Ep. 250 - Getcha Self a Hot Dog, with Liz Ryerson

Insert Credit Fringe Games Correspondent Liz Ryerson returns to the panel to cover being a tool user, the year of peak stupidity in video games, and crystals of fun syrup.

Questions this week:

1. If you had a free day at the world’s most complete arcade, how would you spend a thousand quarters? (02:27)
2. Is Gamescom the new E3? (07:59)
3. What is the Snyder Cut of game conferences? (13:19)
4. Recommend a video game soundtrack for Alex Jaffe’s dad’s commute (18:57)
5. Improv Zone: Game Director YouTube Channels (23:49)
6. Mr. Heck asks: what makes successful video games similar, and what makes video game failures unique? (39:24)
7. What’s the stupidest thing you’ve ever seen in a video game? (47:59)
8. How would you put the sound of a black hole into a video game? (52:47)
9. What kind of games and areas of game culture do we not talk about enough on Insert Credit? (56:30)

LIGHTNING ROUND: Episode Title Throwbacks (01:01:41)

Recommendations and Outro (01:11:06)

Two hundred and fifty? That’s a lot of episodes you could discuss in the forums!

A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:

• Yo, Bro
• California Extreme
• 2 Spicy
• Emergency Call Ambulance
• Prop Cycle
• Elevator Action Deluxe series
• Daytona USA
• Marble Madness
• Revolution X
• Metal Slug series
• Cadash
• EightyTwo
• Golden Axe: The Revenge of Death Adder
• Long Island Retro Gaming Expo
• Phantasmagoria series
• Gamescom
• Kölsch
• Zack Snyder’s Justice League (2021)
• Todd Rogers
• John Romero
• that Seinfeld photo shoot
• Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
• EverGrace
• NieR series
• BioShock series
• Fallout games
• Deathloop
• Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
• Tony Hawk skateboarding series
• Katamari Damacy
• Space Channel 5
• Ape Out
• EarthBound
• FunHouse
• Mortal Kombat games
• Disney’s Goof Troop
• Biohazard / Resident Evil series
• Maniac Mansion
• Twister (1996)
• Inception (2010)
• Dan Snaith
• Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan / Elite Beat Agents series
• London Cab Challenge
• Smashing Drive
• Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg
• Billy the Wizard: Rocket Broomstick Racing
• Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events
• Neopets: The Darkest Faerie
• Death of Adventure Games
• Gabriel Knight 3: Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned
• Armed & Delirious
• Alex Kidd series
• Exile: Wicked Phenomenon
• Knuckles’ Chaotix
• Nasa releases audio of what a black hole ‘sounds’ like
• Legend of Zelda series
• Oh, Deer!
• Super Mario series
• Fortnite series
• Clash Royale

Recommendations:

Brandon: Wash your car from top to bottom, watch the Comanche dub of Prey (2022), Winter Beast (1992)

Frank: If you like to channel surf old games, don’t forget to play the popular good stuff too

Liz: Death’s Dynamic Shroud, Season of the Witch (1972), Kitschfork

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Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Brandon Sheffield, and Liz Ryerson. Edited by Esper Quinn. Original Music by Kurt Feldman.