Ep. 249 - Space Jerks on Monkey Island

The Insert Credit Show

Our beloved panel of experts discusses podcasts on Stadia, Chimp Chent, and Breath of the Gliald.

Questions this week:

1. From Ash Parrish: If a game development studio was run like a busy kitchen, what would employees shout while running around? (01:18)
2. How do developers make money from subscription services like GamePass? (06:12)
3. Which former game development collaborators would you most like to see team up again? (10:52)
4. What are the false impressions we get about war from war video games? (17:57)
5. What’s the plot of Super Monkey Ball? (22:36)
6. Gaagaagiins asks: Rank the following – dash, roll, slide, glide, hover, fly and jump. (27:22)
7. How do you get past video game burnout? (37:11)

LIGHTNING ROUND: Name a new Guilty Gear character (41:25)

Recommendations and Outro (44:03)

Legally, the government can’t stop you from discussing this episode in the forums!

A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:

• Giant Bomb
• The Bear
• Capriotti’s Sandwich Shop
• Hot Comics for Cool People by Brandon Sheffield and Dami Lee
• Yakuza / Ryū ga Gotoku series
• Stadia
• Sonic Team
• Balan Wonderworld
• SNK Corporation
• Silent Hill 2
• Unity Signs New Deal To Help U.S. Army, Government
• Metal Gear Ac!d
• NeverDead
• Thimbleweed Park
• Monkey Island series
• Bonk series
• Final Fantasy series
• Dragon Warrior / Dragon Quest series
• Landstalker
• Shining Force
• Yo-kai Watch series
• The Adventures of Batman & Robin
• Darius series
• Call of Duty series
• Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
• America’s Army series
• Super Monkey Ball series
• Super Mario series
• Legend of Zelda series
• Kirby games
• Rocket Knight Adventures
• Dark Souls series
• Virtua Fighter series
• Battle Arena Toshinden series
• Another World
• Genital Jousting
• Demon’s Crest
• Castlevania / Akumajō Dracula series
• Celeste
• Burnout series
• Astro’s Playroom
• Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart

Recommendations:

Tim: Don’t go outside if you live in New York

Brandon: The Cannibal Man (1972), you can eat squash leaves and stems, research the correct order to watch The Prisoner

Frank: New Beavis and Butt-Head series is pretty good

Jaffe: The Sandman

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