Gaming - The Podcast

Returnal can be a difficult game to play, understand and unlock the Platinum Trophy for. Having achieved the latter, how is the context, interpretation and playing of the game altered?

Join John Robertson and Stace Harman as chat returning to Returnal for the Ascension update and unlocking the game's famously difficult Platinum Trophy.

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Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, it's one of the most beloved, most respected and most reverred games of all time. For many it's comfortably the finest Star Wars game ever released.

And yet, despite having worked in the games industry for over three decades collectively, it's a game that Stace and John had never played. It's the time for that to change.

Join them as they discuss their early experience of the game, how it relates to their expectations and other RPGs and how they've gone about indulging in such a classic of gaming history.

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Gaming: The Podcast is released every Tuesday and is brought to you by Indie By Design, creators of books and podcasts that delve into the history, culture and design of video games.

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John and Stace are talking about Doki Doki Literature Club this week on Gaming: The Podcast.

A seemingly 'normal' visual novel, Doki Doki has some surprises and ideas up its sleeve that make it something altogether more subversive and challenging than it initially communicates.

Join us as we discuss the power of its storytelling and its stunning ability to get under your skin in a number of different ways.

Come and get involved in the conversation with us on Twitter @IndieByDesign and via our Discord, which you can find via our Twitter.

Gaming: The Podcast is released every Tuesday and is brought to you by Indie By Design, creators of books and podcasts that delve into the history, culture and design of video games.

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With the launch of Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin, Stace and John ask themselves: Why do we enjoy trashy, B-movie style games?

There are games that are crying out to be rejected and forgotten due to their inadequicies. And yet, in some cases, such games result in a memorable and personal experience that you wish more people would find joy in. Listen to Stace and John explore and discuss exactly that and why it happens.

Come and get involved in the conversation with us on Twitter @IndieByDesign and via our Discord, which you can find via our Twitter.

Gaming: The Podcast is released every Tuesday and is brought to you by Indie By Design, creators of books and podcasts that delve into the history, culture and design of video games.

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This week we sit down with Double Fine founder and industry legend Tim Schafer to talk everything from how Covid-19 restrictions have impacted work at Double Fine to what he's been playing and how he works to foster a creative approach across his studio.

We're very grateful to Tim to have made the time for us, not only for this interview but across our partnership with Double Fine in creating 20 Double Fine Years.

20 Double Fine Years explores the people, culture, events and inspiration that has thus far given us the likes of Psychonauts, Stacking, Brutal Legend and Broken Age - and is soon to give us Psychonauts 2.

We hope we enjoy the interview!

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