We explore the topics of game engines and how they impact the games we play.

The influence of the OG Unreal, the rise of Unity, and in-house powerhouses such as Frostbite Engine and Snowdrop.

Remember when Crysis was the way to benchmark your PC? How has CryEngine's descendants fared in the field of MMOs and the engine-based-on-an-engine that powers Star Citizen?

But wait, there's more! Do you know just how many games you might know are made in Game Maker? Maybe you're fiddling with Godot, and maybe you even pronounce it right.

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Intro Music:

Glow by Isaak Wolf

Outro Music:

Waxing Crescent by Isaak Wolf

Check him out for many gaming-inspired songs and custom music!

https://www.youtube.com/@IsaakWolf

From lootboxes to gacha, West to East, how has paid RNG evolved alongside video games?

Intro song:

Midnight Whispers by White_Records

Outro song:

'Horizons' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au

Nostalgia time - we talk about browser games of the past, from RuneScape to Gemcraft, Sonny to Lemonade Stand, O Game to Fusionfall. See how Java, Flash, Shockwave and Unity gave rise to a bygone era of gaming and its own set of indie developers.

Discussion on the CPU and GPU arms race with consumer hardware, hierarchies, systems and how computing has changed across the ages.

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Intro Music:

Just Trying to Stay Alive by Isaak Wolf

Outro Music:

Lunacy by Isaak Wolf

Check him out for many gaming-inspired songs and custom music!

https://www.youtube.com/@IsaakWolf

Reminisce with us about the great (or not) game mechanics of the past. Quick-load to a time before quick-saves and explore eras from the arcades to the Live Service.

Mechanics orphaned from arena shooters, regional game mechanics, the pressures of repairing arcade buttons after Slash rages at Marvel vs. Capcom - it's all here, to fit right in your ear.

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Intro Music:

Glow by Isaak Wolf

Outro Music:

Waxing Crescent by Isaak Wolf

Check him out for many gaming-inspired songs and custom music!

https://www.youtube.com/@IsaakWolf

Explore perspectives on the old and current ages of MMOs. Bygone eras, modern grinds and satellite genres tell a timeline of the industry. What was the genre once, and what could it be again?

Relive the early 2,000s era of RuneScape, World of WarCraft, Star Wars Galaxies, and Anarchy Online. Remember the semi-modern MMOs you might still play such as Guild Wars 2, Final Fantasy XIV and The Elder Scrolls Online. Then, delve into the state of things now: Eastern behemoths such as Black Desert Online, Lost Ark and Throne and Liberty.