Ep. 318 - Insert Credit Santacular, with Lucy James

Happy holidays! Gamespot’s Lucy James drops down the Insert Credit chimney to cover Welsh elves, the first official weed strain for a video game, and Dreiblade. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Tim Rogers, Brandon Sheffield, and Lucy James. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.

Questions this week:

1. As the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future, which three video game characters would be best at teaching Ebenezer Scrooge to change his miserly ways? (09:23)
2. Do sliding ice physics ever positively contribute to a video game? (15:19)
3. What do you think is the best selling non-video game item at GameStop as a gift this season? (21:35)
4. Design the greatest Santa Claus video game of all time (30:48)
5. How could dreidel be improved? (35:49)
6. Which video game company probably holds the best Christmas party? (42:43)
7. Based on video games, what do we know about elves? (49:05)
8. What is the Rankin Bass of video games? (54:53)

LIGHTNING ROUND: Name Design - Christmas Songs (01:01:19)

Recommendations and Outro (01:12:28)

Discuss this episode in the Insert Credit Forums

A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:

• Mariah Carey - All I Want for Christmas Is You
• Eggnog
• The Genealogy of Jesus the Messiah
• Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree
• Monstera deliciosa
• The Twelve Days of Christmas
• The Da Vinci Code
• A Christmas Carol
• Ebenezer Scrooge
• Tetsuya Nomura
• Organization XIII
• The World Ends with You
• Marluxia
• Mickey Mouse
• Kazuma Kiryu
• Goro Majima
• Davy Crockett
• Bob Cratchit
• The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)
• Mickey’s Christmas Carol (1983)
• Mickey and the Beanstalk
• Pinocchio (1940)
• Jiminy Cricket
• James Stewart
• Lies of P
• Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio (2022)
• Pinocchio: A True Story (2021)
• Pinocchio (2002)
• Navi
• Super Mario series
• Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back
• Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End
• The Last of Us series
• X-Men licensees
• Kickle Cubicle
• Chip’s Challenge
• Loki #248 Funko Pop! - Thor Ragnarok
• Pikachu Squishmallows Plush
• Breaking Bad
• Minecraft
• Jay and Silent Bob
• Fortnite
• Sonic the Hedgehog series
• Halo series
• The Lost and The Wicked
• Tom Holland
• Darth Vader Christmas Sweater
• Pokémon Trading Card Game
• Alan Wake: Remastered
• Tom Clancy’s The Division
• Tom Hiddleston
• Santa Claus
• Mortal Kombat series
• John Wick (2014)
• BioShock
• Death Stranding
• Norman Reedus
• Stardew Valley
• Daze Before Christmas
• Hanukkah
• Dreidel
• Hanukkah gelt
• Paper fortune teller
• Beyblade
• Mario Party series
• Sega
• Christmas NiGHTS into Dreams…
• Konami
• Tokimeki Memorial games
• Wargaming
• Devolver Digital
• Keita Takahashi
• Noby Noby Boy
• Tim Schafer
• Jack Black
• Heather Hawkins
• Dreamcast
• Limp Bizkit
• Ted Lasso
• The Matrix (1999)
• The Eras Tour
• Elf Bowling
• Legend of Zelda series
• Keebler Company
• Fudge Stripes
• Elves
• The Lost Vikings
• Three Dirty Dwarves
• Two Crude Dudes
• Rankin/Bass Animated Entertainment
• Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964)
• Frosty the Snowman (1969)
• Rudolph’s Shiny New Year (1976)
• The Year Without a Santa Claus (1974)
• ThunderCats
• Norman Rockwell
• FromSoftware
• Doom
• Rockstar Games
• American McGee’s Alice
• Kingdom Hearts series
• Super Smash Bros.
• Boba Fett
• Pornhub’s Most Popular Video Game Character In 2023 Was Chun-Li From… Fortnite?
• Insomniac Games

Recommendations:

Frank: Check out gamehistory.org where there will be a video about a very strange game called Super Sushi Pinball

Brandon: Raiders of Atlantis (1983)

Tim: Ferrari (2023)

Lucy: Godzilla Minus One (2023)

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