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Frank, Ash, and Brandon spend the end of the year clearing out the Question Hole, finding brainslop, Tommy Tallarico’s new alias Sammy Salazar, and the death of Sonic the Hedgehog. 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: “Earth friend, if you want to stay alive, turn off the computer.” Persona series The Hierophant The Tower The High Priestess The Chariot Magical Drop series Tarot WonderSwan Sega Saturn Ayami Kojima 1: MarkJ asks, what’s the most inappropriate time and place for a video game merchant to set up shop? (04:02) Phantasy Star series Pokemon series Elden Ring Fantasy Zone Opa-Opa The Simpsons Resident Evil 4 Merchant Leon Kennedy Moogles Final Fantasy IX 2: Call Me By Your Name asks, which game would you play until eternity ends? (7:30) Elevator Action Returns Memento (2000) Nethack Dwarf Fortress Holedown Tetris Baldur’s Gate III Pluribus 3: David asks, what would it take to make a consistently funny game? (10:36) Disco Elysium High on Life Marvel Deadpool VR Kaizo FromSoftware 4: Ryan asks, if you could be the best in the world at one video game what would it be? (12:37) Tetris California State Lottery Street Fighter series Tekken series Kimberly Elena 5: NVB asks, how would you bring back text adventure games? (13:56) Ace Attorney series Twine 6: Gallander asks, do you have any game or experience that makes you reflect on how things that once were won’t ever be again, or makes you too sad? (14:58) Why Do They Call It Oven When You Of In The Cold Food Of Out Hot Eat The Food? Dragon Age: The Veilguard XCOM series Animal Crossing series Sonic 3 & Knuckles 7: Horizontal Hold asks, what video game soundtrack is most analogous in its sound as it is to its gameplay? (16:56) Tetris Effect Demonschool Rez WarioWare series Sound Shapes The Legend of Zelda 8: Billy asks, what modern non-arcade games would be improved if only available in arcades? (18:25) Beat Saber Balatro CloverPit Dogpile 9: Corey asks, what is the next phenomenon that will be predicted by a Hideo Kojima game? (19:18) Hideo Kojima Death Stranding Metal Gear Solid 2 Sammy Salazar Tommy Tallarico Mr. Snrub 10: SvenserSblant asks, how has working in the game industry impacted your ability to enjoy games? (22:20) Game Boy Advance 11: Gaagaagiins asks, what would be the for a cool run? (23:58) Tool-assisted speedrun Mega Man series The Sopranos SNK 40th Anniversary Collection Games Done Quick 12: MDS asks, if you knew better in the past, what game or console would you have been super into? (27:20) Super Nintendo Game Boy Color Commodore 64 Amiga Karateka Jordan Mechner Online Multiplayer: Two Game Blister Pack Pairing (30:36) 13: FLCL Forever asks, If Sega had nigh-unlimited money, what could they have done to save the Saturn? (32:47) Sega Saturn Xbox One PlayStation 32X Dreamcast A $5 Million Gift From Sega Saved Nvidia Sonic the Hedgehog The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog 14: Chin asks, what do you think of violence in video games? (39:31) Spec Ops: The Line Amnesia: the Dark Descent Clock Tower 15: Dan Cantou asks is licensed crap inherently worse than original crap? (41:39) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge Terminator 2D: No Fate Indiana Jones and the Great Circle 007: First Light Fortnite Home Alone NiGHTS into Dreams… Yuji Naka 16: Malcove asks, how do we make a Studio Ghibli game? (44:37) Ni No Kuni series Giblets Boku no Natsuyasumi 17: Chopemon asks, what setting would you design for a Resident Evil-style one location video game? (45:52) Paradise Killer Promise Mascot Agency Las Vegas Strip Disneyland Crow Country Catacombs of Paris Doom Wieliczka Salt Mine Silent Hill series 18: Devilsblush asks, who is your favorite developer of video games you aren’t interested in playing? (48:35) Hideo Kojima FromSoftware Elden Ring Shigeru Miyamoto 19: TapeVulture asks, how can we describe Yuji Naka’s legacy? (49:39) Naoto Oshima Sonic CD Sonic the Hedgehog co-creator given suspended prison sentence for insider trading 20: Dilson asks, how could loading screens be made better? (52:43) Uncharted series Sonic Frontiers 21: Eric Hamilton Schneider asks, if you discovered a door into a video game world, what would would you be most happy is real? (54:17) The Magicians Star Trek Pokemon series Stardew Valley The Sims series 22: Garrett asks, how can or should pinball continue its evolution? (57:23) Pinball Metallica Iron Maiden 23: BreadyToDie asks, which games do time travel the best? (01:00:01) Vince Campella Titanfall 2 Effect and Cause Call of Duty series TimeSplitters Maniac Mansion: Day of the Tentacle 24: Katon asks, do you think Terry Basio could make a Donkey Konga game work? (01:02:06) Terry Bozzio Frank Zappa Donkey Konga series 25: Spencer asks, do a majority of game players have an unhealthy relationship with games? (01:03:08) Recommendations and Outro (01:04:24): Brandon: Touring After the Apocalypse, Priscilla Chan’s Autumn Colors, Paradox’s first album, be nice to each other Ash: Love in the Clouds Frank: Try to relax 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 selib. 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!

