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The Game Design Hacks

The Game Design Hacks
The Game Design Hacks
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    Mario Golf Should Have Been Better (Season Finale)

    2021/9/22 | 1h 8 mins.
    In the season finale, Mario Golf underwhelms Dale and Tom with its lofty promises - but it takes Dale a moment to realise it. Also, we decide which was the best game of the season.

    0:10:19 - What Are We Playing?

    0:22:56 - Mario Golf Diagnosis

    0:54:30 - The Best Game Design of the Season
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    Torn Apart - an RPG based on Tommy Wiseau's The Room (Design Challenge)

    2021/7/19 | 52 mins.
    Tom channels his inner Tommy bringing a rendition of Tommy Wiseau's The Room into tabletop form to meet Dale's challenge.
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    Is Fez Still Good? (and E3) (Diagnosis)

    2021/6/29 | 55 mins.
    Dale and Tom look at E3 2021 and decide to play Fez instead - but does it hold up or it does it fold up?

    Yeah, nah, it holds up so we gush about it and break it down a bit and also E3 wasn't that bad but there wasn't any Switch Pro and is this description still going and wasn't it third person a moment ago?

    Listen for E3 hot takes and a Fez mechanical review.
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    Everything Wrong with Sonic Generations (Diagnosis)

    2021/5/27 | 1h 24 mins.
    Dale and Tom try to figure out where the feeling changed in Sonic's 3D games, also we discuss Nintendo Indie World really, really late.

    0:00:59 - Nintendo Indie World

    0:22:35 - What Are We Playing?

    0:39:45 - Sonic 3D Diagnosis
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    Playcast: The Athenian Philosophical Olympic Pentathlon (Non-random Ancient Greek Court Intrigue)

    2021/5/06 | 1h 32 mins.
    May the best boast win - Dale and Tom are joined by Milly, Kayleigh and Rocco to play an Olympic Pentathlon where the ultimate sportsman is the player who can best describe their Olympic feats.

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About The Game Design Hacks

Two developers discuss, diagnose and design video and table-top games. Tune in as Dale and Tom breakdown design decisions on all kinds of games, prototype designs live, and discuss game development.
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