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:

How’d the Atari Jaguar Museum at the Portland Retro Gaming Expo go, Frank? (09:18)
Tina Carter asks: Is taking advantage of a a game’s technical system in a single-player environment “cheating”? (19:33)
What happens now that Microsoft bought Activision? (25:03)
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)
Tom Arrow asks: What are some other game franchises that could make interesting use of Sonic & Knuckles ‘Lock On Technology’? (35:28)
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
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