The panel reassembles once more to Game Now!, share the best soundtrack for walking your dog, and groan over a couple real Jaffeisms.

Questions this week:

1. Previously on Insert Credit 138: What is the best way to announce a video game release delay? (02:11)
2. Will the new PS Plus program be worthy of investment? (07:16)
3. What are the best player health management systems in video games? (13:28)
4. How important is background art to a video game? (19:43)
5. Custom Soundtrack: Half-Life 2 (26:53)
6. Anonymous asks: when was the last time Konami did anything interesting? (33:51)
7. What are the biggest missed opportunities for lawsuits in video game history? (39:59)
8. What’s something modern video game designers have forgotten how to do? (45:41)
9. Brandon Sheffield asks: What are some good action games that aren’t too hard? (51:31)

LIGHTNING ROUND: A Synthesthetic Experiment (01:01:58)

Go ahead and bark about this one in the forums!

A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:

• Sea Horse Hide’n Seek
• Coney Island
• The Great Gonzo in Word Rider
• Yakuza / Ryū ga Gotoku series
• The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild’s sequel is delayed to spring 2023
• Skullgirls
• Phantom Gear
• Sony revamps PlayStation Plus with new Extra and Premium tiers, merges with PlayStation Now
• Metal Gear series
• Halo: The Master Chief Collection
• Forza Motorsport 7
• Gran Turismo 7
• Biohazard / Resident Evil series
• Elden Ring
• Hollow Knight
• Gears of War series
• Deus Ex
• System Shock
• Sonic the Hedgehog series
• Kaze Kiri
• Tower Toppler
• Battletoads series
• Skyblazer
• Ys series
• Mickey Mania
• The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
• The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
• Uncharted series
• Tomb Raider (2013 Reboot) series
• The Offspring
• Crazy Taxi
• Half-Life 2
• Dragula
• Trent Reznor
• Quake
• Ministry
• Superman: The Movie soundtrack
• Skinny Puppy
• The Monster Mash
• Contra: Rogue Corps
• P.T.
• Castlevania: Grimoire of Souls
• Fantasian
• Watchmen
• BioShock
• Zeebo
• Myst
• Pyst
• “Weird Al” Yankovic
• Threes!
• Wordle
• Dragon Age: Origins
• Beethoven’s 2nd
• Eternal Sonata
• F.I.S.T.: Forged In Shadow Torch
• Gunstar Heroes
• Marvel Guardians of the Galaxy
• Kirby games
• Dragon Quest Heroes: Rocket Slime
• Assassin’s Creed series
• God of War
• Guardian Heroes
• Panzer Dragoon
• God Hand
• Wurm: Journey to the Center of the Earth
• The Legendary Axe
• Ghost of Tsushima

Recommendations:

Frank: Wurm: Journey to the Center of the Earth if you’re Brandon Sheffield, go pirate old games instead of buying them you fools

Brandon: 2002 (2001) if you like stuff that’s stupid

Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Tim Rogers and Brandon Sheffield. Edited by Esper Quinn. Original Music by Kurt Feldman.