Show Notes
Ash Parrish hosts the blackest episode of Insert Credit yet, with an all-star panel of former guests and contributors. Hosted by Ash Parrish, with Topher Florence, Vanessa B, and Pro Kesadia. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.
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SHOW NOTES:
“My brothers and sisters of the United States of America, tonight we, the free people of the resistance, ask you to become one of us”
Curling
Funky Kong
Figure Skating
Sonic Adventure
Balatro
Snowboarding
1: Is there still a place for live service games right now? (05:01)
Highguard
Overwatch
Overwatch 2 drops the 2 and goes back to being Overwatch
Highguard Is Yet Another Symptom – And Victim – Of A Rapidly Decaying Internet
Marvel Rivals
Helldivers II
2XKO
Riot Spent A Decade Developing A Fighting Game Then Laid Off Around 80 Developers Less Than One Month After Release
Fortnite
Disney Speedstorm
Concord
Emma Frost
Cloak and Dagger
Taskmaster
Runaways
Silk
Anya Corazon
League of Legends
Arcane
Killmonger Cut
2: Who should be the next Nintendo character to get hit with the baby ray? (13:46)
Mario Tennis Aces
Baby Waluigi
Baby Wario
Babality
Baby Rosalina
Mario Kart World
Toad
Yoshi
Bowser Jr.
Bowser
Pauline
Donkey Kong Bananza
Samus
Link
Ganondorf
E. Honda
Dr. Mario
Space Warlord Baby Trading Simulator
3: If you were taking up the mantle of MF Doom, what cartoons would you use in your skits? (17:42)
MF Doom
Johnny Quest
Fantastic Four
Static Shock
The Pirates of Dark Water
Mummies Alive!
Reboot
Transformers: Beast Wars
Cheetor
Dinobot
Optimus Primal
Silverbolt
4: Who is the “I would have voted for Obama for a third time” of video games? (20:51)
Ken Levine
BioShock
Abbott Elementary
Jacob
Neil Druckmann
Geoff Keighley
Todd Howard
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus
Grace Walker
Super Spesh
Insert Credit Quick Break: Brenton Woodrow’s Marathon (25:35)
5: Alex Jaffe asks, which 21st century video games would be best for a 1980’s DiC-style cartoon? (26:52)
DIC Entertainment
The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!
Captain N: The Game Master
Splatoon
SpongeBob SquarePants
Kirby
Kirby: Right Back at Ya!
King Dedede
Avatar: the Last Airbender
Among Us
Among Us Show
Elijah Wood
Minions
Castle Crashers
Alien Hominid
6: Brandon Sheffield asks, why is the Sega Genesis for black people? (31:51)
Sega Genesis
Super Nintendo Entertainment System
Sonic the Hedgehog series
Michael Jackson
Sonic 1 Music: Spring Yard Zone
Michael Jackson’s Moonwalker
Comix Zone
Sony PlayStation
Microsoft Xbox
Tekken series
Street Fighter Alpha 3
Virtua Fighter series
Sega Dreamcast
Power Stone series
ToeJam and Earl series
LIGHTNING ROUND: Cookout (38:09)
Recommendations and Outro (52:50):
Vanessa: twitch.tv/pleasantlytwstd, Relooted
Ash: Review the games you like
Pro_Kesadia: twitch.tv/pro_kesadia, Romeo Is A Dead Man
Topher: topherflorence.bsky.social, make some bundt bread
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