The Panic Mode Podcast

This week we look at the many ways gaming academia has tried to quantify “fun”. Fun fact: funnily enough, researching “fun” is a decidedly unfun experience despite “fun” ostensibly being “fun”. Does “fun” sound like a funny word yet?

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Show Notes:

Shelby’s Feature in Alberta Makes Games:

https://bit.ly/2CxXMSk

Mark LeBlanc: Eight Types of Fun:

https://bit.ly/2Ctw49a

Pierre-Alexandre Garneau: Fourteen(!) Types of Fun:

https://ubm.io/32Fvi3K

Gryphon Myers: Four Types of Fun:

https://ubm.io/33MkOR6

New Frame Plus: The Effects Animation of Hollow Knight

https://bit.ly/33EkHHq

Panic Radio is back! What’s spooky gaming stories have gotten you in panic mode lately?

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Music Credits:

Unseen Horrors by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)

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Blip Stream by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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Cephalopod by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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Happy Bee by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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Lobby Time by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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Show Notes:

Sign the change.org petition to save game developers!

http://chng.it/hZKsRkfdgF

Or you know...

Don’t.

Understanding what is meant by progressive and emergent gameplay is an important tool for communicating about game design. And yes, we promise we didn’t just make those terms up.

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Show Notes:

Metal Gear Solid V & The Power of Emergent Gameplay: https://bit.ly/2pg5ahO

Why No Other Souls Game is as Special as the Original Dark Souls: https://bit.ly/31faaAm

*WARNING: LONG BORING READ AHEAD*

Emergent Mechanic Design for Video Games with Procedural Content:

https://ubm.io/2OLkm0U

This week we tackle myths about girls and games.

We’d hoped we wouldn’t have to, but apparently we do.

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Show Notes:

Gamer Demographics by Gender: https://bit.ly/2oplOGo

Game Developer Demographics by Gender: https://bit.ly/2q5MkY7

New York Times - Saluting the Women Behind the Screen: https://nyti.ms/2mJtK9Y

Polygon - Unraveling the story behind the stereotype of video games being for boys: https://bit.ly/2zobDuw

Female Gaming, Gaming Addiction, and the Role of Women Within Gaming Culture: A Narrative Literature Review- https://bit.ly/2nE9CWS

Project Natal Reveal: https://bit.ly/1AVfzbS

Shelby’s TEDx Talk: https://bit.ly/2IbCVoU

Who knew character creators could be so complicated?

Shelby did.

Shelby always bloody knows.

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Show Notes:

The Ultimate Ambient Video Game Music Playlist: https://bit.ly/2lWsfnL

Innovations In Character: Personalizing RPGs, Retaining Players: https://ubm.io/2mfQMEB

Video Essay on Allegory and Coding: https://youtu.be/gLOxQxMnEz8?t=1443

It’s our podcast’s one year anniversary! In this episode we take a look at progression systems, and talk about the past and future of Panic Mode.

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Show Notes:

Mike Lopez - Gameplay Design Fundamentals: Gameplay Progression: https://ubm.io/32o7YYv

Josh Bycer - Understanding Progression Models in Game Design:

https://bit.ly/2Lfm4pd

Mark Brown - Can We Make Talking as Much Fun as Shooting?

https://bit.ly/2Lib754

Detroit: Become Human - Awkward Male Stripper Dancing:

https://bit.ly/32lgkjC

First-person shooters have been around in one form or another for over forty years now. This week we discuss its history, its subgenres, and the design philosophies that informed it along the way.

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Music Credits:

Lobby Time by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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Show Notes:

Etymology of the First-Person Shooter Genre:

https://bit.ly/2v8gLxo

The Complete History Of First Person Shooters:

https://bit.ly/31L1d2r

Stories from the Maze War 30 Year Retrospective

https://bit.ly/33G2eut

Steve Jobs Introducing Halo:

https://bit.ly/2q5gY4g

Hello internet, what's got you in panic mode today?

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Music Credits:

AhDah by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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Blip Stream by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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Cephalopod by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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Happy Bee by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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Lobby Time by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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Show Notes:

Deb of Night:

https://bit.ly/2T4WW6Y

A grab bag episode this week on the podcast. Everything from the persistent presence of crunch in the gaming industry to how to make losing fun. And not to spoil anything, but the signoff is a little unique this week...

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Music Credits:

Blip Stream by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0

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Cephalopod by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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Happy Bee by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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Show Notes:

Theory: How to Make Losing Fun:

https://bit.ly/2LwrxJL

Extra Credits - Losing:

https://bit.ly/2OiWgMG

This week we look at collectible card games - what they are, why they're popular, and some heuristics for designing them.

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Show Notes:

GDC Talk - Game design lessons worth learning from collectible card games:

https://ubm.io/2S09Nqo

The Rise of the Mobile Collectible Card Game:

https://ubm.io/2G11PZg

What Magic: The Gathering Can Teach Us:

https://ubm.io/2JtkvC5

Wizards of the Coast - Introduction to Game Theory:

https://bit.ly/2A6lc0F

Wizard’s of the Coast - What is the Metagame?

https://bit.ly/2XzbEnv

Mark Rosewater - Twenty Years, Twenty Lessons Learned:

https://bit.ly/1X1FNre