Your benevolent Insert Credit panel covers Palworld, video game mysteries, and the birth of a new speedrunning category, the 50% run. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Tim Rogers, and Brandon Sheffield. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.

Questions this week:

1. Frank asks: What is the proper nomenclature for the Snatcherlike video game? (13:09)
2. Is Palworld satire? (20:28)
3. Invent a new speedrunning category (28:40)
4. Stephanie asks: What’s a video game unsolved mystery or urban legend want solved or confirmed? (39:35)
5. Which individual video game enemy has killed the greatest number of players globally? (46:47)
6. If you could swap any two video game sound effects between games, which ones would they be? (52:03)
7. Who is the Batman of video games? (56:09)

LIGHTNING ROUND: GameFAQ&As: Sim City 2000 (01:04:37)

Recommendations and Outro (01:17:18)

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A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:

• Weetabix
• Uncle O’Grimacey
• FITCRUNCH Mint Chocolate Chip
• Keebler Company
• Trix
• Jason Todd
• Honeycomb
• David Cronenberg
• The Noid
• Santa Claus
• Tony & Friends: in Kellogg’s Land
• Snatcher
• Legend of Zelda series
• Devil May Cry
• Resident Evil
• Shenmue
• Super Mario Bros. 3
• The Secret of Monkey Island
• Policenauts
• Portopia Renzoku Satsujin Jiken
• Princess Tomato in the Salad Kingdom
• Quake
• Call of Duty series
• Palworld
• South Park
• Alanis Morissette
• Pokémon series
• Videoball
• Pokémon GO
• Fortnite