“Safety gone!” Hub Worlds and Safe Houses; Environmental Storytelling

This week on the program, Mark starts playing Spider-Man, Stephen ignores your narrative, and Martha is very smart.

"The 'Spider-Man' Puddle Controversy Is One Of Gaming's Dumbest" - Dave Thier, Forbes

Hub Worlds and Safe Houses

0:09:09


Martha Megarry



Game Design

"Destiny 2 Will Let You Play 'Fully Scored Soccer'"  - Alex Walker, Kotaku

"Gearbox and Claptrap honor late Borderlands fan with eulogy, NPC in sequel" -  Jessica Conditt, Engadget

"Sea of Thieves is fun until you meet other pirates"  - Fraser Brown, Rock Paper Shotgun

Environmental Storytelling

0:38:20


Mark LaCroix



Narrative

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An image of some of the narrative-assisting collectables in Widget Satchel

Mark talks about the subtext of Metro Nexus' overworld maps in our episode topic on research for games.

"That gets real meta, real fast."