Video game journalist Jeff Gerstmann sits down at the Insert Credit table to cover video game history, AI, and the return of Violence Island.
Questions this week:
- Have any of you seen the news lately? (09:58)
- Let’s examine the evolution of the endless runner. (21:53)
- Wrestling games. Glorified character creators, or is there something there gameplay-wise? (28:22)
- Definitively rank tank, healer, and DPS from best to worst. (35:52)
- Kyle asks: Form a musical super group composed of video game characters. (43:38)
- Are AI programs like ChatGPT good for video games? (50:44)
LIGHTNING ROUND: Violence Island (01:03:50)
Recommendations and Outro (01:23:49)
Discuss this episode in the Insert Credit Forums
A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:
- Yakuza / Ryū ga Gotoku series
- GDC
- James Austin Johnson
- The Jeff Gerstmann Show
- Service Discontinuation: Nintendo eShop for Nintendo 3DS
- EU's Microsoft-Activision Deadline Delay Puts UK in Driving Seat
- Detroit: Become Human
- Final Fantasy Creator On Why He Thinks 'Quality' Japanese Games Saw A Brief Drop
- Square Enix's NFT game has a new trailer
- Commodore 1571
- https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2023/03/why-game-archivists-are-dreading-this-months-3ds-wii-u-eshop-shutdown/
- Canabalt
- TikTok is helping games about high heels and long nails go viral
- Jetpack Joyride
- Jetpack Joyride 2
- Idle Slayer
- Holedown
- Tunic
- Pepsiman
- WWE All Stars
- Style Savvy / Style Boutique / Girls Mode series
- Tomodachi Life
- Kingdom Something or Other 3
- Hyper Gunsport
- Super Smash Brothers series
- Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Series
- NBA 2K series
- SaltyBet
- Fire Pro Wrestling series
- A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)
- Final Fantasy XIV Online: A Realm Reborn
- EverQuest
- World of WarCraft
- A Healer Only Lives Twice
- Final Fantasy series
- Squall Leonhart
- Duke Nukem
- PaRappa the Rapper
- Linkin Park
- Noctis Lucis Caelum
- Shatterhand
- I-No
- Lord Raptor
- Chaos
- Jack Garland
- Locke Cole
- Sabin Rene Figaro
- Cloud Strife
- Tifa Lockhart
- Aerith Gainsborough
- Zell Dincht
- Wakka
- Gladiolus Amicitia
- Barret Wallace
- ChatGPT
- Fallout 76
- Goat Simulator
- Noam Chomsky: The False Promise of ChatGPT
- Dizzy
- Billy Hatcher
- Machamp
- Goro
- Quiet
- The Quiet Man
- Mario
- Link
Recommendations:
Brandon: the plot of Kung Fu Traveler (2017)
Jeff: Go listen to the Snoop Dogg Call of Duty: Vanguard voicelines
Frank: Chicory: A Colorful Tale
Tim: Croupier (1998)
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Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Tim Rogers, Brandon Sheffield and Jeff Gerstmann. Edited by Esper Quinn. Original Music by Kurt Feldman.