80-Bit Podsmash

Penguin & Termite celebrate 100 episodes! Can you believe it? 100 weeks have flown by. Please join us yet again for a fascinating discussion about how different generations of people play games. We make some blind generalizations, speculations and other exploratory conversation. Hope nobody's offended...

https://www.aaaa.org/gen-z-males-say-gaming-core-component-who-they-are/ https://www.alistdaily.com/strategy/different-generations-play-video-games-platforms-genres/ https://gamerant.com/battle-of-gaming-generations/

Music: Ozzed - Superbia http://ozzed.net http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/

Discord: https://discord.gg/t5hEgKt

Penguin & Termite discuss all things related to video game cheats, hacks and exploits! We walk through the history of how cheating was done in the past and what it looks like today. We tackle what affect this has had on the industry as well!

Music: Ozzed - No Fight But Cool http://ozzed.net http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/

Penguin & Termite's third entry in the series of topics analyzing the different decades in gaming history. This time we visit the 1970s, the foundation of the home video game console. We analyze the culture of the time, video game business during this era and talk about notable entries in this decade.

Music: Ozzed - No Fight But Cool http://ozzed.net http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/

Penguin & Termite discuss how storytelling can apply to an entire franchise. We talk about the struggles of keeping a game succinct, yet connected to other entries. How do franchises maintain a narrative over long periods of time?

Music: Ozzed - No Fight But Cool http://ozzed.net http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/

Penguin & Termite do another genre deep dive. This week, we discuss platformers! Walk with us through the history, evolution and influence that the platform genre has brought to the video game industry.

Music: Ozzed - No Fight But Cool http://ozzed.net http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/

Penguin & Termite discuss the multitude of remakes, remasters, and reboots in video games, defining these terms and exploring the trend!

https://gameverse.com/2019/06/24/video-game-remakes-better-important-ever/

https://culturedvultures.com/best-video-game-remakes/

https://www.google.com/amp/s/metro.co.uk/2018/03/04/the-problem-with-video-game-remasters-and-remakes-readers-feature-7355980/amp/

Music: Ozzed - No Fight But Cool http://ozzed.net http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/

Penguin & Termite are enjoying a game series that very much resembles a summer blockbuster, Uncharted! We discuss everything about the series, its history, our favorites and our critiques. Let us know what you think of Uncharted!

Music: Ozzed - No Fight But Cool http://ozzed.net http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/

Penguin & Termite invite TBone on their episode about cross-platform. The newest entry in the Call of Duty franchise was announced to launch with cross-platform. This is indicative of where the industry is headed! We discuss on this episode of 80 Bit Podsmash!

Music: Ozzed - No Fight But Cool http://ozzed.net http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/

Penguin & Termite celebrate the awesome video game speed running community by having a discussion about just that, speed running. Since Summer Games Done Quick kicked off this week, its aptly timed to celebrate with them. The event consists of a week long stream of speedrunners to raise money for charities.

Check it out at https://gamesdonequick.com/

Music: Ozzed - No Fight But Cool http://ozzed.net http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/

Penguin & Termite take on the third of our series focusing on literary devices as they are applied in video games. This time we focus on plot. We define what it is along with discussing the various types of plot structures with examples from video games.

Music: Ozzed - No Fight But Cool http://ozzed.net http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/