A game historian, a game journalist, and a game developer discuss Half-Life 3, The Game Awards, and mpreg.
Ep. 416
A game historian, a game journalist, and a game developer discuss Half-Life 3, The Game Awards, and mpreg.
Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Ash Parrish, and Brandon Sheffield. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.
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SHOW NOTES:
1: What happens at an independent game development studio immediately after they release the game they’ve been working on for years? (13:18)
2: What are the best possible conditions under which to play a video game for review purposes? (16:22)
3: What can we say about Rebecca Heineman? (22:28)
4: What video game would have the best lipstick and nail polish line? (31:13)
5: Low Guppy asks, if you could take the assets of any videogame and make a completely different game with them, which game would you use and what would you make? (36:59)
6: BreadyToDie asks, how hard should a game push a player to play a certain way? (39:08)
7: What effect does The Game Awards actually have on video games? (43:47)
8: How are they going to one-up the Gravity Gun? (49:22)
LIGHTNING ROUND: One Sentence Review but it kind of also becomes Name Design halfway through (54:52)
Recommendations and Outro (01:00:57):
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