Tag: Monster Hunter

033: Season Finale with Sophia Prater

Post author By Tim Broadwater
Post date October 24, 2022

Listen now (51 min) | The big fish is revealed to be Sophia Prater, Chief Evangelist of OOUX. Our heroes learn about the history of object-oriented UX and the design of Sophia’s new game. We finally review the results of this season’s great challenge: Moonlighter! Read the transcript.

Things discussed on this episode:

01:10 Sophia Prater
02:15 Axure
09:14 Object Orientated UX (OOUX)
13:17 Atomic Design
14:52 Thinking in Services
16:31 UX Magic
19:14 Object Map
27:05 Lords of Waterdeep
29:28 OOUX.com
34:03 Moonlighter
38:10 Cult of the Lamb
38:48 Rollercoaster Tycoon
39:38 Monster Hunter

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Tags Atomic Design, Axure, Cult of the Lamb, Lords of Waterdeep, Monster Hunter, Moonlighter, Object Map, Object-Orientated UX, OOUX, Rollercoaster Tycoon, Sophia Prater, Thinking in Services, UX Magic

014: Baffling Sequels

Post author By Design Thinking Games
Post date October 1, 2021

Listen now (39 min) | The camera pans away from our heroes and focuses on a life in the day of a wee little skill tree from Episode 10. Why? Because sequels don’t have to make sense. Read the transcript.

Games discussed on this episode:

1:12 Vampire: the Masquerade
4:41 Legend of Zelda
8:38 Grand Theft Auto
16:30 Monster Hunter
19:46 Resident Evil
22:55 Evil Within
23:47 Final Fantasy
25:24 Shovel Knight
34:51 Last of Us

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Tags Evil Within, Final Fantasy, Grand Theft Auto, Last of Us, Legend of Zelda, Monster Hunter, Resident Evil, Shovel Knight, Vampire: the Masquerade

009: Grinding the Rewards

Post author By Design Thinking Games
Post date July 14, 2021

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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Tags Bloodborne, Cuphead, Dark Souls, Hellblade, Mass Effect, Monster Hunter, Sea of Thieves, Spider-Man, World of Warcraft

003: Customization vs. Personalization

Post author By Design Thinking Games
Post date April 21, 2021

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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Tags City of Heroes, Dungeons & Dragons, HeroQuest, Magic the Gathering, Monster Hunter, Pokemon