The panel reassembles once more to Game Now!, share the best soundtrack for walking your dog, and groan over a couple real Jaffeisms.


Questions this week:

Previously on Insert Credit 138: What is the best way to announce a video game release delay? (02:11)
Will the new PS Plus program be worthy of investment? (07:16)
What are the best player health management systems in video games? (13:28)
How important is background art to a video game? (19:43)
Custom Soundtrack: Half-Life 2 (26:53)
Anonymous asks: when was the last time Konami did anything interesting? (33:51)
What are the biggest missed opportunities for lawsuits in video game history? (39:59)
What’s something modern video game designers have forgotten how to do? (45:41)

Brandon Sheffield asks: What are some good action games that aren’t too hard? (51:31)

LIGHTNING ROUND: A Synthesthetic Experiment (01:01:58)


Go ahead and bark about this one in the forums!


A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:

Sea Horse Hide’n Seek

Coney Island

The Great Gonzo in Word Rider

Yakuza / Ryū ga Gotoku series

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild’s sequel is delayed to spring 2023

Skullgirls

Phantom Gear

Sony revamps PlayStation Plus with new Extra and Premium tiers, merges with PlayStation Now

Metal Gear series

Halo: The Master Chief Collection

Forza Motorsport 7

Gran Turismo 7

Biohazard / Resident Evil series

Elden Ring

Hollow Knight

Gears of War series

Deus Ex

System Shock

Sonic the Hedgehog series

Kaze Kiri

Tower Toppler

Battletoads series

Skyblazer

Ys series

Mickey Mania

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time

The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past

Uncharted series

Tomb Raider (2013 Reboot) series

The Offspring

Crazy Taxi

Half-Life 2

Dragula

Trent Reznor

Quake

Ministry

Superman: The Movie soundtrack

Skinny Puppy

The Monster Mash

Contra: Rogue Corps

P.T.

Castlevania: Grimoire of Souls

Fantasian

Watchmen

BioShock

Zeebo

Myst

Pyst

“Weird Al” Yankovic

Threes!

Wordle

Dragon Age: Origins

Beethoven’s 2nd

Eternal Sonata

F.I.S.T.: Forged In Shadow Torch

Gunstar Heroes

Marvel Guardians of the Galaxy

Kirby games

Dragon Quest Heroes: Rocket Slime

Assassin’s Creed series

God of War

Guardian Heroes

Panzer Dragoon

God Hand

Wurm: Journey to the Center of the Earth

The Legendary Axe

Ghost of Tsushima

Recommendations:


Frank: Wurm: Journey to the Center of the Earth if you’re Brandon Sheffield, go pirate old games instead of buying them you fools


Brandon: 2002 (2001) if you like stuff that’s stupid


Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Tim Rogers and Brandon Sheffield. Edited by Esper Quinn. Original Music by Kurt Feldman.

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