Insert Credit Fringe Games Correspondent Liz Ryerson returns to the panel to cover being a tool user, the year of peak stupidity in video games, and crystals of fun syrup.


Questions this week:

If you had a free day at the world’s most complete arcade, how would you spend a thousand quarters? (02:27)
Is Gamescom the new E3? (07:59)
What is the Snyder Cut of game conferences? (13:19)
Recommend a video game soundtrack for Alex Jaffe’s dad’s commute (18:57)
Improv Zone: Game Director YouTube Channels (23:49)
Mr. Heck asks: what makes successful video games similar, and what makes video game failures unique? (39:24)
What’s the stupidest thing you’ve ever seen in a video game? (47:59)
How would you put the sound of a black hole into a video game? (52:47)
What kind of games and areas of game culture do we not talk about enough on Insert Credit? (56:30)

LIGHTNING ROUND: Episode Title Throwbacks (01:01:41)


Recommendations and Outro (01:11:06)


Two hundred and fifty? That’s a lot of episodes you could discuss in the forums!


A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:

Yo, Bro

California Extreme

2 Spicy

Emergency Call Ambulance

Prop Cycle

Elevator Action Deluxe series

Daytona USA

Marble Madness

Revolution X

Metal Slug series

Cadash

EightyTwo

Golden Axe: The Revenge of Death Adder

Long Island Retro Gaming Expo

Phantasmagoria series

Gamescom

Kölsch

Zack Snyder’s Justice League (2021)

Todd Rogers

John Romero

that Seinfeld photo shoot

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

EverGrace

NieR series

BioShock series

Fallout games

Deathloop

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City

Tony Hawk skateboarding series

Katamari Damacy

Space Channel 5

Ape Out

EarthBound

FunHouse

Mortal Kombat games

Disney’s Goof Troop

Biohazard / Resident Evil series

Maniac Mansion

Twister (1996)

Inception (2010)

Dan Snaith

Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan / Elite Beat Agents series

London Cab Challenge

Smashing Drive

Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg

Billy the Wizard: Rocket Broomstick Racing

Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events

Neopets: The Darkest Faerie

Death of Adventure Games

Gabriel Knight 3: Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned

Armed & Delirious

Alex Kidd series

Exile: Wicked Phenomenon

Knuckles’ Chaotix

Nasa releases audio of what a black hole ‘sounds’ like

Legend of Zelda series

Oh, Deer!

Super Mario series

Fortnite series

Clash Royale

Recommendations:


Brandon: Wash your car from top to bottom, watch the Comanche dub of Prey (2022), Winter Beast (1992)


Frank: If you like to channel surf old games, don’t forget to play the popular good stuff too


Liz: Death’s Dynamic Shroud, Season of the Witch (1972), Kitschfork


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

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