The Insert Credit Show

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:

1. What can you tell from a video game’s color scheme? (03:42)
2. Which video game has the best original take on what the internet is? (09:17)
3. 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)
4. Design a fourth-person shooter. (18:53)
5. rose asks: What would the ideal starting lineup be for the Dreamcast 2? (25:44)
6. Who is the most famous person who could beat you at Street Fighter? (33:01)
7. 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)

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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

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