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:
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Yo, Bro
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California Extreme
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2 Spicy
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Emergency Call Ambulance
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Prop Cycle
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Elevator Action Deluxe series
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Daytona USA
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Marble Madness
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Revolution X
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Metal Slug series
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Cadash
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EightyTwo
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Golden Axe: The Revenge of Death Adder
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Long Island Retro Gaming Expo
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Phantasmagoria series
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Gamescom
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Kölsch
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Zack Snyder’s Justice League (2021)
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Todd Rogers
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John Romero
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that Seinfeld photo shoot
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Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
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EverGrace
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NieR series
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BioShock series
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Fallout games
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Deathloop
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Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
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Tony Hawk skateboarding series
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Katamari Damacy
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Space Channel 5
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Ape Out
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EarthBound
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FunHouse
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Mortal Kombat games
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Disney’s Goof Troop
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Biohazard / Resident Evil series
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Maniac Mansion
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Twister (1996)
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Inception (2010)
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Dan Snaith
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Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan / Elite Beat Agents series
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London Cab Challenge
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Smashing Drive
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Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg
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Billy the Wizard: Rocket Broomstick Racing
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Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events
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Neopets: The Darkest Faerie
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Death of Adventure Games
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Gabriel Knight 3: Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned
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Armed & Delirious
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Alex Kidd series
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Exile: Wicked Phenomenon
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Knuckles’ Chaotix
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Nasa releases audio of what a black hole ‘sounds’ like
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Legend of Zelda series
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Oh, Deer!
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Super Mario series
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Fortnite series
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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.