G'day there and welcome back... to us?
After a small break we're back with another episode of the Game Club Podcast, the podcast that's an excuse for us to talk about awesome video games, much like a book club.
No Catherine or Charles today, instead we have a special guest.
Today we walk to Ryan 'Rhapsody' Pearson during PAX Australia 2019. This rising YouTube star likes to focus on Indie rogue-like games for a very specific reason. Listen on to find out more.
Rhapsody's Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/RhapsodyAssassin/featured
Rhapsody's Twitter: https://twitter.com/RhapsodyPlays
Dungeons & Drag Queers: https://www.thekweens.com.au/dndqau/
PAX Australia: https://aus.paxsite.com/
Slay the Spire: https://www.megacrit.com/
Darkest Dungeon: https://www.darkestdungeon.com/
Into the Breach: https://subsetgames.com/itb.html
Follow Dan on Twitter: https://twitter.com/nfgDan
Check out more games stuff on Non-Fiction Gaming: https://www.nonfictiongaming.com/
Intro – 0:00
Nerd Week – 2:11
Gaming News – 15:11
FTL Discussion – 30:20
Game Recommendations – 56:51
Quiz – 1:04:57
Next Week on Game Club – 1:11:37
FTL: Faster Than Light is a top-down roguelike space ship simulator created by indie developer Subset Games, which was first released for Microsoft Windows, OS X and Linux in September 2012.
Developer: Subset Games
Designer(s): Justin Ma; Matthew Davis
Composer: Ben Prunty
Writer(s): Tom Jubert
Genre(s): Strategy, roguelike-like
Publisher: Subset Games
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Papers Please. Have your documents ready. Game Club steps into the border checkpoint in this dystopian document thriller.
Will the team stick to the Glory of Arstotzka? Or will they undermine the regime from within. Join us on the ninth episode of the podcast and check you've got your papers.
Intro – 0:00
Nerd Week – 0:34
Gaming News – 13:20
Papers Please Discussion – 28:13
Game Recommendations – 58:24
Quiz – 1:02:29
Next Week on Game Club – 1:08:34
Genre: Adventure, Indie
Developer: 3909
Publisher: 3909
Release Date: 9 Aug, 2013
Anthony Murphy: Jorji Costava is the best character. Every time he pops up I want to let him in, even though it costs me a mistake. I love his home made passport. Arstotzka the best!
Matthew Callus: A very slow and ominous game when you first jump in, but once you get the hang of it, pace picks up & the satire is very well done.
SUNLESS SEA is a top-down exploration game, where you are the captain of a ship exploring the vast unknown of Fallen London - a sunken world
The game was released in Feb 2015, but was recently re-released on ioS.
You have to carefully manage your food, fuel and terror, as you find new islands, shipwrecks and cities. Intricate storytelling and backstories of your crew are revealed as you play (and die) repeatedly, as you explore the Neath. Will you leave a legacy of sea captains? Or will your ship vanish into the depths of the ocean, remembered by no one.
Fight sea monsters. Die repeatedly. And never, ever look too closely at the zea below.
Intro – 0:00
Nerd Week – 1:43
Gaming News – 11:08
Sunless Sea Discussion – 28:13
Game Recommendations – 55:15
Quiz – 57:01
Next Week on Game Club – 1:02:00
Take the helm of your steamship and set sail for the unknown! Sunless Sea is a game of discovery, loneliness and frequent death, set in the award-winning Victorian Gothic universe of Fallen London.
If the giant crabs, sentient icebergs and swarms of bats don’t get you, madness and cannibalism certainly will. But that old black ocean beckons, and there’s loot for the brave souls who dare to sail her.
Betray your crew, sell your soul to a Devil, marry your sweetheart. Survive long enough and you’ll achieve your life’s ambition.
You will die, but your legacy will live on…
Armed with Wings: Rearmed is a 2D platforming game from Sun Studios. You're a Samurai knight on a mission of revenge from the afterlife. Fight soldiers and monsters with combos and flair, unlocking new weapons and levels.
