Scott Stevenson of Low Earth Orbit joins us to talk open world games. We discuss side quests, railroading, and trying to tell a story when the player can ruin everything. As usual, we end with a diversion into games we’re excited about, and some peculiar Kickstarters.

Thief
Hey cousin! Let’s go bowling!
Thank goodness everything is back to normal!
Infamous Second Son
Polygon’s Spider-Man 2 Review
Red Dead Redemption
Nathan Drake
Radical’s Prototype
Fez’ $40,000 bug fix
Fuel
ReRoll, the Kickstarter for a game world that was literally the entire earth
Danielle Riendeau’s Transistor review
Shaq-Fu: A Legend Reborn

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