The Testing Room

The Testing Room

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The Testing Room episodes

  • Ep.70 - TV Shows and Movies 2022-2023

    Welcome to The Testing Room where today two of the gaming industry’s best consultants (to never consult on a game) bring fun new topics each week to talk, debate, and/or laugh about. This week daddy Christian is out so Alex and Preston get to do what we've always done since we met and talk TV shows and Movies. We talked about ones from this year that disappointed, were middling and ones that were great. Then we talk some more about the ones we are looking forward to in 2023.  Listen in and let us know your favorite shows and movies from 2022 and what you're excited about in 2023. Don't forget to send comments and questions to [email protected].

    2 hr 45 min
  • Ep.69(Noice!) - Most Underrated Game Mechanics That Are Not Used

    Welcome to The Testing Room where three of the gaming industry’s best consultants (to never consult on a game) bring fun new topics each week to talk, debate, and/or laugh about. This week is our titular 69th episode (very noice!), where we talk about underrated game mechanics that weren't used again or at least not often. Some examples are the Dead Space navigation system or maybe even 3D on rail shooters.  Listen in and let us know your own opinion and what mechanics we have missed. Don't forget to send comments and questions to [email protected].

    2 hr 5 min
  • Ep.68 - Will Physical Media Die?

    Welcome to The Testing Room where three of the gaming industry’s best consultants (to never consult on a game) bring fun new topics each week to talk, debate, and/or laugh about. This week we talk about all the games we've played and shows/movies we watched. Then we ask a serious question, will physical media die? Some of us on the podcast love our older media but the true question is what will happen to newer games?  Listen in and let us know your own opinion. Don't forget to send comments and questions to [email protected].

    2 hr 25 min
  • Ep.67 - Have Trophies/Achievements Ruined Games?

    Welcome to The Testing Room where three of the gaming industry’s best consultants (to never consult on a game) bring fun new topics each week to talk, debate, and/or laugh about. This week we talk about all the games we've played and shows/movies we watched. Then we get into the topic of have the trophies and achievements in these games made them worst? Has it ruined some of our experiences or did we finally stop caring as much?.  Listen in and let us know your own opinion. Don't forget to send comments and questions to [email protected].

    2 hr 31 min
  • Ep.66 - Testing Room's D&D Ep.6

    Welcome to The Testing Room where three of the gaming industry’s best consultants (to never consult on a game) bring fun new topics each week to talk, debate, and laugh about.

    This week inside The Testing Room we get into the 6th episode of our D&D campaign! We are Roldras the Cleric (Christian), Deadalus the Druid (Alex), Chirrut the Monk (Preston) and Odin the DM (Jake). We dive deeper into the cave unlocking secrets and more! The biggest of shout outs to our homie Jake who is one half of the greatest comic book podcast (Two Worlds Podcast). He is the DM and we send much love his way!

    The squad name was not mentioned in this episode #spiritualsquad

    Big shout outs to our contributing artists, @damiencrow for the incredible music and @raevpet for the fantastic art! Also don't forget to send in your comments and questions to [email protected]

    1 hr 47 min
  • Ep.65 - How Soon is too Soon for a Remake/Remaster?

    Welcome to The Testing Room where three of the gaming industry’s best consultants (to never consult on a game) bring fun new topics each week to talk, debate, and/or laugh about. This week we talk about all the games we've played and shows/movies we watched. Then we talking about the idea of reboot/remake/remastered games. Is it ever too early to do it (horizon zero dawn), what  were some good ones and what separates the terms.  Listen in and let us know your own opinion. Don't forget to send comments and questions to [email protected].

    2 hr 13 min
  • Ep.64 - What Makes a Good Horror Game

    Welcome to The Testing Room where three of the gaming industry’s best consultants (to never consult on a game) bring fun new topics each week to talk, debate, and/or laugh about. This week we talk about all the games we've played and shows/movies we watched. After that we talk about what makes a good horror game, what makes a game a horror game and what are our favorite/scariest moments in horror games.  Listen in and let us know your own opinion. Don't forget to send comments and questions to [email protected].

    2 hr 9 min
  • Ep.63 - Video Game Leaks and the Damages

    Welcome to The Testing Room where three of the gaming industry’s best consultants (to never consult on a game) bring fun new topics each week to talk, debate, and/or laugh about. This week we talk about all the games we've played and shows/movies we watched. After that we talk about video game leaks with the recent the recent GTA6 leaks being the catalyst of how a company can be hit hard by such leaks..  Listen in and let us know your own opinion. Don't forget to send comments and questions to [email protected].

    2 hr 30 min
  • Ep.62 - Best Way to Announce/Release a Game

    Welcome to The Testing Room where three of the gaming industry’s best consultants (to never consult on a game) bring fun new topics each week to talk, debate, and laugh about. This week we talk about all the fun games we've played and shows/movies we watched. After that we talk about how games are announced and released. Some drop demos and its released within the year, some are announced years out from their release date with a logo, and some just get dropped the same day it's announced. We consult on what companies will do and what we would prefer them to do when it comes to this announcement/release window.  Listen in and let us know your own opinion. Don't forget to send comments and questions to [email protected].

    1 hr 57 min
  • Ep.61 - Is 'Games as a Service' Bad?

    Welcome to The Testing Room where three of the gaming industry’s best consultants (to never consult on a game) bring fun new topics each week to talk, debate, and laugh about. This week we talk about all the fun games we've played and shows/movies we watched. After that we talk about "Games as a service" (Gaas) and how mainly it has effected Halo, how to do it properly and why it's happening.  Listen in and let us know your own opinion. Don't forget to send comments and questions to [email protected].

    2 hr 22 min

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Welcome to The Testing Room where three of the gaming industry's best consultants (who have never consulted on a game) bring fun new topics each week to talk, debate, and laugh about.