Steven Lake
@theexaminedgame.bsky.social
Director of Technoblade Never Dies. Host of The Examined Game Podcast. Peabody Nominated video game fanatic.
My Edmund Mcmillen @edmundm.bsky.social interview is fast approaching 200k views. Why? Because he came up with the greatest analogy for game design I've ever heard in my life! youtu.be/EWVsMAVhy38 #thebindingofisaac #mewgenics #gaming #roguelike
Why You Shouldn't Give Players What They Want | Edmund McMillen (The Binding of Isaac)
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Should Soulslikes be more accessible? I asked Sean Valesco of Mina The Hollower from @yachtclubgames.bsky.social fame in this week's episode of The Examined Game youtu.be/r-hwgVo1O2I #minathehollower #soulslike #gaming
Soulslikes Should Be For Everyone | Sean Valesco (Mina the Hollower, Shovel Knight)
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Thinking of @pripyatbeast.bsky.social Stephen Kick from @nightdivestudios.bsky.social as I go through my 90s big box collection #bigboxgames #retrogaming
What did your gaming childhood mean to you? A short documentary on @nightdivestudios.bsky.social with founder @pripyatbeast.bsky.social on the love and support his Mom and Dad provided around his childhood love of gaming #retrogaming #gaming youtu.be/Yh2PQqz1TOw
The Man Saving Your Childhood Video Games
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Currently cluttering up the front page of Steam alongside @jon.inkle.co talking player choice thanks to@telltalegames.bsky.social for the opportunity to be a part of your Choices Matter Festival steamcommunity.com/broadcast/wa...
Find me hanging out on the front page of the Steam Store with @jon.inkle.co as part of @telltalegames.bsky.social Choices Matter Festival discussing player agency, choice, chairs and Monkey Island store.steampowered.com/sale/Choices...
Welcome to the Choices Matter Festival hosted by Telltale!
Hello Friends, Welcome to the first-ever Choices Matter Festival on Steam! We're celebrating games of various genres with diverging storylines and critical decisions at the forefront. Festival highlig...
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I had the pleasure of speaking with Nate Purkeypile about his time at Bethesda, his predictions for Fallout 5 and his feelings about a Fallout 3 remaster #fallout #bethesda #gaming #rpg youtu.be/Cbw8iy9o3qY
A Bethesda Insider Explains What Changed | Nate Purkeypile
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Why would @telltalegames.bsky.social have me do an interview with @jon.inkle.co bugging him about chairs in video games for their Choices Matter Festival? Find out August 10th when the interview goes live on the @steampowered.com homepage.
I have the privilege of participating in @telltalegames.bsky.social CHOICES MATTER FEST on Steam interviewing @jon.inkle.co of @inkle.co fame
Telltale@telltalegames.bsky.social · 2mo agoCelebrate narrative games w/ our first-ever CHOICES MATTER FEST on Steam! AUGUST 10 - 17th: It’s stacked with... 🪧40+ Demos 🪧Behind-the-scenes content 🪧Interviews 🪧A Choose-Your-Own-Adventure-type quiz 🪧Exclusive announcements 🪧TWO WORLD PREMIERES (not ours) 🪧…and discounts on 90 featured games!
Pleased that inkle is part of the Choices Matter Festival, with a new chat with @theexaminedgame.bsky.social
Telltale@telltalegames.bsky.social · 2mo agoCelebrate narrative games w/ our first-ever CHOICES MATTER FEST on Steam! AUGUST 10 - 17th: It’s stacked with... 🪧40+ Demos 🪧Behind-the-scenes content 🪧Interviews 🪧A Choose-Your-Own-Adventure-type quiz 🪧Exclusive announcements 🪧TWO WORLD PREMIERES (not ours) 🪧…and discounts on 90 featured games!
When You Enable 3D Acceleration in the 90s with Stephen Kick @pripyatbeast.bsky.social From Nightdive Studios @nightdivestudios.bsky.social
I had a wonderful opportunity to do an interview with Steven Lake and reminisce about growing up playing PC games with my Dad and the sacrifices my Mom made to send me to my dream school which eventually lead to starting Nightdive Studios
Steven Lake@theexaminedgame.bsky.social · 2mo agoThe Examined Game talks with Nightdive Studio's @nightdivestudios.bsky.social founder Stephen Kick @pripyatbeast.bsky.social on his gaming childhood and the support he got from his Mom and Dad to follow his dreams in making video games youtu.be/LcfHl22lwyM
The Examined Game talks with Nightdive Studio's @nightdivestudios.bsky.social founder Stephen Kick @pripyatbeast.bsky.social on his gaming childhood and the support he got from his Mom and Dad to follow his dreams in making video games youtu.be/LcfHl22lwyM
90s Games Were Built Different | Stephen Kick
YouTube video by The Examined Game with Steven Lake
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When The Sims theme tune starts playing on the co-working space spotify playlist and no-one cares
Thanks @diegoarguello.bsky.social for writing about my interview with Josh Sawyer on how much control to give players in RPGs! Great piece. www.gamedeveloper.com/design/penti...
