Majesty 2, Batman: Arkham Asylum (PC), Aion Launching, NHL 10, Designing and Selling Complexity, Emails and more!
This week, Hasbro principle game designer Rob Daviau joins us to talk designing and selling games. Sean Sands also tells us exactly what kind of guy he isn't. If you want to submit a question or comment call in to our voicemail line at (612) 284-4563.
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Intro/Outtro Music - Ian Dorsch, Willowtree Audioworks
"Atlantis" - Sketchbook (Pneuman) - http://blag.linuxgamers.net - 0:22:55
"Twilight Bay" (James 106) - 0:46:14
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Great show, and great guest. I want me some ribs!
pPunc"tuat,,ion is: har'd!
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So am I after seeing how readily you throw convention and rules out the window you big hunk of rebellious man love, you.
I'm like the Nate Silver of grunge - Podunk
I have preformed said oral defense of the thesis of the rules before.
I have also had the Julian Murdoch "Welcome to the world of BSW" speeches before which explained everything in about 5 sentences.
oh my god boooooog
*Legion* wrote:boogle was raised in one, he knows a barn when he sees one.
Great show as always.
And I'm a HUGE fan of the Majesty 2 game. It did improve on the original by allowing you to promote your characters in later games and removed the 10 different cleric guilds in Majesty. I'm savoring it slowly because I know its gonna be a long long time before we see an expansion, if we ever do.
Also, very interesting insight to board games thanks to Rob. I'm wondering if the long lead time between ordering for Christmas is due to the limited number of units they produce for each game and why it hasn't been improved upon.
Steam ID: Automan
Great show guys. Excellent guest appearance. It's always nice to spice things up a bit.
Yes, board game creation is my definition of spicy.
Left GWJ for good.
This was a very fast-moving show; it made my bus-ride fly by. I was surprised when it ended.
Thanks for making me aware of Majesty 2, as well. I was completely unaware of the idea behind the game and assumed it to be a low rent Age of Empires rip-off. Since I'm abysmally skilled in RTS's, I never would have considered it. Now I have to wait for a sale.
And for the record, Elysium is a gay night-club, located in the underworld, that brews its own beer. Certis is a breakfast cereal sold by gnomes that offers lucky consumers free flights to Albany. There, now we never need to talk about anyone's username-origins ever again.
I'm shocked, SHOCKED, no one mentioned Goodjer Monopoly during the board game segment.
Edit: Rabbit, if I win the statue, you can have it. I can't have nice things.
I wish you guys would stop encouraging him.
EvilHomer3k wrote:You are an evil, evil person.
Baron Of Hell wrote:YOU VILLAIN!
Conference call needs to be twice as long for twice the tasty goodness!!!
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I'm confused. Does the 360 version of Rock Band 2 not have stars? The PS3 version does . . . I'm guessing Elysium just misspoke or something.
Anyway, good show, though short, but great guest. It's nice to have multiple avenues of sarcasm. And I'm not saying that sarcastically, I'm dead serious. . . . That too can be construed as sarcasm. Crap.
How did I live before digital distribution of old, cheap games?
MilkmanDanimal wrote:You did live before digital distribution of old, cheap games. Now you just play games.
It does during the song, but then it just shows the score on the selection screen. Great, I've got 175,000 on Tom Sawyer, but I don't remember if that's good. The Beatles also shows whether you got those stars on Hard, Easy or Xpert[sic].
The thing about smart people is they seem like crazy people to dumb people -- Thing I saw on the Internet
Rabbit, if i win the Sander Cohen statue i'll give it to you.
Good show guys.
Bacon is a goodjer in your pants.
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Ahhh, gotcha. Yes, that is annoying.
How did I live before digital distribution of old, cheap games?
MilkmanDanimal wrote:You did live before digital distribution of old, cheap games. Now you just play games.
I read this as "Hasbro principal game designer Rob Daviau..." and now I can't stop thinking of Mr. Belding.
