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• Ep. 412 - Specdracular 2025

  Fearsome Frank Cifaldi, Ash And Bones Parrish, and Brandon Deathfield mash through FMV horror games, nepo babies, and a surprising Alucard cameo in the spookiest episode of the year. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Ash Parrish, and Brandon Sheffield. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman. Watch episodes with full video on YouTube Discuss this episode in the Insert Credit Forums SHOW NOTES: 1: Colin Spacetwinks asks, what would be the best horror story to turn into an FMV point-and-clock adventure? (01:43) The Blair Witch Project (1993) Silent Hill f Eugene Levy’s Dumbass Golf Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark Her Story Plan 9 From Outer Space Journey to the Moon Nosferatu (1922) Frankenstein Night of the Living Dead (1968) Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective Dracula Unleashed J Marian Sims The Sims series Contagion (2011) Pandemic (2016) Outbreak (1995) The Conjuring (2013) Bioshock 2: What are the most unintentionally terrifying video games? (09:01) Monster Mash Tomb Raider II Phantasy Star Wizardry Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Treasure of Tarmin Super Mario Land iMac Neopets 3: Where do you stand on large scale open world traversal in video games? (15:00) Red Dead Redemption II The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Fallout series Grand Theft Auto series Hollow Knight: Silksong 4: What role does nepotism play in video games? (21:02) Alucard Ubisoft Yves Guillemot Guy Fieri’s Tournament of Champions Guy’s Grocery Games Luigi Sid Meier Heavy Rain David Cage 5: Which musical artists would you recommend for a triple-A horror game? (28:46) Yasushi Ishii John Carpenter Fabio Frizzi Claudio Simonetti Trent Reznor Tron series What Remains of Edith Finch Halloween (1978) John Carpenter’s Toxic Commando Joe Hill Stephen King American Vampire Locke & Key Spooky Scary Skeletons The Golden Girls theme Disasterpiece It Follows (2014) Alf Harry & the Hendersons (1987) 6: What are the most successful instances of rebranding in video games? (35:05) Sega Sammy Atari Infogrames Song DK Rap Snake Eater Sonic R Eiffel 65 - My Console Square Enix Namco Bandai Coleco Sammy Hagar Pete Seeger 7: How do games reach an intended audience? (41:32) Demonschool Tectoy FRIGHTENING ROUND: The Monster Match (48:26) Recommendations and Outro (01:06:51): Brandon: The Hitcher (1986), Night of the Living Dead (1968) Ash: You can just do stuff Frank: Killer Klowns from Outer Space (1988) Jaffe: Bride of Frankenstein (1935), Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974), Nope (2022) This week’s Insert Credit Show is brought to you by patrons like you. Thank you. Subscribe: RSS, YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more!

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• Ep. 411 - Zebrataur, with Colin Spacetwinks

