Frank Cifaldi, Tim Rogers and Brandon Sheffield answer host Alex Jaffe’s questions and uncover the most Insert Credit thing to ever happen, the latest industry megamerger, and a giant cheese wheel. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Tim Rogers, Brandon Sheffield. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.
Questions this week:
- How’d the Atari Jaguar Museum at the Portland Retro Gaming Expo go, Frank? (09:18)
- Tina Carter asks: Is taking advantage of a a game’s technical system in a single-player environment “cheating”? (19:33)
- What happens now that Microsoft bought Activision? (25:03)
- You’re at a family dinner, and your six year old nephew asks if you’ve got any games on your phone. What do you show him? (31:30)
- Tom Arrow asks: What are some other game franchises that could make interesting use of Sonic & Knuckles ‘Lock On Technology’? (35:28)
- Design a minigame for Insert Credit: The Video Game. (46:03)
LIGHTNING ROUND: Video Game Baby Shoes (52:14)
Recommendations and Outro (56:01)
Discuss this episode in the Insert Credit Forums
A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:
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Batman: Arkham series
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Dragon’s Lair
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Super Metroid
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Yakuza / Ryū ga Gotoku series
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Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon
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Street Fighter II: Special Champion Edition
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Atari Jaguar
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Portland Retro Gaming Expo
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Video Game History Foundation
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Hasbro Releases Jaguar Publishing Rights
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Songbird Productions
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BigPEmu
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Rayman
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Ultra Vortek
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Monkey D. Luffy
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Boba Fett
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Imagin HotRod Intra-Oral Camera
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Bubsy series
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Blinx: The Time Sweeper
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Ty the Tasmanian Tiger
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Baldur’s Gate series
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Animal Crossing series
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The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
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Animal Crossing: New Horizons Review - IGN
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Boku no Natsuyasumi
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Microsoft completes Activision Blizzard acquisition
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Call of Duty series
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Spider-Man 2
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Pitfall!
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Barnstorming
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SEGA Rally Championship
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King’s Quest
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3-D Ultra Pinball
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Donkey Kong Land 2
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Quest 64
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Infinite Jest
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Leisure Suit Larry series
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Halo series
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Candy Crush Saga
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Overwatch series
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Diablo series
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James Corden
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Carpool Karaoke
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Jimmy Fallon
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Random.org
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Zaga-33
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Vampire Survivors
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Super Hexagon
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Holedown
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One pound
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Sonic & Knuckles
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Lost Judgment
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Grand Theft Auto IV & Episodes from Liberty City
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Super Mario Bros. 2
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Fallout games
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Mega Man: Legacy Collection
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Ghost of Tsushima
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God of War
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Horizon: Zero Dawn
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The Last of Us
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Marvel Spider-Man
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Super Mario Bros. Wonder
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Sonic Superstars
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Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games series
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The Insert Credit Video Game
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Ore no Ryōri
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Diner Dash series
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The big cheese wheel
Recommendations:
Brandon: DVLSBLSH zine vol. 1 and 2, check out the writing of Izumi Suzuki
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