Yeah, it's that kind of day.
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Big thanks to Rob for taking time out of our Beatles RB marathon to record with me this weekend. For the record, we did indeed plow through the whole game, one of us playing bass and singing, the other playing guitar, alternating. The podcast was the perfect break.
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"If I knew you could claim podcast hosts that way, I would had peed on you back at Tamo." - AgentWred
Rob Daviau was an excellent guest. I really enjoyed hearing his views on game design.
Had a good time on the show, though I suspect I yelled a lot due to the fact that I was new to wearing headphones and actually using a mic.
Also, don't cripple yourself permanently NTR. Just don't. - Dr Ghastly
Am I the only one who had the opposite reaction to Beatles Rockband when comparing it to RB2 in that I find the Beatles game actually has a lot MORE depth to its catalog? (Obviously not including DLC.) Of the 45 or so songs on RB2 maybe only 15-20 I are ones I want to play more than once, and maybe only 5 are ones I want to sing along with. With the Beatles pretty much all of the songs are repeat players.
(Also, to be a total dink about it: the Shadow Complex "Minimalist" achievement is there because they wanted to recreate the phenomenon of Metroid speed-runs. Just saying.)
Yaz needs a vacation.
I wouldn't say this in person (about anybody, really), but I think Rob might be cooler than me. It might be because he's allowed to wear stubble on the job.
*Hurk!*
Thanks for sharing that. Now I feel justified in my decision to wait and pick it up used.
Words... are a big deal.
Jill Lapore wrote:Editing is one of the great inventions of civilization.
Instead of the usual book, I listened to the call last night before nodding off. Great stuff, guys! I especially liked the portion on designing and selling complexity. Gaming is gaming to me, regardless of its form. That peek into the board game industry was fascinating and indeed showed a lot of similarities with the electronic gaming industry.
Oh, and my wife was laying next to me doing facebooky stuff. Several of your comments got a chuckle or a question from her. Gaming for her is in the "something to do" category rather than the "something I MUST do to stay alive" place where I put it. I expected her to tune it out, but you held her interest too. A gaming-oriented podcast which can do that is worthy of praise!
"I basically do what Lou says." -- Yonder
"My love is for Lou." -- LiquidMantis
"LouZiffer is a gentleman, a rogue, and a fantastic lover." -- Vector
"You could yoink it for a Sig." -- Demosthenes
Thanks Lou! I have to ask ... did you get lucky after listening to the show?
“Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.” ― Howard Thurman
Certis just made me throw up in my mouth a little.
As a HUGE board game geek, I appreciated the brief deviation from electronic games; Rob was a great guest to have on. He was articulate and insightful. Bring him back on sometime down the road!
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"If I knew you could claim podcast hosts that way, I would had peed on you back at Tamo." - AgentWred
“Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.” ― Howard Thurman
Good podcast, as always. Keep on keepin' on.
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"I basically do what Lou says." -- Yonder
"My love is for Lou." -- LiquidMantis
"LouZiffer is a gentleman, a rogue, and a fantastic lover." -- Vector
"You could yoink it for a Sig." -- Demosthenes
Does that make Elysium the "Lie back and think of Azeroth" of podcasters?
Words... are a big deal.
Jill Lapore wrote:Editing is one of the great inventions of civilization.
The thing about smart people is they seem like crazy people to dumb people -- Thing I saw on the Internet
Ah, c'mon. Spoiler tags are the new Kitty Cat Dance.
I wish you guys would stop encouraging him.
EvilHomer3k wrote:You are an evil, evil person.
Baron Of Hell wrote:YOU VILLAIN!
Rob D.! Very eloquent. Thanks for joining the podcast, and we hope you come back soon.
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Elysium, you need to get you one of these.
http://brandonbird.com/elysium.html
chess sucks
Nevin73 wrote:If you look closely...that's a big bull anus.
"Principal" is correct!
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