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Is there joy in Fort Joy?
‘Divinity: Original Sin 2’
‘Thimbleweed Park’
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We would rather Switch than fight.
‘Nier: Automata’
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A divisive game divides us against ourselves.
‘Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle’
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Surely the only podcast on this game that delves into Shigeru Miyamoto’s reflections after the Sandy Hook massacre.
‘Uncharted: The Lost Legacy’
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Someone liked this game. Someone else didn’t. Someone gets angry. Someone else says, “But it’s ‘Uncharted’!”
‘Tacoma’ & ‘Gone Home’ designer Steve Gaynor
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Steve Gaynor, the designer and writer of “Gone Home” and 2017’s “Tacoma,” talks about why “Tacoma” was so hard to make, what he learned by working with Ken Levine on “BioShock Infinite,” and whether he sees his work as part of a video-game movement.
‘Hellblade’ & More ‘Tacoma’
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Chris and JJ agree, more or less, about Ninja Theory’s “Hellblade” and then disagree, vehemently, about Fullbright’s “Tacoma.”
‘Typeshift’ designer Zach Gage
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Zach Gage, the designer of mobile games like “SpellTower,” “Really Bad Chess,” “Sage Solitaire,” and 2017’s “Typeshift,” talks to Chris and JJ during a live show from the Play NYC convention. Plus, JJ’s “Tacoma” mini review.
‘Edith Finch’ director Ian Dallas on ‘What Remains of Edith Finch’
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Ian Dallas, the creative director of Giant Sparrow, talks about whether Molly starved to death, how he wrote a headline for The Onion that became a self-fulfilling prophecy, and why he wishes he had made an “Edith Finch” level with Weird Al Yankovic.
This is an extended audio version—close to uncut—of Chris’s Rolling Stone interview with Dallas.
‘Dream Daddy’
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Chris Suellentrop and guest critic Laura Hudson–a contributor to Wired, Slate, The New York Times, and more–talk about “Dream Daddy,” the dad-dating sim that hit No. 1 on Steam.