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Pretentious Game Ideas

The monthly game design podcast that you haven't been waiting for! Join us as we discuss, explore, and get out of our depths in a new game design topic every episode.
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Feb 10, 2016

The gang discusses the ways in which designers can enable players to grow their abilities over the course of a game. Also, Ryan proposes a universe in which Wildstar dethrones World of Warcraft, and we all love Downwell.

Jan 9, 2016
This month the gang discusses drawback mechanics, where an otherwise large bonus is offset by a complementary negative effect. Also, it's eight years later, and we still haven't forgiven Smash Bros Brawl. 
Jan 8, 2016
It's the first episode we're willing to assign a positive number to! This time the gang dissects Quick Time Events, the cutscene-interrupting bane of players everywhere. But are there more to these simple button press challenges than meets the eye?
Jan 8, 2016
We're joined for our debut episode by Ryan Anderson and Rob Giusti as we discuss games that use real-time waiting mechanics to excite, entrance, and occasionally infuriate.

 

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