Ep. 180 - Insert Credit 20th Anniversary (Patreon)
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2021-04-12 09:28:19
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2023-06
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SPECIAL NOTE FOR PATRONS: this episode features a surprise around the halfway point. Please refrain from discussing this surprise until the episode has gone live in the main feed. thank you!! -esper
Twenty years of insertcredit.com, as remembered by past and present contributors. Featuring Vincent Diamante, Chris Woodard, Azurelore Korrigan, Patrick Miller, and more. Original music by Kurt Feldman.
Questions this week
- What do you remember about the GP32, and how does obscure hardware fit in Insert Credit’s taste? (07:20)
- What are the best video game comeback stories? (11:42)
- If Insert Credit could secure the film rights to any video game, what would it be? (16:09)
- What gets changed when porting a video game? (19:19)
- What Insert Credit-type games influence Vincent’s music composition? (23:06)
- What is Tose up to now, and what other important game companies don’t we know about? (31:51)
- Insert Credit declared the death of print video game media on April 16th, 2008. Is that about right? (36:38)
- In 2009, there was some pontification on Insert Credit on what constituted "good" or "bad" video game journalism. Where do you stand on that now? (41:03)
- What are some of the most striking video game convention displays you’ve seen? (44:43)
- How did the cottage industry of new games for old consoles happen, and which ones are worth discussing? (49:50)
- How did the forums and community shape Insert Credit’s identity? (59:03)
- How can one still find obscurity on the internet? (01:09:03)
- What are the biggest differences between video game culture in 2004-2006 and now? (01:14:00)
- After all these years, how would you define your relationship to video games? (01:20:35)
- What the hell is wrong with video games? (01:24:54)
- How has Insert Credit changed since the start of the podcast? (01:44:53)
- How did you all go from writing about to developing and preserving video games? (01:49:24)
- Are video game blogs dead? (02:00:09)
- What are the best things to come out of Insert Credit? (02:04:40)
- Finish this sentence: Insert Credit is the _____ of video games. (02:09:15)
A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:
- Lost Levels
- Vincent Diamante
- thatgamecompany
- Skullgirls
- GP32
- Arcturus: The Curse and Loss of Divinity
- Astonishia Story
- White Day: A Labrynth Named School
- Corum III: Chaotic Magic
- Gamasutra
- Punch-Out!! (Wii)
- NieR
- Puyo Puyo
- Windjammers
- Wonder Boy
- Hajime no Ippo
- Asuka 120%
- Clue (1985)
- SoundTeMP
- Sky by thatgamecompany featuring music by Vincent Diamante
- Kingdom Hearts 100% ending featuring Insert Credit watermark
- Tose Co. Ltd.
- Interview: Tose: Game Development Ninjas by Brandon Sheffield
- Game Developer Research Institute
- Jason Schreier
- Gizmondo
- Phantom
- ApeXtreme
- N-Gage
- Colors
- Intellivision Amico
- Star Odyssey
- SGDK
- Super Fighter Team
- Piko Interactive
- Stone Protectors
- MadMan's Cafe
- Peter Molyneux
- The GIA
- Insert Credit Show Episode 13 - Shave and a Haircut, with Justin McElroy
- Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance
- Iron Man
- Captain America: Super Soldier
- Shoryuken Forums
- The Molydeux Game Jam
- Lost Media Wiki
- Barnyard Blast: Swine of the Night
- Edge Magazine
- Flower
- The Last Blade 2
- Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex for PS2
- Drag-On Dragoon
- cavia inc.