Platforms and Pitfalls: Recent Episodes
Idris Effect
Once you have two, it's a pattern, right?
This month in PnP mini we talk about how Slay The Spire tries to get you to take on boons that are just as likely to bust your run later. In contrast, we also talk about how the "Great Force" power up in Mario and Luigi: SuperStar Saga taunts you to take double damage to deal double damage, and how that encourages you to play the game more as intended.
We hope you enjoy the new format. If you have any feedback, you can find us in all the usual places and on the pixels for breakfast discord.
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Music used -
Beanish People - Mario and Luigi SuperStar Saga
Meet the Merchant - Slay The Spire
This month we are looking at how games help us relax. This is a bit of a warm-up episode to help up get back into the swing of things.
00:00: Start
00:05: Opening
02:38: Monster Hunter Rise
9:09: Project Diva Megamix
14:34: Guilty Gear Strive
21:00: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
27:16: Animal Crossing: New Horizons
36:50: Closing notes
41:25: End
Our future is a little messy right now, so look forward to some new shorter things in the coming months. In the meantime, we love talking about games and there is never enough time to talk about everything. Were there examples we missed you wished we talked about? Things you wished we did talk about? Contact us!
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Music used between each section is as follows.
Monster Hunter Rise - Best Buddies
Project Diva Megamix - The MMORPG Addict's Anthem
Guilty Gear Strive - The Town Inside Me (Bridget Theme)
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - Dragonborn (Theme)
Animal Crossing: New Horizons - Title Screen
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - Silent Footsteps
This month we are looking at how games help us relax. This is a bit of a warm-up episode to help up get back into the swing of things.
00:00: Start
00:05: Opening
02:38: Monster Hunter Rise
9:09: Project Diva Megamix
14:34: Guilty Gear Strive
21:00: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
27:16: Animal Crossing: New Horizons
36:50: Closing notes
41:25: End
Our future is a little messy right now, so look forward to some new shorter things in the coming months. In the meantime, we love talking about games and there is never enough time to talk about everything. Were there examples we missed you wished we talked about? Things you wished we did talk about? Contact us!
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Twitter - Rowan @RowaseCarmihara or Blue @BluCrims or the show @platandpit
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The opening and closing song Random thoughts by Audio Binger is used under an Attribution non-commercial licence, find more great audio here http://www.audiobinger.net/
Music used between each section is as follows.
Monster Hunter Rise - Best Buddies
Project Diva Megamix - The MMORPG Addict's Anthem
Guilty Gear Strive - The Town Inside Me (Bridget Theme)
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - Dragonborn (Theme)
Animal Crossing: New Horizons - Title Screen
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - Silent Footsteps
We love games here at Plat and Pit, but a lot is going on right now for us, so we are unable to craft our regular shows for a while. In the meantime though, we would still like to make some things, so we will have these bonus rants for a while on all sorts of topics that might not suit our usual format.
For our sixth (and hopefully final) one of these, we look at Bleed 1 and 2, some really neat and special games Rinoa and Blue just think are neat.
We love games here at Plat and Pit, but a lot is going on right now for us, so we are unable to craft our regular shows for a while. In the meantime though, we would still like to make some things, so we will have these bonus rants for a while on all sorts of topics that might not suit our usual format.
For our fifth one of these, we look at the new Melty Blood's UI, and give a small bonus history lesson too!
We love games here at Plat and Pit, but a lot is going on right now for us, so we are unable to craft our regular shows for a while. In the meantime though, we would still like to make some things, so we will have these bonus rants for a while on all sorts of topics that might not suit our usual format.
For our fourth one of these, we look at collectables and expectations in games, featuring the excellent Grapple Dog and its exceptionally minor flaw.
We love games here at Plat and Pit, but a lot is going on right now for us, so we are unable to craft our regular shows for a while. In the meantime though, we would still like to make some things, so we will have these bonus rants for a while on all sorts of topics that might not suit our usual format.
For our third one of these, we are looking at the history of rush tactics in RTS and FPS games with our dear friend Andy (@andysaurAUS).
We love games here at Plat and Pit, but a lot is going on right now for us, so we are unable to craft our regular shows for a while. In the meantime though, we would still like to make some things, so we will have these bonus rants for a while on all sorts of topics that might not suit our usual format.
For our second one of these, we are looking at the idea of media literacy and how it impacts both how we play and what we play.
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We love games here at Plat and Pit, but a lot is going on right now for us, so we are unable to craft our regular shows for a while. In the meantime though, we would still like to make some things, so we will have these bonus rants for a while on all sorts of topics that might not suit our usual format.
Our first one looks at everyone’s favourite game, Dark Souls, and the reputation it’s developed as unplayably hard.
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This month we are looking at how games make their controls easier, and the implications of that. We looked at Flappy Bird, Rhythm Heaven Megamix, Negative Nancy, Reigns, and Vampire Survivors.
00:00: Start
00:05: Opening
03:05: Flappy Bird
12:02: Rhythm Heaven Megamix
20:02: Negative Nancy
25:14: Reigns
33:12: Vampire Survivors
43:43: Closing notes
46:05: End
Our future is a little messy right now, so look forward to some new shorter things in the coming months. In the meantime, we love talking about games and there is never enough time to talk about everything. Were there examples we missed you wished we talked about? Things you wished we did talk about? Contact us!
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Music used between each section is as follows.
Flappy Bird - Assorted sounds
Rhythm Heaven Megamix - Spaceball (with sound effects)
Negative Nancy - Bossa No-va
Reigns - Minstrel’s Magnum Opus
Vampire Survivors - Forest
This month we are looking at how games are ported and rereleased, something not quite as trivial as perhaps you might expect. We looked at Final Fantasy IX, Persona 4 Golden, 3D Super Hangon, Street Fighter III: Third strike Online Edition and the Final Fantasy I Pixel remaster.
00:00:00: Start
00:00:06: Opening
00:02:19: Final Fantasy IX
00:11:36: Persona 4 Golden
00:22:20: 3D Super Hang-on
00:28:53: Street Fighter III: Third Strike Online Edition
00:45:19: Final Fantasy I Pixel Remaster
00:59:53: Ending Summaries
01:01:49: End
We love talking about games and there is never enough time to talk about everything. Were there examples we missed you wished we talked about? Contact us!
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Music used between each section is as follows.
Final Fantasy IX - Hunter’s Chance
Persona 4 Golden - Poem for everyone’s souls
3D Super Hang-on - Hard Road
Street Fighter III: Third Strike Online Edition - Spunky - Makoto Stage Remix
Final Fantasy I - Battle Theme
Final Fantasy IX - Eiko’s theme
This month we are looking at fall damage in games, and more specifically, how games let you avoid it. We looked at Just Cause 2, Breath of the Wild, Risk of Rain 2, Dark Souls III, and Dungeons and Dragons 5th Edition.
