The Insert Credit Show

No Lightning Round Because Frank Doesn't Feel Like It. Questions this week: With the original Wii, Nintendo got the family together in the living room. How does Nintendo get the whole family into the bathroom? Brandon Boyer announced a conference called "Horizon" to highlight beautiful games. What alternative conference will we need in 2 years once it becomes as big as E3? Google. IO has new featu...

Insert Credit is a class of characters with character classes. Questions this week: With the release of the new GTAV trailers, let's talk about what games feature the abilities to switch on-the-fly between playable characters. The new Xbox is rumored to feature linked achievements that can be rewarded across several titles. How do you foresee this being utilized? Disney gave EA exclusive rights to...

Higher number of trucks than your average show. Questions this week: What game would you most like to play exclusively while getting your hair cut? What video game adaptation of a film being released this summer would you most like to work on? What would be the ideal premise for a video game set in Oakland, California? Which game studio has the healthiest social conscience? What would we end up wi...

Suplexing the Biggest Willy and Getting the Most Dew Done. Questions this week: Extoll the virtues of vehicle-based deathmatch multiplayer. Name a few categories you would add to the Guinness Book of World Records: Gamer's Edition In Final Fantasy VI, Sabin is famously capable of suplexing a train. Enumerate some of the greatest feats of human strength in game characters. If not a game developer,...

Questions this week: Which developer would you like to see get their hands on Star Wars video games? What's the difference between a fun video game and an entertaining one? Which number game in a series is usually the best one? How would you fix Dynasty Warriors? Design a video game that you can safely play while driving. Can you guys talk about the Wii, now that it's at the end of its life cycle?...

Insert Credit talks about games with guest Patrick Miller. Questions this week: What is the no-fly underwear of video games? What are the implications of Microsoft going to the Always Online business model? Each of you gets a song in a Parappa the Rapper video game. What is it about? EA was recently voted the worst company in America. Is it even the worst video game company in America? Which video...

Questions this week: What are the highlights of GDC that aren't covered by mainstream game media? Who would you like to hear in David Hayter's place to play Solid Snake in Metal Gear Solid V? What are the worst things you can do when remaking a classic video game? Try to make it on TV by writing a video game themed spec script of a currently airing TV show. IMPROV ZONE: GameStop manager interviewi...

Insert Credit talks about games with guest Mike Mika Questions this week: What's the best fishing minigame? Which FEMALE video game characters make the best role models? Other than Donkey Kong, what games feature the best single screen level design? How does one enter the world of rom hacking? How would you adapt the works of HG Wells into video games? What would be GOD HAND's equivalent to Final...

Questions this week: What do you expect for Drakengard 3? (01:10) Do the benefits of EA's Always Online model outweigh the risks? (07:35) In many games, after you defeat an enemy, it disappears. Where does it go? (13:55) If you could eliminate one common lazy game critique from reviewers at large, what would it be? (20:10) Who would win in an actual fight among the Super Smash Bros. cast? (26:45)...

Questions this week: Do you forgive games for being wacky because they're video games? What video game music would you put in a wedding playlist? Who's the best narrator in a video game? What is the mark of a video game that lends itself best to fanfiction? What video game ad campaign do you personally find the most offensive? What's the best level in a Mario game? Who would win in a fight: Raiden...

Guest Host Frank Cifaldi. Regular members Tim Rogers, and Brandon Sheffield (also Jaffe in the end). Questions this week: Design a game to save the Atari Jaguar. Which video game features the best item shop? What needs to happen for game quality to start correlating directly with game sales? If you could get away with stealing one hardly noticeable animation from a game of your choice, what would...

Just finished watching the PS4 press conference? We can tell you what to think of it! Questions this week: Which Sony executives were the coolest, and which were the creepiest? What does one wear to a video game press conference? How many polygons are in a soul? Why would anyone ever use any of these PS4 social features? Do people still care about controller rumble? Is the PS4 truly "by game creat...

3D printing peripherals, Final Boss analysis, and Jerry Lewis analogies await you in this episode. Questions this week: What was the most painful hour of a video game you've ever played? (02:49) PK MOMS: Design an educational game for 5th graders that teaches them not to be assholes on the internet. (09:03) Is game criticism becoming more daring? (15:33) How would you run your video game conventio...

Avast! Romantic subplots, machinima, and fantasy character classes off the port bow! Questions this week: FRANK: What are the categories for the Insert Credit Awards? (01:11) RONALD WU: What is the best love story or subplot in a video game? (07:46) If American football is the best designed professional sport, what is the most poorly designed professional sport? (14:16) If you were to make a machi...

