The Insert Credit Show

• Ep. 382 - Proustian Bargaining at GDC 2025

  Brandon Sheffield subjects well known video game characters who just happen to be attending GDC 2025 to the famous Proust Questionnaire. Yes, we know it’s pronounced “proost.” Hosted by Brandon Sheffield, with Matthew Burns, Frank Cifaldi, Naomi Clark, Nikki Grayson, David Hellman, merritt k, Shannon Liao, Laura Michet, Alx Preston, Liz Ryerson, Phil Salvador, and Derek Yu. 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: Luigi, via merritt k (00:14) Rick Taylor, via Derek Yu (07:12) Astarion Ancunín, via Shannon Liao (11:34) Squall Leonhart, via Phil Salvador (13:55) Headcrab, via Laura Michet (17:50) Samus Aran, via Alx Preston (20:53) Miles “Tails” Prower, via Liz Ryerson (25:44) Alan Wake, via Matthew Burns (31:02) Geralt of Rivia, via Naomi Clark (36:08) Django, via Nikki Grayson (41:30) Tim, via David Hellman (45:15) Princess Peach, via Frank Cifaldi (47:37) This week’s Insert Credit Show is brought to you by patrons like you. Thank you. Subscribe: RSS, YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more!

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• Ep. 381 - Gamer Water, with merritt k and Eric Silver

  Writer/comedian merritt k joins Ash, Brandon, and guest host Eric Silver to figure out why Pokemon games look bad now, why Insert Credit doesn’t talk about Nintendo, and the LeBron James of Video Games. Hosted by Eric Silver, with Ash Parrish, Brandon Sheffield, and merritt k. 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: Atari Jaguar Chun-Li Juri Elena Jackbox Party Pack Mario Party Princess Daisy Fighters Megamix 1: Will mainline Pokemon games ever not look like garbo again? (04:00) Pokémon main RPG series Pokemon Legends: Z-A Pikachu Mario Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury Roblox Pokemon: Let’s Go Pikachu! The Legend of Zelda series 2: What is the best sword or gun in video game history? (10:10) Squall Leonhart Gunblade Greedy: Notes from a Bisexual Who Wants Too Much Gackt The Doohickey Assassins Creed series Buster Sword Master Sword Soul Edge Needler Gravity Gun Portal Gun Farsight Perfect Dark Golden Gun Destiny series Keyblade Kingdom Hearts series Honey Blaster X-Blade 3: Why doesn’t Insert Credit talk about Nintendo more? (15:06) Nintendo Channel F NEC Sega TurboGrafx Bonk series Air Zonk Super Nintendo Entertainment System PlayStation Sega Saturn Final Fantasy VI Chrono Trigger 3DO Nintendo 64 ActRaiser Kendo Rage 4: What aspects of Insert Credit Show have evolved to outlive other podcasts? (19:55) PC Engine 5: If someone discovered a wellspring of video game water, what would we use it for in the real world? (23:24) That One Lady Who Sold Her Bathwater Metal Gear Solid 2 Sonic the Hedgehog series Common Side Effects Scavengers Reign Evony Online Royal Match Yeah! You Want “Those Games,” Right? So Here You Go! Now, Let’s See You Clear Them! 6: Alex Jaffe asks, are video games cool? Have they ever been cool? What is the coolest that video games have ever been? (29:17) Linda³ NieR Bullet Witch PlayStation 2 Halo series Borderlands Horse Armor PlayStation Portable Rejection FM Towns Marty Minnesota Timberwolves Casio Loopy Magical Shop 7: Does your interest in games reflect or influence how you feel about tabletop roleplaying games? (34:26) Dungeons & Dragons Fledgling Manor Vampire: the Masquerade Palladium Dungeon World Fiasco MUDs Mörk Borg Disco Elysium Baldur’s Gate series Demonschool Critical Role Dimension 20 X-COM series 8: What is the LeBron James of video games? (45:38) LeBron James Kratos Warframe Monster Hunter series Luka Dončić NBA Jam LIGHTNING ROUND: Shoot, Collaborate, and Listen (52:21) Recommendations and Outro (01:00:41): Brandon: Tesla Takedown, 5 Calls, Ninja Busters (1984) if you need to suffer, The Keep (1983) Ash: Make Thai tea with boba at home merritt: The Insider (1999), Fledgling Manor Eric: Thank a Podcast Editor Today, Attach Your Resume, Join the Party This week’s Insert Credit Show is brought to you by patrons like you. Thank you. Subscribe: RSS, YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more!

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• Ep. 380 - Gamer Oil

  The finest minds in video games assess their feelings on the current state of the medium, how best to scam gamers, and Midwest Zelda. 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: 1: How do you feel about video games right now? (05:53) D.I.C.E. Summit Doom Duke Nukem Bundle of Joy Indika Xbox Live Arcade Super Nintendo Entertainment System Nintendo Switch Gears of War series Grand Theft Auto series Uncharted: The Lost Legacy 2: Rank these from best to worst: the x button, the o button, the square button, and the triangle button. (15:22) Super Mario World Sega Genesis NBA Jam Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice Awesome Games Done Quick’s adorable dog speedrun was just the start 3: What’s the difference between a ROLE playing game, a role PLAYING game, and a role playing GAME? (20:08) Super Monkey Ball series Baldur’s Gate series Roll Kairosoft Co.,Ltd Fallout series Batman Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord Rogue Pac-Man Mega Man 4: Make a video game music playlist to play over the speakers at a dentist’s office. (24:37) Balatro Ecco the Dolphin series Aquanaut’s Holiday series Jaws: Unleashed Mr. Driller Mouthwashing Harlan Ellison: I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream Super Mario Galaxy Pokemon series Sonic the Hedgehog series Bubble Bobble Yoshi’s Cookie 5: Catherine asks, what are some of the most interesting cases of putting out a game again? (29:32) Anett Futatabi Earnest Evans Kunio series Alex Kidd in the Enchanted Castle Phantasy Star Final Fantasy VII: Remake Final Fantasy VII Capcom vs. SNK SNK 40th Anniversary Collection Street Fighter: 30th Anniversary Collection Samurai Shodown NeoGeo Collection Rock n’ Roll Racing The Lost Vikings Blizzard Arcade Collection Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration Star Raiders Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord The Making of Karateka 6: Catherine asks, what do you think is the game most-played by people who “don’t play games”? (40:56) Microsoft Solitaire Wordle Snake Words with Friends Spelling Bee New York Times Connections Mahjong Windows Media Player Bennie and the Jets Spider Solitaire Cap’n Crunch Pinball 7: Catherine asks, how do you sell snake oil to gamers? (44:38) Snake oil Gamer Goo Gamer Grub Kinect Boktai: The Sun is in Your Hand Demonschool Cod liver oil Gwenyth Paltrow LIGHTNING ROUND: Zelda Maker (50:41) Recommendations and Outro (01:04:32): Brandon: Naked Killer (1992), California Fire Relief Bundle This week’s Insert Credit Show is brought to you by patrons like you. Thank you. Subscribe: RSS, YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more!

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• Ep. 379 - Charmy Bee Is a Freak

  After being assigned the task of playing Knuckles’ Chaotix with their romantic partners, our panel returns with questions and opinions. 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: Mighty the Armadillo Charmy Bee Vector the Crocodile Sonic the Hedgehog Espio the Chameleon 1: How was everyone’s Knuckles: Chaotix experience? (02:25) Knuckles’ Chaotix Sonic Crackers Knuckles the Echidna 2: Explain Knuckles Chaotix (07:24) Sonic the Hedgehog 3: What did you think of the boss fights? (13:11) Dr. Robotnik Sonic the Hedgehog 2 4: Let’s talk about the 32X, and the bonus stages (19:03) Sega 32X Jaguar After Burner Complete Amazing Spider-Man: Web of Fire BC Racers Blackthorne Brutal: Above the Claw Corpse Killer Cosmic Carnage Doom Knuckles’ Chaotix Kolibri Primal Rage Shadow Squadron Tempo Zaxxon’s Motherbase 2000 Sega CD Sega Genesis Console Wars Tom Kalinske Nintendo 64 PlayStation Sega Saturn Sega Pico Nintendo Entertainment System TurboGrafx-16 5: VGHF Archive Dive: Knuckles Chaotix (25:45) The VGHF Digital Archive Ep. 63 - BSNESGOAT GamePro Game Rating System Gak Double Dare Gank World of WarCraft Yuji Naka A Tribe Called Quest Magical Chase Takeshi’s Challenge Christmas cracker X-Men 32X X-Women: The Sinister Virus The Adventures of Batman & Robin 6: One of the Good Pauls asks, who would you want to be chained to in a series of platforming challenges? (33:40) Miles “Tails” Prower Lara Croft Tomb Raider series Bonk Mario Luigi Mega Man Alucard 7: What makes for a good multiplayer platforming experience? (37:10) The Lost Vikings It Takes Two Josef Fares Magic Knight Rayearth Gain Ground Halo: Combat Evolved 8: Let’s talk about character variety in one player and co-op games. Who does this the best? (41:04) Overcooked 9: Why aren’t Sonic and Tails in this game? (46:57) SegaSonic The Hedgehog Sega Game Gear Amy Rose Heavy the Robot Bomb LIGHTNING ROUND (For Ash Only): Which Sonic Characters are Black? (49:43) Recommendations and Outro (57:58): Frank: Chained Together Ash: 5 Calls, Steam Next Fest Brandon: Melt-Banana, California Fire Relief Bundle This week’s Insert Credit Show is brought to you by patrons like you. Thank you. Subscribe: RSS, YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more!

