Your benevolent Insert Credit panel covers Palworld, video game mysteries, and the birth of a new speedrunning category, the 50% run. 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. Frank asks: What is the proper nomenclature for the Snatcherlike video game? (13:09)
  2. Is Palworld satire? (20:28)
  3. Invent a new speedrunning category (28:40)
  4. Stephanie asks: What’s a video game unsolved mystery or urban legend want solved or confirmed? (39:35)
  5. Which individual video game enemy has killed the greatest number of players globally? (46:47)
  6. If you could swap any two video game sound effects between games, which ones would they be? (52:03)
  7. Who is the Batman of video games? (56:09)

LIGHTNING ROUND: GameFAQ&As: Sim City 2000 (01:04:37)

Recommendations and Outro (01:17:18)

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A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:

Recommendations:

Brandon: Kantors Office Furniture if you want to try out office furniture in the Bay Area, use your treat dust to make new dog treats, Sailor Suit and Machine Gun (1981)

Jaffe: 52 Pickup

Brandon’s “Daddy’s Dusters” Dog Treat Recipe:

  • 1 cup flour
  • 1 egg
  • 1/2 cup wet ingredient (pumpkin, yogurt, etc)
  • 1/6th cup peanut butter
  • Treat dust

Mix ingredients “all up,” distribute on cookie sheet, bake at “lower medium” heat for 30 minutes “depending on how your oven works”

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