  Writer and photographer Colin Spacetwinks joins the panel to talk about discovering new games, games for furries, and the correct pronunciation of FIFA. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Ash Parrish, Esper Quinn, Brandon Sheffield, and Colin Spacetwinks. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman. Watch episodes with full video on YouTube Discuss this episode in the Insert Credit Forums SHOW NOTES: Bully stick Girls5eva “You can’t be the new kid forever” Babbages HeroClix Electronics Boutique Round 1 Maine Funko Squishmallow Pandora Bracelet Charms LensCrafters Pokemon series 1: How do you discover more obscure video games? (08:27) SteamPeek Hypnospace Outlaw SuperGreatFriend Illbleed EA FIFA / EA Sports FC series Picross series Bluesky Ludocene Letterboxd Garage Kimimi the Game-Eating She-Monster Casey Explosion PC Engine Simple 2000 series Man I Just Wanna Go Home Post Void Liquid Television 2: What’s the most heated argument you’ve ever had with someone over a video game opinion? (16:05) Christian Nutt Mario Nintendo Entertainment System Intellivision Magic: the Gathering Theros Bayonetta Stellar Blade Mega Man series Persona 4 Shin Megami Tensei series Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga Dragon Age series 3: What is the most efficient way to establish a video game character’s personality? (25:12) Bayonetta 2 Demonschool Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Seinfeld Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 4: Which games are for furries, and which games are for monsterfuckers? (29:57) Baldur’s Gate series Breath of Fire series Rand Myria Jeanne d’Arc Ultima VI Goof Troop Peg Atlyss Sonic the Hedgehog series Blacksad F.I.S.T.: Forged in Shadow Torch 5: Psinuxi asks, what do you recommend as a bedtime game? (36:43) Steam Deck Factorio Unpacking Hollow Knight: Silksong Super Metroid Mystery Science Theater 3000 The Starfighters (1964) 6: What is the Space Ghost Coast 2 Coast of video games? (40:57) Space Ghost Coast to Coast Michael Stipe Roblox 8-Bit Theater Sprite comics Brian Clevinger Romhack The Brak Show Kaizo Erik Estrada Sealab 2021 Adam West Family Guy Batman Task Jared Leto Garry’s Mod Skibidi Toilet 7: What is the Sinners (2025) of video games? (47:07) Sinners (2025) South of Midnight Wu-Tang: Rise of the Deceiver Wu-Tang: Shaolin Style El Paso, Elsewhere Hair Nah Aerial_Knight’s DropShot YuYu Hakusho Relooted Candyman (1992) The Color Purple Gone Home Sunset LIGHTNING ROUND: The Circle K Corral (53:51) Recommendations and Outro (01:06:30): Esper: Insert Credit Show, 52 Pickup, DC Action News, Topic Lords, Women Wearing Shoulder Pads Brandon: Survivor (1987), play games that are bad like Hi-Leg Fantasy Ash: support your local businesses Colin: thecatamites games Jaffe: spacetwinks.bsky.social, spacetwinks.itch.io This week’s Insert Credit Show is brought to you by patrons like you. Thank you. This week’s horrible buzzer was sent in by selib. Thanks! To submit your own horrible buzzer, send an original recording no longer than two seconds in mp3 or wav format to [email protected], and maybe we’ll use it on the show! Subscribe: RSS, YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more!

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• Ep. 410 - Games Somerton, with Mathew Kumar

  Writer and developer Mathew Kumar guest hosts the panel, covering the Balatro of coin flips, Bitmap Books bad decisions, and especially crude actions performed by Rabbids. Hosted by Mathew Kumar, with Frank Cifaldi, Ash Parrish, and Brandon Sheffield. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman. Watch episodes with full video on YouTube Discuss this episode in the Insert Credit Forums SHOW NOTES: Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty Gremlins (1984) “Avatar! Northern Britannia has entered into a new age of enlightenment!” 1: Why are coin flips so hot right now? (02:47) Unfair Flips Universal Paperclips Q-UP Is An Esport About How Ridiculous Esports Are Balatro Former District Attorney Harvey Dent Anton Chigurh No Country for Old Men Cookie Clicker Northernlion Minecraft Candy Crush Saga 2: What was Nintendo thinking with the weird baby animation? (08:29) Nintendo’s “Close to You” animated short is a mysterious surprise Pikmin series Nintendo Pictures Marvel’s Wolverine - First Trailer Super Mario Bros. (1993) Shigeru Miyamoto 3: How does Bitmap Books dig themselves out of the hole they just dug for themselves? (14:47) Bitmap Books First Post Bitmap Books Second Post Bitmap books not looking so hot here “Games Somerton” James Somerton 4: Who will make the reconstruction-era Assassin’s Creed game now? (21:40) Assassin’s Creed game canceled to avoid racist backlash MachineGames Grace Walker One Battle After Another (2025) Assassins Creed: Shadows UPN Living Single Girlfriends Black-ish Abbott Elementary Ghost of Yotei artist fired after Kirk killing joke 5: Esper Quinn asks, if you could take the assets from any existing game and make a different game, what would you take from, and what would you make? (29:47) Assassin’s Creed series Rabbids series Inside The Muppets ToeJam & Earl in Panic on Funkotron Auto Modellista Shaun of the Dead (2004) Brave Prove Final Fantasy Tactics Final Fantasy XVI Final Fantasy VII Miles “Tails” Prower 6: What’s the video game you have the warmest feelings about? (36:47) Ultima series Akalabeth & Ultima I Retrospective | The First Age of Darkness Fallout: New Vegas Dragon Age series Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit NSYNC Gears of War 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand The Smiths Final Zone II Last Alert Resident Evil 4 7: The Zine Fairy has gifted you with resources and time to make a bizarrely specific zine. What’s it about? (43:06) Quake Duke Nukem 3D Turok: Dinosaur Hunter GoldenEye 007 Alien: Resurrection Black Desert Online Dragon Age series MobyGames The Toilets of Final Fantasy VII Remake Borderlands 4 The Video Game Soda Machine Project LIGHTNING ROUND: Name Design - Matt Farley & Charlie Roxburgh Films (49:41) Recommendations and Outro (58:04): Frank: Disney’s Donald Duck: Goin’ Quackers Brandon: Killer Klowns From Outer Space (1988) Ash: Get some sleep Mathew: Help Rebecca Ann Heineman Fight Aggressive Cancer, exp. zine, Mathew Kumar’s Patreon This week’s Insert Credit Show is brought to you by patrons like you. Thank you. This week’s horrible buzzer was sent in by Matt McNeely. Thanks! To submit your own horrible buzzer, send an original recording no longer than two seconds in mp3 or wav format to [email protected], and maybe we’ll use it on the show! Subscribe: RSS, YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more!

