Perceptive Podcast: History of Video Games Part One (Audio Only)
2This week on the cast, I spoke with the owner of the Game Design Forum Patrick Holleman about his upcoming book and the history of two very big genres.
We started with catching up about the state of the Game Industry today and how things have changed for developers. Patrick talked about his study in games and how he started with his Reverse Design book series. In his books, Patrick focuses on one game and breaks down all the level design, mechanics and systems to explain how the game was developed.
Our first topic was the platformer genre. Patrick and I shared our mutual admiration of Miyamoto’s design philosophy of the Mario series. We had a deep discussion on all aspects of platformers with way too many topics to call out here.
After that, we switched to the RPG, and we talked about what makes them good/bad. Patrick’s upcoming book will be “Reverse Design Final Fantasy 7.” The two genres couldn’t be more different from each other, and we had a fantastic conversation on both. Patrick is hoping to have the book finished sometime in September.
If you enjoyed the cast, please support Game-Wisdom’s patreon campaign: http://patreon.com/gwbycer. Your donations can help to keep the site supported and allow me to keep putting out great content like this.
Subscribe and Check Out:
Visit http://Game-Wisdom.com for posts and podcasts on all things Game Industry related.
You can follow me at the following places:
Subscribe on Twitch under https://www.twitch.tv/gwbycer for daily plays around 10 est.
Subscribe on Twitter: https://twitter.com/gwbycer to get the latest updates when new content goes live all around.
Subscribe on Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/gamewisdom/
You can find me on Patreon under Game-Wisdom or by this link : https://www.patreon.com/GWBycer any donations would be greatly appreciated in order to allow me to continue to put out great content.
About Me:
I'm Josh Bycer and I run the site Game-Wisdom, where I examine the art and science of games. Here on Youtube, I put out a variety of videos that consists of let's plays, examinations and more.