Ep. 277 - The Hitness, with MoxBagel

Guest host and frequent dirtbag Colin AKA MoxBagel keeps the panel in order as they discuss the definition of “visual novel,” fighting games, and, finally, Fortnite.

Questions this week:

1. What is your “The Last Starfighter” game? (05:20)
2. How would you redesign pinball to be more of a 30 minute experience than a five minute experience?(11:25)
3. What fighting game has the most creative single player campaign?(18:57)
4. If Capcom made a Mega Man Legends every year since 1997, what would it be like now? (24:43)
5. What game would have flourished with the amount of post-release support that No Man’s Sky has? (32:26)
6. What is your favorite novel gameplay mechanic or moment in an otherwise unremarkable game? (40:23)
7. What is the best video game to play in fifteen minute sessions? (47:17)

LIGHTNING ROUND: World of Lords (54:22)

Discuss this episode in the Insert Credit Forums

A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:

• INSERT CREDIT EPISODE 276 ULTIMATE PAIN DICEGAME UCHIHA BONE ROLLER MIX, a free noise album by dicegame uchiha based on Episode 276 of Insert Credit Show
• Colin AKA MoxBagel
• √Letter
• The Cat in the Hat
• Understanding Comics
• Hotel Dusk: Room 215
• Ace Attorney series
• Tokimeki Memorial
• Memories Off
• The Last Starfighter (1984)
• Space Jam (1996)
• Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan
• Asuka 120% Final: BURNING Fest.
• Puyo Puyo~n
• Mother
• Alien Pinball
• Kyuutenkai: Fantastic Pinball
• Devil’s Crush
• Alien Crush
• Yoku’s Island Express
• Pinball Quest
• Super Mario series
• Pachio-kun series
• Flipnic: Ultimate Pinball
• Pac-Man
• Sonic the Hedgehog: Spinball
• Kirby’s Pinball Land
• Metroid Prime Pinball
• Mario Pinball Land
• Ys: Book I & II
• Tobal series
• Batman Forever
• Guilty Gear Isuka
• Guilty Gear series
• Revengers of Vengeance
• Final Lap Twin
• Super Tennis
• Tekken 3
• Soul Blade
• King of Fighters series
• American Dream
• Mega Man Legends
• EA FIFA series
• Monster Hunter
• Fortnite: Battle Royale
• Kingdom Hearts series
• Lost Planet series
• Bryan Cranston
• Mighty Morphin Power Rangers
• Zordon
• Invader Zim
• No Man’s Sky
• Cyberpunk 2077
• There Is No Saving Cyberpunk 2077
• Kyōryū Sentai Zyuranger
• VR Troopers
• Big Bad Beetleborgs
• Masked Rider
• Final Fantasy XIV Online: A Realm Reborn
• Ultima Online
• Phantasy Star Online
• Skies of Arcadia
• Phantasy Star IV
• Ice Trek
• The Witness
• Mambo No. 5
• Harvestella
• BioShock
• Final Fantasy XV
• The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
• Final Fantasy VII
• Yakuza / Ryū ga Gotoku series
• Space Harrier
• Shenmue
• Half-Minute Hero
• Destiny series
• Uncharted series
• Loop Hero
• Densha de Go!! Hashirō Yamanote-sen

Recommendations: Frank: Metroid Prime: Remastered, the DigitalFoundry video on Metroid Prime Remastered
Brandon: When buying coconut milk and other coconut products, watch out for companies that use monkey slaves. Go to Digikey.com for purchases of electrostatic bags. Stick the stems of limp vegetables in water to refresh them.
Colin: The Taste of Tea (2004)

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