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EPISODE · Jun 15, 2026 · 1H 17M

Ep. 445 - The Video Game Stork

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Your Insert Credit panel covers the rest of the news from Summer Game Fest, where games come from, and Mortal Kombat fetishism. 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: Watch episodes with full video on YouTube “My mayor Muslim, my bagel Jewish, my Christian Dior, Kingdom Hearts IV.” Kingdom Hearts IV Midtown Comics 007: First Light GoldenEye 007 Pokemon series Phantasy Star II Ys: Books I & II PC Engine GameFAQs 1: Anything interesting at the other summer game events we didn’t cover last time? (05:36) Summer Game Fest PlayStation State of Play Xbox Showcase Nintendo Direct Gears Of War: E-Day Is An Xbox Console Exclusive, And Is Not Coming To PS5 Kingdom Hearts fans cry foul over AI-generated artwork claims God of War Laufey Ocarina of Time Remake Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask Legend of Zelda movie Spyro: A Realm Beyond Toys For Bob Goes Indie Amiibo Mike Fahey Tupac Appears in New RGG Studios Game Snoop Dogg Yakuza series Movement To Remove Voice Actor Who Has Admitted To Sexual Assault Has Yakuza Fans At Breaking Point Shaq Kurt Cobain and Johnny Cash sing YMCA in “Band Hero” Marilyn Monroe Zombie gen Atlas Day of the Devs Tim Schafer 2: What are we going to do when every triple-A new game has AI? (19:37) Ys series 3: What other Final Fantasy characters should be distributed to fighting games? (21:14) Cloud Strife Sephiroth Super Smash Bros. series Clive Rosfield Tekken series Tifa Lockhart Street Fighter series Guilty Gear series Kimahri Ronso Noctis Lucis Caelum Sol Badguy Vaan Final Fantasy XII Vincent Valentine Jack Garland Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin SoulCalibur series Mortal Kombat series Squall Leonhart Samurai Shodown series Auron Cyan Garamonde Final Fantasy VI Cait Sith Bloody Roar series Altered Beast 3-D WorldRunner Dark Presence Galloping Ghost Aerith Gainsborough Ehrgeiz: God Bless the Ring Rumble Roses series Dead or Alive series Final Fantasy X-2 Yuna Rikku Paine Spice Girls Sporty Spice Baby Spice Skullgirls series Yuffie Kisaragi Lulu ONLINE MULTIPLAYER: What do YOU think the John Waters’ Pink Flamingos (1972) of video games is? (29:48) 4: Connrr asks, where do video games come from? (32:28) Shigeru Miyamoto Cronus Rhea Nintendogs Taekwondo Beijing Opera Jackie Chan Sammo Hung Yuen Biao Rampage 2: Universal Tour 5: If you were programming a video game orchestral concert, what obscure track would you drop in there? (38:45) Sunset Park (Act 3) - Sonic the Hedgehog Triple Trouble Sonic 2 Music: Chemical Plant Zone Knuckles Chaotix - Seascape The Terminator Tommy Tallarico Sylvan Tale - Intro Panzer Dragoon series Final Fantasy XIV Flow Answers Footfalls Intellivision Lives - My Intellivision Infogrames Rocks My World Sonic Spinball - Toxic Caves X-Men Taz-Mania That One Song From Resident Evil Directors Cut 6: What is the One Piece of video games? (45:15) One Piece Star Citizen “Clowns farting”: The wild story behind Resident Evil’s worst soundtrack Luffy Pokemon series Metal Gear series Touhou series Halo series LIGHTNING ROUND: Name Design - AFI’s Top 100 Film Quotes (50:47) AFI’s 100 YEARS…100 MOVIE QUOTES Recommendations and Outro (01:07:12): Brandon: Hey, Sexuality by Lorelei and the Ghost, The Great Silence (1968), ****Shopping (1994), Game Industry Hardship Fund, ElFamosoDemon Frank: Sunset Boulevard (1950) Ash: Kotaku, Casiopea Jaffe: BIG BOOL This week’s Insert Credit Show is brought to you by patrons like you. Thank you. Subscribe: RSS, YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more!

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