Tag Archives: State of Decay

Ep. 17: Soft Mode

  • 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. 2: Get Hype for a Sunrise

  • Nintendo’s platform differentiation and uses of the Wii U touch screen
  • Antagonistic design shenanigans in Mario Kart and New Super Mario Bros. Wii*
  • Matt’s beef with Batman
  • Making the most of open worlds
  • Why can’t gamers just think?
  • Time management in Child of Light’s throwback to Grandia
  • Adam hates people who speak in rhyme
  • Persona 4 Golden is the best game ever, as you have already heard from everybody else
  • The harem trope badly needs to be subverted
  • Weapon Shop de Omasse is a lot more fun than a real job in retail
  • Poor, poor PlayStation Vita
  • Don’t let your friends die in State of Decay
  • Skye doesn’t really like sandbox survival and procedural generation
  • Is it worthwhile to pay attention to E3?

*Please note that everything Adam says about the power-ups and GamePad usage in Mario Kart 8 is the result of a single hour of play immediately before recording and, in retrospect, is almost completely incorrect.  He regrets the error.  More than you can know, he regrets the error.