Three of your favorite Insert Credit panelists cover three questions from Alex Jaffe, three listener questions, and three Lightning Rounds. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Tim Rogers, and Brandon Sheffield. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.
Questions this week:

What are your favorite video game conspiracy theories? (07:06)
Which hybrid characters in video games best take advantage of both halves of their nature? (14:33)
Adaptation Game: The Three Musketeers (19:19)
BluntForceMama asks: Do you have to play a game to like it? (26:10)
Spencer Gifts asks: Where are we in video game history parallel to other media? (28:20)
Crumar Bones asks: What are some games that look better through composite output rather than component or S-Video? (33:55)

DITHERED LIGHTNING ROUNDS: Violence Island Exhibition, GameFAQ&As: Kingdom Hearts III, and Name Design: Trilogy Endings (39:24)
Recommendations and Outro (54:24)
Discuss this episode in the Insert Credit Forums
A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:


SaGa: Emerald Beyond


Akitoshi Kawazu


Final Fantasy II


the photo of Akitoshi Kawazu tim mentions


Jolly Rancher


Gunpei Yokoi


Yuji Naka


Gizmondo


Balan Wonderworld


Uwe Boll


Kingdoms of Amalur series


Curt Schilling


Eastbound & Down


NEC


PC-FX


Sonic Mania


Penny’s Big Breakaway


Mother 3


Sakura Taisen


Metal Gear Solid


Castlevania: Symphony of the Night


Shining Force series


Fire Emblem series


Elder Scrolls series


Alucard


Bayonetta


Persona series


Samurai Shodown series


Prince of Persia: Warrior Within


Jak II


Devil May Cry series


Devil Jin


Tekken series


The Three Musketeers


Slumdog Millionaire (2008)


Lost Vikings series


Kingdom Hearts series


Final Fantasy XV


The Three Caballeros (1944)


Three Amigos (1986)


Castlevania: Rondo of Blood


Bryan Adams, Rod Stewart, Sting - All For Love


Oliver Platt


FX


The Bear


Hulu


ALF


Abbott Elementary


Arrested Development


Assassin’s Creed series


French New Wave


E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)


Roger Ebert


The Gentlemen


Shōgun


Spacewar!


Composite video


Component video


S-Video


Warlock


Sonic the Hedgehog 2


Streets of Rage 3


The Lion King


Recommendations:
Brandon: Messengers of Love by Carmody, enjoy the new Insert Credit Forums, do a better job if you’re a person in charge of the internet
Frank: X-Men ’97
Tim: If you own 100% of your profits and are open to dying early, crunch isn’t so bad
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