GameEngineStart Podcast

GameEngineStart Podcast - The Most Edinburgh Cat

Episode Summary

As summer approaches, one of us prepares for months of MMO gameplay and the other does what he always does. Plays weird indie games.

Episode Notes

As summer approaches, one of us prepares for months of MMO gameplay and the other does what he always does. Plays weird indie games. 

NOTE - We talk about minor spoilers from Lorelei and the Laser Eyes, we are explicit when we are about to start, and there is a timestamp in the podcast description.

We Played...

• We both played XDefiant, and had a surprisingly long conversation about the current state of the FPS genre.
• Euan plays a pile of puzzlers with The Excavation of Hobs Barrow and Lorelei and the Laser Eyes.
• Calum plays the latest Playstation PC port Ghosts of Tsushima.
   

Timestamps

• 00:02:44 - XDefiant
• 00:25:45 - Onward Mercenaries
• 00:28:01 - Hellblade
• 00:30:41 - The Excavation of Hobs Barrow
• 00:38:29 - Lorelei and the Laser Eyes
• 00:46:24 - Lorelei Spoilers Start
• 00:50:27 - Lorelei Spoilers End
• 00:51:33 - Ghosts of Tsushima PC
• 01:01:18 - News - Ubisoft have cancelled the F2P spin off of The Division. I hope the third instalment actually makes it out.
• 01:02:17 - News - Jake Solomon, the game designer behind the XCOM reboot has a new studio, and is trying his hand at a new genre. Ready for The Sims with half cover?
• 01:08:39 - Calum was at a Stardew Valley Concert
• 01:10:29 - News - Leaks have started around Valves next game, taking bits of Overwatch, DOTA and TF2
• 01:12:06 - News - Neil Druckman, perpetual man with opinions, thinks AI is actually great. He's wrong.
• 01:17:30 - Upcoming & Wrap Up