00:00:00: Start
00:00:05: Opening
00:05:58: Just Cause 2
00:14:08: Breath of the Wild
00:20:03: Risk of Rain 2
00:30:03: Dark Souls III & Dungeons and Dragons 5th Edition
00:42:52: Ending Summaries
00:45:57: End
Next month we are looking at ports and remasters, with a list to come later!
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Music used between each section is as follows.
Just Cause 2 - Theme Breath of the Wild - Sheikah Tower Risk of Rain 2 - Disdrometer Dark Souls III - Firelink Shrine Dungeons and Dragons Shadow Over Mystara
This month we are looking at Persona 4 Arena and its enhanced expansion, Ultimax
00:00:00: Start
00:01:36: Opening
00:05:09: Adaptation - Personas
00:13:54: Adaptation - Status effect and transitioning abstract characters to tangible movesets
00:27:29: Universal Mechanics
00:38:28: Narrative - Persona 4 characters
00:52:05: Narrative - Persona 3 Characters And Labrys
00:58:53: Spoilers
01:04:15: Mid Section Ending Thoughts
01:07:28: Closing
01:09:48: End
Next month we are looking at fall damage and how games let you avoid it
Just Cause 2
Breath of the Wild
Risk of Rain 2
Dark Souls
Dungeons and Dragons
We love talking about games and there is never enough time to talk about everything. Were there examples we missed you wished we talked about? Contact us!
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Music used between each section is as follows.
Persona 4 Arena - Midnight Channel opening cutscene Persona 4 Arena - Electronica of the soul Persona 4 Arena - Princess Amagi Persona 4 Arena - Like a Dragon Persona 4 Arena - The Seeker of Truth Persona 4 Arena - Spirited Girl
Persona 4 Arena - Heartful Cry
This month we are looking at how the bosses relate or don’t to the core loops within the game. We looked at Cuphead, 30XX, Wizard Of Legend, Deus Ex: Human Revolution, and The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds
00:00:00: Start
00:00:32: Opening
00:02:33: Cuphead
00:12:09: 30XX
00:20:24: Wizard Of Legend
00:30:51: Deus Ex: Human Revolution
00:41:08: The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds
00:48:59: Ending Summaries
00:53:08: End
Next month we are looking at
Persona 4 Arena
We love talking about games and there is never enough time to talk about everything. Were there examples we missed you wished we talked about? Contact us!
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Music used between each section is as follows.
Cuphead - Introduction
30XX - Embers of Hope
Wizard Of Legend - Title
Deus Ex: Human Revolution - Purity First
The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds - Lorule
30XX - Kerosene Fane Burning Temple Editor
This month we are looking at one of the ways in which games restrict your ability to do things, MP systems! We looked at Blue Reflection, Persona Q, Persona 5 Strikers, Tactics Ogre, and Chrono Cross.
00:00:00: Start
00:00:06: Opening
00:02:49: Blue Reflection
00:10:56: Persona Q
00:22:49: Persona 5 Strikers
00:35:07: Tactics Ogre
00:44:55: Chrono Cross
00:56:34: Closing Notes
01:01:55: End
Next month we are looking at the relationship between core loops and video game bosses.
30XX
Deus Ex Human Revolution
The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds
Cup Head
Wizard of Legend
We love talking about games and there is never enough time to talk about everything. Were there examples we missed you wished we talked about? Contact us!
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Music used between each section is as follows.
Blue Reflection - OVERDOSE Persona Q - We’re Here Now Persona 5 Strikers - Home Tactics Ogre - Song of Tundra Chrono Cross - At the Shore of Dreams Chrono Cross - Time’s Scar
This month we are looking at customization in games and how those systems impact or are impacted by the We looked at Diablo 2, Wild Arms XF, Deeprock Galatic, Fallout New Vegas, and Fighting EX Layer
00:00:00: Start
00:00:05: Opening
00:02:04: Diablo 2
00:12:23: Wild Arms XF
00:21:08: Deeprock Galatic
00:34:00: Fallout New Vegas
00:46:48: Fighting EX Layer
00:58:06: Ending Summaries
01:03:31: End
Next month we are looking at MP systems in -
Blue Reflection
Chrono Cross
Tactics Ogre
Persona 5 Strikers
Persona Q
We love talking about games and there is never enough time to talk about everything. Were there examples we missed you wished we talked about? Contact us!
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Music used between each section is as follows.
Diablo 2 - Tristam
Wild Arms XF - Princess Army
Deeprock Galatic - Welcome The Darkness
Fallout New Vegas - Main Title
Fighting EX Layer - Passionate
Wild Arms XF - Crossfire
This month we are looking at title screens! Yes really. There was a change in plans as we were unable to do the planned episode, and this has been on our lists for a long time. We looked at NieR, Saban’s Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid, Asura's Wrath, Blue Reflection, and Superflight.
This episode contains adult language.
In this episode, we’ve used chapters to change the podcast art, so when listening through a podcatcher you’ll be to take a look at the art we are talking about. We will also put them all at the bottom of the blog post that goes with this episode.
00:00:00: Opening
00:03:34: NieR
00:11:39: Saban’s Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid
00:20:44: Asura's Wrath
00:27:59: Asura's Wrath 2
00:31:44: Asura's Wrath 3
00:35:29: Blue Reflection00:37:31: Blue Reflection 2
00:39:00: Blue Reflection 3
00:40:51: Superflight00:46:15: Closing
Next month we are looking at games? Because of the schedule change here we don’t know what exactly is next right now, but I assure you something is next.
We love talking about games and there is never enough time to talk about everything. Were there examples we missed you wished we talked about? Contact us!
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Music used between each section is as follows.
NieR - Kaine’s monologue
Saban’s Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid - Main Menu
Asura's Wrath - Main Menu Theme
Blue Reflection - Blue Reflection
Superflight - Title Screen sound effects
NieR - Hills of Radiant Wind
This month we look at negative feedback loops, a partner episode to positive feedback loops, so looking at games that try to stop you either gaining too much advantage or falling too far behind. We looked at Mario Kart 8, Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo, Curse of the Dead Gods, Ultimate Marvel Vs Capcom 3, and Resident 4.
00:00: Start
04:01: Mario Kart 8
12:13: Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo
21:37: Curse of the Dead Gods
27:31: Ultimate Marvel Vs Capcom 3
36:08: Resident Evil 4
44:06: Closing notes
48:39: End
You can find Rowan’s Evil Zone piece here
And Blue’s other podcast here
Next month we are looking at MP systems using
Chrono Cross
Tactics Ogre Let Us Cling Together
Blue Reflection
Persona 5 Strikers
Persona Q
If you have any thoughts we’d love to hear them. We love talking about games and there is never enough time to talk about everything. Were there examples we missed you wished we talked about? Contact us!
