The finest minds in video games reconvene to cover Chicago game industry history, schadefreude, and the Red Hot Chili Peppers. 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: Metaphor: ReFantazio An Update to the Insert Credit Prize Wall (03:32) Pee-wee’s Playhouse Red Hot Chili Peppers Hot Red Chili Peppers 1: Frank, what’s up with Duelin’ Firemen? (05:57) Duelin’ Firemen 3DO Steve Albini Tony Hawk Rudy Ray Moore CD-ROM Urban Yeti! Eugene Jarvis Raw Thrills Roger Sharpe Pinball: The Man Who Saved the Game (2022) Midway Incredible Technologies Golden Tee series Time Killers Jeff Lee Q*bert Mad Planets California Extreme 2: DIDDY WATCH: Frank, Nintendo has produced evidence that Diddy Kong is still alive and will be in Bananza. When have you been wrong about a video game before? (13:46) After Redesigning Donkey Kong, Nintendo Has Tweaked Another Classic Character Bigger Luke Indiana Jones and the Great Circle Indiana Jones and the Great Circle would’ve been better as a movie The 7th Guest Battle Arena Toshinden Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike Adrian Monk 3: What’s the greatest love story in a video game that isn’t a dating sim or RPG? (19:19) Mario Pauline The Last of Us God of War series Red Dead Redemption series Doom: the Dark Ages Doomguy Doom: The Dark Ages is for lovers and slayers Doom 4 Isabelle 4: When have you gotten the most personal joy from a video game company’s misfortune? (25:05) Acclaim Entertainment Edge Six Feet Under Web3 Cybertruck Starlink Tesla Starts Accepting Cybertruck Trade-Ins – According to Tesla, a Cybertruck Loses $35,000 Over 6,000 Miles ($5.6 Per Mile) Target Bonk Sega Saturn NiGHTS into Dreams… TurboGrafx WonderSwan Dragon Age: Inquisition Anders 5: Isla asks, what is a game mechanic or system you really like that is in a game you don’t like? (32:01) Bayonetta 3 Metal Gear Solid series David Cage Detroit: Become Human Heavy Rain Bioshock series Zero4 Champ Final Fantasy XV Cindy Aurum Tails’ Skypatrol Sonic the Hedgehog 2 6: Liz Ryerson asks, what are some of your favorite video game sound effects? (38:18) Sonic the Hedgehog series Hideo Kojima Metal Gear Solid series King of Fighters series Neo Geo Astro Bot Astro Bot sounds as great as it plays Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II Indika Ghostwire: Tokyo 7: What is the hack stand-up comedian making jokes about airline food of video games? (44:01) Peter Molyneux Madden series NBA 2K series EA FIFA / EA Sports FC series WWE 2K series Dark Souls series Eat Lead: The Return of Matt Hazard Rick & Morty High on Life Forspoken Splatterhouse Portal series Left 4 Dead Cake LIGHTNING ROUND: Who’s the Boss? (50:37) Credit Report (01:01:13) Recommendations and Outro (01:02:16): Brandon: Ghostwire: Tokyo Frank: Stay tuned for a possible “Let’s Figure Out What’s On These Taito EPROMs” stream from the VGHF, possibly on the 28th Jaffe: Mailbag Mountain - Live Unboxing 1000 Pounds of Video Game Magazines Ash: Last Defense Academy: the Hundred Line This week’s Insert Credit Show is brought to you by patrons like you. Thank you. Subscribe: RSS, YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more!