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• Ep. 404 - What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

  Frank Cifaldi, Ash Parrish, and Brandon Sheffield discuss Demonschool’s release date getting sniped by Silksong, thoughts on lost media, and E3ster. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Ash Parrish, 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: Dubai chocolate Labubu Matcha Latte Dick Taylor Craft Chocolate Zone of the Enders: The Fist of Mars Game Boy Advance Nintendo Entertainment System Battlefields of Napoleon Video Game History Foundation Nintendo DS Ace Attorney series Final Fantasy series Metroid Prime Pinball Pokemon series 1: Is Bubsy back? (05:44) Gamescom Bubsy 4D Bubsy series Demon Turf Demon Tides Yoshi Sonic Balan Wonderworld Geoff Keighley Silksong Hollow Knight Final Fantasy Tactics - The Ivalice Chronicles Demonschool Kirby Air Raiders 2: Victoria Tran asks, what’s the best video game purchase you made for under $20? (17:53) Magic Knight Rayearth Sega Saturn Personasama Magical Chase Shantae Game Boy Color Ninja Five-0 FM Towns Marty Hudson Soft Company, Ltd. Jim Gordon Dragon Age: Origins Battle Chef Brigade Bejeweled Iron Chef Mount and Blade: Warband Crypt of the NecroDancer Undertale Void Stranger Crow Country 3: SteveWithAB asks, what is the most adult E-rated game? (24:03) ESRB Harvest Moon series Euro Truck Simulator series Piglet’s Big Game Resident Evil Silent Hill Sid Meier’s Civilization series ß Imagine: Babyz Cooking Mama series Football Manager series Madden series American Truck Simulator Farming Simulator series That Dragon, Cancer Ouya 4: What most fascinates you regarding lost media? (29:55) Lost media Zack Snyder’s Justice League (2021) Infamous ‘Lost’ Nintendo Mean Girls Game Now Fully Revealed Raven-Symoné The Keep (1983) Apocalypse Now (1979) The Warriors (1979) The Magnificent Ambersons (1942) Orson Welles Citizen Kane (1941) Albert Pyun The Fantastic Four Cyborg (1989) Jean-Claude Van Damme The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie (2024) Behind the Cancellation of ‘Batgirl’ Sonic the Hedgehog 2 Sonic 2’s Lost Stages Revealed Dragon Age II Dragon Age: Inquisition Jodorowsky’s Dune Salvador Dalí Moebius Jodorowsky’s Dune (2013) 5: From a studio standpoint, what does the last two weeks look like before a video game comes out? (41:34) Jira Demonschool Press Kit WebP LIGHTNING ROUND: Alphabrecs (51:50) Recommendations and Outro (59:40): Brandon: My Heart Is That Eternal Rose (1989) Frank: King of the Hill reboot if you liked the original Ash: Be nice to Ash, it’s her birthday whenever today is! This week’s Insert Credit Show is brought to you by patrons like you. Thank you. This week’s horrible buzzer was sent in by J. R. Raith. Thanks! To submit your own horrible buzzer, send an original recording no longer than two seconds in mp3 or wav format to [email protected], and maybe we’ll use it on the show! Subscribe: RSS, YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more!

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• Ep. 403 - It's Okay to Shut Up, with Victoria Tran

