Questions this week:
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Brandon Sheffield asks: What was the first time a parent of your praised a video game unprompted? (02:01)
- Has Dark Souls replaced Ocarina of Time as The Greatest Game of All Time? (07:59)
- If you could clone one person 100 times to make an entire game development team, who would it be? (15:03)
- In light of his passing, what can you tell us about NES and SNES lead architect Masayuki Uemura? (20:45)
- Is Halo cool? (26:06)
- Dirtbag Nick asks: What are the best times a game has broken its own rules? (31:55)
- You wanna talk about the Game Awards? (37:53)
- Are there really any video games that you couldn’t make today? (45:18)
- Previously on Insert Credit: What is the real life equivalent of playing a Far Cry game? (50:21)
LIGHTNING ROUND: Name Design – JAV Titles (56:22)
Recommendations and Outro (01:02:54)
Your post could be the Dark Souls of discussing this episode in the forums!
A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:
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Yars’ Revenge
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Vic Viper
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Blaster Master
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Journey to Silius
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Fester’s Quest
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Batman: The Video Game
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The Addams Family
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Bullet Witch
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Myst (Jaguar)
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Power Drive Rally
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Castle Wolfenstein
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DOOM
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ACTION BUTTON REVIEWS DOOM
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Assassin’s Creed III
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Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag
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Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla
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Assassins Creed III commercial
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Super Mario Bros. 3
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Shenmue
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Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins (Game Boy)
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The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
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Dark Souls
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GameFaqs “Best. Game. Ever.” Poll
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Red Dead Redemption II
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Yngwie Malmsteen
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Death Stranding
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Ocarina of Time decompilation
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Toby Fox
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Shigesako Itoi
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Jeff Minter
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Undertale
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Groove Coaster
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Jay Tholen
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Hypnospace Outlaw
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Joakim Sandberg
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NES and SNES creator Masayuki Uemura dies at 78
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Ralph H. Baer
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Gunpei Yokoi
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Time Crisis
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The House of the Dead
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Halo: Combat Evolved
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Halo: Infinite
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Dwayne The Rock Johnson was in Fortnite
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The moon in Duck Tales, dude
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The Secret of Monkey Island
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Dragon Warrior
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Mother / EarthBound series
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I Wanna Be The Guy: The Movie - The Game
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Fight Club
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Mega Man 11
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The Game Awards
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Cyberpunk 2077
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Resident Evil: Village
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Metroid Dread
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
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Swedish Erotica: Custer’s Revenge
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Shenmue III
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Star Citizen
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Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
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Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne
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Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse
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Far Cry series
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Blue Man Group
Recommendations:
Brandon: School of Chocolate if you’re interested in seeing a reality show that doesn’t work so great, Hyper Gunsport now wishlistable on Steam
Frank: Get a Costco card
Tim: Don’t even try getting a PS5 for the holiday season, get your child a MiSTer
Edited by Esper Quinn. Original Music by Kurt Feldman.