Ep. 393 - Sephiroth Bader Ginsburg

The Insert Credit Show

A historian, a journalist, and a developer answer a host’s questions regarding the Sony State of Play, various consistencies of pie, and video game drag names. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Ash Parrish, Brandon Sheffield. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.

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SHOW NOTES:

• “Gold Saucer? Take that shit and throw it straight in the trash!”
• Video Game History Foundation
• Nintendo DS
• TurboGrafx-16
• This Is Why You’re Prone to Crying on Airplanes

1: Do we have any thoughts on the Sony State of Play yesterday? (06:02)

• Sony June 4 State of Play
• We’re Dumping 125 Mystery Prototype ROMs!
• E3
• Al Yang
• Silent Hill f
• Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
• Summer Games Fest
• Xbox Games Showcase 2025
• Copilot AI
• Bill Gates
• Joel McHale
• Seth Green

2: Does anyone have any stories about pie? (12:00)

• “A Week in the Life of a Demonschool Student” trailer
• Ash’s Xbox green outfit
• Gamegate (harrassment campaign)
• House of Pies
• Bubba Gump Shrimp Company
• Game Changer
• Kris Graft
• Katatonia

3: What is the best video game you know you’ll never play? (18:40)

• Deltarune
• Undertale
• Fortnite
• FromSoftware
• Bloodborne
• Echo Night
• Demon’s Souls
• Elden Ring
• Soul Blazer
• Tetris Effect
• Lumines Arise
• PlayStation Portable
• Chrono Trigger
• Baldur’s Gate III
• Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike
• Capcom vs. SNK 2: Mark of the Millennium
• Patrick Miller

4: Happy pride! Let’s come up with some video game themed drag names (24:04)

• Master Chief
• Point and Click Adventure
• Final Fantasy series
• Sephiroth
• Ruth Bader Ginsburg
• Street Fighter series
• Ken Masters
• M. Bison
• Blanka
• Sonic the Hedgehog series
• Knuckles the Echidna
• Amy Rose
• Cream the Rabbit
• SNK
• Karnov’s Revenge
• Terry Bogard
• Dizzy the Egg
• Geese Howard
• Dizzy
• Guilty Gear series
• Mortal Kombat series
• Sonya Blade
• Johnny Cage
• Kung Lao

5: James asks, I had a dream where Alex Jaffe told me “You can’t say that, there’s only one pun that’s allowed at insert credit summer camp.” What’s that pun? Also, what’s insert credit summer camp like? (29:26)

• Insert Credit Patreon Gacha Machine
• Noob Saibot
• Mr. Driller
• Playdate
• Tilden Park Little Farm
• Tom Braider
• Rain Jerks
• Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 2
• September 11 attacks
• Mega Man Battle Network

6: What’s the most work you’ve put into a video game related project that never really went anywhere? (37:39)

• Square Enix
• Nintendo Entertainment System
• GDC
• Harvey Weinstein
• Dr. Disrespect

7: What is the Bride of Frankenstein of video games? (45:07)

• The Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
• Ms. Pac-Man
• Bayonetta series
• Devil May Cry series
• Mass Effect 3 ending controversy
• Guile
• Marge Simpson

LIGHTNING ROUND: GameFAQ&As - The Sims 4 (48:30)

Recommendations and Outro (53:47):

• Brandon: Dr. Bronner makes chocolate now, The Singing Thief (1969), Whorepion
• Frank: Don’t piss your pants, open the door instead
• Ash: D’Hora, Liu Sang, Ho’ Rai Cho, Ho’tal Khan, Jackoffson Briggs, Chronica
• Jaffe: Sign up for Patreon to receive your gacha pull!

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