Your beloved Insert Credit Show panel convenes on topics such as Sony Zelda, the Buddha’s Pickle Rick era, and the return of Violence Island. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Tim Rogers, and Brandon Sheffield. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.
Questions this week:

Phil Salvador asks: What is a game you love that you would not recommend? (07:02)
What’s the best way to pepper sidequests through an RPG? (12:47)
What’s the difference between a good artist and a good concept artist? (18:08)
What will Link’s first line of dialogue be in the live action Legend of Zelda movie? (23:47)
Insert Credit Quick Break: video game union newsletter

Jerome asks: which real people have had the most legally distinct video game characters based on them? (32:05)
Why is the Streets of Rage pickup sound better than the Pac-Man pickup noise? (38:14)
What are, according to Wikipedia, some video games the Buddha might or might not enjoy? (42:29)

LIGHTNING ROUND: Violence Island (49:11)
Recommendations and Outro (01:11:08)
Discuss this episode in the Insert Credit Forums
A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:


Goodfeathers


Animaniacs


Looney Tunes


Wile E. Coyote


Bugs Bunny


Chuck Jones


Elmer Fudd


Big Chungus


Pickle Rick


Porky Pig


Telefunken U 47


Frank Sinatra


Tweety


Sylvester the Cat


SpongeBob SquarePants


Tom Kenny


Granny


Yosemite Sam


Deadwood


1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die


Tetris


Tetris Effect


Tetsuya Mizuguchi


Titenic


Valis series


Yakuza / Ryū ga Gotoku series


Demonschool


The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt


Persona series


Cyberpunk 2077


Yoshitaka Amano


Tetsuya Nomura


Kazuko Shibuya


Final Fantasy series


Yoshitaka Amano, Kazuko Shibuya - from paper to pixel


Nintendo is making a live-action Zelda movie


Legend of Zelda series


Maze Runner (film series)


The Maze Runner (book series)


Tom Hardy


Tom Holland


Chris Pratt


Ruby Rose


John Wick: Chapter 4 (2023)


The Lost City of Z (2016)


Bruce Lee


Fei Long


Street Fighter series


Liu Kang


Mortal Kombat games


Sylvester Stallone


Rambo


The Revenge of Shinobi


Jackie Chan


Bruce Willis


Elvis Presley


Arnold Schwarzenegger


Bloody Wolf


Commando (1985)


The Terminator (1984)


Rocky (1976)


Dolph Lundgren


Mario Segale


Harrison Ford


Han Solo


Indiana Jones


Patriot Games (1992)


The Fugitive (1993)


U.S. Marshals (1998)


Streets of Rage


Pac-Man


Yuzo Koshiro


Castlevania series


List of games that Buddha would not play


The Buddha


Fire Emblem series


Super Mario 64


Mario Kart series


WarioWare series


You Don’t Know Jack series


Dota 2


League of Legends


Blood Will Tell: Tezuka Osamu’s Dororo


Tony Hawk skateboarding series


Viewtiful Joe


Agent 47


Ristar


Rayman


Billy Kane


Billy Zane


Sylvando


Rouge the Bat


Recommendations:
Frank: The Legend of Beavis
Brandon: If you’re watching Yakuza Apocalypse (2015) the only watchable version is on Tubi, Saturnalia on Steam
Tim: The new Daytona USA 2 port on Steam
Jaffe: Aftermath, 52 Pickup
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