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Music used between each section is as follows.
Mario Kart 8 - Start Screen
Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo - Dan’s Theme Curse of the Dead Gods - Ty’atanwic The Jaguar Temple Ultimate Marvel Vs Capcom 3 - Theme of Wolverine Resident Evil 4 - Save Theme Mario Kart 8 - Sweet Sweet Canyon
This month we are looking at how speed can be used to create tension and drama. We looked at Sonic, Bayonetta, Tekken 7, SUPERHOT and Bangai-O
0:00 - Start
2:34 - Sonic The Hedgehog
13:40 - Bayonetta
22:04 - Tekken 7
32:29 - SUPERHOT
41:19 - Bangai-O
50:52 - Closing notes
54:20 - End
We love talking about games and there is never enough time to talk about everything. Were there examples we missed you wished we talked about? Contact us!
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Music used between each section is as follows.
Sonic The Hedgehog - Drowning Bayonetta - Riders of the Light Tekken 7 - Mishima Building - Final Round (Metallic Experience 2nd) SUPERHOT MIND CONTROL DELETE - HyperHot Mix Bangai-O - Thrilling Smile Bangai-O - Become Brave, Bangai O
This month we are looking at crossovers! We are going beyond Smash to look at games that rather than bringing in lots of characters to one system, how these games’ systems intersect and merge. We looked at Professor Layton VS Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney, Cadence Of Hyrule: Crypt Of The Necrodancer featuring the Legend Of Zelda, Etrian Mystery Dungeon, Capcom vs. SNK 2: Mark Of The Millennium and Monster Hunter World.
00:00:00: Start
00:00:05: Opening
00:01:30: Professor Layton VS Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney
00:07:15: Cadence Of Hyrule: Crypt Of The Necrodancer featuring the Legend Of Zelda
00:16:55: Etrian Mystery Dungeon
00:28:36: Capcom vs. SNK 2: Mark Of The Millennium
00:38:00: Monster Hunter World
00:53:39: Closing notes
00:59:48: End
Next month we are looking at customization and content -
Diablo II
Fallout New Vegas
Wild Arms XF
Fighting EX Layer
Deep Rock Galactic
If you have any thoughts we’d love to hear them. We are also collecting questions for a 3rd anniversary July episode, so shoot us a question via any media. You can also chat with us on the PixelsForBreakfast discord - discord.gg/YA6u79kD3x
We love talking about games and there is never enough time to talk about everything. Were there examples we missed you wished we talked about? Contact us!
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Music used between each section is as follows.
Professor Layton VS Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Puzzle Deductions Cadence Of Hyrule: Crypt Of The Necrodancer featuring the Legend Of Zelda - Gerudo Valley (Combat) Etrian Mystery Dungeon - The Burning Crimson Sword Dances Capcom vs. SNK 2: Mark Of The Millennium - Opening Demo Monster Hunter World - Behemoth Cadence Of Hyrule: Crypt Of The Necrodancer featuring the Legend Of Zelda - Gerudo Valley (Peaceful)
This month we are looking at positive feedback loops in games. These are loops where the more you something, the more you can do it! Sometimes known as the snowball effect We looked at Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, Torchlight II, Darkest Dungeon, Slay the Spire and Ultimate Marvel Vs Capcom 3.
0:00 Start
3:09 - Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
11:56 - Torchlight II
21:06 - Darkest Dungeon
30:21 - Slay the Spire
40:37 - Ultimate Marvel Vs Capcom 3
51:00 - Closing notes
55:53 - End
Next month we are looking at mechanically focused crossovers looking at -
Layton Vs Wright
Etrian Mystery Dungeon
Capcom Vs SNK 2
Cadence of Hyrule
Monster Hunter World
If you have any thoughts we’d love to hear them. We are also collecting questions for a 3rd anniversary July episode, so shoot us a question via any media. You can also chat with us on the PixelsForBreakfast discord - discord.gg/YA6u79kD3x
We love talking about games and there is never enough time to talk about everything. Were there examples we missed you wished we talked about? Contact us!
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Music used between each section is as follows.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 - Spec Ops Menu
Torchlight II - Title Theme
Darkest Dungeon - Battle in the Ruins
Slay the Spire - The Guardian Emerges
Ultimate Marvel Vs Capcom 3 - Character Select Slay the Spire - The Unknown
This month we are looking at secret collectables in videogames We looked at Donkey Kong Country 2, Super Mario Sunshine, The Messenger, Breath of the Wild and Super Metroid. To help up we had Conor, host of the upcoming podcast Like This, Like That join us.
0:00 Start
3:14 - Donkey Kong Country 2
12:45 - Super Mario Sunshine
23:55 - The Messenger
29:48 - Breath of the Wild
44:09 - Super Metroid
55:21 - Closing notes
1:00:35 - End
You can find Conor’s show on Twitter, https://twitter.com/LikeThatPodcast
And Conor himself too, https://twitter.com/BeikokuTaichou
Find the podcast itself on iTunes! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/like-this-like-that/id1515535329#episodeGuid=tag%3Asoundcloud%2C2010%3Atracks%2F1006743415
Next month we are looking at positive feedback loops, sometimes known as snowballing with -
Call of Duty (one of them)
Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3
Torchlight II
Darkest Dungeon
Slay the Spire
If you have any thoughts we’d love to hear them, please get them to us. If they add to the discussion we’ll use them on the show!
We love talking about games and there is never enough time to talk about everything. Were there examples we missed you wished we talked about? Contact us!
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Twitter - Rowan @RowaseCarmihara or Blue @BluCrims or the show @platandpit
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The opening and closing song Random thoughts by Audio Binger is used under an Attribution non-commercial licence, find more great audio here http://www.audiobinger.net/
Music used between each section is as follows.
Donkey Kong Country 2 - Stickerbrush Symphony
Super Mario Sunshine - Isle Delfino
The Messenger - The Frozen Light
Breath of the Wild - Lost Woods
Super Metroid - Maridia Donkey Kong Country 2 - Forest Interlude
This month we are looking at inner and outer loops in run-based games. What’s an inner loop? An outer loop? A run-based game? All your questions will be answered in the episode. We looked at Hades, Shiren the Wanderer, One Step From Eden, Cadence of Hyrule and Monster Hunter World.