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• Ep. 409 - Silent Hilf

  Frank Cifaldi, Ash Parrish, and Brandon Sheffield cover Silent Hill f, the sacrifice of EA to the monster of private capital, and thirty PlayStation hot takes. Hosted by Esper Quinn, with Frank Cifaldi, Ash Parrish, and Brandon Sheffield. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman. Watch episodes with full video on YouTube Discuss this episode in the Insert Credit Forums SHOW NOTES: Laparoscopy “Don’t you dare throw chunks.” Tetris Effect Lumines Arise Silent Hill f Hollow Knight: Silksong Rhythm Heaven 1: Y’all playin’ that Hilf? (05:29) Silent Hill series Al Yang Konami Kingdom Hearts series Lucy James Pyramid Head 2: EA got bought. That’s not good, right? (14:53) Video gamer Electronic Arts to be bought in largest-ever private equity buyout valued at $55 billion EA’s new owners are making “a huge bet” on generative AI cost-cutting to help repay a $20 billion loan, claims report Madden series Battlefield series EA Sports FC series Rockstar finally fixed the disastrous GTA remastered trilogy years after it released BioWare The Sims series Xbox One Xbox ROG Ally 3: What do you think the CEO of Nintendo of America does? (21:03) Nintendo Of America President Doug Bowser Announces Retirement Reggie Fils-Aimé Sega Genesis Mother 3 Pokemon GO 4: Which real world non-extinct animal is presented as the most powerful in video games?(24:39) Lion Wolf Gorilla Donkey Kong Shark Red Dead Redemption II T-Rex Komodo dragon Dragon Grizzly bear Legendary Axe Golden Axe Tiger Tokyo Jungle 5: What is a “real gamer?” (26:35) CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Sam Bankman-Fried Super Smash Bros. series Legend of Zelda series Valorant Counter-Strike Words With Friends Wordle Spelling Bee Zach Gage Puzzmo 6: Are there protest video games? (32:02) 1000xRESIST Mouthwashing Jack Thompson This War of Mine Spec Ops: The Line Disco Elysium itch.io Despelote Consume Me Hades II Ghost of Yōtei LIGHTNING ROUND: 30 Years of PlayStation (42:02) Recommendations and Outro (52:51): Brandon: Kimimi the Game Eating She-Monster, Coyote Media, skip the commentary track for Blood of Heroes, Makeruna! Makendou 2 - Versus Menu Music Frank: Silent Hill f, Coyote Media Ash: Log off, get your uterus checked out if you have a uterus Esper: J2ME, DoCoMo i-mode, KDDI ezWeb, etc. The Mobile Gaming of ol’ thread, Women Wearing Shoulder Pads (i actually watched this the day after recording but since I write the show notes i’m going to recommend it here, it’s less than 2 hours to watch the whole first season and it’s incredible) This week’s Insert Credit Show is brought to you by patrons like you. Thank you. This week’s horrible buzzer was sent in by Matt McNeely. Thanks! To submit your own horrible buzzer, send an original recording no longer than two seconds in mp3 or wav format to [email protected], and maybe we’ll use it on the show! Subscribe: RSS, YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more!

