Insert credit podcast episodes dedicated to ranking the best games

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My favourite episodes tend to be the ones where the panel ranks the best games of a particular category. In case anyone is interested in seeking out these ‘ranking’ episodes, I made a list of them here.
Please let me know if I have missed any and I will update it.

Ep. 24 - GOTY 2012 Speculationacular (best games of 2012)
Ep. 27 - Insert Credit Annual #1 (best games ever)
Ep. 47 - BGGOAT (best sega genesis games)
Ep. 63 - BSNESGOAT (best snes games)
Ep. 73 - GOTY 2013 (best games of 2013)
Ep. 74 - Insert Credit Annual #2 (best games ever)
Ep. 81 - BGOAT (best competitive games)
Ep. 95 - Episode Nineteen Ninety-Four (best 1994 games)
Ep. 112 - The Future With Pixels (top 10 games developers should play)
Ep. 136 - PS2CULAR (best ps2 games)
Ep. 156 - Horror Game Ranking Spec-Drac-ular (best horror games)
Ep. 166 - Insert Credit Annual #3 (best games ever)
Ep. 168 - Game of the year 2020 (best games of 2020)
Ep. 178 - Top 20 Xbox 36Tacular (best xbox games)
Ep. 192 - July 4th Best British Games Spectacular (best British games)
Ep. 219 - The Insert Credit Consolebration (best consoles)
Ep. 223 - Game of the Year 2021 (best games of 2021)
Ep. 256 - Top 20 Arcade Edition (best arcade games)
Ep. 273 - Insert Credit Annual #4 (best games ever)
Ep. 274 - Game of the Year 2022 (best games of 2022)
Ep. 278 - Nintendo 3DSpectacular (best 3DS games)
Ep. 290 - Treasure Ranking (best Treasure games)
Ep. 319 - Insert Credit Annual #5 (best games ever)
Ep. 325 - Game of the Year 2023 (best games of 2023)


Also wanted to mention an episode with a ranking , but not the full episode is dedicated to it : Ep. 310 - Specdracular 2023 (lightning round ranking Resident Evil)

**Edit - added in episodes 112, 156, 178, 278 thanks for letting me know I missed those

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I also love all of the ranking episodes! Feels like we’re due for another one soon…! But I guess there won’t be another one until ep. 360.

If I remember correctly there are a few lightning rounds for ranking franchises. Wasn’t there one where the panel ranked the Contra games?

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I hope the panel does another rank episode soon - maybe one about a specific developer / genre? In some ways its easy to pick the best games of the year etc - but when they ranked best games on the PS2 or by Treasure, I feel like it can led to more interesting discussion. Particularly when they passionately champion a lesser known game.
I would love to see :

  • Best ps3 game
  • Best games of the 2000s
  • Best games of the 2010s
  • Best auteur driven games
  • Best worst game (games that are objectively bad, but there’s somethin there)
  • Best controllers
  • Best non-controller console devices
  • Best non-free game that currently costs less than a dollar
  • Best title screen in a game
  • Best level music in a game
  • Best lightgun games
  • Best gibberish voice acting (Hollow Knight / Chulip ?)
  • Best videogame adaption of a board game

A bunch of those probably wouldn’t fill a full episode though ha, maybe a lightning round.

And yeah you’re right, there are definitely more episodes that contain brief / lightning round rankings - I wanted to focus on the longer episodes dedicated primarily to debating and ranking the best games. I just stumbled upon the RE lightning round one and popped it on the list, just in case anyone was curious.

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Best Bonk Game Of All Time

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I tend to like these episodes, too.

You’re missing the horror game ranking, episode 156.

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while conceptually this episode fits the topic, the hosts unfortunately struggled to include discussion of any games that could be considered “best”

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Episode 112, The Future With Pixels is another that I believe fits here. The panelists try to come up with a list of 10 games that developers should play and be influenced by. It’s a good one.

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Still thinking about Frank starting the console ranking episode with the Windows PC.

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the best xbox games episode when frank could only muster 2 games, one of which he admitted he didnt like lol

(@gazamcnulty there should be an xbox or xbox 360 episode there somewhere)

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Ep. 178 - Top 20 Xbox 36Tacular, with Kris Graft and Matthew Kumar

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Ep. 278 - Nintendo 3DSpectacular, with Mathew Kumar

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Can’t remember how I felt at the time but looking back at it, that was legendary behavior

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Frank “Gigachad” Cifaldi completely shifted the vibe of the ranking episode with that opening move

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