A podcast about the life of games and the game of life. Swimfan, a reformed marketing director at various large game companies, and Regal, a software engineer, give multitudinous lukewarm takes on game design and development, the industry as a whole, and ideas about how to improve...everything. Occasionally, we also play games.
Open Betas
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24 episodes
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Podcast Overview
A podcast about the life of games and the game of life. Swimfan, a reformed marketing director at various large game companies, and Regal, a software engineer, give multitudinous lukewarm takes on game design and development, the industry as a whole, and ideas about how to improve...everything. Occasionally, we also play games.
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Publishing Since
2/4/2023
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Recent Episodes
November 9, 2023
v1.022: Swimfantasy Theatrhythm
<p>Music games are all the rage these days! Also, I'm selling a bundle of 2 Rock Band drumkits (markedly used) and a crate of unopened DJ Hero turntables for $9.99 USD. Please like and comment if you're interested. Outro music by <a href="https://soundcloud.com/iamjemboy/big-parappa" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">I Am Jemboy</a></p> <p><a href="">YouTube.com/@OpenBetas</a></p>
October 18, 2023
v1.021: One RNG to rule them all with Paul Sottosanti
<p>Paul Sottosanti, game design veteran and certified cool guy joins Regal and Swimfan to talk about the role that randomness, variance, and luck affect games, mostly from a designer's perspective, in both general and case-specific terms.</p> <p><br></p> <p>0:00:00 Who is Paul Sottosanti?</p> <p>0:29:18 Basic concepts and a tangent about the popularity of games</p> <p>0:43:00 Drawing cards</p> <p>1:20:00 Build complexity</p> <p>1:42:27 Play-by-mail games</p> <p>2:22:29 Horizontal progression and strategic diversity </p> <p>2:39:45 Damage range</p> <p>2:54:14 Rapidfire topics</p> <p> Outro music by Cyranek: <a href="">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46LF80G6nB4</a></p> <p>YouTube.com/@OpenBetas</p>
September 19, 2023
v1.020: The Most Dangerous Gamer
<p>1337 G@m3rz UNITE!! We broadly discuss the difference between people who consider themselves "gamers" and people who simply play games, the effect this has on the industry discourse, and the icky associations the label carries. 0:00:00 Intro and patch notes 0:17:19 The influence of the online discourse about games 0:40:45 Identity and gamerism 1:18:55 The use of games 1:47:25 Finding your voice 2:02:10 The use of gamers Outro music by DatManOvaDer: https://soundcloud.com/datmanovader/throwback-funk</p> <p>YouTube.com/@OpenBetas</p>
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