Editor and media critic Esper Quinn joins Ash and Brandon in answering more questions from the insert credit forum.
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SHOW NOTES:
- For All Mankind
- “Ryu ga gotoku the polls”
- forums.insertcredit.com
- Insert Credit Flavored Questions that are too stupid for the Dirtbag
- Divekick
- Goiken Muyou: Anarchy in the Nippon
- Fighting Vipers
- Comix Zone
- Streets of Rage series
- Super Smash Bros. series
- Fire Emblem series
2: ana asks, what’s the most common hidden gem? (05:55)
- Rupee
- Celeste
- Cult of the Lamb
- Deltarune
- NiGHTS into Dreams...
- Radiant Silvergun
- Panzer Dragoon
- Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask
- Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks
3: yeso asks, has anyone ever cried at one of the Leisure Suit Larry death scenes? (07:48)
4: SteveWithaB asks, is it time to retire the term “gamer”? (11:06)
- Xbox
- Mountain Dew
- Doritos
- Nintendo
- Coca-Cola
- Pringles
- Sony
- Pepsi
- Lay’s
- Black & Mild
- Blunt
- Bong
- Candy cigarette
- Dr Pepper
- Sega
- Jaguar
- RC Cola
- Konami
- Amiga
- Dreamcast
- Ramune
- Hamburger
- French fries
6: Death_Strandicoot asks, who should be the first recipient of the Nobel Prize for Video Games? (16:16)
7: Mnemogenic asks, how would you adapt a 10 yen game into a big budget AAA video game? (18:24)
8: Taliesin_Merlin asks, design an Amy Rose video game based on one of the following novel premises. (20:41)
- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
- I, Robot
- The Name of the Rose
- I, Claudius
- I, Tonya (2017)
- The Name of the Rose (1986)
- The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
- Sonic and the Black Knight
- Lollipop Chainsaw
9: Tom asks, what are the seven basic game genres? (23:33)
10: mtvcribs asks, what happened to thong-era final fantasy (26:19)
- Final Fantasy X-2
- Final Fantasy XIII
- Tetsuya Nomura
- Final Fantasy XV
- Cindy Aurum
- Final Fantasy XIV Online
- Final Fantasy XVI
- Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin
- Clive Rosfield
- Jon Snow
- Game of Thrones
11: mack41 asks, is Google Maps cop warning alert a strand game? (29:07)
12: beets asks, if you were going to make a table from videogame hardware, what would you use? (30:53)
14: KingTubb asks, how often do the following characters change their bed sheets: (35:11)
- Solid Snake
- Naked Snake
- Venom Snake
- Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
- Jack Bauer
- Liquid Snake
- Raiden
- Princess Peach
- Heavy Rain
- Harvest Moon series
- Deadly Premonition
- William Shakespeare
- James Joyce
- WarioWare series
- Dragon Quest series
- Final Fantasy series
- Geoffrey Chaucer
- Kingdom Hearts series
- Dune
- Atari 2600
16: Kiki asks, what’s Jollibee? (41:07)
LIGHTNING ROUND: Arcade of Our Own (48:58)
Recommendations and Outro (01:05:42):
- Brandon: some of The Magnificent Seven sequels but not others, Possession (1981), microchip your animals
- Ash: Is God Is (2026)
- Esper: Esper Quinn's Top 10 Hottest Games of 2025, Witch Hat Atelier, Absolute Wonder Woman, Fantastic Four, The Moon & Serpent Bumper Book of Magic
- Jaffe: Read Berserk at work
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Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Ash Parrish, Brandon Sheffield, and Esper Quinn. Edited by Esper Quinn. Original Music by Kurt Feldman.