Independent Incidentals - Ep. 40: Undertale, OneShot, and Meta-Narratives

Independent Incidentals - Ep. 40: Undertale, OneShot, and Meta-Narratives

The titular Undertale. Look at its visage and sigh a breath of wonder. Venerate Toby with your gamer fingers and your reading eyeballs. Also look towards Oneshot, and think to yourself, how the hell do these game work? I mean, breaking the forth wall is one thing, but telling a meaningful story? And changing my desktop wallpaper to hide messages within the computer itself? How does it work!!!!?

Independent Incidentals - Ep. 39: Telltale Games

Telltale was one of the pioneers of an interactive genre of game that played more like a TV show or a movie than a full “game”. Even still, they were insanely popular and doted on for years for their innovations — being able to place a player into a game that had moral choices that were thought to make an impact. What changed? How did this house of cards come crashing down?

Independent Incidentals - Ep. 38: Papers Please

CODE RED. THE SHOW IS NOW A LET’S PLAY. I REPEAT, DOMINICK PLAYS THE GAME THAT HE’S DISCUSSING. And that game is Papers Please, one that requires you to make simple but stressful choices to survive within a nation under a totalitarian regime. Will you BUCKLE??

Independent Incidentals - Ep. 37: When Did Mobile Games Become Slop?

There was a time for the 00’s kids, who got to experience the joys of playing on a tablet and divulging in those tantalizing games. You know the ones: Angry Birds. Subway Surfers. My Singing Monsters. But do those games still hold up against the tide of lying, microtransaction-riddled, copycat slop? Or is was this wave triggered by the bad practices that the first wave of mobile games practiced, but amplified for the newer generation?

Independent Incidentals - Ep. 36: Blue Prince

Dominick and Ellize discuss the charming and clever puzzle-roguelike-housebuilder Blue Prince! They discuss why a boy shouldn’t have a manor all to himself, the utter SNUBBING that occurred at the Game Awards, and clue notebook comparisons!