Ep. 340 - Dog Eyeballs The Insert Credit Show

The leading minds in video games confer on past visual design choices, how bad minigames happen, and the Shenmue MMO, ShenMMO. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Tim Rogers, and Brandon Sheffield. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.

Questions this week:


Brandon, can you defend this Game Developer Magazine cover? (08:03)
Why do bad minigames happen? (16:39)
What have you closed the door on in video games, both recreationally and professionally? (21:50)
If you had to wear the same video game t-shirt every day and get complimented on it or you’d die, what would it be? (27:30)
Insert Credit Quick Break: Legendary Puns (35:18)
Chopemon asks: What video game “booms” have their been? (37:36)
What is the getting to the bus stop at the exact same time as your bus of video games? (44:04)

LIGHTNING ROUND: GameFAQ&As - Minecraft (49:26)

Recommendations and Outro (51:47)

Discuss this episode in the Insert Credit Forums

A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:



Darkseid


DC Heroes & Villains: Match 3


Banjo-Kazooie


Super Mario 64


Donkey Kong Country


The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time


Growing Up Sixty-Four


Koryo Tours: Pyongyang Racer


Game Developer Magazine Feb. 2011 “The Minecraft Cover”


Game Developer (magazine)


Minecraft


Assassin’s Creed series


Deadly Premonition


Game Developer Magazine Aug. 2010 “The Deadly Premonition Cover”


Ryū ga Gotoku / Like a Dragon / Yakuza series


Final Fantasy VII: Remake


Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth


Guitar Hero


Eternights


Final Fantasy VI


Satellaview


Super Mario Bros.


Halo 3


Sonic the Hedgehog


Stray


Dan Dussault


Boku no Natsuyasumi


Action Button Reviews BOKU NO NATSUYASUMI: The Bottom Line (by Dan Dussault)


Pentagram


Doom


Awesome Possum Kicks Dr. Machino’s Butt


Grand Theft Auto III


Ghost of Tsushima


Days Gone


Elden Ring


Rainbow Six series


Call of Duty: Modern Warfare series


Spec Ops series


World of WarCraft


Beckett Massive Online Gamer


Fortnite


Five Nights at Freddy’s


The Lord of the Rings Online series


Star Wars: The Old Republic


Shenmue series


Shenmue Online


Metal Slug series


King of Fighters series


Wii Sports


Final Fantasy VII


Forza Motorsport series


NBA 2K11


OnLive


X-Men 2: Clone Wars


EarthBound


Recommendations:

Brandon: Spin-Clean Record Washers, wire folder racks to dry records, Crow Country

Frank: Once you’ve done the second thing in Animal Well you can youtube the rest, support video game preservation by buying a Thou Art Dead shirt

Jaffe: 52 Pickup

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Questions this week:


Frank: Talk about video game recompilation efforts (05:58)
Let’s go over the Nintendo Direct (15:39)

Insert Credit Presents: Why Marvel vs. Capcom 2 Is So Important, by Patrick Miller (25:57)
3. In video games with romanceable NPCs, should you as a player be unrestricted from pursuing any character regardless of gender or sexuality? (34:33)
4. Please explain the lore of Elden Ring to me. You have 6 minutes. (41:33)

Insert Credit Quick Break: Mannequin Deposit by The Houseflies (47:25)
5. Aaron Pickus: If you were working in a rental store, what games would you intentionally place in the wrong cases to give renters a different experience? (48:47)
6. Are esports good? (55:04)

LIGHTNING ROUND: New Robot Masters (01:04:56)

Recommendations and Outro (01:09:13)

Discuss this episode in the Insert Credit Forums

A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:



Taskmaster


Selling Sunset


The Boys


Succession


Boyz II Men


Taskmaster


Zelda: Majora’s Mask is now a native PC game, and every N64 title could follow its lead


Super Mario 64 Decompiled


Mega Man: Legacy Collection


Raw Danger!


Steambot Chronicles


Zelda 64 Recompiled: A Revolution In N64 Native Ports For PC (the DigitalFound