Gaming Couch

Gaming Couch

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  • Hopes for 2019

    Epsidoe 34 of Gaming Couch! I'm still going strange talking to myself and into a microphone! I jest, but really, I'm happy with myself to keep this going and getting things uploaded.


    Anyway, wanted to take a step back today. I know we're in the 3rd month of the year and I am only now saying 'Hopes for 2019'. That's because I am seriously worried right now with what we have going on. Nothing is really sticking out as a great new game. Many games are disappointing and even just a sequel or retry at the same old idea. Always another FPS game coming out, always someone taking a stab at an RPG style game. Rogue-likes seem to have fully run their course, seeing Into The Breach, Enter the Gungeon, Slay the Spire, Crypt of the Necrodancer, and Darkest Dungeon coming out relatively close to one another. I know thats a long list and that's exactly my point. We got a lot in a short time and now it seems people are taking a break from that style.

    What about a good immersive and atmospheric type game? Not 'VR immersive' but a 'Damn, that game made me feel some feels and was an experience' type of immersive. What about another Furi type game? A good boss rush style game that focuses on you vs the boss without any trash fights or level management to slow things down.

    I hope we see a mix up in the genres this year or even the next and get dev teams that really give us something new.

    30 min
  • Caring Developers

    Episode 33 of Gaming Couch!

    So Jump Force is now a thing. And Decoy Games has gone onto releasing the Beta of Swimsanity! Luigi over at That Indie Studio is still cranking out The Last Hex for people. And Smash Bros continues to make waves (Sorry Swimsanity! had to give it to them). To summarize, a lot if happening with a bunch of different games.

    The important note here is seeing how developers care about the games they are making. Even if I don't fully enjoy a certain game I can still get a kick out of it if the Devs show some love. Whether they ar active members in the community their game has developed, or they make sure they produce a game that just looks and feels like the love and time and care went into it (Looking Slay the Spire and Hollow Knight) you can tell the Devs cared about the project. Too bad Jump Force doesn't have that feel. Real shame.

    Here's the link to Swimsanity!'s beta access. Took me a minute to find it. Seriously, do a google search of 'Swimsanity! game'. They've been given a lot of well deserved love.
    Sign up! --> https://mailchi.mp/e4bd3f709030/swimsanitybeta?fbclid=IwAR3wycwCBb9_sCXHoKIymCELHf9TIcLxBoi4F9r5IDdQA28ND6XqXfGiGvU


    29 min
  • Silky Sequel

    Episode 32 of Gaming Couch. Let's call this a new season..Season 5? Yeah sounds right.

    I want to get modern. I've always looked at the past in terms of games and what makes a good game. Now I want to see what the future holds and what newer, modern games have in store for us. Since I recently beat Hollow Knight and really enjoyed it, and we had an offical trailer of Hollow Knight: Silksong online now I want to follow it. I want to play it when it comes out and make an episode or two on it. Kind of like that Youtube thing, but as a podcast.
    With that, I have this episode of what I thought of some key parts of Hollow Knight and my hopes for Silksong. Keep the Hollow Knight spirit alive Team Cherry! Give us an awesome sequel!

    33 min
  • Moving with the Music

    Episode 31 of Gaming Couch!

    I'm sorry in advance. It was a rough week at work and it reflects in this episode. Not the nicest in quality in terms of what I am capable of producing. The show must go on though, and I can think about what to do in the future to improve.
    Now, onto the show. Music is powerful, reallllllly powerful. We remember certain events because of the music that played. Or felt a certain way because the music moved us. Let's never forget these incredibly play tunes.

    31 min
  • Hollow Cast

    Episode 30 of Gaming Couch! (Don't read the numbers they post. I have done updates and stuff so this isn't really episode '32'. Anyway...)

    Big old spoilers for Hollow Knight! I know the game has been out for a while. I just like to say it anyway.
    I have fallen in love with Hollow Knight. I finally got to playing it recently because I am a huge idiot who has been sitting on it for a year. It is a platformer yes, and it does that well. It is a good platformer. And everything else it does just works! It isn't a perfect game (there is no perfect game) yet this comes close by hitting a lot of great points. Give it a listen!

    40 min
  • Be Your Own Creator

    Episode 29 of Gaming Couch. I heard a man comment on something he read online about the gaming industry. This got me thinking about people and the things they create. I'll save all the details for the actual episode. I just want to let you all know something.

    You do you fam. If you want to make something take control of it and do it. Only you should control what it is you want to make.

    25 min
  • A World Made by Players

    Episode 28 of Gaming Couch.

    A lot of crazy things happen when playing/running a RPG game like Dungeons & Dragons, Pathfinder, Star Wars, etc. The list goes on. I believe the most important part to all of these games, and what leads to crazy things happening, is how the players interact with the world. Obviously, it is up the Game Master to make the world, or atleast run it if using a premade, yet it falls to the players to do what they want with it. Recently, my DnD group went through a huge wave of emotion from just a few women that they have only met once or twice. And it just blows me away how they took those very short interactions and have completely changed the direction and feel of the game.
    It also got me thinking of this Table Top RPG that I have been reading cover to cover recently. Cyberpunk 2.0.2.0. It is a game that is BIG on how the players interact in the world and try to survive. I am really excited to try and get a campaign off the ground in it. If you are interested follow the link below to get a reprint of the 2nd edition:
    https://dragonstrove.com/cyberpunk-2020-2nd-ed?utm_source=google_shopping&gclid=CjwKCAiAyrXiBRAjEiwATI95mSz5mh1wnNS8Ko3klsWL88i7_NmOqDretMEbzFkX33y_PazZvqsYKhoCWTgQAvD_BwE

    43 min
  • Into the Endless Cycle

    Episode 27 of Gaming Couch! First, a light read I want to share with everyone to warm the heart during this cold season.

    Just a famous actor sharing his love of DnD with some kids at a Children's Hopsital. Some good stuff.

    https://www.post-gazette.com/ae/tv-radio/2019/01/08/Joe-Manganiello-Dungeons-and-Dragons-Childrens-Hospital-Pittsburgh/stories/201901080140?fbclid=IwAR1tGQ-0e2gjgRBejlS2vOsAWSFNqBohDQzv1yiyUdZb1HJWZ8cMADXugyA


    Second, I have become hooked on Into the Breach. Take some Giant Mechs, fight some Giant Bugs, all in a randomly made campaign that has you trying over and over again to win. 15 bucks on Steam, check it out.

    31 min
  • A Roll of the Dice to Live

    Episode 26 of Gaming Couch.

    A little here and there of an idea that really comes to light at the end of the episode. I have discovered Kenshi recently. A survival, RPG, open world style game. Some cool elements to it but incredibly brutal. And Slay the Spire, with it's new final ending, really needs some Lady Luck to get through. Difficulty and Luck are hand in hand in games. Is it a good thing though?

    30 min

About Gaming Couch

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This is Gaming Couch, a time to talk about gaming. Video games, card games, board games, table top war games, you name it. Focusing mostly on games of old and up to the indie market of today I like to think about what makes a game a game and how it holds up to others of its kind.