Crossovers! Halo skulls! The definition of genre! All and more are discussed on this week's episode of the Insert Credit Show! Questions this week: FRANK: What would it take for you to buy a new console? (01:50) How do video games affect people worse than guns? (09:39) Where is the synergy between Shin Megami Tensei and Fire Emblem? (16:19) Who is the Ozzy Osbourne of video games? (23:03) IMPROV Z...

This week on the Insert Credit Show, I come one step closer to realizing my destiny as the Drew Carey of Video Games. Join us on our bold attempt to add story to our show’s gameplay as we tackle the following topics. Questions this week: Deleting one video game from your memory (02:08) A Club Nintendo Makeover (10:45) Ralph Nader vs. Video Games (17:18) The deal with Team Fortress 2 and hats (23:4...

Kotaku Features editor Kirk Hamilton joins us to talk about the definition of a power-up, video game hairstyles for your girlfriend, and why Capcom hates Mega Man. Questions this week: BioWare’s Gay Planet (02:50) Super Mario World as a Modding Community Playground (09:38) Electronic Arts president John Riccitiello vs. United States vice president Joe Biden (15:56) Modern pop artists in game music...

The insert credit crew eulogizes the Sony PlayStation 2 Computer Entertainment system. Also my dad interrupts. Questions this week: TIM: Which PlayStation 2 games did you first get? (01:39) Other than the obvious increase in hardware capability, how did the PS2 era compare to the PS1? (08:20) If you were 10 years younger, would you have bought a PS2 over the GameCube, Xbox, and Dreamcast? (14:36)...

The first installment of an annual series wherein we determine, at least for this year, what may be empirically be considered the Best Game of All Time. Final List : Super Mario Bros. 3 (NES) Chrono Trigger (SNES) Tetris (Various) OutRun 2 (Arcade) Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike (Arcade) EarthBound (SNES) Mother 3 (GBA) God Hand (PS2) The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening (GB) The Secret of Monkey...

Frank looks back on the defining moment of 2012, Tim tells us about things he would rather eat than play video games, and Brandon is there too. Questions this week: What's your favorite snow level in a video game? (00:55) What was the most memorable moment in video games this year? (07:43) What was the greatest disappointment in video games this year? (14:01) Who won 2012? (20:19) Who was Video Ga...

Jordan, Jesse GO! cohost Jordan Morris joins us to talk about Chun-Li, side question, and Adrien Brody. Questions this week: Video games of Christmas Past (02:27) Fighting games as an Olympic event (09:14) Comedy in Japanese games vs. comedy in American games (15:39) Adrien Brody’s Predators: The Official Game of the Movie (22:06) Santa Games (27:05) What defines a good side quest (33:16) Chun-Li...

We asked you for your nominations for the Game of the Year. Now let us tell you why those are all terrible. The List: XCOM: Enemy Unknown Journey The Walking Dead Dishonored Max Payne 3 Tokyo Jungle Far Cry 3 Borderlands 2 Halo 4 Hotline Miami Fire Emblem Awakening Guild Wars 2 Dragon Quest X Gunlord Faster Than Light Mass Effect 3 Tales of Graces ƒ Clash of Clans Edited by Andrew Toups . Music: “...

Another live show means discussion abounds regarding the new SimCity, the Spike VGAs, and the most pretentious video game ever made. Questions this week: Q*Bert , narrated (02:06) Anatomy of a Fake Gamer (05:35) What video games feature the most interesting internal economy? (11:27) What would you like to be able to do in the new SimCity? (17:54) What categories would you add to the Spike TV Game...

The Four Guys get together to livestream some real talk about fighting game spinoffs, rail shooters, and the Mayan apocalypse. Questions this week: Brandon’s homework assignment. Which RPG puzzles have you particularly actually enjoyed? (01:20) Why don't fighting game spin-offs work out? (06:00) What are the best ways to implement your phone's GPS into a mobile game? (12:23) Is there any good reas...

Tim, Frank, Brandon and Patrick Miller discuss Skyrim with guns, Tim Schafer's fanbase, and the Fender Stratocaster. Questions this week: What is your favorite game where mistakes are as important as what you do on purpose? (01:50) What will the hallmarks be of the Wii U console generation? (08:07) What games would be better with guns in them? (14:38) How would you design a Capcom franchise restau...