DigitalFoundry’s John Linneman returns for what is seemingly becoming an annual event: sitting with Brandon Sheffield to discuss games purchased while in Japan. 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: Brandon’s F1 Triple Battle, F1 Circus Special: Pole to Win, and F1 Circus ’92 Moto Roader Motoroader MC PC Engine Mega Drive 2: John’s Ridge Racer V demo and Japanese Ridge Racer 6 Ridge Racer 8-4 Xbox 360 3: Brandon’s Out Live: Be Eliminate Yesterday Out Live Sunsoft Kileak: The Blood Daedalus Belzerion Tetsujin Blaster Master: Blasting Again Myst The Manhole Atari Jaguar Abduction 4: John’s Tengai Makyō: Daiyon no Mokushiroku - The Apocalypse IV Tengai Makyo series Joe Hisaishi Ryuichi Sakamoto 5: Brandon’s Knight Rider Special Chase HQ Magical Chase 6: John’s Virtua Fighter for PC Panzer Dragoon NV1 Sega Saturn 3DO Blaster PC-FX FM Towns Amiga Commodore 7: Brandon’s Volfied Simple 1500 series Qix Gals Panic 8: John’s Namco History Vol. 4 Galaxian Galaga Gaplus Bosconian King & Balloon Warp & Warp Namco Museum series Namco Anthology series Valkyrie no Bōken: Toki no Kagi Densetsu Konami Game Collection series 9: Brandon’s Koudelka and Clock Tower II demos Shadow Hearts series Nier series Clock Tower 10: John’s Hungry Ghosts Tokuro Fujiwara Ghouls n’ Ghosts Extermination Hidetaka Suehiro King’s Field Baroque Hungry Ghosts: You are being watched. You are being judged. - Kimimi the Game Eating-She Monster 11: Brandon’s RayForce soundtrack Zuntata Xevious 12: John’s Goemon: Shin Sedai Shūmei! Ganbare Goemon series 13: Brandon’s Anearth Fantasy Stories: The First Volume Seiya Monogatari: Anearth Fantasy Stories 14: John’s Gunparade Orchestra Sakura Taisen series Phase Paradox Philosoma Cosmic Smash 15: Brandon’s Cardcaptor Sakura: Clow Card Magic Twinkle Star Sprites Tetris with Cardcaptor Sakura: Eternal Heart Tetris: The Grand Master 16: John’s Virtual Boy Wario Land Virtual Boy Pochita Tatsuki Fujimoto Gunpei Yokoi WonderSwan Gunpey 17: Brandon’s Macross VF-X2 HUMMING BIRD Ace Combat series 18: Brandon’s The Note Doctor Hauzer 19: Brandon’s Laplace no Ma Insert Credit Gaiden is brought to you by patrons like you. Thank you. Subscribe: RSS, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, and more!

