Twenty years of insertcredit.com, as remembered by past and present contributors. Featuring Vincent Diamante, Chris Woodard, Azurelore Korrigan, Patrick Miller, and more.
Questions this week:
What do you remember about the GP32, and how does obscure hardware fit in Insert Credit’s taste? (07:20)
What are the best video game comeback stories? (11:42)
If Insert Credit could secure the film rights to any video game, what would it be? (16:09)
What gets changed when porting a video game? (19:19)
What Insert Credit-type games influence Vincent’s music composition? (23:06)
What is Tose up to now, and what other important game companies don’t we know about? (31:51)
Insert Credit declared the death of print video game media on April 16th, 2008. Is that about right? (36:38)
In 2009, there was some pontification on Insert Credit on what constituted “good” or “bad” video game journalism. Where do you stand on that now? (41:03)
What are some of the most striking video game convention displays you’ve seen? (44:43)
How did the cottage industry of new games for old consoles happen, and which ones are worth discussing? (49:50)
How did the forums and community shape Insert Credit’s identity? (59:03)
How can one still find obscurity on the internet? (01:09:03)
What are the biggest differences between video game culture in 2004-2006 and now? (01:14:00)
After all these years, how would you define your relationship to video games? (01:20:35)
What the hell is wrong with video games? (01:24:54)
How has Insert Credit changed since the start of the podcast? (01:44:53)
How did you all go from writing about to developing and preserving video games? (01:49:24)
Are video game blogs dead? (02:00:09)
What are the best things to come out of Insert Credit? (02:04:40)
Finish this sentence: Insert Credit is the _____ of video games. (02:09:15)
Discuss these questions and obscure video game hardware in the Insert Credit forum thread for this episode.
A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:
Lost Levels
Vincent Diamante
thatgamecompany
Skullgirls
GP32
Arcturus: The Curse and Loss of Divinity
Astonishia Story
White Day: A Labrynth Named School
Corum III: Chaotic Magic
Gamasutra
Punch-Out!! (Wii)
NieR
Puyo Puyo
Windjammers
Wonder Boy
Hajime no Ippo
Asuka 120%
Clue (1985)
SoundTeMP
Sky by thatgamecompany featuring music by Vincent Diamante
Kingdom Hearts 100% ending featuring Insert Credit watermark
Tose Co. Ltd.
Interview: Tose: Game Development Ninjas by Brandon Sheffield
Game Developer Research Institute
Jason Schreier
Gizmondo
Phantom
ApeXtreme
N-Gage
Colors
Intellivision Amico
Star Odyssey
SGDK
Super Fighter Team
Piko Interactive
Stone Protectors
MadMan’s Cafe
Peter Molyneux
The GIA
Insert Credit Show Episode 13 - Shave and a Haircut, with Justin McElroy
Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance
Iron Man
Captain America: Super Soldier
Shoryuken Forums
The Molydeux Game Jam
Lost Media Wiki
Barnyard Blast: Swine of the Night
Edge Magazine
Flower
The Last Blade 2
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex for PS2
Drag-On Dragoon
cavia inc.
Edited by Esper Quinn. Original Music by Kurt Feldman.