Ep. 392 - Neutered Hyper Fighting

Your Insert Credit panel faces parrying mechanics, Elden Ring Nightreign’s AMV theme and sexy bird men, and Hotel Rwanda but with Mario. Plus, a sneak peek at an unreleased Famicom game! 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: Video Game History Foundation Bubsy series Bubsy 2 Team 02.jpg Nani Ga Suki Full Sail University 1: What makes a game edgy? (03:49) Nu metal Elden Ring Nightreign Bring Me To Life trailer Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero Toonami-style promo The Rehearsal Captain Sully Limp Bizkit Red Hot Chili Peppers System of a Down Korn Powerman 5000 Lit Sonic Adventure series Shadow the Hedgehog Neil Druckmann The Last of Us: Part II Nier series Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain 2: How do you feel about critical hit systems in games? (10:21) Ghostwire: Tokyo Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Metaphor Re:Fantazio Why BDS Is Calling for an Xbox Boycott Persona series King of Fighters series 3: Ash Parrish asks, pro- or anti-parrying? (17:14) Parrying Is The Best Thing In Video Games Parrying Is The Worst Thing In Video Games David Perry Earthworm Jim Disney’s Aladdin MDK Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike Doom series Bayonetta series Baseball Perry White J. Jonah Jameson Cricket Volleyball Tennis Phil Salvador Game Boy Camera Perry Guardian 4: What would JRPGs look like from other European countries? (23:37 ) Farming Simulator European Truck Simulator Rocket League Sifu Greggs Final Fantasy XV Datsun The Witcher series Dragoon Street Fighter II Mafia series 5: Magnanimus asks, what’s the best game on the Wikipedia page “List of games notable for negative reception?” (30:41) List of video games notable for negative reception Cyberpunk 2077 Custer’s Revenge Night Trap Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Fallout 76 Final Fantasy XIV Batman: Dark Tomorrow Double Dragon series Sonic series Balan Wonderworld Babylon’s Fall Robert Louis Stevenson Hotel Mario Hotel Rwanda (2004) Mario is Missing 6: Which video game character do you think the most actual human people have been named after? (36:49) Cloud Strife Aerith Gainsborough Bella Swan John Marston Princess Zelda Zelda Fitzgerald F. Scott Fitzgerald Sephiroth Jenova Chen 7: Create a definitive ranking of the five best Pac-Man games (40:59) Pac-Man 2: the New Adventures Ms. Pac-Man Pac-Man: Championship Edition Super Smash Brothers series Pac-Land Pac ’n Roll Pac-Man World Shadow Labyrinth Secret Level Frogger series Pac-Attack Pac-in-Time Pac-Man VR Ms. Pac-Man Maze Madness Pac-Pix 8: If your dog or cat suddenly became a human being, what video games do you think they’d be into? (45:43) EA FIFA / EA Sports FC series Call of Duty series Frosty the Snowman Duck Hunt Point Blank Police Trainer series Small Saga Shadow of the Colossus Pokemon Let’s Go Eevee Stray LIGHTNING ROUND: Name Design - JAV Titles (51:47) Credit Report (01:03:40) Recommendations and Outro (01:07:00): Frank: We’re Dumping 125 Mystery Prototype ROMs! Exclusive debut of tiles from an unreleased Famicom game, “Nurse Hitler” batch Exclusive debut of tiles from an unreleased Famicom game, “Duneish” batch Picture of Corn Dog Picture of Taffy Brandon: Wind Breaker, thanks for being a left-wing person, not the movie Blackenstein (1973) Ash: The Apothecary Diaries, touch grass, Dropout.tv Picture of Bu Picture of Gus 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!