Season 2 Ep 4: Playing God

The MindGames Podcast

English - February 01, 2020 13:01 - 1 hour - 69 MB
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Previous Episode: Season 2 Ep 3: Our Festive Favourites 2019

Next Episode: Season 2 Ep 5: Dead Games

In this month's episode, we tackle god games. We come to the genre with a whole range of questions; - How do we define a god game? - What is the relationship between a god-player and their world, and how does this reflect our real-world understanding of the roles of gods? - And finally, why do people gravitate towards this style of control? One thing's for sure: gods may not play dice, but they certainly seem to enjoy a good RTS!

Today's Cast Grant (Pix) Milos Steve

Today's Games (in order of appearance):

Populous (Bullfrog Productions)

Black & White 1 & 2 (Lionhead Studios)

Lego Island (Mindscape)

Golden Sun (Camelot Software)

Universim (Crytivo Games)

Universe Sandbox 2 (Giant Army)

Spore (Maxis)

SimEarth (Will Wright)

Godus (22Cans)

Fable (Lionhead Studios)

Utopia (Don Daglow)

Dungeon Keeper (Bullfrog Productions)

From Dust (Eric Chahi, Ubisoft)

Crest (Eat Create Sleep)

Star Wars Episode 1: The Gungan Frontier (Lucas Learning)

Tilt Brush (Google)

Spirit Island (R. Eric Reuss)

Magic: the Gathering (Wizards of the Coast)

**Weird Games**

Species: Artificial Life

Real Evolution (Quasar)

ActRaiser (Yuzo Koshiro)

This month's MindGames Game: 'Is God Real?'

1 point for guessing whether this god is real or fictional, 1 point from the other player for guessing the culture or IP.

1. Eru Ilúvatar

2. Orlanth, God of the Storm

3. Ishtar, Goddess of Sex and War

4. Baron Samedi

5. The Crimson King

6. Cardea

7. Sheela Na Gigs

8. Anoia

See also: 30 Years of God Game History (Indigo Gaming) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gt4-tBFIcsI