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February 9, 2026 at 7:14 PM
Ep. 427 - Game of the Year 2025

Insert Credit nominates and ranks the sixteen best video games of the year 2025.

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Game of the Year 2025
Insert Credit nominates and ranks the fifteen best video games of the year 2025.
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February 9, 2026 at 12:32 PM
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Via @ftb1979.bsky.social and @katewillaert.bsky.social, digitised from a VHS tape of an August 2000 Daria marathon and uploaded to YouTube over Christmas... here, after 25 years, is Ulala's VMA appearance:

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(August, 2000) Space Channel 5 MTV Awards Dance Video of The Year Nominees Commercial
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February 7, 2026 at 7:06 AM
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Next week is our @insertcredit.com GOTY 2025 episode. Please note that starting this year, we will be ranking 15 games as opposed to the usual 21, and saving the rest for the traditional “ROTY” episode the following week. Thank you
February 5, 2026 at 12:41 AM
Ep. 426 - Fortnite for Boomers

The finest minds in video games discuss the evolution of turn-based combat, turning pixels into symphonies, and the devastating return of Violence Island.

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Fortnite for Boomers
The finest minds in video games discuss the evolution of turn-based combat, turning pixels into symphonies, and the devastating return of Violence Island.
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February 2, 2026 at 11:25 AM
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January 30, 2026 at 2:47 PM
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a delayed game is eventually good but a canceled game that never comes out and had cool promotional material will be good forever
January 27, 2026 at 6:50 PM
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January 28, 2026 at 11:36 PM
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RE: Werewolves of London and Sweet Home Alabama

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What Makes This Song Stink Ep. 2 - Kid Rock "All Summer Long" featuring Justin Hawkins
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January 29, 2026 at 1:07 AM
Which Mario is *your* Mario? www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nkf4...
January 27, 2026 at 1:13 PM
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In ‘Yoshi’s Cookie’ on the NES there are little cutscenes that play through the main mode. In the Nintendo Leaks we find earlier iterations of these sprites, and they’re quite different to the final.
January 27, 2026 at 3:15 AM
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January 27, 2026 at 1:05 AM
Ep. 425 - Hooves for Nipples

Our heroes confront video game movie adaptations, how controversy sells games, and Tom Cruise in Sonic 3 & Knuckles the Porn Parody the Official Game of the Movie.

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Hooves for Nipples
Our heroes confront video game movie adaptations, how controversy sells games, and Tom Cruise in Sonic 3 & Knuckles the Porn Parody the Official Game of the Movie.
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January 26, 2026 at 12:17 PM
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BREAKING: Scientists Discover Most @insertcredit.com Screenshot Ever
January 26, 2026 at 1:14 AM
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Heeho~!
January 24, 2026 at 9:21 AM
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In all its 320x240, 700kbps crunchy glory and pulled from the Rez JP website: A snippet of a live performance at Rez Live at Shibuya-AX in 2001.

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January 23, 2026 at 7:18 PM
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This is canon Metroid
January 19, 2026 at 3:16 AM
Ep. 424 - Insert Credit Annual #7

As has become tradition, Insert Credit ranks the best games of all time.

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Insert Credit Annual #7
As has become tradition, Insert Credit ranks the best games of all time.
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January 19, 2026 at 3:45 PM
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January 18, 2026 at 8:42 PM
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Only on the JP version, if you hold C+Start on the 2nd controller when the Sega logo appears, you'll see Mania stomp on a Super Famicom before the intro starts
January 17, 2026 at 9:05 AM
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Already support some Patreons? Imagine your monthly Patreon budget went up just $1 and you got a new video game essay EVERY WEEK. Why, you could read the below essay on Unfair Flips and Q-UP right away! Join now: patreon.com/expzine
New exp. for supporters! Last year two games came out about coin flipping. But they're teaching you different lessons for different reasons. On Unfair Flips, Q-UP, understanding probability and addiction: expzine.com/2026/01/13/u...

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January 16, 2026 at 8:26 PM
New on insert credit: a letter from behind the Iranian firewall
Iran has killed all connections to the outside. But in the early morning the regular internet works briefly. In that time, @hackimi.bsky.social sent me a letter about what it's like being a developer without the internet as the government tries to squash everyone:

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A Game Developer Without Internet
Iran has been without internet for 9 days. Arash sent a letter as a developer without the internet, in the few moments when the great firewall faltered.
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January 16, 2026 at 9:01 PM
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January 12, 2026 at 7:48 PM
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A Fool’s Errand — our latest game for @play.date — is out now!

Get it now: play.date/games/a-fool...

Learn more: www.iorama.studio/afoolserrand
January 12, 2026 at 6:12 PM
Ep. 423 - Explode My Bones

The panel reviews Mr. Bones, a Sega Saturn classic featuring frustrating design choices, a certain comedy level, and skeletism.

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Explode My Bones
The panel reviews Mr. Bones, a Sega Saturn classic featuring frustrating design choices, a certain comedy level, and skeletism.
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January 12, 2026 at 2:59 PM