569: Forklift Load

Are you ready for an episode about a notoriously derided Superman game hosted by two people who don’t really care for or know about Superman, and haven’t seen that new movie everyone’s raving about? We hope so! 

To prove just how dead in the water Sega was in the mid-1990s, they bet big on Bug!, a very slow 2.5D platformer that began life as a Sonic game. The Sega Saturn was a system in search of an identity, and boy howdy, Bug! did not provide it. 

Folks, Gary chose to harm all of us by picking this game for Abject Suffering. Part of the shovelware dance game craze of about fifteen years ago, the Black Eyed Peas Experience ranks pretty low on the list of things we’ve covered. And that list is long. 

In this podcast, I talk about how design needs to evoke an emotional response from the players. 

When did struggling become sexy? The gang chop it up on where this notion of struggling being necessary? --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/conrad-gray4/support 

My son's heavy deep into Pet Simulator on Roblox. GravyCatman's to blame (partly), but he's been having a lot of fun with it. We talk about how Alden's been helping me out as a noob, and other aspects of the game he likes. Also, farts. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcast ... Show More

While uploading this episode to start the new year, I just discovered that Roblox took this particular game offline for review.  So you can't play it, and you'll have to suffer my person explaining the details of the game.  The only redeeming part of this podcast is when my son s ... Show More

Why you’re not seeing Palestinian suffering 

Julius and I are back with a look at Uwe Rosenberg's Field's of Arle.  It's a lovely game in which you get to relive the lives of Mr. Rosenberg's ancestors, well, more or less. It's at least a look at what life might have been like in the province of Arle, in Germany in the 18th ... Show More