"I do business." DLC and Expansions; Genre in Games
This week, Stephen finally gets a theme song, Mark plays devil's advocate, and Martha gets dangerously close to a topic your nice hosts swore to never talk about on the show.
DLC and Expansions 0:02:40 Martha MegarryGamingProductionWhen Mark was young, he bought unofficial Quake mods on CD-ROM.
Turns out, Electronics Boutique and EB Games are the same thing.
Day-One DLC Isn’t Always Evil, Says Borderlands 2 Guy - Tina Amini, KotakuPatch The Process - Rami IshmailStreet Fighter V is a Barebones Game That’s a Sign of the Times - Paul Tamburro, CraveCode analysis of No Man's Sky praises engine, criticises "unfinished" game - Andy Chalk, PC GamerIt turns out Sony won’t be charging PS4 Pro players for 4K upgrade patches - Danny Cowan, Digital TrendsMario Party 2: Luigi wins by doing absolutely nothing - KlydeStrom, YouTubeTurns out, Dungeons & Dragons does use software-style versioning for their “patch notes.”
After recording this episode, Mark had an idea for how to price DLC in Metro Nexus.
Nier Automata Lets Players Buy PSN Trophies With In-Game Money - Heather Alexandra, KotakuPayday 2 rolls back microtransactions after fan outrage - Kyle Orland, Ars Technica5G - Press START to Play - Make Hack Repeat, YouTubeI Am Rich: The Story of the World's Strangest Mobile App - Antoni Zolciak , In’saneLab Genre in Games 0:38:34 Mark LaCroixGame DesignMetaWikipedia says “Genres are not usually defined by the actual content of the game.”
“List of accolades received by Grand Theft Auto V” - Wikipedia - WikipediaTurns out, Call of Duty games have been nominated for a lot of BAFTAs over the years.
What makes an RPG an RPG: a universal definition - Craig Stern, Sinister DesignMass Effect - Don’t Touch That - svaalbard, YouTubeMass Effect - Blasto! (hilarious) - Generic Gaming, YouTubeLudonarrative Dissonance in Bioshock - Clint Hawking, Click NothingNaughy Dog Doesn’t Get Ludonarrative Dissonance - Alessio Palumbo, wccftechA good critical review of Jason Schreier’s book “Blood, Sweat, And Pixels,” which Mark read recently and really liked.
