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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 Amini, Kotaku
Patch The Process - Rami Ishmail
Street Fighter V is a Barebones Game That’s a Sign of the Times - Paul Tamburro, Crave
Code analysis of No Man's Sky praises engine, criticises "unfinished" game - Andy Chalk, PCGamer
It turns out Sony won’t be charging PS4 Pro players for 4K upgrade patches - Danny Cowan, Digital 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 Alexandra, Kotaku
Payday 2 rolls back microtransactions after fan outrage - Kyle Orland, Ars Technica
5G - Press START to Play - Make Hack Repeat, YouTube
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 Stern, Sinister Design
Mass Effect - Don’t Touch That - svaalbard, YouTube
Mass Effect - Blasto! (hilarious) - Generic Gaming, YouTube
Ludonarrative Dissonance in Bioshock - Clint Hawking, Click Nothing
Naughy Dog Doesn’t Get Ludonarrative Dissonance - Alessio Palumbo, wccftech
A good critical review of Jason Schreier’s book “Blood, Sweat, And Pixels,” which Mark read recently and really liked.
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By Lydia, Stephen, and Mark
4.7
4141 ratings
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 Amini, Kotaku
Patch The Process - Rami Ishmail
Street Fighter V is a Barebones Game That’s a Sign of the Times - Paul Tamburro, Crave
Code analysis of No Man's Sky praises engine, criticises "unfinished" game - Andy Chalk, PCGamer
It turns out Sony won’t be charging PS4 Pro players for 4K upgrade patches - Danny Cowan, Digital 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 Alexandra, Kotaku
Payday 2 rolls back microtransactions after fan outrage - Kyle Orland, Ars Technica
5G - Press START to Play - Make Hack Repeat, YouTube
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 Stern, Sinister Design
Mass Effect - Don’t Touch That - svaalbard, YouTube
Mass Effect - Blasto! (hilarious) - Generic Gaming, YouTube
Ludonarrative Dissonance in Bioshock - Clint Hawking, Click Nothing
Naughy Dog Doesn’t Get Ludonarrative Dissonance - Alessio Palumbo, wccftech
A good critical review of Jason Schreier’s book “Blood, Sweat, And Pixels,” which Mark read recently and really liked.
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