Spam Spam Spam Humbug: Episode 62 – Never Forget Who is the Boss
Let’s talk about game bosses. The memorable ones, the hard ones, the dumb ones…and maybe even the absent ones.
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Byte-Sized Virtue: Season 3, Episode 1 – Anima Technica Vacua
It’s the difference between looking at constellations in an app, and looking at a sky full of stars.
Spam Spam Spam Humbug: Episode 61 – Ultima Dragons 25th Anniversary Bash Updates/Nine Minute Topics
Gallara Dragon joins us to discuss the latest news about the Ultima Dragons 25th anniversary bash. And then a bunch of us disucss random things.
Spam Spam Spam Humbug: Episode 60 – Game Review Systems
Why do we still use arbitrary, numeric systems to review and rate games?
Spam Spam Spam Humbug: Episode 59 – Which Came First: The Story or the Game?
What’s the best way to design a game: solidify the story first, or get the underlying tech in place and then craft a story around it?
Spam Spam Spam Humbug: Episode 58 – DEFCON3 & NPC Dialogue
What even makes dialogue interesting in RPGs? What works, and what doesn’t?
Spam Spam Spam Humbug: Episode 57 – NPC Dialogue and Voiceovers
In which we discuss voiceovers in games, how difficult they are, why it would be a bad idea to crowdsource voiceover work…and then eventually we get into crowdsourced NPC dialogue in general. Sort of.
Spam Spam Spam Humbug: Episode 56 – Conversation Systems, Part the Second
We had so much fun talking about conversation systems last week, we decided to give it another go.
Spam Spam Spam Humbug: Episode 55 – Conversation Systems
Let’s take a look at different forms of conversation systems that crop up in games.
Spam Spam Spam Humbug: Episode 54 – What Kind of Bad Behaviour Should Be Allowed in Games?
In a multiplayer game, it is inevitable that some players will abuse or take advantage of others. Which of these behaviours, if any, should developers allow to take place, and which should they work to prevent?
Spam Spam Spam Humbug: Episode 53 – Game Development Challenges II
Let’s look at some (more) of the pitfalls that can affect game development.
