Ep. 442 - Even More Questions Too Stupid for the Dirtbag, with Esper Quinn

Editor and media critic Esper Quinn joins Ash and Brandon in answering more questions from the insert credit forum. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Ash Parrish, Brandon Sheffield, and Esper Quinn. 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: For All Mankind “Ryu ga gotoku the polls” forums.insertcredit.com Insert Credit Flavored Questions that are too stupid for the Dirtbag 1: marurun asks, who is the most pointlessly bland fighting game character? Moreso than “guy in a karate gi”. (03:17) Divekick Goiken Muyou: Anarchy in the Nippon Fighting Vipers Comix Zone Streets of Rage series Super Smash Bros. series Fire Emblem series 2: ana asks, what’s the most common hidden gem? (05:55) Rupee Celeste Cult of the Lamb Deltarune NiGHTS into Dreams… Radiant Silvergun Panzer Dragoon Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks 3: yeso asks, has anyone ever cried at one of the Leisure Suit Larry death scenes? (07:48) Leisure Suit Larry series Omegaverse Ron Jeremy Pamela Anderson Carmen Elektra Maxim 4: SteveWithaB asks, is it time to retire the term “gamer”? (11:06) Call of Duty series Halo series 5: Tradegood asks, if Xbox is Mountain Dew and Doritos, and Nintendo is Coca-Cola and Pringles, what is Sony? (13:40) Xbox Mountain Dew Doritos Nintendo Coca-Cola Pringles Sony Pepsi Lay’s Black & Mild Blunt Bong Candy cigarette Dr Pepper Sega Jaguar RC Cola Konami Amiga Dreamcast Ramune Hamburger French fries 6: Death_Strandicoot asks, who should be the first recipient of the Nobel Prize for Video Games? (16:16) The Hague Geoff Keighley David Cage Shigeru Miyamoto Mario Pac-Man Pong 7: Mnemogenic asks, how would you adapt a 10 yen game into a big budget AAA video game? (18:24) 10 yen coin Call of Ponchy : Mahjong Warfare Frogger Dragon Quest Web3 8: Taliesin_Merlin asks, design an Amy Rose video game based on one of the following novel premises. (20:41) The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo I, Robot The Name of the Rose I, Claudius I, Tonya (2017) The Name of the Rose (1986) The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog Sonic and the Black Knight Lollipop Chainsaw 9: Tom asks, what are the seven basic game genres? (23:33) The Seven Basic Plots 10: mtvcribs asks, what happened to thong-era final fantasy (26:19) Final Fantasy X-2 Final Fantasy XIII Tetsuya Nomura Final Fantasy XV Cindy Aurum Final Fantasy XIV Online Final Fantasy XVI Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin Clive Rosfield Jon Snow Game of Thrones 11: mack41 asks, is Google Maps cop warning alert a strand game? (29:07) Death Stranding Dark Souls series 12: beets asks, if you were going to make a table from videogame hardware, what would you use? (30:53) BattleTech pod Xbox One PlayStation 2 Logan Paul 13: rootfifthoctave asks, is sega the company that gets the most “[not-sega game] feels like a [sega] game” comments spoken about it? (32:24) Soulslike Treasure Ubisoft Assassin’s Creed series Stardew Valley 14: KingTubb asks, how often do the following characters change their bed sheets: (35:11) Solid Snake Naked Snake Venom Snake Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain Jack Bauer Liquid Snake Raiden Princess Peach Heavy Rain Harvest Moon series Deadly Premonition 15: PassionQuotient asks, what’s the video game equivalent of reading all of Shakespeare? What about James Joyce? (38:26) William Shakespeare James Joyce WarioWare series Dragon Quest series Final Fantasy series Geoffrey Chaucer Kingdom Hearts series Dune Atari 2600 16: Kiki asks, what’s Jollibee? (41:07) Jollibee Jollibee x FINAL FANTASY XIV Collaboration Campaign Watch_Dogs 2 17: YellerDog asks, what game is the most fun with the worst graphics? What game is the least fun with the best graphics? (42:58) Dwarf Fortress Rogue MindsEye Grand Theft Auto VI r/GamingLeaksAndRumours 18: adashtra asks, What is the “telling your puppy to stop biting your feet, but he’s so dang cute you don’t wanna yell at him” of video games? (45:20) Animal Crossing series LIGHTNING ROUND: Arcade of Our Own (48:58) Recommendations and Outro (01:05:42): Brandon: some of The Magnificent Seven sequels but not others, Possession (1981), microchip your animals Ash: Is God Is (2026) Esper: Esper Quinn’s Top 10 Hottest Games of 2025, Witch Hat Atelier, Absolute Wonder Woman, Fantastic Four, The Moon & Serpent Bumper Book of Magic Jaffe: Read Berserk at work This week’s Insert Credit Show is brought to you by patrons like you. Thank you. Subscribe: RSS, YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more!