Specdracular 2025
Fearsome Frank Cifaldi, Ash And Bones Parrish, and Brandon Deathfield mash through FMV horror games, nepo babies, and a surprising Alucard cameo in the spookiest episode of the year.
brandon sheffield
Necrosoft Games director, design/narrative/conf consultant, comic writer. Street Fighter 30th, SNK 40th, SamSho collection archaeologist.
Zebrataur, with Colin Spacetwinks
Writer and photographer Colin Spacetwinks joins the panel to talk about discovering new games, games for furries, and the correct pronunciation of FIFA.
Games Somerton, with Mathew Kumar
Writer and developer Mathew Kumar guest hosts the panel, covering the Balatro of coin flips, Bitmap Books bad decisions, and especially crude actions performed by Rabbids.
Silent Hilf
Frank Cifaldi, Ash Parrish, and Brandon Sheffield cover Silent Hill f, the sacrifice of EA to the monster of private capital, and thirty PlayStation hot takes.
Sextuple A, with Esper Quinn
Podcast Editor and Game Industry Analyst Esper Quinn joins the panel to cover why Silksong’s price doesn’t matter, what the A’s in AAAAA-Game stand for, and the Loudness War.
Rear Tickle
The panel discusses the best pixel artists, Clair Obscur’s greatest weakness, and In Which Lake Is Carmen Sandiego?
The Intended Game, with Oli Clarke Smith
Promise Mascot Agency and Paradise Killer game director Oli Clarke Smith goes on a game dev deep dive with Demonschool’s Brandon Sheffield, discussing everything from tooling, workflows, localization, voice acting, making a “PS2-style” game, and of course, movement mechanics.
What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
Frank Cifaldi, Ash Parrish, and Brandon Sheffield discuss Demonschool’s release date getting sniped by Silksong, thoughts on lost media, and E3ster.
It's Okay to Shut Up, with Victoria Tran
Innersloth Communications Director, Wholesome Games organizer, and author Victoria Tran joins the panel for game industry tax tips, thoughts on the “cozy game” genre, and checking Ash’s sauce privilege.
This Man's Sky
The finest minds in video games discuss The Sims 5, good sewer levels, and playing CD-i games with Eugene Levy.
Let's Gather Some Magic, with Esper Quinn
Video editor, white-blue-black player, and show note writer Esper Quinn planeswalks with the panel to discuss their first experiences playing Magic: the Gathering.
The Insert Credit Best Game Developer List
Insert Credit nominates and celebrates the greatest, most influential, and most personally beloved game development studios of all time.
The Best Kusoge, with Liz Ryerson
Writer, musician, and NYU guest lecturer Liz Ryerson joins the panel to define “Triple A,” genres of kusoge, and film envy.
Horse Wives
The Insert Credit panel you know and love discuss developments in game journalism, gacha games about girls who are horses, and what happens when you put Coke Zero in espresso.
Regular Taxi
Frank Cifaldi, Ash Parrish and Brandon Sheffield cover Microsoft killing the game industry, the cast of the Street Fighter movie, and the definition of “indie game.”