  Innersloth Communications Director, Wholesome Games organizer, and author Victoria Tran joins the panel for game industry tax tips, thoughts on the “cozy game” genre, and checking Ash’s sauce privilege. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Ash Parrish, Brandon Sheffield, and Victoria Tran. 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: Innersloth Outersloth Gunpla Max Headroom “So long, gay Bowser!” RX-78-2 Mobile Fighter G Gundam Wholesome Games Game Developer Conference ZZ Plant Legend of Zelda series 1: Esper Quinn asks, which video game has the best music? (05:09) NieR Katamari Damacy The Sims series Katy Perry Simlish Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing Demonschool Carmen Sandiego series Alisia Dragoon Minecraft Celeste Stardew Valley Wii Shop Music 12 Hours of Incredible Game Music for the Sharp X68000 Tim Follin Pictionary Silver Surfer Kurt Feldman 2: When have you had to make an exception to a personal rule about video games? (11:04) Nintendo Switch 2 Indiana Jones and the Great Circle Indiana Jones and the Great Circle would’ve been better as a movie Xbox 360 Ray tracing Nikki series 3: Which games have been failed the most by their marketing? (16:30) Forspoken Phalanx Columns III: Revenge of Columns George Costanza Jason Alexander TurboGrafx-16 Nintendo Wii It’s more than just a hat Aggro Crab Hello Neighbor 4: What are the easiest ways to trick investors into giving you money? (24:39) Hideo Kojima Abandoned Jason Schreier Xalavier Nelson Jr. Clickolding E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial Computer Entertainer Magazine 5: What kind of games are particularly prone or resistant to toxic community? (30:03) 6: How do we feel about cozy games? (36:57) Brandon Boyer IGF A Short Hike Doom series Castle Wolfenstein series Neverway BookTok Son M LIGHTNING ROUND: GameFAQ&As - Among Us (48:03) Recommendations and Outro (53:34): Victoria: Mastering Community Management, the “Best Fishing Minigame” panel at PAX West Frank: the “Launch of the NES” panel at PAX West Brandon: Figure out the Intrusive R, don’t turn your french fries around when double dipping Ash: Recommend your favorite master grade gunpla kits to Ash on the forums This week’s Insert Credit Show is brought to you by patrons like you. Thank you. This week’s horrible buzzer was sent in by J.R. Raith. Thanks! To submit your own horrible buzzer, send an original recording no longer than two seconds in mp3 or wav format to [email protected], and maybe we’ll use it on the show! Subscribe: RSS, YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more!

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• Ep. 402 - This Man's Sky

  The finest minds in video games discuss The Sims 5, good sewer levels, and playing CD-i games with Eugene Levy. 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: Computer Entertainer Magazine CES “Doot doodoot doot dootdoot dootdoot doodoooooooo!” Abner Doubleday 1: Liz Ryerson asks, are there any actually good sewer levels? (03:05) Sewer Surfin’ Battletoads Turbo Tunnel Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Bullet Witch Bloodborne Super Mario Bros. Chulip Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District Nihilist Arby’s Superman (2025) 2: When are you personally motivated to replay a narrative-driven singleplayer game you’ve already finished? (08:33) Wild Arms Indika Koudelka Final Fantasy VIII Sonic the Hedgehog series A’metafore: ReFantazio Metal Gear Solid series BioWare Edmonton Fallout: New Vegas 3: How do we feel about continuing to update a game, instead of releasing a new one? (13:49) EA President Laura Miele Interview The Sims 4 Minecraft Overwatch Overwatch 2 Story Missions Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League Madden series No Man’s Sky Final Fantasy XIV Online: A Realm Reborn Final Fantasy XI Online Final Fantasy XV Roblox Fortnite 4: How would you design The Sims 5? (20:03) Grand Theft Auto series SimCity Keita Takahashi to a T Mark Zuckerberg Soylent Tespa 5: What role has playing video games had in your lives for making friends? (26:24) Dragon Age: Inquisition tumblr Vincent Diamante Call of Duty series The Wacky World of Miniature Golf with Eugene Levy Eugene Levy Left 4 Dead series World of WarCraft Final Fantasy XIV Online: Endwalker Rachel Ignotofsky 6: What’s the deal with Stop Killing Games? (34:18) Stop Killing Games Elon Musk Ian Miles Cheong 7: What are your F.A.Q.s? (42:21) The Strong National Museum of Play Paul Allen LIGHTNING ROUND: Mad Men or Kingdom Hearts? (50:26) Recommendations and Outro (59:02): Frank: Computer Entertainer, pirate The Naked Gun (2025) and the originals Brandon: the first third of U.S. Marshals (1998), Buy Demonschool on September 3, 2025 (that’s pretty soon!), please tell streamers you like about the game Ash: Buy porn, call Visa & Mastercard This week’s Insert Credit Show is brought to you by patrons like you. Thank you. This week’s horrible buzzer was sent in by Mnemogenic. Thanks! To submit your own horrible buzzer, send an original recording no longer than two seconds in mp3 or wav format to [email protected], and maybe we’ll use it on the show! Subscribe: RSS, YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more!