0:00 Start
4:09 - Hades
17:19 - Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer
27:42 - One Step From Eden
39:09 - Cadence of Hyrule: Crypt of the NecroDancer Feat. The Legend of Zelda
46:59 - Monster Hunter World: Iceborn
57:26 - Closing notes
1:02:45 - End
Next month we are looking at collectables with Conor, host of Drawing Conclusions podcast. We’ll be looking collectables in:
Donkey Kong Country 2
Mario Sunshine
The Messenger
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Super Metroid
If you have any thoughts we’d love to hear them, please get them to us by the end of the month! If they add to the discussion we’ll use them on the show!
We love talking about games and there is never enough time to talk about everything. Were there examples we missed you wished we talked about? Contact us!
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Twitter - Rowan @RowaseCarmihara or Blue @BluCrims or the show @platandpit
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The opening and closing song Random thoughts by Audio Binger is used under an Attribution non-commercial licence, find more great audio here http://www.audiobinger.net/
Music used between each section is as follows.
Hades - No Escape
Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer - Old Cedar Road
One Step From Eden - Neverending Song (Violette’s Theme)
Cadence of Hyrule: Crypt of the NecroDancer Feat. The Legend of Zelda - Overworld
Monster Hunter World: Iceborn - Stars At Our Backs
One Step From Eden - Main Theme.
This month we are looking at double jumps in 3D games. Much like our other double jumps episode, we are really looking more at midair movement options in general. We looked at Jumping Flash!, Super Mario Odyssey, Sonic Adventure 2, Devil May Cry 5 and Doom Eternal.
0:00 Start
2:31 - Jumping Flash!
14:36 - Super Mario Odyssey
27:29 - Sonic Adventure 2
38:18 - Devil May Cry 5
51:05 - Doom Eternal
1:02:27 - Closing notes
1:06:58 - End
The discussed Doom Eternal Clip
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_B0kkpeGdI
The Super Mario Odyssey Snowdram trick
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbw8pUPJklo
Next month we are looking at inner and outer loops in run-based games using these titles.
One Step From Eden
Shiren The Wanderer
Hades
Cadence of Hyrule
Monster Hunter World
So if you have any thoughts on these we’d love to hear them, please get them to us January 30th! If they add to the discussion we’ll use them on the show!
We love talking about games and there is never enough time to talk about everything. Were there examples we missed you wished we talked about? Contact us!
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Twitter - Rowan @RowaseCarmihara or Blue @BluCrims or the show @platandpit
Email - platformsandpitfalls@gmail.com
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The opening and closing song Random thoughts by Audio Binger is used under an Attribution non-commercial licence, find more great audio here http://www.audiobinger.net/
Music used between each section is as follows.
Jumping Flash! - Jump in the Grasslands!
Super Mario Odyssey -New Donk City Festival
Sonic Adventure 2 - Escape from the City
Devil May Cry 5 - Devil Trigger
Doom Eternal - The Only Thing They Fear Is You Super Mario Odyssey - Lake Lamode Underwater Passage
This month we are looking at the Fabula Nova Crystallis Final Fantasy games. With Jack’s assistance once more we look at the two remaining pillars of the collection, Final Fantasy Type 0 and Final Fantasy XV, formally known as Agito and Versus. Check out our guest Jack on twitter!
0:00 Start
3:14 - Final Fantasy Type 0
32:26 - Final Fantasy XV Development
49:01 - Final Fantasy XV
1:25:03 - Final Fantasy XV universe and updates
1:39:28 - Closing notes
1:47:59 - End
Check out the Prompto AI talk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ictRlPZQCZI
Next month we are looking at
Sonic Adventure 2
Mario Odyssey
Jumping Flash
Doom Eternal
Devil May Cry 5
In terms of double jumps in 3D games! If you have any thoughts we’d love to hear them, please get them to us December 30th! If they add to the discussion we’ll use them on the show!
We love talking about games and there is never enough time to talk about everything. Were there examples we missed you wished we talked about? Contact us!
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/platformsandpitfalls/
Twitter - Rowan @RowaseCarmihara or Blue @BluCrims or the show @platandpit
Email - platformsandpitfalls@gmail.com
Voice mail - https://www.idris-effect.net/contact
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The opening and closing song Random thoughts by Audio Binger is used under an Attribution non-commercial licence, find more great audio here http://www.audiobinger.net/
Music used between each section is as follows.
Final Fantasy Type 0 - The Time of Finis
Final Fantasy XV - OMNIS LACRIMA
Final Fantasy XV - Somnus Instrumental Version Final Fantasy XV - Broken Down Final Fantasy Type 0 - Battle - Peaceful Fighting
This month we are looking at the Fabula Nova Crystallis Final Fantasy games. This month, with Jack’s assistance, we look at the “Lightning Saga” consisting of Final Fantasy XIII, Final Fantasy XIII-2 and Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII. Check out our guest Jack on twitter!
0:00 Start and Fabula Nova Crystallis set up.
10:09 - Pre-production
18:16 - Final Fantasy XIII
46:14 - Final Fantasy XIII-2
1:07:05 - Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII.
1:38:8 - Closing notes
1:46:13 - End
Some interesting references we looked at
Cut content accidentally included in the PC release
FFXIII Buyback value in Japan.
FFXIII Postmortem Game Developer Magazine- October 2010
Final Fantasy XIII-2 Fragments Before rundown and links
The real story behind FFXIII-2
It’s Official: Lightning Got a Boob Job for Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII
Next month we are looking at:
Final Fantasy Type 0
Final Fantasy XV
If you have any thoughts on these two, or any leftover thoughts on the Lightning Saga, we’d love to hear them, please get them to us November 30th! If they add to the discussion we’ll use them on the show!
We love talking about games and there is never enough time to talk about everything. Were there examples we missed you wished we talked about? Contact us!
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Twitter - Rowan @RowaseCarmihara or Blue @BluCrims or the show @platandpit
Email - platformsandpitfalls@gmail.com
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The opening and closing song Random thoughts by Audio Binger is used under an Attribution non-commercial licence, find more great audio here http://www.audiobinger.net/
Music used between each section is as follows.
Final Fantasy XIII - Fang’s Theme
Final Fantasy XIII - Blinded By Light Final Fantasy XIII-2 - World’s Collide Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII - Crimson Blitz Final Fantasy XIII - Fabula Nova Crystallis
This month we are looking at queer male bodies in games.This is a little outside our usual realm, so we brought on the wonderful games writer Jeremy Signor to help us out. We looked at Dragon Age II, Altered Beast, Strange Flesh, Tokyo After School Summoners and Tusks: The Orc Dating Sim.
