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: 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) Do sliding ice physics ever positively contribute to a video game? (15:19) What do you think is the best selling non-video game item at GameStop as a gift this season? (21:35) Design the greatest Santa Claus video game of all time (30:48) How could dreidel be improved? (35:49) Which video game company probably holds the best Christmas party? (42:43) Based on video games, what do we know about elves? (49:05) 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) This week’s Insert Credit Show is brought to you by patrons like you. Thank you. Subscribe: RSS, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, and more!