Show Notes
Our heroes share thoughts on twenty years of achievements, developers responding to player feedback, and whether nail bats count as blunt weapons.
Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Ash Parrish, and Brandon Sheffield. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman, episode art by Gilbert Smith.
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SHOW NOTES:
Busby Berkeley
Bubsy
Fatty Arbuckle
“You’re like free pizza at an anime convention. She can smell you. And she wants to consume you.”
Video Game History Foundation
1: When has the appeal of a popular game eluded you? (05:24)
Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream
Mad Libs
The Sims series
Hank Hill
Bocchi
Cards Against Humanity
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023)
Crimson Desert
World of WarCraft
Final Fantasy XIV
Yakuza series
Shenmue series
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Credit Report (11:40)
Sega
Taito
The Ninja Kids
Raz Karcy
OverBlood
Discord
My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
2: How have trophies and achievements impacted video games over the past 20 years? (13:39)
Xbox 360
SiegfriedX
Left 4 Dead
3: Let’s talk about that MindsEye DLC (20:21)
MindsEye
Polygon: I played the MindsEye DLC that was supposed to expose ‘sabotage’ and just got a painfully bad mission
Tommy Wiseau
The Room (2003)
Grand Theft Auto series
The Fall of Communism as Seen in Gay Pornography (1998)
4: Give me your dream video game blunt rotation (which is to say, three items to cycle through as blunt weapons in a video game) (25:31)
Nail Bat
Mace
Ice cream sandwich
EarthBound
R.B.I. Baseball series
Dragon Age: Inquisition
Wedge of Destiny
Undercover Cops
The Boon of the Spoon
5: Issac asks, what makes a good sick game? (32:47)
The Violence Island Gacha Gauntlet #1
Titanium Court
Bejeweled
Puzzle Quest
The Talos Principle
Portal
Dragon Quest series
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask
NieR
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
Chutes and Ladders
Ys series
For the Frog the Bell Tolls
Cookie’s Bustle
6: To what extent should a studio consider the feedback of their playerbase, and when should they ignore it? (39:34)
BioWare
Elden Ring
Game Developer Magazine
Telltale Games
Sam & Max
Downwell
Overwatch
7: What is the realizing you’ve been to a restaurant too many times because the workers know who you are by sight of video games? (44:51)
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Bonk’s Revenge
Paradise Killer
Dragon Age: The Veilguard
LIGHTNING ROUND: Circle K Corral (51:11)
Recommendations and Outro (59:34):
Brandon: Def By Temptation (1990), Ooh Rap I Ya
Ash: Actually don’t watch For All Mankind, Titanium Court, Bon Appétit, Your Majesty
Frank: Eat a ton of shredded cabbage
This week’s episode art was done by Gilbert Smith. Insert Credit Show is brought to you by patrons like you. Thank you.
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