Ep. 180 - Insert Credit 20th Anniversary

Twenty years of insertcredit.com, as remembered by past and present contributors. Featuring Vincent Diamante, Chris Woodard, Azurelore Korrigan, Patrick Miller, and more. Questions this week: What do you remember about the GP32, and how does obscure hardware fit in Insert Credit’s taste? (07:20) What are the best video game comeback stories? (11:42) If Insert Credit could secure the film rights to any video game, what would it be? (16:09) What gets changed when porting a video game? (19:19) What Insert Credit-type games influence Vincent’s music composition? (23:06) What is Tose up to now, and what other important game companies don’t we know about? (31:51) Insert Credit declared the death of print video game media on April 16th, 2008. Is that about right? (36:38) In 2009, there was some pontification on Insert Credit on what constituted “good” or “bad” video game journalism. Where do you stand on that now? (41:03) What are some of the most striking video game convention displays you’ve seen? (44:43) How did the cottage industry of new games for old consoles happen, and which ones are worth discussing? (49:50) How did the forums and community shape Insert Credit’s identity? (59:03) How can one still find obscurity on the internet? (01:09:03) What are the biggest differences between video game culture in 2004-2006 and now? (01:14:00) After all these years, how would you define your relationship to video games? (01:20:35) What the hell is wrong with video games? (01:24:54) How has Insert Credit changed since the start of the podcast? (01:44:53) How did you all go from writing about to developing and preserving video games? (01:49:24) Are video game blogs dead? (02:00:09) What are the best things to come out of Insert Credit? (02:04:40) Finish this sentence: Insert Credit is the _____ of video games. (02:09:15) Discuss these questions and obscure video game hardware in the Insert Credit forum thread for this episode. A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED: Lost Levels Vincent Diamante thatgamecompany Skullgirls GP32 Arcturus: The Curse and Loss of Divinity Astonishia Story White Day: A Labrynth Named School Corum III: Chaotic Magic Gamasutra Punch-Out!! (Wii) NieR Puyo Puyo Windjammers Wonder Boy Hajime no Ippo Asuka 120% Clue (1985) SoundTeMP Sky by thatgamecompany featuring music by Vincent Diamante Kingdom Hearts 100% ending featuring Insert Credit watermark Tose Co. Ltd. Interview: Tose: Game Development Ninjas by Brandon Sheffield Game Developer Research Institute Jason Schreier Gizmondo Phantom ApeXtreme N-Gage Colors Intellivision Amico Star Odyssey SGDK Super Fighter Team Piko Interactive Stone Protectors MadMan’s Cafe Peter Molyneux The GIA Insert Credit Show Episode 13 - Shave and a Haircut, with Justin McElroy Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance Iron Man Captain America: Super Soldier Shoryuken Forums The Molydeux Game Jam Lost Media Wiki Barnyard Blast: Swine of the Night Edge Magazine Flower The Last Blade 2 Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex for PS2 Drag-On Dragoon cavia inc. Edited by Esper Quinn. Original Music by Kurt Feldman.