<p>Podcaster and Summer Games Fest host <a href="https://lookingfor.game/">Lucy James</a> joins the panel to cover Hideo Kojima’s AI use, playing as a cat in games, and GamemasterAnthony’s pride parade.</p> <p>Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Ash Parrish, Brandon Sheffield, and Lucy James. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.</p> <p>Watch episodes with full video on YouTube</p> <p>Discuss this episode in the Insert Credit Forums</p> <p><strong>SHOW NOTES:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Lasik</li> <li>Body Worlds</li> <li>“Whoever reads this, please enter my grave. I will let you have my stretching, shrinking keepsake.”</li> <li>Star Trek</li> <li>Heathcliff)</li> <li>Ricky Henderson</li> <li>NBA Jam</li> <li>Space Jam (1996)</li> <li>Yosemite Sam</li> <li>Foghorn Leghorn</li> <li>The Unauthorized Bash Brothers Experience</li> <li>Mark McGwire</li> <li>Jose Conseco</li> </ul> <p><strong>1</strong>: What’s the most ludicrous video game press release you’ve ever seen? (05:28)</p> <ul> <li>Lucy James: this is the worst email I have ever received</li> <li>Fing-Longer</li> <li>Pornhub</li> <li>Overwatch</li> <li>EarthBound</li> <li>World of Tanks</li> </ul> <p><strong>2</strong>: How is AI viewed in Japanese development? (11:27)</p> <ul> <li>Hideo Kojima’s AI Prada video prompts outcry from gamers</li> </ul> <p><strong>3</strong>: What’s your favorite thing to be in a video game? (14:25)</p> <ul> <li>The Aristocats - Ev’rybody Wants To Be a Cat</li> <li>Stray</li> <li>Little Kitty, Big City</li> <li>Tenchu series</li> <li>LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight</li> <li>Catwoman</li> <li>Traveller’s Tales</li> <li>Sonic R</li> <li>Veep</li> <li>Batman</li> <li>Tinykin</li> <li>World of WarCraft</li> <li>Troll (WarCraft race)</li> <li>Tachikoma</li> <li>KITT</li> <li>Cars (2006))</li> <li>Disney·Pixar Cars</li> </ul> <p><strong>4</strong>: How would you explain Minecraft to Zohran Mamdani? (20:41)</p> <ul> <li>Zohran Mamdani</li> <li>Minecraft</li> <li>Boris Johnson</li> <li>Sadiq Khan</li> <li>Meijer</li> <li>A Minecraft Movie (2025)</li> <li>Jack Black</li> <li>Bubsy)</li> <li>The video of a zombie in a mine cart (thanks to Sandwich Jones for finding this for me)</li> <li>Demonschool</li> <li>Pathologic 2</li> <li>Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures</li> <li>Marvel Spider-Man</li> <li>Cities: Skylines</li> <li>Tropico</li> <li>Sid Meier’s Civilization series</li> <li>Disco Elysium</li> <li>Tim Walz</li> <li>Crazy Taxi</li> </ul> <p><strong>5</strong>: Catherine asks, which video game characters would you expect to show up at Pride? (28:10)</p> <ul> <li>GamemasterAnthony</li> <li>Kratos)</li> <li>David Jaffe</li> <li>Giannis Antetokounmpo</li> <li>God of War (2018)</li> <li>Loki</li> <li>Freyja</li> <li>Baldr</li> <li>Bayonetta)</li> <li>Leon S. Kennedy</li> <li>Liza Minnelli</li> <li>Lisa Vanderpump</li> <li>Princess Peach</li> <li>Princess Daisy</li> <li>Waluigi</li> <li>Char Aznable</li> <li>Chris Redfield</li> <li>Sylvando</li> <li>Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age</li> <li>Final Fantasy XV</li> <li>Noctis Lucis Caelum</li> </ul> <p><strong>6</strong>: What lines from or aspects of video games have permeated your real life? (34:39)</p> <ul> <li>Portal</li> <li>The Sims</li> <li>Shenmue</li> <li>Ryo Hazuki</li> <li>Dragon Age series</li> <li>Chant of Light</li> <li>Klingon</li> <li>Disaster Report</li> <li>Deltarune</li> <li>Super Mario series</li> <li>The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023)</li> <li>Audio Atrocities</li> <li>Dishonored</li> <li>Fable</li> <li>Batman: Arkham series</li> <li>Bruce Timm</li> <li>Paul Dini</li> <li>Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor</li> <li>Resident Evil: Village</li> <li>Resident Evil 4</li> </ul> <p><strong>7</strong>: What is The Mandalorian and Grogu (2026) of video games? (43:43)</p> <ul> <li>The Mandalorian and Grogu (2026)</li> <li>The Mandalorian</li> <li>Andor</li> <li>Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced</li> <li>Aliens: Colonial Marines</li> <li>Alien: Isolation</li> <li>Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves</li> <li>Asteroids</li> </ul> <p><strong>LIGHTNING ROUND:</strong> OC Remix (49:09)</p> <p><strong>Recommendations and Outro</strong> (01:07:17):</p> <ul> <li> <strong>Frank:</strong> LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight,</li> <li> <strong>Brandon</strong>: Vote for gov’nah if you’re Californian, Sega-16’s Mike Fischer interview, the first and second Abashiri Prison movies but not the third one</li> <li> <strong>Ash</strong>: Touch grass</li> <li> <strong>Lucy</strong>: Widow’s Bay, lookingfor.game</li> </ul> <p>This week’s Insert Credit Show is brought to you by patrons like you. Thank you.</p> <p>Subscribe: RSS, YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more!</p>