0:00 Start
2:15 - Dragon Age II
8:45 - Altered Beast
13:36 - Strange Flesh
20:10 - Tokyo After School Summoners
26:49 - Tusks: The Orc Dating Sim
34:28 - Closing notes
39:31 - Doors and Dungeons Preview
41:22 - End
You can find Games Are Queer at - https://www.idris-effect.net/games-are-queer/
You can follow Jeremy here - https://twitter.com/Jeremy_Writes
And read some his latest work here - https://www.indiegamewebsite.com/2020/10/08/ikenfell-review/
Find Rowan on the latest Doors and Dungeons at - https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/doorsanddungeons
Next month we are looking at
Final Fantasy XIII
Final Fantasy XIII-2
Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII
If you want to send in thoughts on the Fabula Nova Crystallis Final Fantasy XIII Trilogy, we’d love to hear them. Please get them to us by October 30th! If they add to the discussion we’ll use them on the show!
We love talking about games and there is never enough time to talk about everything. Were there examples we missed you wished we talked about? Contact us!
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Twitter - Rowan @RowaseCarmihara or Blue @BluCrims or the show @platandpit
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The opening and closing song Random thoughts by Audio Binger is used under an Attribution non-commercial licence, find more great audio here http://www.audiobinger.net/
Music used between each section is as follows.
Dragon Age II - Hawke Family Theme
Altered Beast - Rise from your Grave Strange Flesh - Bartender’s Lure Tokyo After School Summoners - Vs. School sawsquarenoise - Rito Oculto https://freemusicarchive.org/music/sawsquarenoise/Fantasa_de_los_Pinos/05_rito_oculto Tokyo After School Summoners - Words Have Wings
Famicom Disk System - Boot Menu
We’ve had a small change of plans due to things outside of our control. Rather than speed and tensions, this month we are looking at video game history a little with the Famicom Disk System. We looked at Castlevania, Kid-Icarus, The Legend of Zelda, Yume Kojo Doki Doki Panic and Murasame-jou. Because we are looking at game history, we brought on someone a little more familiar with that side of gaming to join us, Michelle from Doors and Dungeons.
0:00 Preamble
0:49 - Intro
7:57 - Castlevania
19:04 - Kid-Icarus
29:15 - The Legend of Zelda
45:38 - Yume Kojo Doki Doki Panic (the game and the event)
1:08:46 - Murasame-jou and closing notes
1:20:52 - End
You can find Michelle’s work at
https://twitter.com/DoorDunPodcast
https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/doorsanddungeons
We referred to a number of resources:
The Story Of Yume Kojo, Not Super Mario Bros. 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KL9o9zzCUsQ
Legends of Localization: The Legend of Zelda Translation Comparison https://legendsoflocalization.com/the-legend-of-zelda/
And the cutting room floor articles
https://tcrf.net/Kid_Icarus
https://tcrf.net/The_Legend_of_Zelda
https://tcrf.net/Castlevania_(NES)
https://tcrf.net/Yume_Koujou:_Doki_Doki_Panic
Next month we are (probably) looking at Queer male bodies in games.
In terms of either this or next month’s topic! If you have any thoughts we’d love to hear them, please get them to us September 30th! If they add to the discussion we’ll use them on the show!
We love talking about games and there is never enough time to talk about everything. Were there examples we missed you wished we talked about? Contact us!
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The opening and closing song Random thoughts by Audio Binger is used under an Attribution non-commercial licence, find more great audio here http://www.audiobinger.net/
Music used between each section is as follows.
Famicom Disk System - Boot Menu
Castlevania - Vampire Killer
Kid-Icarus - Title Theme
The Legend of Zelda - Title
Yume Kojo Doki Doki Panic - Title Story
Murasame-jou -Stage Theme
This month we are looking at sequels and how they maintained or change from the works they came from. We focused much more on direct sequels as opposed to more broad “entries in mostly disconnected franchises” which a similar but different topic. We looked at Disgaea, Mass Effect 2, Street Fighter 2, Risk of Rain 2 and The Legend of Zelda : A Link Between Worlds.
0:00 Start
1:27 - Disgaea
12:57 - Mass Effect 2
25:52 - Street Fighter 2
38:1 - Risk of Rain 2
45:38 - The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds58:43 - Closing notes
1:02:27 - End
Next month we are looking at
Sonic The Hedgehog (1)
Bayonetta
Tekken 7
SuperHot
Bangai-O
In terms of how they function as sequels! If you have any thoughts we’d love to hear them, please get them to us August 30th! If they add to the discussion we’ll use them on the show!
We love talking about games and there is never enough time to talk about everything. Were there examples we missed you wished we talked about? Contact us!
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Twitter - Rowan @RowaseCarmihara or Blue @BluCrims or the show @platandpit
Email - platformsandpitfalls@gmail.com
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Music used between each section is as follows.
Disgaea - Lord Laharl's Hymn
Mass Effect 2 - Tali Street Fighter 2 - Ryu’s Theme Risk of Rain - Risk of Rain 2 The Legend of Zelda: Link Between Worlds - Main Theme (Milk Bar) Disgaea 5- Moving On
We are back to our regular non-dominant strategies this month with something super accessible, double Jumps! Although really we are looking at mid-air-activated mobility options… which does not quite roll off the tongue so easily. We look at Super Ghouls and Ghosts, Super Mario All-Stars, Sonic Advance 3, The Messenger and Ori and the Blind Forest.
0:00 Start
1:29 - Super Ghouls and Ghosts
13:10 - Super Mario All-Stars
25:52 - Sonic Advance 3
36:59 - The Messenger
44:40 - Ori and the Blind Forest
53:32 - Closing notes
57:57 - End
You can find the Gamasutra article that inspired this podcast here -
https://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/KevinTrepanier/20100129/86407/A_Game_Analysis_Super_Ghoulsn_Ghosts__Or_The_Doublejump_Done_Right.php
Learn about how screen sizes not being considered well enough impacted so many Gameboy games -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7O2R7QlyLkQ&list=PLd3vJYdenHKEYL6sCw8jgYMAj0K7BAfhY
Next month we are looking at
Risk of Rain 1/2
Link to the Past/Between Worlds
Mass Effect 1/2
Street Fighter 1/2
Disgaea Series
In terms of how they function as sequels! If you have any thoughts we’d love to hear them, please get them to us July 30th! If they add to the discussion we’ll use them on the show!
We love talking about games and there is never enough time to talk about everything. Were there examples we missed you wished we talked about? Contact us!
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Twitter - Rowan @RowaseCarmihara or Blue @BluCrims or the show @platandpit
Email - platformsandpitfalls@gmail.com
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The opening and closing song Random thoughts by Audio Binger is used under an Attribution non-commercial licence, find more great audio here http://www.audiobinger.net/
Music used between each section is as follows.
Super Ghouls and Ghosts - Stage 01 Super Mario All-Stars - Game Selection Sonic Advance 3 - Character Select The Messenger - Hills of Destiny (Autumn Hills) Ori and the Blind Forest - The Spirit Tree Ori and the Blind Forest - Up the Spirit Cavern
We have an extra episode for you this month! We answer questions, look back, and look forward. This is a bit more casual than some of our other episodes so you might find the tone/pacing a little different.
