Tag Archives: DooM

Ep. 32: Mysterious Grandpa

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Quick hits! (sort of kind of not really)
Dead Cells is great, but is it a Metroidvania?
Deck assembly vs. dice rolling in Slay the Spire and Dicey Dungeons
Void Bastards is great, full stop
Days Gone was better than people acted
(Deacon St. John is a worse name than people acted, and people acted like Deacon St. John is a terrible name)
The various slight but satisfying mechanics of Ni No Kuni 2
The *roundness* makes Frostpunk special
Puppeting a body along the ocean floor in In Other Waters
“Two sentences” about Yakuza turns into 15 minutes
You know what we could talk about, though? Puss
The mechanical improvements (and narrative disappointments) of Doom Eternal

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Destiny: it got better!
…but it’s still an MMO, so, you know; grind
Choice and idiosyncrasy versus balance in competitive multiplayer
Immediate satisfaction versus participation awards in Overwatch
How Overwatch’s varied roster leads to different forms of play
Please support Titanfall 2 and its rad mobility
Does DooM’s arena-based structure get boring?
Are repetition and fatigue necessary to all games?
Stealth as empowerment and disempowerment
Nonlethal playthroughs and self-imposed limitations
Managing pacing through episodic releases
HARD RESET IS DESIGNED BETTER THAN DOOM AND WOLF GODDAMMIT PLEASE POST SOMETHING LIKE THIS OR ADD IT TO YOUR OUTRO ON MY BEHALF –Matt