I talk a lot about Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning, Big Huge Games’ 2012 RPG…the last title the company produced before it was shut down as a consequence of the collapse of 38 Studios. And while Big Huge Games has since been re-opened by Brian Reynolds, it has not reclaimed the Amalur IP from the state of Rhode Island. Indeed, the new Big Huge Games is focused on mobile right now; their first game, DomiNations, fuses some of the concepts from Rise of Nations with some of the gameplay from Clash of Clans.

But this podcast is not about DomiNations; this podcast is about Reckoning, why I love it so darn much, and (hopefully) why you should too. Give it a listen!

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