If you enjoyed this a lot, please tell us! We’ll be sure to do them more regularly.
0:00 Start
1:40 - Biases, limitations, credits
18:51 - Game loops and time, Alter Ego, Asura's Wrath, Ground Hog Day's VR sequel
31:37 questions/responses
49:27 Ending Notes
58:38 End
You can find Jude’s blog post here -
http://blog.eremiticgames.com/2020/06/17/platforms-and-pitfalls-dominant-strategy-mitigation/
The video(s) on Chrono Trigger and NPCs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9_FJDK51K8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5watjpt_Nc
Your hints for next month are
Sonic Advance 3
The Messenger
Super Ghouls and Ghosts
See if you can guess!
We love talking about games and there is never enough time to talk about everything. Were there examples we missed you wished we talked about?
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Melty Blood: Actress Again - For the Future Alter Ego- Alter Ego Doom II- Running from Evil
Asura’s Wrath - In your belief ~Prologue~
This month are continuing our dominant strategies series, a long-form series looking at dominant strategies and how games prevent them. This is sixth and final of five intended episodes, and where we will wrap up on all the techniques we’ve discussed so far. If this is your first episode, head back 5 episodes to Repetition mitigation in January.
We look at Final Fantasy VIII, Final Fantasy VIII, Final Fantasy VIII, Final Fantasy VIII and Final Fantasy VIII.
This episode is very short compared to our usual work. But that’s in part because we are doing a second “addendum” episode where we look back over our past work, add to, correcting, changing minds about some of the past things we’ve looked at. We will have some time to answer questions as well and talk about some topics you bring up. We have a new voice mail system linked in the contact/social media section ready for this too.
00:00 Intro
1:47 Irvine (Shot), Repetition Mitigation
6:15 Rinoa (Combine/Angel Wing), Encouraging Risky Behavior
13:05 Quistis(Blue Magic)New content
17:58 Selphie (Slots)Consistency mitigation
24:13Zell (Duel) Meeting the Challenge
29:42 Ending thoughts
34:36 Additional note about sending voice mail
35:35 Episode End
Your hints for next month are
Sonic Advance 3
The Messenger
Super Ghouls and Ghosts
See if you can guess!
We love talking about games and there is never enough time to talk about everything. Were there examples we missed you wished we talked about?
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Music used between each section is as follows.
Final Fantasy VIII - Blue Fields Final Fantasy VIII - Don’t be Afraid Final Fantasy VIII - Force Your Way Final Fantasy VIII - Jailed Final Fantasy VIII - Roses and Wine
Final Fantasy VIII - Breezy
This month are continuing our dominant strategies series, a long-form series looking at dominant strategies and how games prevent them. This is fifth of five intended episodes.
In this episode, rather than trying to prevent players using the strategies, these titles just take on the dominant strategies head on! We look at how games take you on directly and insist that whatever you think you’ve got working just won’t push you through.
00:00 Intro
1:01 Warning forever
7:42 Super Smash Brothers Ultimate
16:34 Slay the Spire
27:22 Bravely Default
37:25 Red Alert 3
42:48 Ending thoughts
45:08 Episode End
Your hints for next month are
Final Fantasy VIII
Final Fantasy VIII
Final Fantasy VIII
See if you can guess!
We love talking about games and there is never enough time to talk about everything. Were there examples we missed you wished we talked about?
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Music used between each section is as follows.
Warning Forever - Warning Forever Super Smash Brothers Ultimate - Lifelight Slay the Spire - Exordium Bravely Default - You are My Hope
Red Alert 3 - European Intrigue
Bravely Default - Foolish Event
This month are continuing our dominant strategies series, a long-form series looking at dominant strategies and how games prevent them. This is third of five intended episodes.
In this episode, we focus on how games encourage players to try new things, buy always giving them different tools to try, and avoiding giving them the same options too often. We look at Magic The Gathering, Shiren The Wanderer, Lost Dimension, Unlimited Saga and Guilty Gear Xrd Rev 2.
00:00 Intro
1:01 Magic the Gathering
10:28 Mystery Dungeon Shiren The Wanderer
26:12 Lost Dimension
37:47 Unlimited Saga
46:16 Guilty Gear Xrd Rev 257:51 Ending thoughts
1:00:27 Episode End
Your hints for next month are
Bravely Default
Red Alert 3
Devil May Cry 4
See if you can guess!
We love talking about games and there is never enough time to talk about everything. Were there examples we missed you wished we talked about?
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Twitter - Rowan @RowaseCarmihara or Blue @BluCrims or the show @platandpit
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Music used between each section is as follows.
Magic The Gathering - Azorius Theme Mystery Dungeon Shiren The Wanderer - Story Lost Dimension - Lobby Unlimited Saga - The Seven Travelers
Guilty Gear Xrd Rev 2 - ROKUMON (Baiken’s Theme) Lost Dimension - Conversation
This month are continuing our dominant strategies series, a long-form series looking at dominant strategies and how games prevent them. This is third of five intended episodes.
In this episode, we focus on how games try to steer players away from dominant strategies using the power of the internet to update them! We look at Dead Cells, Diablo 3, HearthStone, Granblue Fantasy and Street Fighter V
00:00 Intro
1:57 Dead Cells (referenced article)
7:47 Diablo 3
18:24 Hearthstone
27:42 Granblue Fantasy36:48 Street Fighter V47:54 Ending thoughts
50:10 Episode End
Your hints for next month are
Magic the Gathering
Shiren the Wanderer
Lost Dimension
See if you can guess!
We love talking about games and there is never enough time to talk about everything. Were there examples we missed you wished we talked about?
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Twitter - Rowan @RowaseCarmihara or Blue @BluCrims or the show @platandpit
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Music used between each section is as follows.
Dead Cells - The Merchant Diablo 3 - New Tristam HearthStone - Main Title Granblue Fantasy - Evergreen Wind
Street Fighter V - Ibuki Theme
HearthStone - Curse of Naxxramas - Menu Music
This month are continuing our dominant strategies series, a long-form series looking at dominant strategies and how games prevent them. This is the second of five intended episodes.
It’s a new format for us to try a multi-part series, but we hope you enjoy it!
In this episode, we focus on encouraging players away from the typical dominant strategy of never taking risks. We look at Bloodborne, Bayonetta, Final Fantasy XIII, Battle Moon Wars and Final Fantasy VIII
00:00 Intro
1:34 Bloodborne
10:28 Bayonetta
18:21 Final Fantasy XIII
24:31 Battle Moon Wars
39:27 Final Fantasy VIII47:24 Ending thoughts
49:53 Episode End
Your hints for next month are
Dead Cells
Hearthstone
Street Fighter V
See if you can guess!
