80-Bit Podsmash

Penguin & Termite discuss the ever changing methods of the video game industry's marketing strategies. What is marketing for video games? What's the process and what seems to have the most success? Is there a "sweet spot"?

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Penguin & Termite continue our Developer Profile series by covering Volition, otherwise known as Deep Silver Volition! The studio behind the Saints Row and Red Faction franchises. We take a detailed look at the history of the studio, as well as their pedigree, and impact on the industry.

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Penguin & Termite continue a new series called "Gaming What Ifs." In each episode, we'll ask the question "what if.." something was drastically different, and explore that alternate reality. In this episode, we ask the question, "What if Sega was still included in the 'console wars'?" What would the video game industry look like, what would the landscape be?

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Penguin & Termite discuss the video game industry effect on the environment - Production, manufacturing, shipping, selling, buying, and playing video games. We discuss roles and responsibilities of publishers, studios, and the consumers such as you and us.

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Penguin & Termite celebrate the advent of a new era at Nintendo - the release of the Nintendo DS! Introducing us to revolutionary features which culminate to the modern Nintendo Switch! We discuss the history, impact, and our favorite games/memories.

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Is it just us or is it taking longer and longer for developers to make games? Yeah. We are pretty sure it's not just us. We discuss why over the last few years the time it takes to complete a development cycle has increased and what impact it's having on the industry and the culture. Check out all that and more...

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Penguin & Termite discuss the Streisand Effect. What is it? Where did it come from? Most importantly, how does the video game industry fall into this trap? What are the ramifications of these examples? All this and more...

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Penguin & Termite continue pushing through Wikipedia's Best Video Games of All Time list. We walk through the years 2011 through 2013 of this curated list, while offering our perspective of the games themselves and the state of the industry at the time!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_video_games_considered_the_best

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Penguin & Termite acknowledge the 4th of July holiday by discussing all things EXPLOSIONS!! in video games. What do explosions have to do with video games? What are the many forms they take? What are the technical ramifications of each explosion? All this and more...

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Penguin & Termite discuss the jump from 2D to 3D back in the 90s. Why did some franchises gracefully make the jump while others failed to find a hit? What is the history and what are the many factors which make up 3D and 2D games?

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