Ep. 400 - The Insert Credit Best Game Developer List
Added 2025-07-28 06:35:24 +0000 UTCInsert Credit nominates and celebrates the greatest, most influential, and most personally beloved game development studios of all time.
Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Ash Parrish, Brandon Sheffield. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.
SHOW NOTES:
1: Brandon’s First Pick (08:00)
2: Ash’s First Pick (12:29)
3: Frank’s First Pick (14:59)
4: Brandon’s Second Pick (19:05)
5: Ash’s Second Pick (24:39)
6: Frank’s Second Pick (28:23)
7: Brandon’s Third Pick (34:43)
8: Ash’s Third Pick (37:56)
9: Frank’s Third Pick (41:24)
10: Brandon’s Fourth Pick (48:49)
11: Ash’s Fourth Pick (52:52)
12: Frank’s Fourth Pick (57:01)
13: Brandon’s Fifth Pick (01:02:23)
14: Ash’s Fifth Pick (01:08:27)
15: Frank’s Fifth Pick (01:16:24)
16: Brandon’s Sixth Pick (01:21:06)
17: Ash’s Sixth Pick (01:27:40)
18: Frank’s Sixth Pick (01:32:20)
19: Brandon’s Seventh Pick (01:37:27)
20: Ash’s Seventh Pick (01:43:34)
21: Frank’s Seventh Pick (01:50:52)
Celebrated Mentions (01:55:14)
Ranking Nominees (02:03:35)
View the finalized list at insertcredit.com!
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Comments
y'all love that void stranger!! This is something I have learned (~brandon)
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2025-07-30 23:15:33 +0000 UTCI'm only about 1/3 of the way in but I'm liking the contrast of choices between Ash, Brandon, and Frank. If I may offer an honorable mention--Finnish indie studio, System Erasure. These are the devs that made Void Stranger and Zero Ranger. Void Stranger is a criminally underrated masterpiece, if anyone thinks its just a sokoban game, I urge you to keep playing.
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2025-07-30 20:27:36 +0000 UTCAsh, you're great, and never doubt yourself! Loved an episode celebrating things, and this was a really good one. Thank you for the extra effort on editing this one, Esper.
Dustin Reno
2025-07-28 23:00:27 +0000 UTC
