Ep. 421 - Clearing the Question Hole

Frank, Ash, and Brandon spend the end of the year clearing out the Question Hole, finding brainslop, Tommy Tallarico’s new alias Sammy Salazar, and the death of Sonic the Hedgehog. 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: “Earth friend, if you want to stay alive, turn off the computer.” Persona series The Hierophant The Tower The High Priestess The Chariot Magical Drop series Tarot WonderSwan Sega Saturn Ayami Kojima 1: MarkJ asks, what’s the most inappropriate time and place for a video game merchant to set up shop? (04:02) Phantasy Star series Pokemon series Elden Ring Fantasy Zone Opa-Opa The Simpsons Resident Evil 4 Merchant Leon Kennedy Moogles Final Fantasy IX 2: Call Me By Your Name asks, which game would you play until eternity ends? (7:30) Elevator Action Returns Memento (2000) Nethack Dwarf Fortress Holedown Tetris Baldur’s Gate III Pluribus 3: David asks, what would it take to make a consistently funny game? (10:36) Disco Elysium High on Life Marvel Deadpool VR Kaizo FromSoftware 4: Ryan asks, if you could be the best in the world at one video game what would it be? (12:37) Tetris California State Lottery Street Fighter series Tekken series Kimberly Elena 5: NVB asks, how would you bring back text adventure games? (13:56) Ace Attorney series Twine 6: Gallander asks, do you have any game or experience that makes you reflect on how things that once were won’t ever be again, or makes you too sad? (14:58) Why Do They Call It Oven When You Of In The Cold Food Of Out Hot Eat The Food? Dragon Age: The Veilguard XCOM series Animal Crossing series Sonic 3 & Knuckles 7: Horizontal Hold asks, what video game soundtrack is most analogous in its sound as it is to its gameplay? (16:56) Tetris Effect Demonschool Rez WarioWare series Sound Shapes The Legend of Zelda 8: Billy asks, what modern non-arcade games would be improved if only available in arcades? (18:25) Beat Saber Balatro CloverPit Dogpile 9: Corey asks, what is the next phenomenon that will be predicted by a Hideo Kojima game? (19:18) Hideo Kojima Death Stranding Metal Gear Solid 2 Sammy Salazar Tommy Tallarico Mr. Snrub 10: SvenserSblant asks, how has working in the game industry impacted your ability to enjoy games? (22:20) Game Boy Advance 11: Gaagaagiins asks, what would be the for a cool run? (23:58) Tool-assisted speedrun Mega Man series The Sopranos SNK 40th Anniversary Collection Games Done Quick 12: MDS asks, if you knew better in the past, what game or console would you have been super into? (27:20) Super Nintendo Game Boy Color Commodore 64 Amiga Karateka Jordan Mechner Online Multiplayer: Two Game Blister Pack Pairing (30:36) 13: FLCL Forever asks, If Sega had nigh-unlimited money, what could they have done to save the Saturn? (32:47) Sega Saturn Xbox One PlayStation 32X Dreamcast A $5 Million Gift From Sega Saved Nvidia Sonic the Hedgehog The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog 14: Chin asks, what do you think of violence in video games? (39:31) Spec Ops: The Line Amnesia: the Dark Descent Clock Tower 15: Dan Cantou asks is licensed crap inherently worse than original crap? (41:39) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge Terminator 2D: No Fate Indiana Jones and the Great Circle 007: First Light Fortnite Home Alone NiGHTS into Dreams… Yuji Naka 16: Malcove asks, how do we make a Studio Ghibli game? (44:37) Ni No Kuni series Giblets Boku no Natsuyasumi 17: Chopemon asks, what setting would you design for a Resident Evil-style one location video game? (45:52) Paradise Killer Promise Mascot Agency Las Vegas Strip Disneyland Crow Country Catacombs of Paris Doom Wieliczka Salt Mine Silent Hill series 18: Devilsblush asks, who is your favorite developer of video games you aren’t interested in playing? (48:35) Hideo Kojima FromSoftware Elden Ring Shigeru Miyamoto 19: TapeVulture asks, how can we describe Yuji Naka’s legacy? (49:39) Naoto Oshima Sonic CD Sonic the Hedgehog co-creator given suspended prison sentence for insider trading 20: Dilson asks, how could loading screens be made better? (52:43) Uncharted series Sonic Frontiers 21: Eric Hamilton Schneider asks, if you discovered a door into a video game world, what would would you be most happy is real? (54:17) The Magicians Star Trek Pokemon series Stardew Valley The Sims series 22: Garrett asks, how can or should pinball continue its evolution? (57:23) Pinball Metallica Iron Maiden 23: BreadyToDie asks, which games do time travel the best? (01:00:01) Vince Campella Titanfall 2 Effect and Cause Call of Duty series TimeSplitters Maniac Mansion: Day of the Tentacle 24: Katon asks, do you think Terry Basio could make a Donkey Konga game work? (01:02:06) Terry Bozzio Frank Zappa Donkey Konga series 25: Spencer asks, do a majority of game players have an unhealthy relationship with games? (01:03:08) Recommendations and Outro (01:04:24): Brandon: Touring After the Apocalypse, Priscilla Chan’s Autumn Colors, Paradox’s first album, be nice to each other Ash: Love in the Clouds Frank: Try to relax 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!