Insert Credit Fighting Game Correspondent, author, and cannabis connoisseur Patrick Miller joins the panel to answer questions Jaffe wrote while stoned, and play another round of Smokey Bong Bluntry. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Ash Parrish, Brandon Sheffield, and Patrick Miller. 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: House HIPAA Cannabis “The laws of this castle require that your friends be transformed into cards.” patreon.com/insertcredit Memento (2000) Boredoms Polaroids Capcom vs. SNK 2: Mark of the Millennium 0: How does smoking weed or other drugs affect playing video games? (07:05) League of Legends StarCraft SiSTer FPGA Psilocybin Battle Chef Brigade Pinball Hall of Fame The Bally Game Show 1: Are video games art? (13:16) Scott McCloud Understanding Comics 2: Apart from military or law enforcement, what are the most suitable professions for a video game character to have?(14:39) Mario Major League Baseball Fall Guys Kazuma Kiryu Minecraft Steve Fortnite Pipemania Frank West Dead Rising Marvel vs. Capcom series Umamusume: Pretty Derby Marvel Spider-Man series J. Jonah Jameson Travis Touchdown Metal Wolf Chaos Sol Badguy Sakura The Great British Bake Off Balrog R. Mika 3: How do you sell Densha de Go to Americans? (20:45) Densha de Go! series Gunpla Nex Playground Kinect Wii Fit series Milwaukee Circuit City Wii Dhalsim American Truck Simulator 4: Take a title of a Western Video Game, pretend it’s a Japanese Video Game, and then localize the title for a western audience. (24:06) Dragon Age series Dragon Warrior series The Last of Us Horizon series Under Night: In-Birth Maniac Mansion Injustice: Gods Among Us Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls Batman Superman Secret Wars Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League Vampire: the Masquerade Warhammer 40,000 The Insert Credit Quick Break: Videolamer.com (31:32) 5: Moshworld asks, design a Yakuza side story about weed (32:54) Yakuza series Goro Majima Budtender YakuZaZa Anyway You Want It moonlight desires Let’s Restart from Tonight Perfumed Words | Where Your Love Lies 6: Has a game company or game series ever had more than just one good logo design? (38:19) Capcom’s logos Sega’s logos Taito’s logos Konami’s logos Final Fantasy’s logos the Final Fantasy II swoopy logo they’re talking about Nintendo’s logos Panzer Dragoon Zwei Panzer Dragoon Street Fighter’s logos The King of Fighter’s logos Kia’s logos 7: Who are the Phineas and Ferb of video games? (44:21) Phineas and Ferb Perry the Platypus Cheech & Chong Jay and Silent Bob Floigan Bros.: Episode 1 Master Chief Cortana Halo series Naruto Sasuke Penn & Teller ToeJam & Earl Dr. Bunsen Honeydew Beaker It Takes Two Kane & Lynch series LIGHTNING ROUND: Smokey Bong Bluntry - Hard Mode No Zeldas (49:43) that short of Brandon rattling off all them damn games Recommendations and Outro (54:56): Brandon: Kamikaze Girls (2004), Azumanga Daioh, The Outfoxies, Check out old websites, play Christmas NiGHTS and Blue Stinger Frank: Check out the Video Game History Foundation, play Raw Danger! and Sonic Adventure Patrick: Play golf at the Montclair Golf Course, From Masher to Master 2: The Beginner’s Guide to Becoming a Fighting Game Player Ash: Take your PTO, put a coat on that baby This week’s Insert Credit Show is brought to you by Videolamer.com and patrons like you. Thank you. Subscribe: RSS, YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more!

