Happy holidays! Gamespot’s Lucy James drops down the Insert Credit chimney to cover Welsh elves, the first official weed strain for a video game, and Dreiblade. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Tim Rogers, Brandon Sheffield, and Lucy James. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.
Questions this week:

As the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future, which three video game characters would be best at teaching Ebenezer Scrooge to change his miserly ways? (09:23)
Do sliding ice physics ever positively contribute to a video game? (15:19)
What do you think is the best selling non-video game item at GameStop as a gift this season? (21:35)
Design the greatest Santa Claus video game of all time (30:48)
How could dreidel be improved? (35:49)
Which video game company probably holds the best Christmas party? (42:43)
Based on video games, what do we know about elves? (49:05)
What is the Rankin Bass of video games? (54:53)

LIGHTNING ROUND: Name Design - Christmas Songs (01:01:19)
Recommendations and Outro (01:12:28)
Discuss this episode in the Insert Credit Forums
A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:


Mariah Carey - All I Want for Christmas Is You


Eggnog


The Genealogy of Jesus the Messiah


Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree


Monstera deliciosa


The Twelve Days of Christmas


The Da Vinci Code


A Christmas Carol


Ebenezer Scrooge


Tetsuya Nomura


Organization XIII


The World Ends with You


Marluxia


Mickey Mouse


Kazuma Kiryu


Goro Majima


Davy Crockett


Bob Cratchit


The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)


Mickey’s Christmas Carol (1983)


Mickey and the Beanstalk


Pinocchio (1940)


Jiminy Cricket


James Stewart


Lies of P


Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio (2022)


Pinocchio: A True Story (2021)


Pinocchio (2002)


Navi


Super Mario series


Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back


Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End


The Last of Us series


X-Men licensees


Kickle Cubicle


Chip’s Challenge


Loki #248 Funko Pop! - Thor Ragnarok


Pikachu Squishmallows Plush


Breaking Bad


Minecraft


Jay and Silent Bob


Fortnite


Sonic the Hedgehog series


Halo series


The Lost and The Wicked


Tom Holland


Darth Vader Christmas Sweater


Pokémon Trading Card Game


Alan Wake: Remastered


Tom Clancy’s The Division


Tom Hiddleston


Santa Claus


Mortal Kombat series


John Wick (2014)


BioShock


Death Stranding


Norman Reedus


Stardew Valley


Daze Before Christmas


Hanukkah


Dreidel


Hanukkah gelt


Paper fortune teller


Beyblade


Mario Party series


Sega


Christmas NiGHTS into Dreams…


Konami


Tokimeki Memorial games


Wargaming


Devolver Digital


Keita Takahashi


Noby Noby Boy


Tim Schafer


Jack Black


Heather Hawkins


Dreamcast


Limp Bizkit


Ted Lasso


The Matrix (1999)


The Eras Tour


Elf Bowling


Legend of Zelda series


Keebler Company


Fudge Stripes


Elves


The Lost Vikings


Three Dirty Dwarves


Two Crude Dudes


Rankin/Bass Animated Entertainment


Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964)


Frosty the Snowman (1969)


Rudolph’s Shiny New Year (1976)


The Year Without a Santa Claus (1974)


ThunderCats


Norman Rockwell


FromSoftware


Doom


Rockstar Games


American McGee’s Alice


Kingdom Hearts series


Super Smash Bros.


Boba Fett


Pornhub’s Most Popular Video Game Character In 2023 Was Chun-Li From… Fortnite?


Insomniac Games


Recommendations:
Frank: Check out gamehistory.org where there will be a video about a very strange game called Super Sushi Pinball
Brandon: Raiders of Atlantis (1983)
Tim: Ferrari (2023)
Lucy: Godzilla Minus One (2023)
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