Co-Director of the Video Game History Foundation and Co-Owner of Pink Gorilla Games Kelsey Lewin rejoins the panel to cover twitch leaks, EVE Oncrime, and the most difficult boss fight in the Braid franchise.


Questions this week:

Previously on Insert Credit: Does the intended commercial reach of a game have any meaningful impact on it as a creative product? (03:37)
How would the game industry change if everyone’s salaries were completely transparent? (08:15)
From Ash Parrish: What would be the most interesting reveal if your gaming information leaked? (12:46)
What is the most excited you have been by a video game as an adult? (19:21)
Who would be the worst video character to sit next to on an international flight? (24:46)
Dirtbag Larry Bang asks: Which video games surprised you with the feeling of inhabiting a specific character? (30:58)
What are the most exciting crimes in video game history? (37:39)
Is there any way the Gamergate TV show could be even remotely a good idea? (45:02)
Violence Island (50:05)

LIGHTNING ROUND: Who Is This For? (01:06:09)


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A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:

The DK Rap

Fortnite Rips Off Among Us

Shenmue

Far Cry 6

Famous Actor Giancarlo Esposito

The World Famous Vincent

Twitch source code and creator payouts leak

Cyberpunk 2077

Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection

Samurai Showdown NeoGeo Collection

Mega Man: Legacy Collection

Mount & Blade: Warband

Crypt of the NecroDancer

John Linneman

Apple put U2’s Songs of Innocence on everyone’s iTunes once

Yakuza 0

Deadly Premonition

Fallout 3

Scribblenauts

Feel the Magic XY

Playdate

Katamari Damacy

Leisure Suit Larry

Kraid

The Colossi

Karnov

Target: Terror

Clay Fighter

Gex

Bubsy

Blasto

Conker the Squirrel

Mario 64 eye

Vin Diesel

Chris Farley

Bobby Moynihan

The Iron Giant (1999)

Valis

True Detective

F.E.A.R.

Deus Ex

Dietrich

Disney’s DuckTales

Whatever Happened To Pizza At McDonalds?

Mary-Kate and Ashley: Magical Mystery Mall

Turok: Rage Wars

EVE Online

Gamergate

Zoë Quinn

CBS backtracks on The Activist

Guitar Hero

Rock Band

Gomez

Tim

Kratos

Normy’s Beach Babe-O-Rama

The Prince

Axel

Recommendations:


Brandon: Kanopy, Les Archives by Jun Chikuma


Frank: hoopla, F.I.S.T.: Forged in Shadow Torch


Kelsey: The Life & Times of Video Games Ep. 33 - MobyGames


Jaffe: Libby, Squid Game, Kaiji: Ultimate Survivor


Edited by Esper Quinn. Original Music by Kurt Feldman.

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