78: A Charity for Game Developers

Jessica takes shameless advantage of Anna's distraction as she prepares to leave for GDC to complain at length about an almost-great game. And has Amazon set up a charity for game devs?

Doesn't this scene from Lost Tracks look cool? But it's actually the most annoying part of the game.

Hellooooooo there, dear listeners! Anna is at GDC this week, but the show goes on as usual, not least because Jessica has Some Strong Feelings about a game she played this week. Spoiler alert: they aren’t good feelings :-p

Meanwhile, Anna talks in more detail about Clash Royale, Amazon has some sort of new type of app store that we can’t figure out, and Jessica wonders if there’s a very specific and political reason that Supercell is so successful*.

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Stuff we mentioned:

Trump rally cancelled in ChicagoJessica's alma mater hosts Anita SarkeesianPokemon PicrossDroppy Balls (iOS & Android)Faily Brakes (iOS & Android)The Inner World (iOS & Android)Bertram Fiddle (iOS & Steam)Lost Tracks (iOS only)Tiltagon (iOS & Android)LIMBO (iOS & Android)Clash Royale (iOS & Android)Here’s a baby gorillaAustralian baby possumTelepaint (iOS only)Supercell is making so much moneyMegan Fox’s episodeAmazon has created a new type of app storeLumberyardGoat Simulator (iOS & Android)Jessica is the purveyor of awesome cat GIFs

*Extremely minor correction: as it turns out, Rovio is also located in Finland, which may or may not weaken Jessica's wild theories