Deep Listens: Thumper, Cosmic Horror, and Making Music
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 Billy, Pete, and Gino discuss Thumper and the...
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 Billy, Pete, and Gino discuss Thumper and the many elegant ways it teaches and utilizes it's mechanics. We discuss how the game slowly builds up it's hand-full of rhythm mechanics alongside it's slowly increasing tempo both to it's benefit and detriment. Pete also leads a discussion of cosmic horror and how Thumper fits into the genre. We finish up with Billy and Gino discussing the subtle differences in difficulty between Furi and Thumper and why their opinions were diametrically opposed on each game.