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Episode 129: Games for Fun and Profit

Onyx Pathcast

English - November 13, 2020 17:00 - 1 hour - 59.1 MB - ★★★★★ - 44 ratings
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In which the Eddy and Dixie cover for Matthew and talk about the challenges of playing games as game design professionals!


We are very distracted
Why game designers play games
Rise of solo play (fact check: We did have a solo play stretch goal on the Demigod Kickstarter)
Why Eddy keeps getting his dog's name wrong
When's the last time I played a game for fun?
Playtesting and white room balance is bullshit
Playing in games you worked on
Social anxiety and Gamehole Con
Dixie's Switch tangent
Research and enjoyment aren't binary
Characters we don't usually play
Doing things that could be for work but for play
Optimum group sizes for video chat
Games that surprised us

Links:


Phasmaphobia: https://store.steampowered.com/app/739630/Phasmophobia/
Danielle's chaos game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOp2TswC4ac
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