63. Prison of Progression

Summary

Dan opens the episode strongly with a surprising amount to say about Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands, which reminds Tony of a recent rumor that Naughty Dog is working on a fantasy-style game. Then the Pixel Boys quickly devolve into classics such as Elder Scrolls 6, Horizon Forbidden West, and realism in games. The qualities of good competitive play and the effects of money on game design are discussed, leading to a bit of news about Wizards of the Coast purchasing D&D Beyond. The PBs are challenged by media with slow starts, and this leads to an attempt to nail down our game preferences. They wrap with a brief life update from Dan. Recorded on April 18th, 2022.

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Show Notes

• 0:00:00 Tiny Tina's Wonderlands
  • Slay the Spire
  • Monster Train
• 0:11:38 Naughty Dog fantasy game rumor
  • Source photos from Hyoung Taek Nam
  • "The Last of Us Part 2 Was Once More Open World, Spent More Time in Jackson""
• 0:15:16 Elder Scrolls VI
  • The announcement was summer 2018
  • Starfield was announced at the same event

• 0:21:45 Tony finished Horizon Forbidden West

  • Toby Fox quote

    By the way, I was really worried at first about making this.

    The expectations for my next work would be really high, so high that I knew that no matter what I did, I felt like people would be underwhelmed.

    If you played "UNDERTALE," I don't think I can make anything that makes you feel "that way" again.

    However, it's possible I can make something else.

    It's just something simple but maybe you'll like it.

• 0:30:34 Realism in games

  • Horizon Forbidden West awesome facial animations
  • The Last of Us Part II awesome facial animations
  • Some more TLOU II examples
  • Years before, L.A. Noire tried, but didn't quite make it...
• 0:44:00 Good competitive play
  • Mini Motorways
• 56:20 Money & gaming
  • Play Magic the Gathering for free
• 1:08:06 D&D Beyond was purchased by Hasbro/Wizards of the Coast
• 1:15:39 Final Fantasy X
• 1:17:32 Enjoying media with slow starts
• 1:37:39 What kind of game do you like?
  • Hades
  • Deathloop
  • Returnal *Spelunky
  • Stray
• 1:50:22 Dan's been job hunting
  • "Meaningless business jargon that some guy in a suit made up somewhere" – Dan