We love talking about games and there is never enough time to talk about everything. Were there examples we missed you wished we talked about?
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Twitter - Rowan @RowaseCarmihara or Blue @BluCrims or the show @platandpit
Email - platformsandpitfalls@gmail.com
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Music used between each section is as follows.
Bloodborne - The Witch of Hemwick Bayonetta - Fly me to the Moon Climax Mix Final Fantasy XIII - The Promise Battle Moon Wars - Arcueid
Final Fantasy VIII - Jailed X-Com 2 - Main Menu Theme
This month we start something new and exciting! A long form series looking at dominant strategies and how games prevent them. We’ll be doing five episodes about some of the various techniques games use, and then a wrap up episode to finish off! It’s a new format for us to try a multi part series, but we hope you enjoy it!
In this episode, we focus on preventing a player from constantly repeating an action or strategy without altering it. We look at Super Scribblenauts, Bread of the Wild, Super Smash Brothers Brawl, Skullgirls Cosmic Star Heroine
00:00 Intro
1:48 Super Scribblenauts
8:37 Breath of the Wild
15:33 Super Smash Brother’s Brawl
19:48 Skullgirls
26:25 Cosmic Star Heroine36:17 Closing comments
Your hints for next month are
Final Fantasy XIII
Bloodborne
Final Fantasy VIIISee if you can guess!
We love talking about games and there is never enough time to talk about everything. Were there examples we missed you wished we talked about?
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Super Scribblenauts - Menu Bread of the Wild - Kass’ Theme Super Smash Brothers Brawl - Menu 1 Skullgirls - Moonlit Melee and Where Money Flows like Water Cosmic Star Heroine - Gunmancer
This month we look at past games of the year from Polygon, IGN and Giant Bomb, and try to learn what makes a “Game of the Year” game, and use that knowledge to fail to predict Game of the Year from any of these. At the end we also include our own personal Game of Note, not a best, but just one that meant a lot to us this year.
New to this episode, we are including a small preview of next month’s games, try and guess!
00:00 Intro
1:36 2014
7:23 2015
17:36 2016
27:12 2017
35:12 2018
44:46 2019 Predictions and personal Games of Note
57:38 Ending
We love talking about games and there is never enough time to talk about everything. Were there examples we missed you wished we talked about?
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Music used between each section is as follows.
Dragon Age Inquisition - Main Theme
The Witcher 3 : The Wild Hunt- Wake Up Ciri
Hitman - Showstopper
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - Field
Tetris Effect - THE DEEP Connected (Yours Forever)
Disco Elysium - Whirling Cafeteria (Evening)
Fantasy Strike - Valerie’s Theme
This month we look at how asymmetric gameplay, focusing on titles that use or allude to a single person or small team playing against a larger team. Pac-Man Vs, Dead By Daylight , Crawl, Werewolf (and variants), Spy Party
00:00 Intro
1:44 Pac-Man Vs
8:06 Dead By Daylight
19:20 Crawl
31:39 Werewolf (and variants)
44:30 Spy Party55:42 Closing comments
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Pac-Man Vs - DS Main theme
Dead By Daylight - Main theme
Crawl - Main theme
Ketamineface - Werewolf Stalks Then Pounces https://freesound.org/people/ketamineface/sounds/242195/
Spy party - Steam Trailer
This month we look at how combos, why games have them and how they can be used both to empower a player but also encourage them to play in certain ways. We looked at Melty Blood, Killer Instinct, Devil May Cry 5, Bravely Default and Final Fantasy XIII.
00:00 Intro
2:18 Melty Blood
13:40 Killer Instinct
22:17 Devil May Cry 5
31:15 Bravely Default
38:34 Final Fantasy XIII46:45 Closing comments
We love talking about games and there is never enough time to talk about everything. Were there examples we missed you wished we talked about?
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Music used between each section is as follows.
Melty Blood - Beat Killer Instinct - Title Theme Devil May Cry 5 - Dante Battle theme Bravely Default - Conflict’s Chime
Final Fantasy XIII - Desperate Struggle Melty Blood - WABI-SABI -Brand New Every Day-
This month we talk about… stuff…. Both of us are in great moments of change in our lives right now, either moving between countries or to opposite sides, so unfortunately our traditional format wasn’t really possible in the time we had. So, this time we spoke about some of the conversations that are going on in gaming.
00:00 Intro
00:45 Genre (WHo shot gybrush threepwood)
11:09 Accessibility (In fighting games)
25:16 Transitioning generations, the time of wish fulfillment and unique releases (and since recording, this just got silly with MOON RPG being announced for localization!?!?!?!?!?)
34:04 Boom and bust, cycles, work and the gaming economy
45:15 Summer Games Done Quick has a big success and closing thoughts.
We love talking about games and there is never enough time to talk about everything. What conversations through the year really caught you you want to hear more about?
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Monkey Island - Opening Theme
Fantasy Strike - Clocktower
Trials of Mana - Witchmakers
Anthem - The Shadow of the Gods
Chrono Trigger - Memories of Green
This month we take more a narrative focus looking at how open worlds are used to tell stories. With special guest, Jack Richardson. And we talk about Horizon Zero Dawn, Final Fantasy XV, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII and Yakuza 0
00:00 Intro
1:49 Horizon Zero Dawn10:33 Final Fantasy XV25:41 The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild35:50 Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII45:43 Yakuza 053;58 Closing Thoughts
We love talking about games and there is never enough time to talk about everything. Were there examples we missed you wished we talked about?
If you want to find Jack, see his website at www.jackngrichardson.com or find on twitter @jngrichardson
For his coverage on bitsummit, head over to start menu, https://www.startmenu.co.uk/home/bitsummit-7-spirits-what-is-indie
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The music used between sections is
Horizon Zero Dawn - Aloy’s Theme
Final Fantasy XV - Broken Down
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - Main Theme
Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII - Lightning Returns (Yes that is the track name, I also thought it was a typo)
Yakuza 0 - La Di Da
Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII - Sunset Prism
This month we look at how games escalate, how they keep pushing us to inevitable end points. We looked at Tetris, Cthulu Saves the World, Slay the Spire, Universal Paperclips and Lethal League
00:00 Intro
1:29 Tetris
7:50 Cthulhu Saves the World
13:50 Slay The spire
23:52 Universal Paperclips
30:37 Lethal League
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Tetris (GB) - Music A
Cthulhu Saves the World - Conflict (Battle Theme)
Slay the Spire - City
Universal Paperclips - Riversong (Tonto's Expanding Head Band)
Lethal League - Flat Attack
Tetris (NES) - Music 01
Continuing in our unintentional series of experiments, this month’s episode is actually a liveshow we did for the Tasmanian GameDev Society. We looked at antagonistic co op, where your friends are a part of the challenge! Using Overcooked, Snipperclips, Super Mario 3D World, Kane and Lynch: Dead Men and SpaceTeam.
