#63"I have so much feelings..."Roundtable2018.01.02

This week, your nice hosts get into it. Stephen is split on everything, Mark is the bad guy, and it's all Martha's fault.

Stephen and Mark talked about their Ludum Dare 40 game, Widget Satchel, which Martha played on last week’s Nice Plays episode!

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Game Designer Damion Schubert posted a thread on Twitter about how to do loot boxes ethically. Mark was not convinced.