In Episode 2 of Season 2 of Loading Screen, Tristan and Raza talk about Single-Player Narrative Games. How we define the genre, why people play the games, and our recommendations.

Loading Screen's recommended Single-Player Narrative Games:

• Uncharted series

Intro/Outro music by Mosab (https://twitter.com/mobrosab)

Podcast art by Weiwei Xu (https://twitter.com/peevishpants)

For the first episode of Season 2, Tristan and Raza talk about Role-Playing Games. How we define the genre, why people play the games, and our recommendations.

Loading Screen's recommended RPGs:

• Witcher 3

Intro/Outro music by Mosab (https://twitter.com/mobrosab)

Podcast art by Weiwei Xu (https://twitter.com/peevishpants)

Welcome back to Loading Screen!

A seasonal series where Tristan Jung and Raza Retiwala where we help you, the listener, discover new video game genres.

In Season 2, we will be deep diving into RPGs, Narrative Action Adventure Games, Tactical Shooters, MOBAs, and Roguelike Deckbuilders. We will share why these games are fun to play, along with a list of recommendations for you to jump into.

There will be 5 episodes, released every week. See you soon.

For the seasonal finale of Loading Screen Season 1, we chat with Andrew Tsai, RJ Lake, and Rachel Lake from D-Cell Games about their rhythm game, Unbeatable.

Intro/Outro music by Mosab (https://twitter.com/mobrosab)

Podcast art by Weiwei Xu (https://twitter.com/peevishpants)

This week, we talk about Rhythm Games. The different types (peripheral, controller, movement), the history and arcs, and the perception.

Next week, we will be speaking with D-Cell Games about their Rhythm Game: Unbeatable.

Intro/Outro music by Mosab (https://twitter.com/mobrosab)

Podcast art by Weiwei Xu (https://twitter.com/peevishpants)

This week, we chat with Lindsay Rollins from Rocket Adrift to talk about their Dating Simulator game, Raptor Boyfriend.

Intro/Outro music by Mosab (https://twitter.com/mobrosab)

Podcast art by Weiwei Xu (https://twitter.com/peevishpants)

This week, we deep dive into Dating Simulator games: the history, main games, evolution, and perception.

Next week, we will be speaking with Rocket Adrift about their Dating Sim game: Raptor Boyfriend.

Intro/Outro music by Mosab (https://twitter.com/mobrosab)

Podcast art by Weiwei Xu (https://twitter.com/peevishpants)

This week, we welcome Zach Mumbach from A Wandering Band to discuss their city management game, Airborne Kingdom.

Intro/Outro music by Mosab (https://twitter.com/mobrosab)

Podcast art by Weiwei Xu (https://twitter.com/peevishpants)

For our second genre, we talk about City Management games. Some of the games that we explore include: The Sumerian Game, SimCity, Caesar, Moonbase, Tropico and Frostpunk.

Next week, we will be speaking with The Wandering Band about their City Management game: Airborne Kingdom.

Intro/Outro music by Mosab (https://twitter.com/mobrosab)

Podcast art by Weiwei Xu (https://twitter.com/peevishpants)

This week we welcome Nicolas Guérin from Thunder Lotus Games to talk about their latest game: Spiritfarer, a cozy management game about dying. We deep-dive in the motivations behind the game, how the team built it, and the fun stories along the way.

Games plugged by Nicolas:

• Disco Elysium

Intro/Outro music by Mosab (https://twitter.com/mobrosab)

Podcast art by Weiwei Xu (https://twitter.com/peevishpants)