Podcast: Design Thinking Games

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012: Alternate History and Science Fiction

Listen now (24 min) | By sneaking past the giant peacock, our heroes are able to take a moment to consider their place in history, and ponder what could have been different. Read the transcript.

Games discussed on this episode:

  • 1:38 Bioshock
  • 7:41 Rocket Ranger
  • 15:57 Metal Gear
  • 16:33 Metal Gear Solid
  • 19:50 Wolfenstein 3D
  • 21:39 Savage Frontier

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011: The Olympic Experience

Listen now (32 min) | At the edge of the forest, our heroes find the game of all games, but there’s a big peacock in the way. Read the transcript.

Games discussed on this episode:

  • Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 – The Official Video
  • Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020

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010: Class Mechanics

Listen now (37 min) | On their quest for the most usable game our heroes encounter a forest of skill trees shaped by the artificial constraints of character class. Read the transcript.

Games discussed on this episode:

  • 6:29 AD&D 2nd Edition
  • 12:25 Starfinder
  • 16:17 Pathfinder 2nd Edition
  • 18:30 Battlefied
  • 20:25 Mork Borg
  • 21:30 Marvel Superhero RPG
  • 27:28 Vampire: the Masquerade
  • 31:30 New World

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009: Grinding the Rewards

Listen now (35 min) | Leaving the stream behind, our heroes make a discovery about experience grinding and reward mechanics, which will help them on their quest to find the most usable game. Read the transcript.

Games discussed on this episode:

  • 2:02 World of Warcraft
  • 2:59 Dark Souls
  • 5:16 Mass Effect
  • 7:12 Bloodborne
  • 8:27 Cuphead
  • 15:26 Hellblade
  • 19:59 Monster Hunter
  • 26:51 Spider-Man
  • 34:16 Sea of Thieves

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008: Gaymer Pride

Listen now (26 min) | After helping the roaming NPC, our heroes take a moment to sit by a stream, appreciate a beautiful rainbow, and discuss the role of diversity in video games. Read the transcript.

Games discussed on this episode:

  • 2:35 Last of Us
  • 4:48 Mass Effect
  • 5:31 Last of Us 2
  • 7:24 Mass Effect: Legendary Edition
  • 9:21 Tell Me Why
  • 13:21 Sims
  • 14:39 Gone Home
  • 17:15 Cyberpunk 2077
  • 20:27 Fortnite
  • 22:21 Six Days in Fallujah
  • 25:14 Secret of Mana

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007: Collaborative Board Games

Listen now (34 min) | After solving the mystery, our heroes run into a roaming NPC, who desperately needs help finding different models for collaboration in tabletop board games. Read the transcript.

Games discussed on this episode:

  • 3:57 Forbidden Desert
  • 5:02 Pandemic
  • 7:01 Castle Panic
  • 12:02 Pokemon Go
  • 13:13 Phasmaphobia
  • 15:26 Ghost Hunters
  • 15:51 Ghost Adventures
  • 19:01 Angry Pug
  • 19:58 Flash Point
  • 21:43 Magic Maze
  • 22:53 Sentinels of the Multiverse
  • 25:48 Last Night on Earth
  • 30:56 Betrayal at House on the Hill

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006: The 3 Clue Rule

Listen now (34 min) | Leaving the LARPzone behind, we railroad our heroes into the “Mystery of the Non-linear Storyline,” aided by the likes of Sherlock Holmes, Laura Bow, and Gabriel Knight. Read the transcript.

Games discussed on this episode:

  • Clue
  • Colonel’s Bequest
  • Dungeons & Dragons
  • Gabriel Knight
  • LA Noir
  • Last of Us
  • Sherlock Holmes

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005: Enter the LARPZone

Listen now (27 min) | After breaking camp our heroes uncover a map that points to the next step on their quest through the LARP of Vampire the Masquerade, True Dungeons, and more. Read the transcript.

Games discussed on this episode:

  • Vampire: the Masquerade
  • Kindred the Embraced
  • Society of Creative Anachronism
  • True Dungeon
  • HEMA
  • City of Heroes
  • Dungeons & Dragons

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004: Narrative, the World and Everything

Listen now (31 min) | After completing their side quest, our heroes make camp in a nearby forest to discuss the interplay of narrative between characters, player alignment, and worlds. Read the transcript.

Games discussed on this episode:

  • Life is Strange series
  • Red Dead Redemption
  • Mass Effect
  • Man of Medan
  • Cyberpunk
  • Guild Wars
  • Wolf Among Us
  • Medium
  • Fury of Dracula

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003: Customization vs. Personalization

Listen now (36 min) | Emerging from the pit of despair, on their never-ending quest for the most usable game, our heroes go on a side quest to explore the role of customization. Read the transcript.

Games discussed on this episode:

  • HeroQuest,
  • Dungeons & Dragons,
  • Magic the Gathering,
  • Pokemon,
  • City of Heroes,
  • Monster Hunter,
  • Golden Layout Framework,

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Tim Broadwater is @uxbear on Twitter.
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