The Insert Credit panel you know and love discuss developments in game journalism, gacha games about girls who are horses, and what happens when you put Coke Zero in espresso. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Ash Parrish, and Brandon Sheffield. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.
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SHOW NOTES:
1: Ash, you used to write for Kotaku, right? (03:29)
2: Ash, what’s your read on this whole G/O Media selling Kotaku to Gizmodo’s parent company? (03:36)
- G/O Media sells Kotaku and says it’s “winding down”
- Gizmodo
- Jim Spanfeller
- io9
- The Root
- What Is an io9?
- The Verge
- Polygon
- Iodine
- SegaSammy merger
- SquareEnix merger
- Dragon Quest series
- Hi-Fi Rush
- Tango Gameworks
- Krafton slams ex-Subnautica 2 execs — who now say they’re suing
3: When is it cool that a video game changes the rules on you, and when is it annoying? (08:55)
4: What non-video game piece of media do you think has inspired the most video games? (13:20)
- Star Wars
- The Lord of the Rings
- Dune
- Sailor Moon
- Gambling
- Magical girl
- Dungeons & Dragons
- Zoobooks
- Sonic the Hedgehog
- Bill Clinton
- Arsenio Hall
- Cedric the Entertainer
- Knuckles the Echidna
- Michael Jackson
- How Sonic The Hedgehog Was Directly Inspired By Bill Clinton and Michael Jackson
- Miles “Tails” Prower
- A.C. Slater
- Screech Powers
- Blade Runner (1982)
- Phantasy Star
- Final Fantasy VI
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