Middle Kick Button, with Any Austin - Insert Credit Show 389
91@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. https://insertcredit.com/show/389
Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Ash Parrish, Brandon Sheffield, and Any Austin. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.
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Intro (00:00)
1: Brian David Gilbert asks, which video game do you wish you could scrub from the memories of everyone in the world except for you? (08:08)
2: What’s the platonic ideal in open world games for you? (14:25)
3: What’s something you’ve seen in a video game that you’ve appreciated the developers putting much more work into than was even a little bit necessary? (20:07)
4: If you were isekai’d into a generic fantasy setting, what would your job be? (27:15)
5: Psinux asks, how does a Sega kid become a Sega man? (33:23)
6: What’s the best mountain in a video game? (37:37)
7: What is the BBC’s Planet Earth of video games? (43:30)
LIGHTNING ROUND: The Price is Sprite (49:20)
Credit Report (01:01:20)
Recommendations and Outro (01:02:10)
View finalized lists, full shownotes and links to every game mentioned (yes, all of them! i am meticulous about our show notes!) at https://insertcredit.com/