Ep. 334 - On Death Row For Podcasting (Patreon)

Your wise and benevolent Insert Credit panel covers industry shifts caused by Helldivers II, decides the Dreamcast 2 launch lineup, and imagines the gritty Super Monkey Ball: Act Zero. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Tim Rogers, and Brandon Sheffield. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.

 Questions this week:

• What can you tell from a video game’s color scheme? (03:42)

• Which video game has the best original take on what the internet is? (09:17)

• In games where you pick from an assortment of guys, when do you pick the big guy, and when do you pick the little guy? (15:03)

• Design a fourth-person shooter. (18:53)

• rose asks: What would the ideal starting lineup be for the Dreamcast 2? (25:44)

• Who is the most famous person who could beat you at Street Fighter? (33:01)

• What is the taking a melatonin and drinking a caffeinated beverage of video games? (38:37)

LIGHTNING ROUND: Console Genre Associations (44:02)

Recommendations and Outro (51:35)

Discuss this episode in the Insert Credit Forums

A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:

• O. J. Simpson

• Billy Joel

• J. Jonah Jameson

• Gears of War

• Resident Evil (film series)

• Steven Soderbergh

• Batman Begins (2006)

• The Dark Knight (2008)

• Front Mission 3

• Phantasy Star Online

• Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor

• .hack series

• .hack//Versus

• .hack//Beyond the World (2012)

• District 9 (2009)

• God of War III

• Stealth (2005)

• WipEout Pure

• Short Peace: Ranko Tsukigime's Longest Day

• Rocko's Modern Life

• Tokyo Jungle

• Dragon's Dogma series

• Samurai Shodown series

• Street Fighter series

• Baldur's Gate III

• Helldivers II

• Rainbow Six series

• Call of Duty series

• Overwatch

• Five Nights at Freddy's

• The Third Man (1949)

• The 7th Guest

• Free Guy (2021)

• Super Mario Bros.

• Pac-Man

• Geist Force

• Geist

• Gaist Crusher

• Dreamcast

• Sonic Adventure series

• Ryū ga Gotoku / Like a Dragon / Yakuza series

• OutRun

• Crazy Taxi

• Jet Grind Radio series

• Altered Beast series

• Shinobi series

• NiGHTS into Dreams...

• Star Fox

• Horizon: Zero Dawn

• Rent A Hero

• The Typing of the Dead

• Ghost Squad

• Wicked Monsters: BLAST!

• Yuji Naka

• Amanda Waller

• Suicide Squad

• Air Twister

• Mathew Kumar

• Queen

• Unicorn Overlord

• Ogre Battle

• Jamie Lee Curtis

• Evo

• Lil Nas X

• Mortal Kombat games

• Serena Williams

• Michelle Yeoh

• Dean Kamen

• Robert Atkins

• John Cena

• Shake 'n Bake

• Ringo Sheena

• Caffeine

• Melatonin

• The Last of Us: Part II

• Nintendo DS

• Henry Hatsworth in the Puzzling Adventure

• Hermie Hopperhead: Scrap Panic

• Super Monkey Ball series

• Bomberman: Act Zero

• Gunvalkyrie

Recommendations:

Brandon: Only use a half-cup of flour in Brandon’s “Daddy’s Dusters” Dog Treat Recipe, Klaus Nomi - The Cold Song Live, Trencher

Frank: Brandon’s “Daddy’s Dusters” Dog Treat Recipe

Tim: Ripley

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