Ep. 416 - Impulse Rifle The Insert Credit Show podcast

A game historian, a game journalist, and a game developer discuss Half-Life 3, The Game Awards, and mpreg.

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:

Demonschool
Mpreg
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Mr. Mom (1983)
Junior (1994)
Joe Pesci
Michael Keaton
Beetlejuice (1988)
Hideo Kojima
“Welcome to the virtual zone. I hope you enjoy yourself.”
Kasha varnishkes
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Shake Weight
America’s Test Kitchen: How to Make Brussels Sprouts Taste Good
Brandon’s Vegetarian Gravy
- Start with a roux
- Add milk (oat is probably fine)
- Add nutritional yeast, soy sauce, herbs like sage and thyme, cumin, beer if you want
- Just keep cooking it up until it tastes tangy
- Optional: add a smidge of vinegar
Ash’s Greens
- Sautee Turkey necks until kinda brown
- Add chicken stock, sauteed onions, garlic, whatever
- Braise meat until tender
- Add greens (not kale)
- Add seasonings (bay leaf, thyme, sage, pepper, mustard powder, smoked paprika, garam masala, whatever)
- Boil another 20-30 minutes
- Add a little apple cider vinegar but not too much

1: What happens at an independent game development studio immediately after they release the game they’ve been working on for years? (13:18)

2: What are the best possible conditions under which to play a video game for review purposes? (16:22)

3: What can we say about Rebecca Heineman? (22:28)

4: What video game would have the best lipstick and nail polish line? (31:13)

5: Low Guppy asks, if you could take the assets of any videogame and make a completely different game with them, which game would you use and what would you make? (36:59)

6: BreadyToDie asks, how hard should a game push a player to play a certain way? (39:08)

7: What effect does The Game Awards actually have on video games? (43:47)

8: How are they going to one-up the Gravity Gun? (49:22)

LIGHTNING ROUND: One Sentence Review but it kind of also becomes Name Design halfway through (54:52)

Recommendations and Outro (01:00:57):

Brandon: All Those Moments by Rutger Hauer, please review Demonschool on Steam if you’ve bought it
Frank: Windswept, review the games you like
Ash: Let the people in your life know you love them, Sailor Moon Abridged

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