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• Ep. 401 - Let's Gather Some Magic, with Esper Quinn

  Video editor, white-blue-black player, and show note writer Esper Quinn planeswalks with the panel to discuss their first experiences playing Magic: the Gathering. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Ash Parrish, Brandon Sheffield, and Esper Quinn. 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: Carddass Bandai Capcom Namco “Ach! Hans, run! It’s Insert Credit!” Orzhov Syndicate Selesnya Conclave Esper Obscura Magic: the Gathering Ravnica House Dimir Street Fighter series Izzet League 1: Brandon, Frank, and Jaffe, how were your experiences with Magic: the Gathering? (04:13) Magic: The Gathering Arena D.I.C.E. Summit Vampire: The Masquerade Ian Adams Microsoft Solitaire Final Fantasy series Jumpstart Baraduk Wallace Marmaduke Chun-Li Chocobo Banned and Restricted Announcement – June 30, 2025 Mana cost Folk music The Freight Planned Parenthood Cloud Strife Tifa Lockhart Sephiroth Antiquities Urzatron Strip Mine Demon Wall Triple Triad Fallout series 2: Why was this Final Fantasy Magic set so successful? (35:37) PC Engine Bonk Valis Marvel’s Spider-Man set Lord of the Rings set Pokémon Trading Card Game Funko Pop Beanie Babies Kinder Egg Phyrexia: All Will Be One Edge of Eternities Avatar: the Last Airbender Online Multiplayer: What is the first AAA game? (45:29) 3: Spencer asks, what can video games learn from card games? (49:07) Amiibo Mario Bowser Tekken series Cid, Timeless Artificer Minecraft Roblox Sonic Halo series Call of Duty series Master Chief Ninja Gaiden Suikoden Katy Perry - Dark Horse ft. Juicy J Katy Perry - I Kissed a Girl Super Bowl LI halftime show Phil Salvador Taylor Swift 4: Which video games best represent each of Magic’s five colors? (58:21) White Pikmin EarthBound Albert Odyssey The Secret of Monkey Island Sid Meier’s Civilization Blue The Talos Principle Balatro Sokoban Black Soulslike NeverDead Red Knuckles’ Chaotix Super Smash Brothers series Quake Green Monster Hunter StarCraft Tower defense LIGHTNING ROUND: Name Design - Magic Names and Art (01:05:40) Chaos Confetti Stangg Cyclonic Rift Sanguine Bond Cadaverous Bloom Underworld Dreams Genesis Wave Shark Typhoon Dingus Egg Bone to Ash Recommendations and Outro (01:16:15): Esper: Read comics by companies other than Marvel or DC like The Power Fantasy or East of West Brandon: Black Sabbath, Ludwig Ash: Anciliary Justice Frank: Come see Frank on his “Not Afraid to Say It!” Tour at Long Island Retro, PAX, and Portland Retro Gaming Expo This week’s Insert Credit Show is brought to you by patrons like you. Thank you. To submit your own horrible buzzer, send an original recording no longer than two seconds in mp3 or wav format to [email protected], and maybe we’ll use it on the show! Subscribe: RSS, YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more!