0:00:00 Opening
0:01:59 Overcooked
0:08:29 SnipperClips
0:18:43 Mario 3D World
0:29:14 Kane and Lynch: Dead Men
0:37:17 SpaceTeam
0:42:25 Wrap up and ending
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Music used between each section is as follows.
OverCooked - Main Menu
Snipperclips - Main Theme
Super Mario 3D World - Title Screen
Kane and Lynch: Dead Men - Main Theme
SpaceTeam - Waiting Room
Overcooked - Restaurant
This is our second version of this episode. We had a few issues in the original release, and we apologize for that. If you already endured the original recording with it’s issues, please relisten to the Wizardry section which was the most effected by the issues.
This month we look at the the rather curious middle ground genre of the Japanese developed Western RPG. Since this episode is a little less design focused but with a greater emphasis on history than our own knowledge really allowed, we’ve courted Michelle Belmont from the retro gaming podcast Doors and Dungeons, and Tom Lipschultz, who worked on localizing 2 of the games here. Compared to normal we talk about much more than the usual five games, but we focus on The Black Onyx, Wizardry Labyrinth of Lost Souls, Ultima III Exodus (for NES and Famicom), King’s Field and Brandish: The Dark Revenant, and their different takes to the Japanese developed Western styled RPG.
It is a bit of a departure in some senses from our normal episode, and much longer. We hope you enjoy it.
0:00:00 Opening
0:04:39 The Black Onyx
0:18:39 Wizardry Labyrinth of Lost Souls
0:40:06 Ultima III Exodus (for NES and Famicom)
1:07:23 King’s Field
1:28:34 Brandish: The Dark Revenant
1:58:12 Wrap up and ending
2:08:43 Secret Special Announcement
We referenced a Retronauts interview with Richard Garriot, you can find that here.
You can find Michelle’s work here https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/doorsanddungeons
And her twitter here https://twitter.com/doordunpodcast
You can find Tom’s youtube Channel here
And on twitter at https://twitter.com/wyrdwad_tom
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Music used between each section is as follows.
Black Onyx title theme
Wizardry Labyrinth of Lost Souls Boss battle
Ultima III Exodus Title theme
King’s Field Floor 1
Brandish: The Dark Revenant Ruins
Brandish (PC98) Ruins
This episode the team from Bit Storm takes over the show and mixes up the format a little. Ben and Trevor discuss the evolution of point and click adventure game interfaces, discussing games like Space Quest, Monkey Island, Unavowed, Leisure Suit Larry and more.
The verb throwing game described in the episode can be found here: https://twitter.com/Hi_ImTemmy/status/1089624630103625728
Bit Storm is an improvised comedy game design podcast, and Ben and Trevor put out episodes weekly, inventing wild games using a random word generator.
Podchaser: www.podchaser.com/bitstorm
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This month we look at the relationship between game loops and time. Using Monster Hunter World, Granblue Fantasy, Persona 4, Rogue Legacy and Asura's Wrath to look at how games design themselves around the time we spend with.
0:00:00 Opening
0:03:21 Monster Hunter World
0:14:06 Granblue Fantasy
0:24:49 Persona 4
0:35:09 Rogue Legacy
0:44:14 Asura's Wrath
0:54:59 Wrap up and ending
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This particular episode was inspired by a piece on Experience Points by Scott Juster, http://www.experiencepoints.net/2013/02/finding-right-amount-of-asuras-wrath.html
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Monster Hunter World Title Screen Theme, Capcom
Granblue Battle 1, Cygames
Persona 4 A Corner of Memories, Atlus
Rogue Legacy Main Theme, Cellar Door Games
Asura's Wrath Main Theme In Your Belief, Capcom
Opening Season 2 of Platforms and Pitfalls we talk about our last six episodes, answering questions we received over the time, and addressing points that only came to us with the power of hindsight.
0:00:00 Opening
0:03:30 Variable difficulty
0:10:15 Single Player Modes in Fighting games
0:16:18 Item Durability
0:21:31 Traversal
0:27:18 Grappling Hooks
0:31:02 Final Fantasy VIII (http://blog.eremiticgames.com/2018/11/29/my-thoughts-on-final-fantasy-8)
0:37:22 What we learned from games this year and closing notes
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With Music by Matthew Pablo between sections
http://www.matthewpablo.com
http://www.youtube.com/user/letspretendxc0re
(tracks in order of appearance)
Desolate
Red Doors 2.0
Last Encounter
Thrust Sequence
Wasteland Overdrive
Deliciously Sour
Pleasant Creek
Breaking our usual form, this month instead of talking about a topic using 5 games, we are talking about 5 topics focusing on one game, Final Fantasy VIII. As a warning, The story and Ultimecia’s castle sections contain spoilers, please be aware.
0:00:00 Opening
0:04:13 Story and information delivery
0:33:00 Junction System
0:46:54 Ultimecia's castle
1:00:28 Triple Triad
1:14:31 Mechanical Metaphors and tropes
1:24:07 Little extra things we love that didn’t fit in anywhere else
1:36:15 Closing notes
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Music taken from the Final Fantasy VIII soundtrack, and composed by Nobuo Uematsu, tracks in order used are
Balamb GARDEN
My Mind
Silence and Motion
The Castle
Shuffle or Boogie
The Salt Flats
Fisherman’s horizon
Fithos Lusec Wecos Vinosec
This month we examine Grappling Hooks in games. Looking at Ocarina of Time, Bionic Commando (2009), Umihara Kawase Shun, Worms and Devil May Cry 4.
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This month we examine Traversal in games. Looking at Infamous Second Son, Gravity Rush, The Witcher 3, Journey and Persona 3 Portable, and how they all tackle navigating their own worlds differently.
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This month we look at item durability systems. Looking at The Witcher 3, Fire Emblem 7/Awakening/Fates, Riviera The Promised Land, Firefall and Dead Rising, and they use this unpopular system to make their games more engaging.
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This month we look at the highs and lows of single player modes in fighting games. Looking at Tekken 7, Guilty Gear Xrd Rev2, the Super Smash Brothers series, Killer Instinct (2013) and Dissidia Final Fantasy.
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Platforms and Pitfalls is a podcast looking at the Highs and Lows of Game Design. In our first episode we tackle Flexible difficulty, and how it is approached by Resident Evil 4, Pyre, Trine, NieR Automata and The World Ends With You. If you are particularly concerned about spoilers, there are extremely small spoilers for Pyre and NieR.
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