In This House We Play David Cage Games (Episode 60)

Our guest today is Yussef Cole who writes about games for outlets like Waypoint and Unwinnable. We talk about a game he recently reviewed - Detroit Become Human.

What we've been up to

(00:02:45) Destiny 2 (Yussef)
(00:09:08) Pokemon Go (Riley)
(00:14:53) The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit, Screamride, Jurassic World Evolution (Pam)
(00:19:37) IT, Hereditary, Ancillary Justice (Yussef)
(00:27:19) Make it Sound Fiction podcast (Yussef)
(00:29:30) GOT7 concert (Riley)
(00:34:01) Masters of Doom, Citations Needed podcast (Pam)

Detroit: Become Human

Spoilers galore here! We talk a lot about this playthrough of the game, from previous guest Adam Koebel.

(00:41:01) What is Detroit: Become Human
(00:42:08) Yussef's review of Detroit
(00:48:35) Politics and race
(00:59:06) Android economy
(01:03:02) Worldbuilding
(01:07:03) Kara's story
(01:18:04) Branching narrative
(01:25:20) Unanswered questions
(01:28:00) Menu android
(01:30:44) Final thoughts
(01:34:00) How does Detroit compare to Heavy Rain specifically? @StephenWilds

Contact information

Riley @kaleri_
Pam @jasyla_
Yussef @youmeyou

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