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- An entire episode about Lightning Returns for some reason
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1 ArticleEp. 20: Maybe Not. Not Really. I Don’t Know. Who Cares.
Ep. 19: Battles With Health
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- Discovering the joy of sports with Rocket League
- Matt is a terrible cartographer
- Etrian Odyssey is NOT grindy, dammit
- Trauma Center can be a sloppy operation sometimes
- Yoshi’s Woolly World: harder than you might think
- Obsession is the dark side of perseverance
- Battling fatigue in Darkest Dungeon
- The role of permanence in modern roguelikes
Ep. 18: Did You Waste Your Time?
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- The Terraria episode
- Mediumcore server after action report
- When does the game end?
- Crafting games: Not for everyone
- What’s my motivation?
- Character growth versus equipment growth
- Adam needs to be told what to do
- The mundane
- Where does narrative come from?
Ep. 17: Soft Mode
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- Dying Light: Dead Island but better
- …although Adam has a weird tolerance for Dead Island
- Audio and control feedback for melee combat
- Parkour!
- Down with fast travel
- Time-sensitive tasks in open world games
- Left 4 Dead special infected are getting tired
- Why have zombie stories become dull?
- Seduction continues in The Witcher 2
- Creepy, pervy achievements
- A Dragon Quest fan loves Dragon Quest Heroes
- Zelda’s cowardice
Ep. 16: Spoiler Alert (colon) Her Story
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- A critical discussion of Sam Barlow’s Her Story
- Why do gamers feel threatened by new, non-violent genres?
- Would Her Story work as well without its story’s central conceit?
- The novelty of letting the player decide when the game is over
- Tagging, note-taking, and search methodologies
- Unique thought processes yield unique experiences
- Does the ending have a structural problem, or do we?
- Do we want more games like this?
Ep. 15 ½: SEW, Batman…
Ep. 15: That’s How Regret Works
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- Arkham Knight’s PC port: Who’s to blame?
- Do console peasants read the news?
- Steam refunds and consumer rights
- Matt says it’s not really that bad, so whatever
- Doubling down on the infamous Riddler trophies
- Lots of Batman in-jokes at Adam’s expense
- Nier’s multiple endings and save deletion
- The passing of the cowl
- What’s my motivation?
- Are complaints about the Batmobile overblown?
- The world’s greatest detective, pt. 2
- What does a publisher actually do, anyway?
Ep. 14: That’s How You Move a Sex Unicorn
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- The monster hunting science of The Witcher
- E3 demos are a sham
- Ubisoft’s mission to make open world game design as boring as possible
- Interesting voyeuristic vignettes in Watch Dogs
- The historical timeline approach to sequels
- Padded game lengths and pacing
- Suikoden is completely delightful
- Is mobile gaming really just different?
Ep. 13: Up-Up-Down-Down-Down-Down-Down
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- A very special Konami episode
- Profit margins versus creative change
- Time is a cycle, my man
- Are we still the target demographic for video games?
- What are Konami’s new business priorities, exactly?
- When was the last time Castlevania was good?
- Why Metal Gear matters
- Dissecting the oft-reanimated corpse of Silent Hill
- The murdered promise of Silent Hills
- Game preservation issues and Konami’s deletion of P.T.
- Augmented reality gaming for some reason
Ep. 12: Strap It to Your Head
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- The pure logic puzzles of Hexcells
- Arcade, free-solution, and set puzzle types
- Digging through piles of puzzles versus getting things done
- Adam has some kind of problem with PixelJunk
- It’s okay to not finish games!
- Time lost as the key component of video game frustration
- Tower defense round-up
- How to play Civilization as an utter turtle
- Virtual Boy, 3DS, and headaches
- Does VR make you look dumb?
- Music-generated games