Genre: Action, Indie
Developer: Sun-Studios
Publisher: Sun-Studios
Release Date: 1 Jun, 2017
Intro - 0:00
Nerd Week - 0:40
Gaming News - 14:29
Armed With Wings: Rearmed Discussion - 41:56
Game Recommendations - 1:09:25
Quiz - 1:12:36
Next Week on Game Club - 1:17:31
Telltale's 'The Wolf Among Us' has us in the dark and gritty world of fairy tales. This isn't your Disney 'Happily Ever After' this world is full of pain and sorrow.
Intro - 0:00
Nerd Week - 0:46
Gaming News - 14:11
The Wolf Among Us Discussion - 27:45
Fables Quiz - 1:11:34
Game Recommendations - 1:17:34
Next Week on Game Club - 1:21:46
This podcast has a swear word or two because we didn't want to bleat them out... Ok, that's the last one I promise.
First we discuss our nerd week, and the news.
Intro - 0:00
Nerd Week - 2:06
Gaming News - 21:16
Goat Simulator Discussion - 54:04
Keyword Countdown - 1:13:43
Next Week on Game Club - 1:18:33
Daniel
Charles
Catherine
We're going to get into the nitty gritty of This War of Mine, so if you haven't played it... go and do that then come back.
First we discuss our nerd week, and the news.
This War of Mine is a war survival video game developed and published by 11 bit studios. The game, inspired by the Siege of Sarajevo during the Bosnian War,
Initial release date: 14 November 2014
Developer: 11 bit studios
Genre: Survival game
Publisher: 11 bit studios
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Android, Xbox One, iOS, Microsoft Windows, Macintosh operating systems, Linux
Nominations: The Game Award for Games For Change
Stanley... decided to press play and listen to this podcast.
We're going to spoil The Stanley Parable, so if you haven't played it... go and do that then come back.
First we discuss our nerd week, and the news.
The Stanley Parable is an interactive fiction video game designed by Davey Wreden. The game originally released on July 27, 2011 as a free modification for Half-Life 2.
Engine: Source
Genre: Interactive fiction
Writer(s): Davey Wreden; William Pugh
Narrator: Kevan Brighting
Designers: William Pugh, Davey Wreden
Developers: Galactic Cafe, Davey Wreden
The Stanley Parable is a first person exploration game. You will play as Stanley, and you will not play as Stanley. You will follow a story, you will not follow a story. You will have a choice, you will have no choice. The game will end, the game will never end. Contradiction follows contradiction, the rules of how games should work are broken, then broken again. This world was not made for you to understand.
But as you explore, slowly, meaning begins to arise, the paradoxes might start to make sense, perhaps you are powerful after all. The game is not here to fight you; it is inviting you to dance.
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Catherine, Charles and Daniel open up our second ever episode with Blackwake. Join your mateys as we discuss the news, nerd weeks, and Navy vs Pirates.
Yarr mateys, trim the mainsail, load the cannons,... but first we discuss the news.
Catherine, Charles and Daniel open up first ever episode with Octodad: Dadliest Catch.
We take on the role of an Octodad... but first we discuss the news.
D&D Beyond - http://dnd.wizards.com/articles/dndbeyond
Leisure Suit Larry launches a Casino https://larrycasino.com/au/
Steampunk Dwarves http://www.belloflostsouls.net/2017/03/must-see-gws-new-steampunk-airship-dwarfs.html
PS Now https://www.playstation.com/en-us/explore/playstationnow/
Star Wars RPG
Dungeons and Dragons
GWENT
Octodad Dadliest Catch is available on:
Kinguin -
Daniel - @nfgDan
Charles - @CharlesBryers
Catherine - @CSMcMullen
Octodad: Dadliest Catch is an independent adventure video game developed and published by Young Horses. It is a sequel to the 2010 freeware game Octodad. Wikipedia
Initial release date: 30 January 2014
Genre: Adventure game
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Android, PlayStation Vita, Wii U, iOS, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Macintosh operating systems, tvOS
Modes: Single-player video game, Multiplayer video game
We're jumping on the high-seas in Blackwake.
Blackwake is a multiplayer naval FPS focused on teamwork and cooperation. Fire the cannons, sink enemy ships or board them with firearms and steel. Play along with Game Club by playing Blackwake on Steam.