What Makes An Open World Boring? | Words About Games Podcast #339
This week, Amy & Moody chat about open world game design, Game Pass cannibalising sales, fun video game movie trailers (and spoof trailers) and more.
Time Stamps:
0:00:00 - Intro
0:17:18 - Forspoken Impressions
0:23:58 - Talking about open world design that does and doesn't work for us
0:49:31 - Indie Game of the Week - Coven (https://store.steampowered.com/app/17...)
0:54:32 - ???
0:55:55 - Microsoft confirms Game Pass cannibalizes sales
1:05:14 - Nintendo responds to falling profits with 10% raise for Japanese staff
1:08:42 - Saudi Arabia reportedly increases Nintendo stake for second time in a month
1:15:17 - Atomic Heart composer Mick Gordon donates fee to Ukraine aid
1:18:57 - Let's talk about the weirdness surrounding the Atomic Heart developer
1:27:10 - Metroid game developers call out Switch remaster's failure to credit
1:33:26 - Tetris movie trailer thoughts
1:36:36 - Super Marios Bros movie Superbowl trailer (and the "HBO" Mario Kart trailer)
1:39:54 - Horizon Forbidden West arrives on PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium on February 21st
1:44:22 - Cool games coming out next week
1:51:10 - OpenCritic Head-to-Head (Like A Dragon: Ishin! & Octopath Traveller 2)
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