![The Insert Credit Show artwork](https://is2-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Podcasts123/v4/60/1e/d3/601ed346-c84b-c47d-9007-733d8a5b27fd/mza_6761200368985253733.jpg/100x100bb.jpg)
Ep. 298 - X-Commies, with Lucy James
The Insert Credit Show
English - July 31, 2023 02:59 - 1 hour - 90.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 99 ratingsVideo Games Leisure Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Giant Bomb, Gamespot and Friends Per Second’s Lucy James joins the panel to cover video game convention panels, Oppenheimer, and getting Americans to care about 4X games. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Brandon Sheffield, and Lucy James. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.
Questions this week:
Is there a meaningful distinction between a minigame and a game within a game? (07:25)
How do you make a really big game without overwhelming players? (12:48)
What are the practical reasons to set a video game in the post-apocalypse? (18:38)
What are the pitfalls to avoid when organizing or participating in a video game panel? (22:02)
The Adaptation Game: Adapt Oppenheimer (2023) into a video game. (28:23)
Insert Credit Quick Break: Moonstone Island on Steam (35:52)
Tom Arrow asks: What are video games that best exemplify tragedy, comedy and romance? (37:15)
What kind of video games do Americans not care about, and is there a way to change that? (43:32)
What is the “You couldn’t make Blazing Saddles today” of video games? (48:10)
LIGHTNING ROUND: GameFAQ&As - Mortal Kombat (53:43)
Recommendations and Outro (57:25)
Discuss this episode in the Insert Credit Forums
A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:
The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023)
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
Warriors of the Wasteland (1983)
Exterminators of the Year 3000 (1983)
Nvidia Broadcast can now deepfake your eyes to make you look at the camera
There Is No Game: Wrong Dimension
Pro Evolution Soccer / Winning Eleven / eFootball series
Everything (game)
Everything (windows software)
Greendog: The Beached Surfer Dude!
Recommendations:
Frank: Everything, send your full video game interviews to the Video Game History Foundation
Brandon: Kimimi The Game-Eating She-Monster, try using your own website for once if you’re one of the people who make Ko-fi
Lucy: The New York Times Mini Crossword, The Design Behind Immortality’s Occult Secrets, JeffJeff’s Bizarre Adventure S03E01: Oh, those aren’t bullets, Baldur’s Gate 3 boss on Xbox Series S and “Redefining The RPG” I Friends Per Second Episode #26
This week’s Insert Credit Show is brought to you by Moonstone Island on Steam, and patrons like you. Thank you.
Subscribe: RSS, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, and more!