Ep. 419 - Half-Life 3: Rd Person

Guest host Esper Quinn asks Frank, Ash, and Brandon about Xbox’s Black Friday failure, The Game Awards, and creative uses for soy sauce. Hosted by Esper Quinn, 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: Nu metal Xbox 360 “It’s not just me—there’s a trillion of us!” Toledo, Ohio Cyberpunk 2077 Simple Flashlight mod Fallout: New Vegas Viva New Vegas World of Warcraft Dragon Age series Honda Prelude Pontiac Tempest 1: Vanessa B asks, what is the most ridiculous fighting game outfit you’ve seen and what about it irks your nerves? (04:51) Street Fighter series Lara Croft Ep. 418 - Keep Cringe Alive, with Vanessa B Juri Cammy Tekken series Leroy Smith Heihachi Chun-Li Mario 2: You guys see the Nex Cube outsold the Xbox on Black Friday? (09:29) Mat Piscatella Black Friday console sales PlayStation 5 Switch 2 Nex Playground Xbox Series Kinect Amico Wii Jackbox series Epic Games v. Apple Handheld TV game 3: If you ran a video game history foundation, what would you do with an unreleased NES game? (18:30) Video Game History Foundation Chris Oberth Xcavator - Lost 1991 NES Game Found and Released Golden Tee series Time Killers Mega Cat Studios WrestleQuest iam8bit Lost In Cult 4: Given that we record this show on the Thursday before it’s released, recap what happened at The Game Awards (23:46) The Game Awards 2025 Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Hideo Kojima Geoff Keighley Half-Life 3 Dreamcast 2 Kermit the Frog The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992) Vitamin D Emmet Otter Legend of Zelda live action movie Willem Dafoe Will Farrell The Lego Movie (2014) Barbie (2023) Flute Guy 5: Yeso asks, if video games had a currency, who would be on the $1, $5, $10, $20, $50 and $100 bills? (30:05) Insert Credit Flavored Questions that are too stupid for the Dirtbag Mike Haggar Final Fight series 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand Ulysses S. Grant Benjamin Franklin George Washington Abraham Lincoln Alexander Hamilton Ralph Baer Sonic the Hedgehog Kane & Lynch Persona series Polybius Princess Peach Tingle Bonk Bobby Kotick Master Chief Solid Snake Yo! Noid Reggie Fils-Aimé Wario how do you politely tell a hookup that they have massively overstayed their welcome? Animal Crossing: New Leaf Nintendo 3DS 6: What age should a person play their first video game? (37:27) Intellivision Atari 2600 7: What is the soy sauce of video games? (41:04) Soy sauce Men’s Testicles Have Taste Receptors? LIGHTNING ROUND: Name Design - Even More Magic the Gathering Cards (45:39) Recommendations and Outro (52:47): Frank: The Video Game History Foundation’s Winter Fundraiser Calendar of Events Brandon: Bullets Over Summer (1999), Jai D - Keichitsu Vol.1, Yoshie Kashiwabara - Luster, please review Demonschool 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 selib. 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!