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"I do business." DLC and Expansions; Genre in Games


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This week, Stephen finally gets a theme song, Mark plays devil's advocate, and Martha gets dangerously close to a topic your nice hosts swore to never talk about on the show.

DLC and Expansions
0:02:40
Martha Megarry
Gaming
Production

When Mark was young, he bought unofficial Quake mods on CD-ROM.

Turns out, Electronics Boutique and EB Games are the same thing.

Day-One DLC Isn’t Always Evil, Says Borderlands 2 Guy - Tina AminiKotaku
Patch The Process - Rami Ishmail
Street Fighter V is a Barebones Game That’s a Sign of the Times - Paul TamburroCrave
Code analysis of No Man's Sky praises engine, criticises "unfinished" game  - Andy ChalkPCGamer
It turns out Sony won’t be charging PS4 Pro players for 4K upgrade patches - Danny CowanDigital Trends
Mario Party 2: Luigi wins by doing absolutely nothing - KlydeStrom YouTube

Turns out, Dungeons & Dragons does use software-style versioning for their “patch notes.”

After recording this episode, Mark had an idea for how to price DLC in Metro Nexus.

Nier Automata Lets Players Buy PSN Trophies With In-Game Money - Heather AlexandraKotaku
Payday 2 rolls back microtransactions after fan outrage - Kyle OrlandArs Technica
5G - Press START to Play - Make Hack RepeatYouTube
I Am Rich: The Story of the World's Strangest Mobile App - Antoni Zolciak In’saneLab
Genre in Games
0:38:34
Mark LaCroix
Game Design
Meta

Wikipedia says “Genres are not usually defined by the actual content of the game.”

“List of accolades received by Grand Theft Auto V”  - Wikipedia - Wikipedia

Turns out, Call of Duty games have been nominated for a lot of BAFTAs over the years.

What makes an RPG an RPG: a universal definition -  Craig SternSinister Design
Mass Effect - Don’t Touch That - svaalbardYouTube
Mass Effect - Blasto! (hilarious) - Generic GamingYouTube
Ludonarrative Dissonance in Bioshock - Clint HawkingClick Nothing
Naughy Dog Doesn’t Get Ludonarrative Dissonance - Alessio Palumbowccftech

A good critical review of Jason Schreier’s book “Blood, Sweat, And Pixels,” which Mark read recently and really liked.

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