The Insert Credit Show· Folge 442

Ep. 442 - Even More Questions Too Stupid for the Dirtbag, with Esper Quinn

Montag, 25. Mai 2026 · 1 h 24

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Editor and media critic Esper Quinn (ourbroadcastday.com) joins Ash and Brandon in answering more questions from the insert credit forum (forums.insertcredit.com).

Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Ash Parrish, Brandon Sheffield, and Esper Quinn. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.

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SHOW NOTES:

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For All Mankind (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/For_All_Mankind_(TV_series))

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“Ryu ga gotoku the polls” (bsky.app/profile/brandon.insertcredit.com/post…)

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forums.insertcredit.com

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Insert Credit Flavored Questions that are too stupid for the Dirtbag (forums.insertcredit.com/t/insert-credit-flavor…)

1: marurun asks, who is the most pointlessly bland fighting game character? Moreso than “guy in a karate gi”. (forums.insertcredit.com/t/insert-credit-flavor…) ()

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Divekick (mobygames.com/game/62511/divekick)

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Goiken Muyou: Anarchy in the Nippon (mobygames.com/game/69907/goiken-muyou-anarchy-…)

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Fighting Vipers (mobygames.com/game/12693/fighting-vipers)

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Comix Zone (mobygames.com/game/3300/comix-zone)

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Streets of Rage series (mobygames.com/group/1882/streets-of-rage-bare-…)

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Super Smash Bros. series (mobygames.com/group/508/super-smash-bros-series)

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Fire Emblem series (mobygames.com/group/2195/fire-emblem-series)

2: ana asks, what’s the most common hidden gem? (forums.insertcredit.com/t/insert-credit-flavor…) ()

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zelda.fandom.com/wiki/Rupee

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Celeste (mobygames.com/game/101142/celeste)

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Cult of the Lamb (mobygames.com/game/188798/cult-of-the-lamb)

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Deltarune (mobygames.com/game/243136/deltarune)

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NiGHTS into Dreams… (mobygames.com/game/7437/nights-into-dreams)

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Radiant Silvergun (mobygames.com/game/17870/radiant-silvergun)

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Panzer Dragoon (mobygames.com/game/2897/panzer-dragoon)

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Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask (mobygames.com/game/3550/the-legend-of-zelda-ma…)

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Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks (mobygames.com/game/44059/the-legend-of-zelda-s…)

3: yeso asks, has anyone ever cried at one of the Leisure Suit Larry death scenes? (forums.insertcredit.com/t/insert-credit-flavor…) ()

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Leisure Suit Larry series (mobygames.com/group/6/leisure-suit-larry-series)

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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omegaverse

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Ron Jeremy (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Jeremy)

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Pamela Anderson (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pamela_Anderson)

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Carmen Elektra (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmen_Electra)

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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxim_(magazine)

4: SteveWithaB asks, is it time to retire the term “gamer”? (forums.insertcredit.com/t/insert-credit-flavor…) ()

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Call of Duty series (mobygames.com/group/2640/call-of-duty-universe)

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Halo series (mobygames.com/group/2782/halo-series)

5: Tradegood asks, if Xbox is Mountain Dew and Doritos, and Nintendo is Coca-Cola and Pringles, what is Sony? (forums.insertcredit.com/t/insert-credit-flavor…) ()

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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xbox

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Mountain Dew (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain_Dew)

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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doritos

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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo

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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coca-Cola

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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pringles

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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony

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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepsi

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Lay’s (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lay%27s)

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Black & Mild (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_%26_Mild)

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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blunt_(cannabis)

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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bong

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Candy cigarette (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candy_cigarette)

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Dr Pepper (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr_Pepper)

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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sega

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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_Jaguar

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RC Cola (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RC_Cola)

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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konami

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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amiga

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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dreamcast

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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramune

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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamburger

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French fries (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_fries)

6: Death_Strandicoot asks, who should be the first recipient of the Nobel Prize for Video Games? (forums.insertcredit.com/t/insert-credit-flavor…) ()

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The Hague (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hague)

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Geoff Keighley (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoff_Keighley)

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David Cage (kotaku.com/detroit-dev-quantic-dreams-wins-law…)

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Shigeru Miyamoto (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shigeru_Miyamoto)

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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario

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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pac-Man_(character)

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Pong (mobygames.com/game/64135/pong)

7: Mnemogenic asks, how would you adapt a 10 yen game into a big budget AAA video game? (forums.insertcredit.com/t/insert-credit-flavor…) ()

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10 yen coin (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/10_yen_coin)

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Call of Ponchy : Mahjong Warfare (store.steampowered.com/app/3431340/Call_of_Pon…)

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Frogger (mobygames.com/game/1540/frogger)

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Dragon Quest (mobygames.com/game/9223/dragon-warrior)

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Web3 (web3isgoinggreat.com)

8: Taliesin_Merlin asks, design an Amy Rose video game based on one of the following novel premises. (forums.insertcredit.com/t/insert-credit-flavor…) ()

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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Girl_with_the_Dragon…)

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I, Robot (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I,_Robot)

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The Name of the Rose (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Name_of_the_Rose)

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I, Claudius (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I,_Claudius_(TV_series))

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I, Tonya (2017) (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I,_Tonya)

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The Name of the Rose (1986) (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Name_of_the_Rose_(film))

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The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog (mobygames.com/game/201220/the-murder-of-sonic-…)

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Sonic and the Black Knight (mobygames.com/game/48787/sonic-and-the-black-k…)

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Lollipop Chainsaw (mobygames.com/game/56374/lollipop-chainsaw)

9: Tom asks, what are the seven basic game genres? (forums.insertcredit.com/t/insert-credit-flavor…) ()

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The Seven Basic Plots (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Seven_Basic_Plots)

10: mtvcribs asks, what happened to thong-era final fantasy (forums.insertcredit.com/t/insert-credit-flavor…) ()

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Final Fantasy X-2 (mobygames.com/game/8706/final-fantasy-x-2)

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Final Fantasy XIII (mobygames.com/game/43866/final-fantasy-xiii)

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Tetsuya Nomura (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetsuya_Nomura)

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Final Fantasy XV (mobygames.com/game/82135/final-fantasy-xv)

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Cindy Aurum (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cindy_Aurum)

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Final Fantasy XIV Online (mobygames.com/game/48497/final-fantasy-xiv-onl…)

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Final Fantasy XVI (mobygames.com/game/204724/final-fantasy-xvi)

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Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin …

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