Ep. 314 - Tofurtacular Thank Tank

Every member of the Insert Credit panel gathers for a feast of questions regarding cartridge consumption, Tom Cruise title changes, and Bangai-O. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Tim Rogers, and Brandon Sheffield. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.

Questions this week:

1. How would video games be different if the concept of a sequel didn’t exist? (10:39)
2. How do you keep enemy encounters from feeling repetitive? (17:53)
3. What’s the best law to break in a video game? (24:28)
4. What is the best jump noise in video games? (32:03)
5. What’s the worst first impression you’ve had of a game due to outside circumstances? (37:58)
6. What video game cartridge or disc would you like to eat the most? (43:02)
7. What can the U.S. healthcare system learn from healthcare in video games? (49:04)
8. What are the greatest non-corporate rivalries in video games? (55:09)
9. Is it possible to make a competitive multiplayer game completely diagetic to its story? (01:00:55)
10. Has a piano ever been dropped on or near someone in a video game to great effect? (01:06:14)
11. Should fall damage be phased out? (01:11:09)
12. How would you explain Bangai-O to your mom? (01:18:03)

LIGHTNING ROUND: Potpourri (01:25:36)

Recommendations and Outro (01:30:02)

Discuss this episode in the Insert Credit Forums

A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:

• Yakuza / Ryū ga Gotoku series
• Alex Jaffe
• Insert Credit Patreon (The Dirtbag)
• Insert Credit Flavored Questions that are too stupid for the Dirtbag
• Topher Florence
• Tofurky
• Impossible Foods
• Be’f
• Repo Man (1984)
• Taylor Swift
• Mission: Impossible
• Tom Cruise
• Nintendo Entertainment System
• Balloon Fight
• Clu Clu Land
• Urban Champion
• Popeye
• Donkey Kong
• Mario Bros.
• Super Mario Bros.
• Yume Kōjō: Dokidoki Panic
• Super Mario Bros. 2
• Metroid
• The Legend of Zelda
• Kid Icarus
• Psycho Fox
• DEcapAttack
• Magical Hat no Buttobi Turbo! Daibōken
• Wonder Boy series
• Brave Fencer Musashi
• Threads of Fate
• Yu Suzuki
• After Burner
• Space Harrier
• OutRun
• Fire Emblem series
• Gunstar Heroes
• Chrono Trigger
• Dragon Quest series
• Final Fantasy series
• Pokémon series
• Final Fantasy VII
• Cliff Bleszinski
• LawBreakers
• Uncharted series
• Animal Crossing series
• Cyberpunk 2077
• Base Wars - Cyber Stadium Series
• Atari Jaguar
• Virtual Boy
• Wii U
• Deca Sports
• MLB The Show series
• Spider-Man 2
• Power Pros
• Super Mario series
• Mega Man series
• The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
• Sonic the Hedgehog series
• The Witness
• Jonathan Blow
• Elon Musk
• Elden Ring
• Joseph Conrad
• Vladimir Nabokov
• Minecraft
• Markus “Notch” Persson
• GameCube
• PlayStation 5
• HuCard
• PlayStation Vita
• Nintendo Switch
• Yes, Nintendo Switch cartridges taste terrible
• PC Engine
• John Woo
• Live, Die, Repeat: Edge of Tomorrow (2014)
• All You Need Is Kill
• Pokémon Center
• Call of Duty series
• Control
• Gears of War series
• Alan Wake II
• Pregnant Elsa Dies at Dentist
• Daigo Umehara
• Justin Wong
• Evo Moment 37
• Kazuma Kiryu
• Goro Majima
• SonicFox
• Battlefield series
• Cloud Strife
• Sephiroth
• Capcom
• SNK
• Marvel
• Monday Night Combat
• Apex Legends
• Football Manager
• Videoball
• Tokimeki Memorial
• Boku no Natsuyasumi
• Destiny
• Hyper Gunsport
• Looney Tunes licensees
• WarioWare series
• Bugs Bunny
• Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner
• Coyote vs. Acme
• The Day the Clown Cried
• Dave the Diver
• CTR: Crash Team Racing
• Mario Kart series
• Super Mario 64
• Bangai-O

Recommendations:

Tim: Check out some cheese, drink whole milk if you’re gonna drink milk,

Brandon: RoboDoc: The Creation of RoboCop

Jaffe: 52 Pickup

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