Pentiment director argues in favor of RPGs not ceding all control
During a recent interview, Pentiment director Josh Sawyer spoke about the importance of not ceding total control to RPG players.
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Thanks @rockpapershotgun.bsky.social and @markwarren.bsky.social for covering my interview with @jesawyer.bsky.social on why being able to kill God in an RPG ain't always the right way to go! www.rockpapershotgun.com/reported-lea...
Reported lead of Obsidian's new Fallout game wants you to feel a "sense of agony" when playing an RPG, rather than being an all-powerful god-splatterer
Fallout: New Vegas director Josh Sawyer has spoken about RPGs putting limits on their protagonists, as he reportedly starts work on a new Fallout game.
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knew it'd be fun to one day tune into Kotaku and see a piece based off one of my interviews front and center. Today it finally happened. Thanks @zackzwiezen.com Here is the video mentioned... www.youtube.com/watch?v=H14G...
Excited to annouce that I convinced Adventure X to let me do a talk on chairs as a form of protest in video games.
AdventureX@adventurex.bsky.social · 2mo agoThis year’s schedule and lineup of incredible talks and panels are live! Visit adventurexpo.org for details. Join us at #AdvX26 in London on 7-8 November to hear from @sallybeaumont.bsky.social, @theexaminedgame.bsky.social, and more amazing gaming pros. Keynotes coming soon! Follow for updates
The Latest episode of The Examined game is with Edmund McMillen) @edmundmcmillen.bsky.social (The Binding of Isaac, Mewgenics) we talk the future of Mewgenics and the importance of withholding satisfaction from players youtu.be/EWVsMAVhy38?...
Why You Shouldn't Give Players What They Want | Edmund McMillen (The Binding of Isaac)
YouTube video by The Examined Game with Steven Lake
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How Outer Wilds Was Written with Kelsey Beachum (@vankelsing.bsky.social) youtu.be/3UBbtWJzu8k?... #outerwilds #gaming #gamingpodcast Revisiting this interview I was reminded how open and honest Kelsey was, such a pleasure to talk with her!
How Outer Wilds Was Written | Kelsey Beachum
YouTube video by The Examined Game with Steven Lake
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What Faction Would Fallout: New Vegas director Josh Sawyer @jesawyer.bsky.social Choose? www.youtube.com/watch?v=UK1-... #fallout #falloutnewvegas #gamingpodcast #gaming
I Asked Fallout: New Vegas Director Josh Sawyer Which Faction He'd Choose
YouTube video by The Examined Game with Steven Lake
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Nice bit of coverage of my Josh Sawyer interview from @antomcg.bsky.social www.gamesradar.com/games/fallou...
Fallout: New Vegas director thinks his RPG became more popular after fans "forgot about the fact that they were annoyed" about its similarities to Fallout 3
Obsidian's spin-off has become a cult classic, of sorts
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@jon.inkle.co You came up a couple of times in my chat with Josh Sawyer @jesawyer.bsky.social in response to him talking about players needing to simply 'try their best' reminded me of our discussion about players 'being enough' www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsEQ...
From Pillars Of Eternity to Pentiment | Josh Sawyer (Obsidian) PART 2
YouTube video by The Examined Game with Steven Lake
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Here is PART 2 of my in-depth chat with Josh Sawyer @jesawyer.bsky.social we go in depth into #pentiment and the design decision not to let you 'kill God' in #pillarsofeternity 2 youtu.be/LsEQ10eAheM?... PART 1 (covering #falloutnewvegas and #icewinddale) on the channel #obsidian #gaming
From Pillars Of Eternity to Pentiment | Josh Sawyer (Obsidian) PART 2
YouTube video by The Examined Game with Steven Lake
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What's your favorite video game main menu? Mine are #Halflife2, #lifeisstrange, #detroitbecomehuman and #finalfantasyvii youtu.be/0RRTPVhW34I
The Greatest Video Game Main Menus
YouTube video by The Examined Game with Steven Lake
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Should I go back and finally finish TELLTALE's Tales of Monkey Island series? It's the only uncompleted game in the series for me. #monkeyisland #pointandclickadventuregame #adventuregame
This week on The Examined Game I spoke with @dave.powerhoof.com on the terror of making a hugely successful game like The Drifter and the modernisation of the classic adventure game www.theexaminedgame.com/how-the-drif... #thedrifter #gaming #gamingpodcast #gamedesign
Lovely chat with Ron on his podcast discussing my fascination with over thinking video games
Ron’s Computer Videos 🧍♂️🖥️📼@ronscompvids.bsky.social · 3mo agoThis week's guest is someone who puts a lot of thought into the concepts behind games. Why are we forced down one path, but not another? Do modern games truly afford the player agency? Let's Chat with @theexaminedgame.bsky.social! youtu.be/hYFu4zvLjDo
Expand your adventure game horizons today!
Francisco González@grundislav.games · 3mo agoThe Steam Summer Sale is still going! Grab 3 of my point & click adventures for < $26! - Explore 1920s Miami Or enter the alt history world of Vespuccia and: - Solve cases as a haunted detective - Travel across the frontier in search of a missing fortune store.steampowered.com/developer/gr...
