A thread in which to introduce oneself

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kory outed as a normie

Man, you probably didn’t mean this as seriously as I’m taking it, but coming from someone who still deals with sometimes intense nerd shame and who feels like her ability to explore her interests have been hampered by it all her life, the last thing I would want is to have to deal with the opposite problem where I wasn’t versed enough in the obscura to participate (and yet I feel that way sometimes also).

captain

kory outed as a normie

kory I spent more time disemboweling and re-emboweling Sega Saturns than playing them

sound the alarm my normie radar is picking something up

Herb

Hi, I’m Herb. As in I’m a Herbert, not xX420blazeitbroXx.

I like the podcast pretty well and this seems to be a chill place, so I figured I’d sign up. In all my internet years I haven’t really come across people that have such similar likes and dislikes in game minutiae. It’s cool knowing other people hold up smaller games that I adore in equally high regard. Games like Pac-Man 2, Breath of Fire V, and Jeanne d’Arc.

More than anything the podcast has been a great way for me to stumble across games I would’ve completely overlooked. Raw Danger is my favorite new find so far.

Connor

Herb I find it endlessly funny that Pacman 2 is a game that so many people here have independently discovered and later bonded over.

Also shoutout to Disaster Report 2, which I also discovered and loved through the podcast. For its time, it feels like a game from the future!

topeconhilo

Hi, pals, I’m topeconhilo. I have a terrible memory so, despite only having stumbled upon the podcast a few months ago, I don’t totally remember how I found it. However, I’ve been lurking for a few months and have seen a lot of people write something to the effect of having distanced themselves from social media, but still feeling a desire to participate in some kind of online community – that’s certainly something that resonated with me and I’m looking forward to hanging out with y’all.

When I’m not playing games, you’ll catch me watching pro wrestling or Formula 1 – I’m always happy to chat about either!

I’ve enjoyed taking note of old games with which I wasn’t familiar while listening through the back issues. I spent the weekend playing some R4 and dang if that game doesn’t rule.

The first video game that I ever played was Lion King on Sega Genesis – I was four years old, so I never beat it. I recently reapproached it with the hubris of a full-grown adult and I still couldn’t beat it. One day.

ColdyBags

topeconhilo are you Excalibur?

Herb

Connor I grew up on a farm and most weekends my mother would go to the “local” grocery that was about a fifteen minute drive from our house. If I went with her she’d usually let me stop in the video rental store next to the super market and pick up two games.

I never wanted to risk my weekend’s entertainment, so I usually picked up one game that I was fairly certain I’d like and one that looked interesting. You truly don’t know regret until you rent Speed Racer and Clayfighter on the same weekend, so you just play through Super Mario World for the 20th time. I believe Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure was my safe pick that week and Pacman 2 was the risky one. Pitfall sucked, so I spent the weekend with Pacman 2.

Pitfall was a boring take on something I was plenty familiar with, but Pacman 2 was something very different and pleasant for me. I think this might also be the way Frank has described the game in the past, but it felt like an interactive Saturday morning cartoon to me. I have a lot of those types of rental games that have a special place for me. Other praiseworthy games in my Bad Game that was Actually the Good Game Hall of Fame include Breath of Fire II, Sim City(SNES), and Super Bomberman 2.

◉◉maru

ColdyBags … ‘coz if I had you by my side, I’d feel like a king!, he said to the puzzled hot girl at the counter, before going back to his drunken friends with the beers.

Emily

Hi i’m emily
(bunp on the goblin bunker, shout out to da goblins)
i’m hoping to maybe listen to more insert credit in the future
but also having another place to hang out is nice

i’m happy to be here :)
<3

穴

Emily welcome!

marurun

Hi, I’m Brandon. I have somehow only just discovered Insert Credit and the Insert Credit podcast and am in awe of Brandon Sheffield’s love of the Turbo/PC Engine. It and Sega’s Saturn and Dreamcast are my also-ran gaming loves. I’m also a parent these days, which means I don’t have a lot of time to actually enjoy my hobby so much, but the Switch has helped a lot with that. I’m an early member, former article/content contributor, and current forum moderator at the RacketBoy web site, which is not what it used to be but still a place some of us love to hang out. I’m also an academic librarian and deeply intellectually and emotionally invested in the idea of Open Access, Open Source, and Open Content.

Now I just have to winnow out all the podcast episodes which feature unabashed appreciation for the Little Engine that Could.

notthetoilet

marurun Now I just have to winnow out all the podcast episodes which feature unabashed appreciation for the Little Engine that Could.

I don’t think you’ll have any chaff to clean up.

Nemoide

marurun Oh hey, another RacketBoy librarian-person! Welcome!

sabertoothalex

marurun We have a games in libraries thread if you ever have something to share on the subject :)

marurun

notthetoilet I think I worded it backwards. Nonetheless, the back-catalog is long enough I’ll probably try to stick to older episodes where there’s fun chatter about the systems I love most or fun guests. But I think I’ll be listening in going forward pretty reliably.

antillese

I like to zip through this thread from time to time and notice that it’s cool that I see many of you that are “new” that I don’t think of as “new” because you are all posting interesting and fun stuff in the threads. I hope that someone “new” who isn’t doing that feels welcome to participate. You don’t have to be an expert. I’ve asked tons of ignorant questions in threads here and now I’m less ignorant thanks to this forum.

Plug: if you’re new and want a fun avatar or you are not new but want a new avatar, you can go request one in the “Give me a new avatar” thread and someone will make you one! It’s silly and fun.

◉◉maru

marurun If you like the show and want to help its PC engine loving pundits you can also wishlist Hyper Gunsport on Steam – wishlisting the game is currently FREE for a limited time!

tapevulture

wishlist hyper gunsport on steam

coffeentacos

Hey folks, I’m JC! At some point in (re)discovering Insert Credit recently, I realized I’d been reading the site (and action button too?!) at some point prior to 2010, and it’s been fun to get back into that.

I’m kind of all over the place with games but have been revisiting older games recently with a leaning towards handheld games, which has been quite nice. The console ranking episode definitely helped fill out some blind spots in what to check out. Rengoku rocks! Also have developed a need for a Saturn, which I’ve never really played, so that’ll be fun to explore.

Outside of video games I like watching horror movies with my spouse, though she doesn’t tend to be into the shlockier stuff. I also really like board games but the past couple years have been rough on that front.

Also soon to be a student in library sciences so I’m sure that’ll take up a fair chunk of time.

Anyway, hi, hope to make friend’s with y’all and find a nice home here.

Syzygy

coffeentacos
Welcome, Koh-feen-tackose

marurun

coffeentacos Let me offer you an advanced welcome to the library field! It can be tough to find work sometimes, especially right out of school, but once you’re in it can be a great field to work in.

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