Insert Credit Fringe Games Correspondent Liz Ryerson returns to the panel to cover being a tool user, the year of peak stupidity in video games, and crystals of fun syrup.
Questions this week:
If you had a free day at the world’s most complete arcade, how would you spend a thousand quarters? (02:27)
Is Gamescom the new E3? (07:59)
What is the Snyder Cut of game conferences? (13:19)
Recommend a video game soundtrack for Alex Jaffe’s dad’s commute (18:57)
Improv Zone: Game Director YouTube Channels (23:49)
Mr. Heck asks: what makes successful video games similar, and what makes video game failures unique? (39:24)
What’s the stupidest thing you’ve ever seen in a video game? (47:59)
How would you put the sound of a black hole into a video game? (52:47)
What kind of games and areas of game culture do we not talk about enough on Insert Credit? (56:30)
LIGHTNING ROUND: Episode Title Throwbacks (01:01:41)
Recommendations and Outro (01:11:06)
Two hundred and fifty? That’s a lot of episodes you could discuss in the forums!
A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:
Yo, Bro
California Extreme
2 Spicy
Emergency Call Ambulance
Prop Cycle
Elevator Action Deluxe series
Daytona USA
Marble Madness
Revolution X
Metal Slug series
Cadash
EightyTwo
Golden Axe: The Revenge of Death Adder
Long Island Retro Gaming Expo
Phantasmagoria series
Gamescom
Kölsch
Zack Snyder’s Justice League (2021)
Todd Rogers
John Romero
that Seinfeld photo shoot
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
EverGrace
NieR series
BioShock series
Fallout games
Deathloop
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
Tony Hawk skateboarding series
Katamari Damacy
Space Channel 5
Ape Out
EarthBound
FunHouse
Mortal Kombat games
Disney’s Goof Troop
Biohazard / Resident Evil series
Maniac Mansion
Twister (1996)
Inception (2010)
Dan Snaith
Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan / Elite Beat Agents series
London Cab Challenge
Smashing Drive
Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg
Billy the Wizard: Rocket Broomstick Racing
Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events
Neopets: The Darkest Faerie
Death of Adventure Games
Gabriel Knight 3: Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned
Armed & Delirious
Alex Kidd series
Exile: Wicked Phenomenon
Knuckles’ Chaotix
Nasa releases audio of what a black hole ‘sounds’ like
Legend of Zelda series
Oh, Deer!
Super Mario series
Fortnite series
Clash Royale
Recommendations:
Brandon: Wash your car from top to bottom, watch the Comanche dub of Prey (2022), Winter Beast (1992)
Frank: If you like to channel surf old games, don’t forget to play the popular good stuff too
Liz: Death’s Dynamic Shroud, Season of the Witch (1972), Kitschfork
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Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Brandon Sheffield, and Liz Ryerson. Edited by Esper Quinn. Original Music by Kurt Feldman.