Ep. 447 - Formative Game Uncles

Frank, Ash, and Brandon answer questions about episodic games, the ever-changing “average gamer,” and full-frontal Mario. 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: Video Game History Foundation Sonic Sez Punky Brewster “I’m brave, I’m hairy, and your dad loves me.” Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time - The Lost Woods Theme Alarmo Jay John Mayer - Waiting on the World to Change Evanesence - Bring Me to Life Wham! - Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go 1: When should a game be released in chapters as opposed to all at once? (04:28) Deltarune Esper’s bluesky post Sam & Max series Toby Fox Poppy Playtime Dispatch Telltale Games AdHoc Studio Dreamcast Grauen no Torikago Kapitel 3: Kansei GameTap American McGee’s Grimm Katamari Damacy Tim Burton Temu 2: How old should a game be before it gets a remake? (09:54) The Last of Us series Resident Evil series Silent Hill series Final Fantasy VII: Remake Metal Gear Solid series MindsEye Star Fox Disney’s Robin Hood Five Nights at Freddy’s series 3: What would you consider the worst timed video game releases in history? (15:18) Kotaku: Konami Is Suing To Unmask Whoever’s Responsible For The Major Metal Gear Solid 2 Source Code Leak Disaster Report 4: Summer Memories Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp Propeller Arena Grand Theft Auto VI Animal Crossing: New Horizons Doom Eternal Barbenheimer Hades Battleborn Overwatch The Outer Worlds Outer Wilds Duke Nukem Forever 4: What is an uncle game? (20:06) The Guardian: Long live the ‘unc game’ AAVE Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 World of WarCraft Madden series FIFA series Wordle Spelling Bee Roblox Mecca Chameleon Mina the Hollower Friendslop Grand Theft Auto V NCAA Football series NBA 2K series NBA Jam series Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas Tiger Woods PGA series Street Fighter II Sonic the Hedgehog Guilty Gear series Dragon Ball Z: Budokai series Def Jam: Fight for NY Tony Hawk skateboarding series Lode Runner Duke Nukem series Atari Coleco Intellivision Sega Genesis Mortal Kombat 5: Room Check! (29:39) youtube.com/insertcreditshow Soundsheets Darius Space Harrier Quartet Fantasy Zone Master System Osamu Murata Casette tape KQED Forum Sega Take Your Daughter to Work Day City Year Cleveland Jesse Owens V for Vendetta V for Vendetta (2005) Scarabaeidae Dung beetle 6: SuperDQP asks, which game franchise should get a “the movie the game” treatment? (38:45) Street Fighter the Movie the Game Super Mario Bros. (1993) Super Mario series CD-i Midway Games Mortal Kombat series NARC Cyberpunk 2077 Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life (2003) Naughty Dog Crystal Dynamics Java JavaScript Cradle 2 the Grave (2003) Paul W. S. Anderson Wii Sonic the Hedgehog (2020) Jim Carrey The Riddler Sonic and the Black Knight 007: First Light King of Fighters (2009) Tekken (2009) Need for Speed (2014) Gran Turismo (2023) LIGHTNING ROUND: Pride or Die (46:12) Recommendations and Outro (57:50): Brandon: not any of the Jaws sequels Nirvana X-Rom - Wired Into Your Brain Priscilla Page’s Predator and Prey essays Karaoke Videos - 99% Invisible InnerSpiral’s I Built This Body To Hold Yours Jim Wilson’s Center Core Never More seiji oda - LAST SUMMER Ash: Road to Empress II or maybe not because it has a lot of Gen AI Jaffe: give us money! Or leave a review This week’s Insert Credit Show is brought to you by patrons like you. Thank you. Subscribe: RSS, YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more!