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#16: Game Setting Match: Our Favorite and Least Favorite Settings in Games
Whether we're in search of an escape, a virtual vacation, a comfortable set of genre tropes, or just some pretty lights to look at, the setting of a game can enhance, define, or completely undermine its appeal. Robert, Zack, and Angela tour the wide world of game settings, from forests to cities to space.
Timestamps:
0:00 - Introductions and what we’ve been playing.
9:50 - Deserts.
14:48 - Modern day Japanese high schools.
16:41 - Steampunk.
17:29 - Postapocalyptic.
20:46 - Japanese horror.
22:46 - Tropical, water-heavy settings.
27:13 - Winter areas.
29:33 - Cities.
35:17 - Medieval/fantasy settlements.
39:43 - Donkey Kong Country and setting drift over the course of a series.
42:08 - Forests.
43:05 - Science fiction and setting scope.
48:17 - Caves.
53:47 - Call of Duty and the role of sound design in reinforcing a setting.
1:02:17 - Dark/gothic fantasy.
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By Podbert PodskerWhether we're in search of an escape, a virtual vacation, a comfortable set of genre tropes, or just some pretty lights to look at, the setting of a game can enhance, define, or completely undermine its appeal. Robert, Zack, and Angela tour the wide world of game settings, from forests to cities to space.
Timestamps:
0:00 - Introductions and what we’ve been playing.
9:50 - Deserts.
14:48 - Modern day Japanese high schools.
16:41 - Steampunk.
17:29 - Postapocalyptic.
20:46 - Japanese horror.
22:46 - Tropical, water-heavy settings.
27:13 - Winter areas.
29:33 - Cities.
35:17 - Medieval/fantasy settlements.
39:43 - Donkey Kong Country and setting drift over the course of a series.
42:08 - Forests.
43:05 - Science fiction and setting scope.
48:17 - Caves.
53:47 - Call of Duty and the role of sound design in reinforcing a setting.
1:02:17 - Dark/gothic fantasy.