043: Season Finale – Playthroughs with Matthew Visyak

Listen now (41 min) | After playing a game with the three-headed dragon, and dreaming that night of LARPing, our heroes wake to find an old man Matthew Visyak who says, “It’s dangerous to go alone!” Read the transcript.

Things discussed on this episode:

  • 04:13 Final Fantasy
  • 06:01 Breath of Fire 4
  • 06:28 The Last Ninja
  • 06:40 Simon’s Quest
  • 12:33 Dice Invasion
  • 12:49 It’s Kind of a Fun Story
  • 13:39 Gloomhaven
  • 23:57 The Outlast Trials
  • 34:40 Resident Evil 4
  • 35:22 Diablo 4
  • 35:53 Hogwarts Legacy
  • 37:26 Jedi Survivor
  • 37:51 Final Fantasy XVI
  • 38:22 Tears of the Kingdom
  • 38:40 Sons of the Forest
  • 39:30 Spider-Man 2

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037: Dice Invasion

Listen now (54 min) | As our heroes sneak their way past the battlefield, they encounter a small family of game designers. Laura Rodriguez and daughter Adriana Bailey discuss the making of their new game Dice Invasion. Read the transcript.

Things discussed on this episode:

  • 01:53 Theater LARP
  • 07:18 Designing a LARP
  • 10:13 Aspire SRD
  • 11:00 Caltrop Core
  • 16:24 Her Odyssey
  • 19:35 Solo-Journaling RPGs
  • 21:47 Galatea
  • 25:07 Diversity Saves
  • 33:09 Mass Effect
  • 33:54 Knights of the Old Republic
  • 34:51 Tyranny
  • 37:01 Magic the Gathering
  • 40:19 Vampire Survivors
  • 42:10 Tunic
  • 45:06 Root
  • 46:07 Dragon Quest
  • Support the show on Patreon!

    Follow us on Twitter @DTGamesPodcast.
    Follow us on TikTok @designthinkinggames.
    Subscribe on Twitch at DesignThinkingGames.

    Tim Broadwater is @uxbear on Twitter.
    Michael Schofield is @schoeyfield on Twitter.

    Send us stuff, contact us, get merch, news, and more at https://designthinkinggames.com/