Leading game industry professionals and Insert Credit Show regulars Mathew Kumar and Liz Ryerson rejoin the panel for cryptid talk, Nintendo Direct, and pissing on gentrifiers.


Questions this week:

Vincent Diamante asks: What’s the best money you’ve spent on a free-to-play game? (04:33)
How do you make blocking in a game feel as good as attacking? (10:40)
What ideas does Quantic Dream have for Star Wars? (14:37)
Which games were most interesting to you prior to their release? (21:04)
Improv Zone: Nintendo Direct (25:15)
Dirtbag PrivatelyAttack asks: What cryptids show up in an Altus JRPG set in the American midwest? (31:44)
Who are the heroes and role models in the video game industry today? (40:01)
Make a video game about Passion Orange Guava juice without making it entirely about POGs. (45:58)
What is the I Love Lucy of video games? (50:54)
Would the world be better off if there weren’t video games? (54:13)

LIGHTNING ROUND: Name Design: Old Cursewords (from Dirtbag Yeso) (01:00:14)


Don’t even act like you don’t wanna discuss this episode in the forums!


A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:

Ireland

Scotland

Sensible World of Soccer

Sensible Soccer ’98

Sensible Soccer 2006

Sensible Soccer European Champions

Prey

Steel Battalion

PlayOn Kinect Game Boat

World Flipper

Bejeweled 3

PS2 Swap Magic

Asuka 120%

Roblox

Tommy Tallarico settles dispute over ‘oof’ sound in Roblox

Quantic Dream is making a Star Wars game

Detroit Become Human patches out its ending

Indigo Prophecy

Kinect Star Wars

Star Wars: Masters of Teras Kasi

Star Wars: Jedi - Fallen Order

Star Wars: Squadrons

Cruelty Squad

Yakuza: Like a Dragon

McGruff’s SMART KIDS Album

Ogopogo

Mothman

Loveland Frog

Jersey Devil

Ghost Adventures

Jake from State Farm in NBA 2K22

Hirokazu Yasuhara

Michael Brough

Cinco Paus

Jake Elliott

Pog

Zuckerberg forcing Hawaiian land sales

I Love Lucy

Bayonetta

King’s Quest

Video Dames #0

Girl’s Garden

Phantasy Star

America’s Army

Satanic Panic

Hylics

Recommendations:


Brandon: Jack Frost (1997), Pig (2021)


Liz: Cruelty Squad, Salad Fields


Jaffe: Batman the Audio Adventures


Edited by Esper Quinn. Original Music by Kurt Feldman.

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