Ep. 332 - Your Free Trial Has Ended (Patreon)

Returning from GDC, the Insert Credit panel churns out video game guides, Harmony of Excellence, and a new record for mentions of pubic hair. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Tim Rogers, and Brandon Sheffield. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.

Questions this week:

• How was GDC, Frank and Brandon? (08:34)

• How do you write 50 video game guides in a week? (19:05)

• BluntForceMama asks: What would Final Fantasy 7 be called if it was a standalone game? (29:43)

• Brandon, tell us about someone in video games. (33:43)

• Frank, tell us about someone in video games. (41:03)

• Tim, tell us about someone in video games. (44:42)

LIGHTNING ROUND: Popcornocalypse (56:28)

Recommendations and Outro (01:04:58)

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A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:

• Bad Street Brawler

• r/AmItheAsshole

• Goblin

• Gremlin

• Hobgoblin

• Gollum

• Hobgoblin (comics)

• Green Goblin

• Dungeons & Dragons

• Bugbear

• Kobold

• Beholder

• Owlbear

• Griffin

• Manticore

• Chimera

• Pawn Inclinations

• Dragon's Dogma II

• Prawn

• Wii

• Dizzy series

• Ep. 331 - Bye Forever GDC 2024, with Brandon Sheffield

• Video Game History Foundation

• Super Mario Kart

• Wabbit

• Alter Ego

• Where in North Dakota is Carmen Sandiego?

• Laurie Anderson's Puppet Motel

• SimTunes

• Toshio Iwai

• Electroplankton series

• Warren Spector

• System Shock

• The Sims

• The Sims 1 bucket hat

• League of Legends

• Downton Abbey

• Kotaku EIC Resigns Over New Editorial Edict

• IGN

• Ryū ga Gotoku / Like a Dragon / Yakuza series

• Screen Rant

• The Acolyte

• Red Dead Redemption II

• The Onion

• ClickHole

• Final Fantasy VII

• Leonard Part 6

• Final Fantasy VIII

• Fox Force Five

• Tales of Symphonia

• Beyond Good & Evil

• Castlevania series

• Edgar Rice Burroughs

• A Princess of Mars

• Midnight Resistance

• Ikari Warriors

• Shadow Madness

• The Legend of Dragoon

• Shadow of Destiny

• Legend of Legaia

• Shigeru Miyamoto

• Hideo Kojima

• Takayoshi Sato

• Silent Hill

• Sexy Parodius

• Silent Hill 2

• satoworks.com, April 2014

• GoldenEye: Rogue Agent

• Gary Oldman

• Fatale

• Dillon's Dead-Heat Breakers

• Metroid Prime: Remastered

• A 4K Render of a Silent Hill Cutscene

• Gail Tilden

• Nintendo Power

• Howard Phillips

• EarthBound

• Pokémon

• Yuji Naka

• Akihiko Ishizaka

• Goichi Suda

• Masafumi Takada

• Flower Sun and Rain

• The Silver Case

• Killer7

• No More Heroes

• Shadows of the Darned

• Pirates of the Caribbean

• Resident Evil 4

• Danganronpa series

Recommendations:

Tim: the work of Walton Goggins

Brandon: Gun It Kickstarter, Wild Zero 2 Kickstarter, Hubert Kah

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