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• Ep. 408 - Nacho Cheevos, with Merritt K, Simone de Rochefort, and Liz Ryerson

  Special guests Simone de Rochefort, Liz Ryerson, and merritt k have a very normal episode discussing obscure Doom wads, action game brand deals for jeans, and sending celebrities to Silent Hill. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Merritt K, Simone de Rochefort, and Liz Ryerson. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman. Watch episodes with full video on YouTube Discuss this episode in the Insert Credit Forums SHOW NOTES: Simone de Rochefort Frank Cifaldi Liz Ryerson Ash Parrish merritt k Brandon Sheffield Simone de Rochefort “Shucks! Well, let’s go for a kill time.” Ken Griffey Jr. 1: What is the most niche video game you have the most opinions about? (03:42) Tearaway PS Vita A.L.T. S.T.A.L.K.E.R. series Neon Genesis Evangelion Fatboy Slim BRAZILIAN DRUG DEALER 3: I OPENED A PORTAL TO HELL IN THE FAVELA TRYING TO REVIVE MIT AIA I NEED TO CLOSE IT Supper Mario Broth post about Tokimeki songs in Mario 64 El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron Edwin Jeans Sawaki Takeyasu Steel Battalion Starnaut Mercedes-Benz × Mario Kart 8 Monster Energy - Death Stranding Fortnite 2: What are the most complex buzzwords in video games that are actually useful for discussion? (12:16) Metroidvania Topher Florence The Goonies II Pitfall II: Lost Caverns PlayStation Ultimate list of popular, gaming-related terms Summoning Salt 3: If you could go back to the primordial soup of video game music, what would you add? (17:58) Yellow Magic Orchestra Yes Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure meme Nobou Uematsu Elton John The Beatles Earthbound The Beach Boys Hirokazu Tanaka Keiichi Suzuki Tears For Fears - Everybody Wants to Rule the World New Order Imagine Dragons OC Remix Dream Theater 4: If you could send any real world celebrity to Silent Hill who would it be? (22:11) Silent Hill James Woods Woody Allen Chris Pratt Parks and Recreation Keanu Reeves Pyramid Head Johnny Depp Louis C.K. Charles Martinet Paul Giamatti Heather Mason Olivia Rodrigo Sydney Sweeney Nowhere (1997) Fran Drescher Charles Nelson Riley Martin Short Clifford (1994) Jiminy Glick Alice in Wonderland (1999) Whoopi Goldberg P. T. Anderson Inherent Vice (2014) P.T. 5: Kiko B asks, what are the nacho cheese and cool ranch of video games? (30:18) Doritos Battle pass Gacha game 6: Which video game character could you see yourself being friends with, but would also be the most annoying person in your friend group? (33:33) Sonic the Hedgehog series Jacob Frye Assassins Creed: Syndicate Warframe Gex Howard Stern Andrew Dice Clay Dana Gould Elvira Rip Taylor Plan 9 From Outer Space (1957) Ed Wood Solid Snake Bubsy Anachronox Democratus Grumpos Matavastros World of WarCraft LIGHTNING ROUND: Arcade Of Our Own (40:14) Recommendations and Outro (53:41): Liz: Michael Haneke films, submissions are open for the Experimental Game Showcase merritt: Vampire: The Masquerade — Night Road, If You’re Driving, Close Your Eyes Simone: Strange Antiquities This week’s Insert Credit Show is brought to you by patrons like you. Thank you. This week’s horrible buzzer was sent in by Matt McNeely. Thanks! To submit your own horrible buzzer, send an original recording no longer than two seconds in mp3 or wav format to [email protected], and maybe we’ll use it on the show! Subscribe: RSS, YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more!

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