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• Ep. 400 - The Insert Credit Best Game Developer List

  Insert Credit nominates and celebrates the greatest, most influential, and most personally beloved game development studios of all time. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Ash Parrish, Brandon Sheffield. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman. View the finalized list at insertcredit.com! Watch episodes with full video on YouTube Discuss this episode in the Insert Credit Forums SHOW NOTES: “Now bear my game podcast!” ICOM Simulations Video Game History Foundation Divorce Other Ocean Demonschool Chuck Mangione Flugelhorn Feels So Good ‘King of the Hill’ Reboot Ozzy Osbourne 1: Brandon’s First Pick (08:00) Human Entertainment Roger Corman Fantastic Four (1994) Albert Pyun Alien (1979) Francis Ford Coppola Sandlot Earth Defense Force series Spike Chunsoft Nude Maker Grasshopper Manufacture Fire Pro Wrestling series Formation Soccer series Human Grand Prix series Mizzurna Falls Grand Theft Auto III Deadly Premonition Clock Tower series Twilight Syndrome series The Firemen series Suda51 Mechanized Attack 2: Ash’s First Pick (12:29) Aggro Crab Games Going Under Another Crab’s Treasure Cult of the Lamb Devolver Digital Peak 3: Frank’s First Pick (14:59) Bobby Kotick Activision Atari H.E.R.O. Pitfall! Barnstorming Electronic Arts David Crane 4: Brandon’s Second Pick (19:05) Taito Space Invaders Cadash Growl Darius Night Striker Sega Saturn Darius Gaiden Elevator Action Returns Landmaker Layer Section Cleopatra Fortune Bubble Bobble Puzzle Bobble Lufia Densha De Go Battle Gear Gunbuster Bujingai: The Forsaken City 10,000 Bullets Spac3 Invaders Extr3me Groove Coaster Square Enix Gunslinger Stratos Taiko no Tatsujin Bandai Namco Entertainment Nintendo Entertainment System Retronauts Operation Wolf 5: Ash’s Second Pick (24:39) Kaizen Game Works Paradise Killer Neon White Promise Mascot Agency Ben Esposito Donut County Oli Clarke-Smith forums.insertcredit.com 6: Frank’s Second Pick (28:23) Nintendo Hanafuda Super Mario Bros. Satoru Iwata Wii Music Nintendo Labo Donkey Kong Bananza John Romero Konami Microsoft Sony Ubisoft The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Animal Crossing 7: Brandon’s Third Pick (34:43) The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past Red Entertainment NEC Hudson Soft Bonk’s Adventure Tengai Makyō: Ziria Ryuichi Sakamoto Gate of Thunder Galaxy Fräulein Yuna series Sakura Taisen Tempo Nostalgia 8: Ash’s Third Pick (37:56) Eidos Tomb Raider series Sega Game Gear Nintendo Game Boy Color Sony PlayStation Ms. Pac-Man Mortal Kombat Street Fighter Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001) Angelina Jolie Embracer Group Core Design Bubba ‘N’ Stix Wonder Dog Chuck Rock II: Son of Chuck Impossamole Herdy Gerdy Swagman 9: Frank’s Third Pick (41:24) Monty Python’s Flying Circus Dynamite Düx Fighting Force Soulstar Rocksteady Arkham Knight Batman: Arkham series Call of Duty series Batman Marvel Spider-Man series Joker Mark Hamill Slipstream (1989) Batman: the Animated Series Urban Chaos Chao Garden Sonic Adventure 2 Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League Batman: Arkham VR Zack Snyder’s Justice League (2021) 10: Brandon’s Fourth Pick (48:49) Compile Puyo Puyo Aleste Zanac Devil’s Crush M.U.S.H.A. Disk Station series MSX Alien Crush Blazing Lazers Gun-Nac 11: Ash’s Fourth Pick (52:52) Enix King’s Knight Chrono series Final Fantasy series Kingdom Hearts series Yuji Hori Akira Toriyama Dragon Quest series Racing Lagoon Einhänder