Oct 31, 2022
Penguin & Termite are taken over once again by Halloween! We get festive by continuing our Monster Smash series, focusing on monsters in video games. This year, Zombies. Probably the most prolific, overused trope in video games. Why are there so many zombie games? We discuss...
Oct 24, 2022
We've discussed lots of things regarding Halloween and gaming, but we've never talked about the cultural influence that each have had on the other. We go over how developers celebrate Halloween, and how Halloween has evolved with the influence of gaming in general.
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Music:
Halcyonic Falcon...
Oct 17, 2022
Penguin & Termite discuss the significance of those old, pre-loaded, Operating System video games that came pre-installed on most computers. What was the impact and influence on gamers at that time? Do we still see them today?
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Music:
Halcyonic Falcon X - Of Rainbows and Unicorns
Oct 10, 2022
Penguin & Termite kick off a new series of topics going over how video games relate to various emotions. With Halloween approaching, we start with FEAR! Covering how video games utilize fear - such as design and narrative direction.
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Music:
Halcyonic Falcon X - Of Rainbows and Unicorns
Oct 3, 2022
Penguin & Termite take an introspective dive to investigate cultural appropriation in video games. What is cultural appropriation? What does it have to do with video games? Has the industry gotten better about this? All this and more...
https://linktr.ee/80bitpodsmash
Music:
Halcyonic Falcon X - Of Rainbows and...