Your Insert Credit Panel takes a look at the failure of Concord, finds the Normandy Beach of Racing Games, and gets ready to Wake n’ Quake. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Tim Rogers, and Brandon Sheffield. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.

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SHOW NOTES:

Question 1: Which games have the nicest fans, and which games have the smartest fans? (04:07)

• Can You Pet the Dog?
• Brandon Boyer
• Katamari Damacy
• Annapurna Interactive
• Zachtronics
• 4X
• The Sims series
• Pokémon series
• Fighting game community

Question 2: What’s the most you’ve been hurt by a video game? (10:45)

• 3DO Interactive Multiplayer
• Playstation 2
• Clash Royale
• Panzer Dragoon
• Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
• Incredible Crisis
• Mario Party series
• Splatoon series
• Super Smash Brothers series

Question 3: Let’s talk about Concord. Have we seen the death of multiplayer shooters outside the free to play model? (16:43)

• Sony is taking Concord offline on September 6th after disastrous launch
• Concord grape
• Concord
• Jeff Gerstmann
• Conker’s Bad Fur Day
• State of Play | May 30, 2024
• Overwatch series
• Halo series
• Team Fortress series
• Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League
• Cyberpunk 2077
• Sony is pulling Cyberpunk 2077 from the PlayStation Store and offering full refunds
• The Witch