Tim Rogers hosts the Insert Credit panel this week, exploring Hideo Kojima’s recent announcements, the first working game developer to reach 80 years old, and Korean butt animation. Hosted by Tim Rogers, with Frank Cifaldi, Alex Jaffe, and Brandon Sheffield. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.

Questions this week:

1. Choose a video game coming out in 2024 and ask Frank to play it (11:16)
2. When do you think you’ll stop playing video games, Brandon Sheffield? (26:32)
3. Did you all see the Hideo Kojima stuff at PlayStation State of Play? (39:44)
4. Why aren’t there more Hideo Kojimas? (55:40)
5. Alex Jaffe, flip a coin (01:06:53)
6. Insert Credit Time Capsule (01:08:01)
7. A Brief Medical Update (01:21:48)

Recommendations and Outro (01:29:24)

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A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:

• The Matrix (1999)
• Photochromic lens
• Boktai: The Sun is in Your Hand
• Pokémon
• Ambidexterity
• Bob Dylan
• Sonic the Hedgehog (2020)
• video games coming out in 2024 - Google Search
• Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League
• Batman: Arkham series
• Dragon’s Dogma 2
• Dogma (1999)
• Alone in the Dark series
• Persona series
• Persona 3: Reload
• Ryū ga Gotoku / Like a Dragon / Yakuza series
• The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening
• Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth
• Unicorn Overlord
• Rise of the Rōnin
• Assassin’s Creed series
• Princess Peach: Showtime!
• Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes
• Skull and Bones
• Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
• Metaphor: ReFantazio