Twenty years of insertcredit.com, as remembered by past and present contributors. Featuring Vincent Diamante, Chris Woodard, Azurelore Korrigan, Patrick Miller, and more.
Questions this week:
- What do you remember about the GP32, and how does obscure hardware fit in Insert Credit’s taste? (07:20)
- What are the best video game comeback stories? (11:42)
- If Insert Credit could secure the film rights to any video game, what would it be? (16:09)
- What gets changed when porting a video game? (19:19)
- What Insert Credit-type games influence Vincent’s music composition? (23:06)
- What is Tose up to now, and what other important game companies don’t we know about? (31:51)
- Insert Credit declared the death of print video game media on April 16th, 2008. Is that about right? (36:38)
- In 2009, there was some pontification on Insert Credit on what constituted “good” or “bad” video game journalism. Where do you stand on that now? (41:03)
- What are some of the most striking video game convention displays you’ve seen? (44:43)
- How did the cottage industry of new games for old consoles happen, and which ones are worth discussing? (49:50)
- How did the forums and community shape Insert Credit’s identity? (59:03)
- How can one still find obscurity on the internet? (01:09:03)
- What are the biggest differences between video game culture in 2004-2006 and now? (01:14:00)
- After all these years, how would you define your relationship to video games? (01:20:35)
- What the hell is wrong with video games? (01:24:54)
- How has Insert Credit changed since the start of the podcast? (01:44:53)
- How did you all go from writing about to developing and preserving video games? (01:49:24)
- Are video game blogs dead? (02:00:09)
- What are the best things to come out of Insert Credit? (02:04:40)
- Finish this sentence: Insert Credit is the _____ of video games. (02:09:15)
Discuss these questions and obscure video game hardware in the Insert Credit forum thread for this episode.
A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:
- Lost Levels
- Vincent Diamante
- thatgamecompany
- Skullgirls
- GP32
- Arcturus: The Curse and Loss of Divinity
- Astonishia Story
- White Day: A Labrynth Named School
- Corum III: Chaotic Magic
- Gamasutra
- Punch-Out!! (Wii)
- NieR
- Puyo Puyo
- Windjammers
- Wonder Boy
- Hajime no Ippo
- Asuka 120%
- Clue (1985)
- SoundTeMP
- Sky by thatgamecompany featuring music by Vincent Diamante
- Kingdom Hearts 100% ending featuring Insert Credit watermark
- Tose Co. Ltd.
- Interview: Tose: Game Development Ninjas by Brandon Sheffield
- Game Developer Research Institute
- Jason Schreier
- Gizmondo
- Phantom
- ApeXtreme
- N-Gage
- Colors
- Intellivision Amico
- Star Odyssey
- SGDK
- Super Fighter Team
- Piko Interactive
- Stone Protectors
- MadMan’s Cafe
- Peter Molyneux
- The GIA
- Insert Credit Show Episode 13 - Shave and a Haircut, with Justin McElroy
- Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance
- Iron Man
- Captain America: Super Soldier
- Shoryuken Forums
- The Molydeux Game Jam
- Lost Media Wiki
- Barnyard Blast: Swine of the Night
- Edge Magazine
- Flower
- The Last Blade 2
- Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex for PS2
- Drag-On Dragoon
- cavia inc.
Edited by Esper Quinn. Original Music by Kurt Feldman.