Ehrgeiz: God Bless the Ring Tobal series Harvestella Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin Game of Thrones 12: Frank’s Fourth Pick (57:01) LucasArts The Secret of Monkey Island George Lucas SCUMM Backyard Baseball Ron Gilbert Wadjet Eye Games Star Wars (1977) Amanda Lucas 13: Brandon’s Fifth Pick (01:02:23) SNK Neo Geo Capcom Metal Slug Data East Bally Midway WonderSwan Fantasy Donkey Kong Sasuke vs Commander Naruto Ikari Warriors Samurai Shodown 14: Ash’s Fifth Pick (01:08:27) Sega Atlus Sonic the Hedgehog series Sega Dreamcast Persona series Metaphor: ReFantazio Ryū ga Gotoku / Like a Dragon / Yakuza universe Sega Genesis Sega Saturn Super Monkey Ball series Shin Megami Tensei series TurboGrafx-16 Super Nintendo Entertainment System 15: Frank’s Fifth Pick (01:16:24) Evening Star Penny’s Big Breakaway Sonic Mania Superman (2025) Sonic X Shadow Generations Freedom Planet 16: Brandon’s Sixth Pick (01:21:06) Bandai Namco Shadow Labrynth Pac-Man Secret Level Concord Ridge Racer series OutRun Galaxian3: Project Dragoon Katamari Damacy Rolling Thunder 3 The Outfoxies Tekken Image Comics Namco Museum series 17: Ash’s Sixth Pick (01:27:40) PlatinumGames Bayonetta Vanquish Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance NieR: Automata NieR MadWorld Grasshopper Manufacture Killer7 Lollipop Chainsaw No More Heroes Van Wilder (2002) Babylon’s Fall Greensboro Grasshoppers Infinite Space Ninja Gaiden series Mass Effect series 18: Frank’s Sixth Pick (01:32:20) Harmonix Rock Band Guitar Hero Fortnite The Osbournes Chroma 19: Brandon’s Seventh Pick (01:37:27) Hudson Soft Cavia Bullet Witch The Bouncer Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex Drakengard Military Madness Neutopia Bomberman Adventure Island Momotarō Dentetsu Star Soldier Ninja Five-O Nihon Falcom Ys: Book I & II Fighting Street Nintendo Switch HAL Laboratory Hello Kitty 20: Ash’s Seventh Pick (01:43:34) BioWare Dragon Age series Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood Alistair 21: Frank’s Seventh Pick (01:50:52) Kirby series Mother series Sunsoft Batman: The Video Game Fester’s Quest Blaster Master Gremlins 2: The New Batch Ufouria: The Saga Mr. Gimmick The Pirates of Dark Water Batman: Return of the Joker Celebrated Mentions (01:55:14) Fill-in-Cafe Asuka 120% series Mad Stalker: Full Metal Force Panzer Dragoon Panzer Bandit Treasure Gunstar Heroes Dynamite Headdy Light Crusader Silhouette Mirage Sin & Punishment McDonald’s Treasure Land Adventure Radiant Silvergun Ikaruga Bangai-O Vic Tokai Psycho Fox Magical Hat no Buttobi Turbo! Daibōken DEcapAttack Battle Mania series Socket Nihon Telnet Valis Exile: Wicked Phenomenon Cosmic Fantasy series Tenshi no Uta series Wolf Team Tales series Wild Arms Irem R-Type Ninja Spirit Undercover Cops In the Hunt R-Type Final Raw Danger! Steambot Chronicles Granzella Data East FACE Ys series Trails in the Sky series GAU Entertainment Rain Jerks Crusader of Centy Flight-Plan Camelot Traveller’s Tales Clockwork Tortise Alpha System NEC Avenue Sacnoth Koudelka Shadow Hearts Supergiant Blizzard World of WarCraft The Adventures of Batman & Robin Sludge metal Wolverine Grime music X-Women Doom metal Ranking Nominees (02:03:35) This week’s Insert Credit Show is brought to you by patrons like you. Thank you. To submit your own horrible buzzer, send an original recording no longer than two seconds in mp3 or wav format to [email protected], and maybe we’ll use it on the show! Subscribe: RSS, YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more!

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