Ep. 299 - Are You Out of Your Mind?

Fifty listener questions taking the form of “What is the ___ of video games?” are defeated by the full panel of the Insert Credit Show. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Tim Rogers, and Brandon Sheffield. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.
Questions this week:

Vanilla Bean asks: What is the Aphex Twin to Radiohead to Coldplay of video games? (07:32)
John H: What is the Studio Trigger of video games? (08:46)
Danimal: Who (or what) is the Wednesday Campanella of video games? (10:14)
Henry: What is the Action Comics #1 competition of video games? (11:42)
Tomarrow: What is the meat and potatoes of video games? (12:49)
Kiko b: What is the peanut butter and jelly on white bread of video games? (13:42)
Ian: what’s the everything bagel of video games? (14:52)
Gaagaagiins: What is the 2 in 1 shampoo and conditioner of video games? (15:37)
Chris B: What is the “walking by a store on a hot day that has the front doors wide open with the AC blasting and you catch a sudden blast of freezing air” of video games? (16:52)
Justin: What’s the “Live Free or Die Hard” of video games? (18:24)
BrillPickle asks: What’s the Normcore of video games? (20:10)
BrillPickle asks: What’s the healthgoth of video games? (21:09)
Spencer: what is the “going to the movies but spending the whole time on your phone” of video games? (22:08)
Cwumble Fletkh: Who is the Oedipus of video games? (23:08)
Fighting fudon: What is the “I’ve had too much coffee and now I feel like death” of video games? (23:58)
JackOakLeaf: What is the Marlon Brando as Don Corleone in The Godfather of video games? (25:24)
Jimi: Who are the Jerry, Elaine, George, and Kramer of video game characters? (26:21)
Jomch: What is the Frasier of videogames? (26:39)
Dillson: What is the Hatsune Miku Guitar Synthesizer Stompbox of video games? (28:00)
kory: What is the Jaws 19 from Back to the Future Part II of video games? (28:34)
Anonymous: What is the finding an onion ring in your fries of video games? (29:12)
Classic Anonymous: What is the Understanding Comics by Scott McCloud of video games? (31:22)
U G: What is the Mark Z Danielewski’s House of Leaves of video games? (32:29)
Shlooter McGavin: What is the “reading a magazine back to front” of video games? (33:26)
gordon “matty” freeman: What is the “vinyl just sounds better, dude” of video games? (34:31)
Insert Credit Quick Break: Patreon listeners, please check your info because Patreon screwed up (34:57)
Maybesheforgot: What is the O Brother Where Art Thou of video games? (35:37)
Jeff Mangum: Who or what is the Neutral Milk Hotel of video games? (36:43)
Skeletoncounter: What is the Wes Craven’s New Nightmare of video games? (38:16)
Gaagaagiins asks: What is the comparison between the theatrical and extended cuts of the Lord of the Rings trilogy? (40:52)
LeFish: What is the finding out Santa isn’t real of video games? (42:42)
Anonymous: What is the going back in time to kill baby Hitler of video games? (44:09)
Charlie: Who, or what game, is the first Mark Twain of video games? (45:28)
Arvid: What’s the “built like a brick outhouse” of video games? (46:05)
Buy Gebord: What is the Society of the Spectacle of video games? (47:20)
Marxseny: What is the “It’s not a phase, mom” of video games? (48:19)
Barclay: What is The Illuminatus! Trilogy of video games? (49:20)
Crumbling Kwelfis: who is the jean-luc godard of video games? (50:29)
Dustin: What is the high school reunion of video games? (51:31)
Cole: What is the Nissan Sileighty of video games? (52:43)
La_cuna: What or who is the Ricky Jay of video games? (53:35)
Kyle: What is the Mission Impossible of video games? (55:32)
Torbjorn: Who is the Søren Kierkegaard of video games? (56:42)
Antho: What’s the Canadian tuxedo of video games? (57:40)
ana: What is the cinéma-vérité of video games? (59:06)
Snowtire: what is the Star Citizen of video games? (01:00:08)
Smander Jettz: Who is the Ezra Miller of video games? (01:01:03)
Brayden Bunker: What is the aeropress of video games? (01:02:53)
Samf Sankey: who is the Jim Varney of video games? (01:05:47)
Swift Justice: What is the BABYMETAL of video games? (01:07:03)
nate: what is the 4’33 of video games? (01:09:06)

