What can games teach us about time management? Which games address existence from a philosophical lens? In this episode of Deep in the D-Pad, the fellas discuss the relationship between time management and existential dread in and out of games. For his D-Pad Delight Carlos Gutierrez discusses how Dead Rising killed his Xbox360. We round out today’s episode by exploring small unit tactics as they pertain to AI during Skill Treat. Appearances by Zelda--Majora’s Mask and Skyward Sword—Spiritfarer, and Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes.

Intro-00:00:04

D-Pad Delights-00:00:15

Deeper into the D-Pad- 00:10:15

Skill Treat-  00:53:15

Outro-01:01:00

Special thanks to 8-bit Jazz & Kevin MacLeod for supplying music for the show and Julia Eldred for creating the artwork.