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• Ep. 378 - Old Weird Game Feast 2, with John Linneman

  DigitalFoundry’s John Linneman joins Brandon Sheffield once again to delve into their video game collections, and contemplate liquid-cooled 3DOs, India-exclusive PS2 games, and the sensation of removing $300 worth of cellophane. Hosted by Brandon Sheffield, with John Linnemann. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman. SHOW NOTES: 1: Tomak: Save the Earth Again (02:44) GP32 Tomak: Save the Earth PC Genjin 2: Pyramid Intruder (06:32) Mega LD LaserDisc 3DO The Hive Scavenger 4 FM Towns Marty Silpheed Sega CD 3: Congo: The Movie: The Lost City of Zinj (11:56) Congo Jurassic Park Michael Crichton Sega Saturn John Romero’s Daikatana 4: Thexder (15:14) IBM 8086 Nintendo Entertainment System Grandia: Digital Museum 5: First Kiss Monogatari (19:34) PC-FX Battle Heat! Cutie Honey Tokimeki Memorial PC Engine Psycho-Chaser Zero Divide Phalanx HuneX 6: Galactic Pinball (22:16) Virtual Boy TechnoWarriors (1998) Super Metroid MultiBoy VB Multicart 7: Screamin’ Mad George’s Paranoiascape (27:43) Keita Amemiya Zeiram (1991) Mechanical Violator Hakaider (1995) Nanatsu Kaze no Shima Monogatari Masaya Matsuura PaRappa the Rapper Metamour Jupiter Shigesato Itoi 8: Darius II (31:43) Taito Memories PlayStation 2 9: Pup-Breeder (34:32) 10: Tryrush Deppy (37:43) Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (1988) Croc! Pau-Pau Island Blast Wind 11: Ginga Ojōsama Densetsu Yuna (41:46) Ginga Ojōsama Densetsu Yuna 2: Eien no Princess Ginga Ojōsama Densetsu Yuna 3: Lightning Angel Ginga Ojōsama Densetsu Yuna FX: Kanashimi no Sirene Ginga Ojōsama Densetsu Yuna Remix UltraBox Atari Jaguar 12: Skyhammer (47:15) Descent Blade Runner (1982) G-Police Sniper Elite Alien Vs Predator Tempest Doom Black ICE White Noise EJagFest Amiga 13: Colors (55:13) Gizmondo Alien Hominid Sticky Balls 14: Phase Paradox (59:27) Philosoma Until Dawn Chris Redfield J League games Dino Crisis II Dino Crisis 15: Hanuman: Boy Warrior (01:04:28) PlayStation Portable Chandragupta: Warrior Prince RaOne: The Game RaOne (2011) Don 2 the Game Power Stone Tron (1982) 16: MTV’s Beavis and Butt-Head in Virtual Stupidity (01:07:56) Way of the Warrior Gate of Thunder 17: Asuka 120% Special: BURNING Fest. (01:11:57) Asuka 120% Final: BURNING Fest. Asuka 120% Return: BURNING Fest. Mad Stalker: Full Metal Force Sega Genesis 18: ActRaiser 2 (01:15:33) Auto Modellista 19: Manic Game Girl (01:18:51) Parasite Eve The Saboteur Apex Axel Impact/DT Racer 20: Chiki Chiki Boys (01:22:02) Chelnov: Atomic Runner Quarantine Return Fire: Maps O’ Death Command & Conquer TV Sports series Arzette: The Jewel of Faramore This week’s Insert Credit Show is brought to you by patrons like you. Thank you. Subscribe: RSS, YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more!

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