The Insert Credit Show

• Ep. 405 - Rear Tickle

  The panel discusses the best pixel artists, Clair Obscur’s greatest weakness, and In Which Lake Is Carmen Sandiego? 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: MS-07B Gouf Panel lining Goof Troop “Use R to prevent the world’s collapse!” Forspoken PC Engine Sega Saturn Vegetarianism 1: How do you pick a video game release date? (06:44) Demonschool Why Demonschool Got Delayed, Even Though It’s Nothing Like Silksong Hollow Knight: Silksong Hades II Grand Theft Auto series Silent Hill f Final Fantasy Tactics - The Ivalice Chronicles Ninja Gaiden 4 Pokémon Legends: Z-A Slay the Spire 2 Ysbryd Games 2: Is there anything from a video game that would be fun to build, gunpla style? (13:44) Minecraft Zoe Quinn R.O.B. The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Warhammer 40,000 3: Who does the best sprite work in video games? (18:41) Henk Nieborg Gustav Örn Samuelson Battle Axe Amiga Oh, Deer! Hyper Gunsport Paul Robertson Catherine Menabde Junkboy Tatsuyuki Tanaka Linda³ Breeze in the Clouds James D. Sachs Defender of the Crown Mark Ferrari Loom Monkey Island series Simon S. Anderson Owlboy Cocefi Metal Slug series Street Fighter series SrBilyon Temmie Chang Undertale 4: Design “Where in Ohio is Carmen Sandiego?” (24:55) Ohio Carmen Sandiego series Minot, North Dakota Land of 10,000 Lakes Fargo, North Dakota Howard the Duck Cleveland, Ohio Columbus, Ohio Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Drew Carey The Drew Carey Show Devo Free Stamp The Horseshoe Buckeye Cleveland Guardians Hope Memorial Bridge (Editor’s note: Ash is incorrect in claiming that Pennsylvania is cooler than Ohio. I insist she regrets the error. -Esper) Flag of Ohio Flag of Puerto Rico Flag of Indiana 5: Terapixel asks, have video game controllers been “solved?” (31:46) Xbox Wireless Controller PlayStation Dualsense Controller Nintendo Joy-Con Home row Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing! Sega Saturn controller EVO Power A Fusion Fightpad 6: What elements of a game should be opaque or invisible to the player? (38:21) Animal Crossing series Telltale’s The Walking Dead series Eternights Call of Duty series Leon Kennedy Sid Meier’s Civilization series Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Minions Rabbids Jerry Lewis Freakazoid! Truman Capote The Movie What’s His Name In Cold Blood 7: Who is the Jackie Chan of video games? (45:00) Jackie Chan Bruce Lee Snake in the Eagle’s Shadow (1978) Rush Hour 3 (2007) Jet Li The Forbidden Kingdom (2008) Buster Keaton Mario Sonic the Hedgehog Ace Attorney series Mario Kart series Mario Party series Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 Super Smash Brothers series Charles Martinet LIGHTNING ROUND: Trash Talk (50:35) Recommendations and Outro (56:08): Brandon: Check out the library, Upír z Feratu (1982) Ash: Take a walk in a cemetery (without your dog) Frank: Learn homerow 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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• Insert Credit Gaiden #13 - The Intended Game, with Oli Clarke Smith

  Promise Mascot Agency and Paradise Killer game director Oli Clarke Smith goes on a game dev deep dive with Demonschool’s Brandon Sheffield, discussing everything from tooling, workflows, localization, voice acting, making a “PS2-style” game, and of course, movement mechanics. Hosted by Brandon Sheffield, with Oli Clarke Smith. 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: Kaizen Game Works Promise Mascot Agency Paradise Killer Necrosoft Games Demonschool Insert Credit Gaiden is brought to you by patrons like you. Thank you. Subscribe: RSS, YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more!

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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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