Tetris Puyo Puyo Frame Gride Animal Crossing series Sokoban Portal Alundra Resident Evil 4 Save Room Solatorobo: Red the Hunter Unpacking The Grid California Extreme Bioshock Pipe Dream 4 : When making a video game, how woke should it be? (20:39) Woke Steam Astrology Magic: the Gathering 5 : Tom Arrow asks, how did the rise and fall of Blockbuster video impact videogames? (27:39) Blockbuster Walmart Working Designs Sonic the Hedgehog 2 Superman 64 GameFly Flex Three Subscription PC Counter-Strike series Valorant Minecraft Ray tracing Path tracing 6 : How much does the average video game player want to be challenged? (34:13) Fortnite Gacha games PUBG Mobile VGHF: “We’ve completed our digitized collection of E3 directories from 1995–2006” Wordle CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Law & Order Hades 7 : What movie is Demonschool of video games? (40:02) Demons (1985) Lamberto Bava Mario Bava Last Action Hero (1993) School of Rock (2003) Jack Black 8 : What’s the Empire Records (1995) of video games? (42:01) Empire Records (1995) Clerks (1994) That Thing You Do! (1996) insert credit The Gin Blossoms - Til I Hear It From You LIGHTNING ROUND: Trashtalkal RPG (43:21) Recommendations and Outro (48:20): Brandon : Demonschool Ash : Demonschool , consider running for office Frank: Demonschool , Pluribus Jaffe : Call and yell at your representatives This week’s Insert Credit Show is brought to you by patrons like you . Thank you. Send in YOUR ideas for fun video game blister pack pairings to show@insertcredit.com as an audio recording 1 minute or less in length and maybe we’ll play it on air in a future episode. This week’s horrible buzzer was sent in by Death_Strandicoot. Thanks! To submit your own horrible buzzer, send an original recording no longer than two seconds in mp3 or wav format to show@insertcredit.com , and maybe we’ll use it on the show! Subscribe: RSS , YouTube , Apple Podcasts , Spotify , and more!