Insert Credit nominates and celebrates the greatest, most influential, and most personally beloved game development studios of all time.
Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Ash Parrish, Brandon Sheffield. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.
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Writer, musician, and NYU guest lecturer Liz Ryerson joins the panel to define “Triple A,” genres of kusoge, and film envy. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Ash Parrish, Brandon Sheffield, and Liz Ryerson. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.
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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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Frank Cifaldi, Ash Parrish and Brandon Sheffield cover Microsoft killing the game industry, the cast of the Street Fighter movie, and the definition of “indie game.”
Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Ash ...
2025-07-07 05:01:23 +0000 UTC View PostThou hast awaited thine suppence of recorded-yet-unusedeth audio materials, a reserve of finest caliber witticisms and japes, and thou shalt receive thine reward! The Insert Credit Players present jolly conversation regarding the Wars in the Stars, the discoveries of history that await buried in sub-basements of ye olde Chicagotowne, and the saga of the Weed Mom.
A SMALL DESCRIPTION OF EPISODES PULLED FROM:
(Ep. 391) Pre-show. Jaffe explains the revision o...
2025-07-03 00:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Game journalists Nicole Carpenter and Will Jagielski-Harrison join Ash Parrish to discuss the state of game journalism, World of Warcraft, and gamer girl bathwater stolen valor. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Ash Parrish, Nicole Carpenter, and Will Jagielski-Harrison. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Fe...
2025-06-30 02:03:09 +0000 UTC View Post
Your Insert Credit panel covers open world games, the Tango & Cash NES platformer, and the many secrets of The Ooze. Plus, credits are spent to make everyone to play a game. 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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1: Ash, how was Summer Game Fest?...
2025-06-23 04:31:07 +0000 UTC View Post
Writer, podcaster, and friend of the show merritt k joins Frank and Brandon to answer Esper’s questions on intercompany crossovers, the definition of 2.5D, and Gay Fire Emblem. Hosted by Esper Quinn, with Frank Cifaldi, Brandon Sheffield, and merritt k. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.
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A historian, a journalist, and a developer answer a host’s questions regarding the Sony State of Play, various consistencies of pie, and video game drag names. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Ash Parrish, Brandon Sheffield. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.
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“Gold Saucer? Take that shit and throw it straight in ...
2025-06-09 06:01:17 +0000 UTC View PostJaffe here. By being a patron of Insert Credit, you are entitled to One Pull of the Gacha Machine per month. Comment below to make your pull, and you will get to choose from one of three blind packs for your character.
2025-06-02 21:10:11 +0000 UTC View Post
Your Insert Credit panel faces parrying mechanics, Elden Ring Nightreign’s AMV theme and sexy bird men, and Hotel Rwanda but with Mario. Plus, a sneak peek at an unreleased Famicom game! 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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The finest minds in video games reconvene to cover Chicago game industry history, schadefreude, and the Red Hot Chili Peppers. 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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Late? Oh, no no no gentle patron. These are finely aged bonus materials, selected and reserved only for our most premium and discerning subscribers. The unwashed, unsubscribed masses couldn’t hope to appreciate Jaffe’s confusion with Eurocentric understandings of American catchphrases like you could. Only you, gentle patron, can appreciate Brandon’s tale of considering-almost-maybe-looking-at getting a Swiitch 2. And because we are so generous, so nourishing, ...
2025-05-24 14:21:55 +0000 UTC View Post
Musician, writer, podcaster, and friend of the show Liz Ryerson joins the panel for Giant Bomb’s resurrection, the next video game-based Magic the Gathering set, and the introduction of gacha mechanics to the podcast format. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Ash Parrish, Brandon Sheffield, and Liz Ryerson. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.
2025-05-19 07:02:53 +0000 UTC
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No other podcast is going to answer questions like this. Or if they do, they don't do it with fun pictures of Dragon Quest slimes because they don't have me, Esper Quinn, as an editor.
(from Ep. 248 - Insert Credit Flavored Questions That Are Too Stupid For The Dirtbag, with Ash Parrish)
2025-05-14 21:04:27 +0000 UTC View Post
Youtuber, statistician, and cartographer Any Austin joins the panel to determine whether open world games should have minimaps, how to become a Sega Man, and the relationship between the Chicago Cubs and the Chicago Bears. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Ash Parrish, Brandon Sheffield, and Any Austin. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.
2025-05-12 08:18:22 +0000 UTC
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The panel mourns the loss of two titans of video game journalism, designs games for each other, and imagines a horse covered in human skin. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Ash Parrish, Brandon Sheffield. Edited by Esper Quinn, original musi...
