Null Point

Perception is Most of the Problem

Episode Summary

In this episode we talk about how Yakuza, Like a Dragon is like Mario RPG, Mabel Addis' classic The Sumarian Game, Pokemon and ramble extensively on how player memory effects player perception of a game after a botched launch.

Episode Notes

Music is Dusky Sky by tom_atom - Check them out on Sound Cloud!  They are awesome!  https://soundcloud.com/tom_atom/dusky-sky

Topics

• How you doing?
  • Door Monster covers No Man's Sky
  • Got a drum machine, working on House Music - Jaelights
  • Painter’s Pets Update - Cejic
• Games we played
  • Dirt 5 - They actually fixed it!
    • Hard is actually hard, Physics are much more consistent
    • ...but monetized more now
  • Umurangi Generation
  • Sumerians
    • Interesting idea, private v. public businesses
  • Yoku’s Island Express
    • Metroidvania/Pinball
    • Difficult to get it to work
  • Yakuza, like a Dragon.
    • Old School mechanics, Yakuza v. Mario RPG
    • Riding the line of silly v. serious in Japanese mafia dramas

• Board Game Time!  Playing Root
• Excited About
  • Gran Tourismo 7 and how I don’t want to buy a PS5 because I like my XBox Controller.
  • TroubleShooters
    • Super competent game that really isn’t getting enough attention.
    • Jae loves the characters and should play it more (Cejic likes them too).
  • Brilliant Diamond, Shining Pearl
• Rambler:  KSP, Goodwill and the dangers of selective perception.