F’ing Up the Ineffable

F'ing Up the Ineffable - Episode 7 - Game Design

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Brian and Mike talk about games of all sorts and what elements make games fun. They discuss sports, video games, role playing games, card games, board games and they stop playing games with your heart.

 

In this episode we mention the following:

  • Videos / Channels
    • Game Theory: Candy Crush, Designed to Addict https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BTGgCEFuQw
        • Penn & Teller Fool Us Playlist https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ncm7wAMRjM&list=PLCXTqAdQ-IqmWPtBmB3iUIb1ze0bVqyFY
            • Shin Lim https://www.youtube.com/@shinlimmagic
              • Board/Card Games:
                • Chutes and Ladders https://amzn.to/49tKHKj
                • Ticket to Ride https://amzn.to/4oJrQ2i
                • Stratego https://amzn.to/4oJrQ2i
                • Battleship https://amzn.to/3WP4UTz
                • Cards against humanity https://amzn.to/437Qh18
                • Exploding Kittens https://amzn.to/3LfbeB1
                • Joking Hazard https://amzn.to/4oivVL4
                • Video Games
                  • Nuclear War Simulator https://store.steampowered.com/app/1603940/Nuclear_War_Simulator/
                  • Poly Bridge https://store.steampowered.com/app/367450/Poly_Bridge/
                  • Poly bridge 3 https://store.steampowered.com/app/1850160/Poly_Bridge_3/
                  • FTL https://store.steampowered.com/app/212680/FTL_Faster_Than_Light/
                  • Elder Scrolls series https://store.steampowered.com/curator/35501445
                  • Final Fantasy series https://store.steampowered.com/curator/34459938
                  • Portal 2 https://store.steampowered.com/app/620/Portal_2/
                  • No Man's Sky https://store.steampowered.com/app/275850/No_Mans_Sky/
                  • Dwarf Fortress https://store.steampowered.com/app/975370/Dwarf_Fortress/
                  • The Oregon Trail https://store.steampowered.com/app/2013360/The_Oregon_Trail/
                  • Candy Crush https://www.king.com/game/candycrush/
                  • Gems of War https://gemsofwar.com/
                  • Master of Orion 2 https://store.steampowered.com/app/410980/Master_of_Orion_2/
                  • Civ 7 https://store.steampowered.com/developer/civilization
                  • Age of Empires https://store.steampowered.com/developer/AgeOfEmpires
                  • Stellaris https://store.steampowered.com/app/281990/Stellaris/
                  • Cities Skylines https://store.steampowered.com/app/255710/Cities_Skylines/
                  • Cities Skylines II https://store.steampowered.com/app/949230/Cities_Skylines_II/
                  • Sims 4 https://store.steampowered.com/app/1222670/The_Sims_4/
                  • Crusader Kings https://store.steampowered.com/developer/CrusaderKings
                  • Cyberpunk 2077 https://store.steampowered.com/app/1091500/Cyberpunk_2077/
                  • Satisfactory https://store.steampowered.com/app/526870/Satisfactory/
                  • Everquest 2 https://www.everquest2.com/home
                  • Hearthstone https://hearthstone.blizzard.com/en-us
                  • Role Playing Games
                    • Dungeons & Dragons https://amzn.to/47gBXpB
                    • Call of Cthulhu https://amzn.to/3Lgiv3y
                    • Top Secret https://amzn.to/48Z1J2V

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                      Sorry this one is a week late due to travel!

                       

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