Recommendations and Outro (01:09:27)
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A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:


Super Mario series


Super Mario Bros - Star


The Stars and Stripes Forever


Turkey in the Straw


What’s The Buzz


Koji Kondo


Django Reinhardt


Limehouse Blues


The Entertainer (rag)


1812 Overture


La Marseillaise


Happy Birthday to You


Aphex Twin


Radiohead


Coldplay


Bayonetta


Devil May Cry series


Ninja Gaiden series


Final Fantasy XVI


Dragon’s Dogma


Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories


SNL “Dear Sister” Parody


Studio Trigger


WayForward


Gainax


Wednesday Campanella


Castlevania series


Final Fantasy XIV Online


Bonk’s Revenge


Action Comics 1


StarTropics


EarthBound


Call of Duty series


Angry Birds


Destiny


Yakuza / Ryū ga Gotoku series


Sonic Mania


Days Gone


Assassin’s Creed series


Resident Evil series


Raw Danger!


Die Hard (film series)


Normcore


Roblox


Health Goth


Bullet Witch


P.N.03


Rez


Indiana Jones


Oedipus


David Cage


Men in Black (1997)


MadWorld


JSRF: Jet Set Radio Future


Shenmue


Skies of Arcadia


Marlon Brando


The Godfather (1972)


God of War


Seinfeld


Frasier


Cheers


Virtua Fighter


Banjo-Kazooie


Diddy Kong Racing


Donkey Kong Country


Liquid Television


MIKU STOMP


Undertale


Groove Coaster series


Back to the Future Part II (1989)


PlayStation 9


Halo: Combat Evolved


Understanding Comics


A Grammar of Gameplay


House of Leaves


What Remains of Edith Finch


Doki Doki Literature Club!


Yesterday’s Enterprise


Christopher McDonald


Tasha Yar


Grand Theft Auto series


O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)


Raising Arizona (1987)


Brütal Legend


Guitar Hero


Neutral Milk Hotel


Final Fantasy IX


Wes Craven’s New Nightmare (1994)


Bubsy series


Broken Age


Monkey Island series


Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)


Fable series


Blaster Master series


A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)


Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night


Lord of the rings extended edition


Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 FES


Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 - Portable


Santa Claus


Tool-assisted speedrun


Castle Wolfenstein series


FarmVille


Cyberpunk 2077


Mark Twain


Octopath Traveler


The Society of the Spectacle


The Righteous Gemstones


Succession


The Illuminatus! Trilogy


Xenogears / Xenosaga universe


Jean-Luc Godard


Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone (1983)


Game Freak


François Truffaut


Super Smash Brothers series


F-Zero


Nissan 180SX


Initial D


Ridge Racer 6


Ricky Jay


Mission: Impossible


Mission: Impossible


Søren Kierkegaard


Michael Brough


Cinéma vérité


The Stanley Parable


Among Us


Star Citizen


Star Ocean


Baldur’s Gate III


Ezra Miller


Reginald VelJohnson


Family Matters


AeroPress


Aero the Acro-Bat


Mulholland Drive (2001)


Jim Varney


Ernest P. Worrell


Paul Reubens


Nintendogs


Babymetal


BioShock


4′33″


What’s Inside the Box?


Super Mario Clouds


Recommendations:
Frank: Listen to episode 300
Tim: Ricky Jay and His 52 Assistants
Brandon: Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films (2014), Trader Joes Rice Cracker Medley
Jaffe: Sandman Mystery Theatre
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