2025-05-05 06:30:46 +0000 UTC View PostHello gentle patrons and people-who-just-scroll-through-patreon-without-subscribing alike. Editor Esper Quinn here. Did you know insert credit show is available on youtube in video form? In fact, if you need something to hang out with this very evening, the previously patron-exclusive "Insert Credit Gaiden #12 - GDC 2025, with Liz Ryerson and Brandon Sheffield" has just gone visual over on that site. But heck,...
2025-05-03 01:12:56 +0000 UTC View PostRon Gilbert, Tetsuya Nomura and Ed Boon introduce their new youtube channels by way of Liz Ryerson, Brandon Sheffield, and Frank Cifaldi. (from ep. 250, Getcha Self a Hot Dog, with Liz Ryerson)
let's also take this opportunity to appreciate how much better Jaffe's audio quality and Esper's audio mixing skills have gotten!!
2025-05-01 01:13:55 +0000 UTC View Post
Brian David Gilbert of Dropout.tv, Unraveled, and his own excellent youtube channel joins our panel to cover Switch 2 preorders, Donkey Kong dating your friends, and the legendary Nier butthole. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Ash Parrish, Brandon Sheffield, and Brian David Gilbert. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.
2025-04-28 01:22:17 +0000 UTC
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Timed exclusive!! Patreon subscribers can enjoy this gaiden One Week Early(!) before the unwashed masses get their grubby ears on it.
The 2025th Game Developers Conference has ended, and only Brandon Sheffield and Liz Ryerson covered it in the way it was meant to be covered: on-the-floor stories from the industry’s finest minds, and an extensive tour of booths reflecting the state of video games as we know it. Hosted by Brandon Sheffield and Liz Ryerson, with Leaf, Schera Wyss, Frank ...
2025-04-25 21:31:08 +0000 UTC View PostHere's Esper's take on the panel's suggestions. (from ep. 386 - Trapped in the Question Hole https://insertcredit.com/show/386 )
2025-04-24 13:46:20 +0000 UTC View PostWe discussed making short videos but maybe this is too high concept (lol). Could potentially do more things like this as PATRON EXCLUSIVES
2025-04-22 23:25:48 +0000 UTC View Post
Frank, Ash, and Brandon begin an endless and inescapable descent into our listener-submitted Question Hole, and in the process learn to run an inn, make Ash crack up at Metafore ReFantazio again, and mention the same four guys that get mentioned every episode. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Ash Parrish, and Brandon Sheffield. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.
they say best practices for copywriting on social media is to have a "call to action" so leave YOUR ideas for new mario kart items down below in the comments!! (no seriously, i'd like to hear them)
2025-04-18 21:37:26 +0000 UTC View PostFrank Cifaldi and Wario explain what was going on with that. Also Jeff Gerstmann makes a baseball joke!
this isn't relevant to the clip, but Insert Credit is the only podcast in the world willing to make two episodes with Knuckles Chaotix in the title
2025-04-16 18:25:06 +0000 UTC View PostHey folks! This is brandon. We have some gaiden content from GDC that I'm not sure how best to structure, so I thought I'd ask for your input, and maybe that'll shape how gaidens work going forward as well.
As you may know, usually at GDC I go around and ask people a bunch of questions - this time I did it with specific theming so we didn't get the usual "talking about stuff" vibe, but I did do two separate 15 minute conversations that were that. Liz Ryerson also did that at slug world...
Frank Cifaldi, Ash Parrish, and Brandon Sheffield answer Alex Jaffe’s questions on the Nintendo Switch 2, A Minecraft Movie, and most importantly, the SCRUMPI II. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Ash Parrish, and Brandon...
2025-04-14 05:33:31 +0000 UTC View Post
Emmy-nominated writer and comedian Mike Drucker joins Brandon and Esper in answering Alex Jaffe’s questions on the Nintendo S2iitch, the ultimate fan experience, and the impossibility of defending your Persona 5 romance choice. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Brandon Sheffield, Esper Quinn, and Mike Drucker. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.
2025-04-07 08:41:14 +0000 UTC
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Did you know there's a direct to video live action adaptation of Sega's Last Bronx? Probably, because I (brandon) mentioned it on the show once. But for your viewing convenience, here it is! It's not subtitled, but it is ridiculous!
At one point it seemed like Sega really thought this property was going to take off, and it minorly did in japan. It was popular enough in arcades for them to try multi-media-ing it all over the place. There's a multi-volume manga as well, a novel, a superp...