Double Fine’s Heather Alexandra joins the panel to cover Jerry Lewis, beating coins out of people, and The Ultimate MacGuffin.

Questions this week:

  1. Previously on Insert Credit 20: You encounter someone who, quote, “plays video games for the story.” What games can you assume they own? (7:12)
  2. What does it mean to be a community manager for a game studio that mostly makes single player games?  (12:35)
  3. What are the most video gamey things you’ve seen in real life?  (18:04)
  4. It’s been one year since we all went into a global quarantine. How would video games be different right now if that never happened? (23:06)
  5. The Adaptation Game: Yakuza movie (27:49)
  6. Dirtbag Kory asks: What is the most underappreciated button on a controller? (32:20)
  7. What is the best MacGuffin in a video game?  (37:25)
  8. Frank’s question: How would you design a video game museum? (40:48)
  9. What tea blends would you match with games? (48:37)

LIGHTNING ROUND: Blue Rogue's Code (52:59)

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A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:

Recommendations:

Heather: To The Horizon, Psychonauts 2, Lapsang tea, Kukicha tea

Frank: DG Voodoo 2

Brandon: Ploho, Morwan, D'LaVance, Moondog, Peppermint Bark tea, Turmeric Three Root tea, Unicorn Grass tea

Edited by Esper Quinn. Original Music by Kurt Feldman.