EXP Podcast #778: The Death of Mechanics & The Birth of Cinema

But what's DK's take game design paradigms?

Fumito Ueda, the creator of Shadow of the Colossus, has called it folks. The age of game mechanics is over! Pack it up folks, we're all out of ideas. This week on the podcast, we chat about philosophy, the creation of art, and some video game movie news that has us both excited and miserable!

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Show notes:

- "‘The age of game mechanics is over’, claims Shadow of the Colossus director Ueda from" VideoGamesChronicle

- Music from Brad Sucks

EXP Podcast #777: Microsoft Woes and Stop Killing Games Momentum

Is it really too much to ask?

It's hard to argue that times have been tough in the video game industry as of late.  Since we last talked Microsoft has laid of thousands and shuttered entire studios.  This comes at a time when the Stop Killing Games movement is gaining greater visibility due to the increasingly ephemeral nature of so many releases.  After taking stock of some of the Microsoft aftermath, we we take a look at Video Games Europe's response to the petition and what it could mean as an alternative way to think about how games can survive games in a long term way.

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Show Notes:

- Run time: 43 min 44 sec

- Stop Killing Games petition and Video Games Europe response 

- Music by Brad Sucks

EXP Podcast #776: Ender Magnolia, To a T, and Death Stranding 2

Better than an R pose

Beaches, Homunculi, and strange birth stories - it's an eclectic group of games this week as we debrief Ender Magnolia, To a T, and venture briefly back into the Kojima's world of Death Stranding 2!

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Show notes:

- Music from the To a T reveal & announce trailers