Is crunch in the video games industry a real problem or not? What do you use a test kit for? What is a debug menu, and why does your game need one? – All this and more, on this week’s episode of House of Games!

Your Hosts and Their Games* https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/knifeboy-rebooted-switch/ - The Nintendo Switch store page for KnifeBoy Rebooted. * https://store.steampowered.com/app/1799590/Red_Colony_3_Uncensored/- The Steam store page for Red Colony 3 Uncensored. * https://store.steampowered.com/search/?developer=RunicCodes&ndl=1&ignore_preferences=1 - Rune’s Steam page. * https://theeliteinstitute.net/2022/12/26/the-elite-goty-awards-2022/- The Elite Institute’s GOTY Awards 2022, where KnifeBoy Rebooted won the “Biggest Improvement Over a Previous Title” award. * https://ottowretling.medium.com/list/our-first-game-175f8c8b7ce1- Otto’s blog about the development of “Tulip Craze”. * https://discord.gg/mYM72SQ9CP - The discord server for Game Hub Umeå.

Other Games* https://www.minecraft.net/en-us - The homepage for the game Minecraft. * https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/xenoblade-chronicles-definitive-edition-switch/- The Nintendo store page for Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition. * https://store.steampowered.com/app/214510/LEGO_The_Lord_of_the_Rings/- The Steam store page for LEGO Lord of the Rings. * https://store.steampowered.com/sub/53403/- The Steam store page for the LEGO Batman Trilogy.

Articles, and Other Links* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulip_mania- The Wikipedia page for the phenomenon “Tulip Mania”. * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Procedural_generation- The Wikipedia page for procedural generation. * https://www.eurogamer.net/digitalfoundry-2017-life-of-black-tiger-is-the-worst-ps4-game-weve-ever-played- An article detailing the issues with the game “Life of Black Tiger”. * https://spoti.fi/JoeRoganExperience- The Spotify page for “The Joe Rogan Experience”.

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