Guest host Esper Quinn asks Frank, Ash, and Brandon about Xbox’s Black Friday failure, The Game Awards, and creative uses for soy sauce. Hosted by Esper Quinn, 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: Nu metal Xbox 360 “It’s not just me—there’s a trillion of us!” Toledo, Ohio Cyberpunk 2077 Simple Flashlight mod Fallout: New Vegas Viva New Vegas World of Warcraft Dragon Age series Honda Prelude Pontiac Tempest 1: Vanessa B asks, what is the most ridiculous fighting game outfit you’ve seen and what about it irks your nerves? (04:51) Street Fighter series Lara Croft Ep. 418 - Keep Cringe Alive, with Vanessa B Juri Cammy Tekken series Leroy Smith Heihachi Chun-Li Mario 2: You guys see the Nex Cube outsold the Xbox on Black Friday? (09:29) Mat Piscatella Black Friday console sales PlayStation 5 Switch 2 Nex Playground Xbox Series Kinect Amico Wii Jackbox series Epic Games v. Apple Handheld TV game 3: If you ran a video game history foundation, what would you do with an unreleased NES game? (18:30) Video Game History Foundation Chris Oberth Xcavator - Lost 1991 NES Game Found and Released Golden Tee series Time Killers Mega Cat Studios WrestleQuest iam8bit Lost In Cult 4: Given that we record this show on the Thursday before it’s released, recap what happened at The Game Awards (23:46) The Game Awards 2025 Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Hideo Kojima Geoff Keighley Half-Life 3 Dreamcast 2 Kermit the Frog The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992) Vitamin D Emmet Otter Legend of Zelda live action movie Willem Dafoe Will Farrell The Lego Movie (2014) Barbie (2023) Flute Guy 5: Yeso asks, if video games had a currency, who would be on the $1, $5, $10, $20, $50 and $100 bills? (30:05) Insert Credit Flavored Questions that are too stupid for the Dirtbag Mike Haggar Final Fight series 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand Ulysses S. Grant Benjamin Franklin George Washington Abraham Lincoln Alexander Hamilton Ralph Baer Sonic the Hedgehog Kane & Lynch Persona series Polybius Princess Peach Tingle Bonk Bobby Kotick Master Chief Solid Snake Yo! Noid Reggie Fils-Aimé Wario how do you politely tell a hookup that they have massively overstayed their welcome? Animal Crossing: New Leaf Nintendo 3DS 6: What age should a person play their first video game? (37:27) Intellivision Atari 2600 7: What is the soy sauce of video games? (41:04) Soy sauce Men’s Testicles Have Taste Receptors? LIGHTNING ROUND: Name Design - Even More Magic the Gathering Cards (45:39) Recommendations and Outro (52:47): Frank: The Video Game History Foundation’s Winter Fundraiser Calendar of Events Brandon: Bullets Over Summer (1999), Jai D - Keichitsu Vol.1, Yoshie Kashiwabara - Luster, please review Demonschool 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 selib. 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!

Crystal Dynamics and GDQ Community Manager Vanessa B joins Ash and Brandon to talk about Horses discourse, engaging with game communities, and Juri’s feet. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Ash Parrish, Brandon Sheffield, and Vanessa B. 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: Discord “They hate me…But I still have to shop” Color blindness Diablo series League of Legends Crystal Dynamics Games Done Quick Vanessa B AKA PleasantlyTwstd Bloodborne 1: What’s the best community in speedrunning? (04:57) Haloruns.com Halo series Celeste Black in a Flash Cuphead Tool-assisted speedrun Castlevania series Demonschool Final Fantasy XII Super Mario 64 Ender Lilies: Quietus of the Knights Resident Evil series Lady Arcaders GDQueer Frame Fatales 2: How does a community manager keep the fanbase of a series engaged between release cycles? (13:23) Ep. 208 - How to Correctly Pronounce Ocarina, with Jackie Cole Tomb Raider series Twitter Can You Pet the Dog? MUD FarmVille Capcom Creator Program Monster Hunter series Victoria Tran Among Us Andy Wong Street Fighter series Marvel vs. Capcom series Juri The Behemoth 3: Here in 2025, how do you explain the significance of Lara Croft? (20:54) Lara Croft Alyx Vance Half-Life series Jade Beyond Good & Evil series Nathan Drake Pitfall Harry Indiana Jones Metroid Prime 4: Beyond yoobrandii 4: What is Gex like in real life? (30:17) Gex Geoff Keighley Conker Bubsy Sonic Alex Kidd Crash Bandicoot Ratchet Jak PaRappa Rappa Nathan Fillion Geico Gecko Batman 5: spencergifs asks, how would one make a video game that had the fewest amount of players while generating the largest amount of discourse and content? (37:07) Horses Pokemon series Umamusume: Pretty Derby Mouthwashing I Am Rich Touhou Project 6: Are there specific racial stereotypes within the video game industry and community that we have to contend with? (43:29) Michael Jackson The Witcher series Assassin’s Creed series Aloy Fallout tv series Killmonger cut Overwatch Lúcio Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas Stray LIGHTNING ROUND: Synestheatre (50:05) Recommendations and Outro (01:10:21): Vanessa: Back to Black 2026, Speeding Through the Holidays Ash: Sit with art that makes you uncomfortable Brandon: Under Siege (1992), the blu-ray commentary for The Hunted (1995) if you’re interested in the craft of making movies, Unglued - Way Back When Jaffe: Demonschool 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 selib. 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!