Live footage of game designers debating the merits of an encumbrance system
Raj Patel@rajio.bsky.social · 3w agoGamedev can have a little door discourse as a treat
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Raj Patel@rajio.bsky.social · 3w agoIf you want to discover plenty of overlooked gems that relate to nostalgia, tabletop, or recreation - please give my Steam curator page a follow! store.steampowered.com/curator/4623...
Steam Curator: This Is Design
Tabletop. Nostalgia. Recreation. Overlooked games that combine tactile, innovative, mechanics with high skill ceilings and low skill floors.
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If you want to discover plenty of overlooked gems that relate to nostalgia, tabletop, or recreation - please give my Steam curator page a follow! store.steampowered.com/curator/4623...
Steam Curator: This Is Design
Tabletop. Nostalgia. Recreation. Overlooked games that combine tactile, innovative, mechanics with high skill ceilings and low skill floors.
store.steampowered.com
It's always a fantastic experience chatting with the lads! Please give this a listen and be sure to run through the entirety of the @backpagepod.bsky.social catalogue, it's full of timeless and engaging insights across the medium.
The Back Page: A Video Games Podcast@backpagepod.bsky.social · 3w agoNew episode! Everyone is talking about GTA 6...except us. We put some game design crimes on trial instead with returning guest @smithstock.bsky.social. Listen wherever you get podcasts: open.spotify.com/episode/45Sj...
#GTA6 - Impressive visual showcase and radio bangers, base jumping, everglades and Sir Cliff stood out for me. Like the nuances in the felony system and the adaptive camera work. Doesn't quite have the Vice City nostalgic feel, but I hope a twilight cruise down Oceanfront delivers in that regard.
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Coming tomorrow! The return of Game Design Crimes with expert guest @smithstock.bsky.social. Here's a preview where Matthew litigates simple hint systems:
The probability of a mirror match is extremely high, so this was unexpected!
zeusuplex.bsky.social@zeusuplex.bsky.social · 4w agoGeryon completed a skull crushing finale against Geryon during December To Dismember XVIII, available on Baddiel and Skinner Unplanned!
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I think I've busted it @blukulelestudio.bsky.social... I have an engine that allows me to generate gambits and pieces when captured. Manipulating the Queen, I sacrifice each turn which also prevents crumble mode. So I'm repeating this approach to cycle pieces, gambits, tiles and cash 😎
Jamie Smith@smithstock.bsky.social · 2mo agoI finished finished my first run of Gambonanza from @blukulelestudio.bsky.social this morning. It has really grown on me recently - especially after discovering this build revolving around promotions and white squares to clone queens. Might just make it into my top 5 for the year!
If you enjoyed #Odyssey or recent events in #WWE, following this feed may be of interest. Now with Roman gods added into the mix, keep your eyes peeled!
zeusuplex.bsky.social@zeusuplex.bsky.social · 2mo agoActaeon administered a michinoku driver on Rhea at Anarchy Rulz XX, featured on Richard & Judy!
Icarus performed a bronco buster on Hephaestus at Anarchy Rulz XII, tune in via Cilla!
Menelaus inflicted a gorilla press slam on Artemis during King of Pro-Wrestling XVI, repeated on Trisha Goddard!
Made a bot that combines mythology, wrestling and British TV #TheOdyssey #WWE
zeusuplex.bsky.social@zeusuplex.bsky.social · 2mo agoAgamemnon served a tombstone piledriver on Arachne at Great American Bash III, streaming on The Big Breakfast!
I finished finished my first run of Gambonanza from @blukulelestudio.bsky.social this morning. It has really grown on me recently - especially after discovering this build revolving around promotions and white squares to clone queens. Might just make it into my top 5 for the year!
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Samuel Roberts@samuelwroberts.bsky.social · 3mo ago
Every time I see Lennie James in 007 First Light, I expect him to say "we have to clear" at the end of each mission briefing.
Hitman: Blood Money was released on this day 20 years ago 🏢 IO Interactive 📅 26/05/2006 🖥 PS2, Windows, Xbox, Xbox 360
Kiryu: I didn't choose the gangland lifestyle, within which violence is just an unfortunate means to an end Also Kiryu: I've started yet another new gang, whose goal is to win the violence league
Edward Bluemel. Young enough to create a legacy, has the look, charm and grit. He plays a great proxy in Killing Eve.
IGN@ign.com · 4mo agoThe casting search for the next actor to play James Bond is officially underway, with Variety reporting that Nina Gold has been hired as the casting director for James Bond 26, which is said to be looking for a "fresh face" to play 007. https://bit.ly/4dcbcWd
Very late to the party but, after numerous recommendations, I finally played Sektori... Absolute masterpiece. And so the race towards the top 100 begins.
Naming a video game you've completed more than six times is trickier.
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Hervé Gengler@hervegengler.bsky.social · 5mo agoNaming a video game you've completed more than six times is trickier.
A fun format this: people submit their least favourite bits of game design and we - with the insight of an actual designer (the wonderful Jamie Smith) - decide whether to banish the idea for good. Much more nutritional value than me guessing at the worth of pre-owned games.
The Back Page: A Video Games Podcast@backpagepod.bsky.social · 5mo agoNew episode! Game Design Crimes. Which annoying parts of games should be relegated to Room 101? Actual designer @smithstock.bsky.social helps us figure it out. Listen wherever you get podcasts: open.spotify.com/episode/3bKa...
Moon Doors R Us... Tune in if you'd like to hear our takes on common game design sins. It was a great chat and the lads were on top form as always.
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The Back Page: A Video Games Podcast@backpagepod.bsky.social · 5mo agoComing tomorrow! The first of our new podcast series, Game Design Crimes. Which game design sins should be confined to Room 101? (A legally distinct version.) Actual game dev @smithstock.bsky.social helps us figure it out. Here's a preview about tailing missions in open world games: