Ep. 309 - Jovial Duress (Patreon)

Frank Cifaldi, Tim Rogers and Brandon Sheffield answer host Alex Jaffe’s questions and uncover the most Insert Credit thing to ever happen, the latest industry megamerger, and a giant cheese wheel. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Tim Rogers, Brandon Sheffield. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.

Questions this week:

1. How’d the Atari Jaguar Museum at the Portland Retro Gaming Expo go, Frank? (09:18)
2. Tina Carter asks: Is taking advantage of a a game’s technical system in a single-player environment “cheating”? (19:33)
3. What happens now that Microsoft bought Activision? (25:03)
4. You’re at a family dinner, and your six year old nephew asks if you’ve got any games on your phone. What do you show him? (31:30)
5. Tom Arrow asks: What are some other game franchises that could make interesting use of Sonic & Knuckles 'Lock On Technology'? (35:28)
6. Design a minigame for Insert Credit: The Video Game. (46:03)

LIGHTNING ROUND: Video Game Baby Shoes (52:14)

Recommendations and Outro (56:01)

Discuss this episode in the Insert Credit Forums

A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:

• Batman: Arkham series
• Dragon's Lair
• Super Metroid
• Yakuza / Ryū ga Gotoku series
• Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon
• Street Fighter II: Special Champion Edition
• Atari Jaguar
• Portland Retro Gaming Expo
• Video Game History Foundation
• Hasbro Releases Jaguar Publishing Rights
• Songbird Productions
• BigPEmu
• Rayman
• Ultra Vortek
• Monkey D. Luffy
• Boba Fett
• Imagin HotRod Intra-Oral Camera
• Bubsy series
• Blinx: The Time Sweeper
• Ty the Tasmanian Tiger
• Baldur's Gate series
• Animal Crossing series
• The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
• Animal Crossing: New Horizons Review - IGN
• Boku no Natsuyasumi
• Microsoft completes Activision Blizzard acquisition
• Call of Duty series
• Spider-Man 2
• Pitfall!
• Barnstorming
• SEGA Rally Championship
• King's Quest
• 3-D Ultra Pinball
• Donkey Kong Land 2
• Quest 64
• Infinite Jest
• Leisure Suit Larry series
• Halo series
• Candy Crush Saga
• Overwatch series
• Diablo series
• James Corden
• Carpool Karaoke
• Jimmy Fallon
• Random.org
• Zaga-33
• Vampire Survivors
• Super Hexagon
• Holedown
• One pound
• Sonic & Knuckles
• Lost Judgment
• Grand Theft Auto IV & Episodes from Liberty City
• Super Mario Bros. 2
• Fallout games
• Mega Man: Legacy Collection
• Ghost of Tsushima
• God of War
• Horizon: Zero Dawn
• The Last of Us
• Marvel Spider-Man
• Super Mario Bros. Wonder
• Sonic Superstars
• Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games series
• The Insert Credit Video Game
• Ore no Ryōri
• Diner Dash series
• The big cheese wheel

Recommendations:

Brandon: DVLSBLSH zine vol. 1 and 2, check out the writing of Izumi Suzuki

DIRTBAGS: You can submit your questions to the show using this form. And, thanks!