Deep Listens: Even Hosts are Sometimes Always Monsters
by thatpinguino
Deep Listens is a gaming podcast series I'm recording with a few of my friends. Every two weeks we pick and play a new game and then discuss it from a literary, philosophical, and game design perspective. Its kind of like a book club for video games. We try to dig as deep as we can on an individual game every episode so check it out! In this episode Gino, Billy, and Pete discuss Always Sometime...
Deep Listens is a gaming podcast series I'm recording with a few of my friends. Every two weeks we pick and play a new game and then discuss it from a literary, philosophical, and game design perspective. Its kind of like a book club for video games. We try to dig as deep as we can on an individual game every episode so check it out!
In this episode Gino, Billy, and Pete discuss Always Sometimes Monsters and things take a dark turn. After some initial expository discussion Pete and Gino take turns venting about different issues they had with the game. Billy tries to inject some light, but there was no saving Always Sometimes Monsters from the critique. We go in-depth with every mechanic in the game: from the stamina system to the mundane mini-games to the game's cardiac tone. At least Super Mario Sunshine is up next...