Every Game in This City 106: Scaling the Wall

It’s Day 5 and PSG.LGD finally face off against their TI8 rivals, OG (formerly Monkey Business), in one of the most anticipated matches of the International Dota 2 Championships in Shanghai. Luckily, esports researcher and MIT professor T. L. Taylor joins us to discuss our experi ...  Show more

In this episode, we put the art back into ARTS on Day 4 of the International Dota 2 Championship. First Yang Jing will tour UnArt Center, a media art gallery that doubles as an esports venue, then Peter will exhibit AutoSave: Redoubt, a Counter-Strike map reconstructing the scene ...  Show more

Len and Rowan are joined by games writer Kris Lorischild to discuss Tactical Breach Wizards. We discuss how rare it is for a game to be this funny on purposes, as opposed to from the chaotic intersection of procedural systems, how it creates rewarding tactical puzzles with simple ...  Show more

Claire pitches an idea about solving puzzles with reflected light (AND we learn she doesn't know what 3D means!) and Isaac pitches an idea about Santa Claus clobbering evil cretins with his sack! Then we discuss... why games might get released uh, too early!

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Save Data Team has their own Actual Play DnD show, Saving Throw! Join our 5 adventurers as they seek to prove their status in the world in our actual play dungeons and dragons series. Zak, Prij, Jason, Elise, and David play an interesting cast of characters while Chris DM's! We a ...  Show more

Isaac pitches a game idea about a zombie monkey and Claire pitches a game where you can build "I Spy" games for your friends!

Claire talks about Escape Rooms and we discuss how escape room design can apply to video game designs/how they are similar!