Ep. 407 - Generosity Friend, with Lucy James

Gamespot’s Lucy James joins the panel to cover the Nintendo Direct, $100,000 collector’s editions of games, and being friends with Sonic characters. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Ash Parrish, and Lucy James. 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: Metal Gear Solid Δ: Snake Eater CalorieMate Hideo Kojima Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes Robert Redford Yuji Naka Diddy Kong Pathologic 2 The Darkness Silent Hill series Hollow Knight “For the Generosity friends. For the Innocent fighters. AS YOU……” Chainsaw Man 1: How about that Nintendo Direct? (04:10) Nintendo Direct 9.12.2025 Virtual Boy games are coming to Nintendo Switch Online Fight for glory in Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave coming to the Switch 2 next year Metroid Prime 4 goes beyond, launching this December Nintendo Direct September 2025: all the news and trailers Super Mario Galaxy 2 Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream Virtual Boy Nintendo Labo Nintendo reveals replica Talking Flower Baby Yoda Bop It! Star Wars: The Mandalorian The Child Edition 2: What are the greatest acts of hubris in the history of game development? (11:03) Peter Molyneux WELL BAM there it is NFTs John Romero’s Daikatana Doom HitRECord founder responds to backlash over crowdsourcing assets for Beyond Good and Evil 2 Rayman Origins Beyond Good & Evil Uncle Pey’j Helldivers II SmartGlass Game of Thrones Dark 3: When has a video game benefitted the most from the involvement of a celebrity? (17:16) Joseph Gordon-Levitt 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand Warhammer 40,000 Henry Cavill Curt Schilling Kingdoms of Amalur series Usher Just Dance series Dance Central 3 Samuel L. Jackson Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas Sean Connery 007: From Russia With Love Fortnite Call of Duty series Nicki Minaj Street Fighter series Nicki Minaj - Chun-Li Phil Collins Phil Collins animated biopic set in the world of Grand Theft Auto Robbie Williams Better Man (2024) Pharrell Williams Piece By Piece (2024) 4: What features would you include in a $100,000 collectors edition of a game? (23:25) The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Baldur’s Gate III Todd Howard Randy Pitchford How Long To Beat Hollow Knight: Silksong IGN 5: SwirlTheNumber asks, could there ever be a good Garfield game? (31:00) Garfield Garfield Kart 2: All You Can Drift Cooking Mama series Nermal GarfieldEats Garfield licensees Gex Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds Hello Kitty Snoopy Mickey Mouse Castle of Illusion starring Mickey Mouse King Mickey Kingdom Hearts series Epic Mickey series Joker: Folie à Deux (2024) 6: What are some examples of video game writing you really love? (38:19) Grand Theft Auto V Franklin Clinton Grace Walker Wolfenstein: The New Order Debra Wilson Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League Amanda Waller Joker Batman: Arkham Knight Paul Dini Harley Quinn Batman: the Animated Series Grand Theft Auto IV Dishonored Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor Bashi Bazook: Morphoid Masher 7: Which video game character do you think you could be friends with, but would be the most difficult person in your friend group? (44:42) Sonic the Hedgehog Ryuji Persona 5 My Hero Academia Minoru Mineta Shadow the Hedgehog Rouge the Bat Knuckles the Echidna Miles “Tails” Prower Charmy Bee Cream the Rabbit Knuckles’ Chaotix LIGHTNING ROUND: GameFAQ&As - Hollow Knight (50:34) Recommendations and Outro (54:42): Frank: Support your local PBS station Lucy: Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, GameSpot and Friends Per Second Ash: Anciliary Justice, 30 Minute Missions Jaffe: 52 Pickup, DC Action News 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!