Ludic Encumbrance Club

Ludic Encumbrance Club
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We chat about games in order to stop chatting about games Formerly “Party Chat Peoples” https://www.instagram.com/ludic.encumbrance.club First Cover art photo provided by Samuel Zeller on Unsplash: https://unsplash.com@samuelzeller New Cover Art by Xaví Matos through Canva

  1. 15/08/2021

    Scale and Perspective in video games (1️⃣🥃|📅🎮📰)

    Party Chat Peoples discuss scale and perspective in video games. Once a major driver of innovation, scale was relegated to the indie scene after big studios lost their inner child.  1:00 - What are scale and perspective, and why the discussion? 2:55 - One of the earliest forms of play, and it never grows old 4:00 - Child development / cognitive science - how arousal and valance spark creativity 6:30 - Scale used too cheaply if at all in big tent video games 8:15 - Adult scientists explore scale and perspective 9:10 - Scale, the original Kickstarter video game fail 10:55 - Fairy tales and superhero stories explore scale 11:20 - Portal and F-Stop, the sequel that never happened 17:25 - Maquette by Graceful Decay makes scale romantic. Also buggy 21:40 - Motion Sickness Part 1 - inherent risks when games scale objects bigger 22:30 - "I Wanna Be the Guy" The Movie: The Game's 8-bit nostalgia scales a boss fight 26:10 - Early video games using scale birthed several modern genres 29:30 - Tabletop roleplaying games added math to miniature toy fights, became RPG genre 33:30 - Maquette: What it did right, ie using scale to mirror emotional states 34:00 - Warhammer, a tabletop miniature wargame, and its math mechanics 37:15 - Superliminal, a bug-free puzzle game exploring scale and perspective well 41:40 - Motion sickness part 2 - the only issue in Superliminal and arguably out of their control 43:20 - Horizon Zero Dawn and scale of difficulty (damage scaling) 45:10 - Katamari Damacy - a comedic masterpiece of scale, but is it a game at all? 51:10 - Everything (2017), philosopher's lecture translated into a scale-based indie game 1:01:50 -  Giant Celebration (still in beta), a VR puzzle game using scale to hide objects 1:03:02 - Motion Sickness part 3 - VR's motion sickness complications, plus controls issues 1:08:45 - Augmented reality, the inevitable next frontier for scale play (See Pokemon Go) 1:09:15 - Positional audio, 7.1 surround sound headphones, console support for helpful audio 1:11:25 - Potential for immersion in VR, using the game equivalent of IMAX movies 1:13:00 - Donut County's donut hole swallows rising scale objects like Katamari's sticky ball 1:15:10 - Pokemon Sword & Shield's dynamax, another cheap big studio take on scale 1:18:20 - It Takes Two uses scale thematically and well to dramatize relationship issues 1:21:45 - The Crew 2 live map feature demonstrates what big studios can do already 1:26:15 - Older strategy video games used scale to enable multiple views of war battles 1:27:20 - Challenging major studios to create a new franchise based on scale and perspective 1:29:35 - Scale inspires creativity, using scale through both space and time 1:31:25 - Summary and exit

    1hr 33min

  2. 12/07/2021

    PCP The Returnaling 〰 It Takes Four 〰 Periodically Gaming

    In this podcast, we take deep dives into two new PS5 titles. It Takes Two is a corny romantic two-person local cooperative game. Returnal is an atmospheric first person shooter featuring bullet hell difficulty and no easy mode. Both games are long, but neither outlasts its welcome. How do these very different games handle pacing and story ambiguity? There are also reviews for Killer Queen and No Man's Sky: Expedition 2 (Beachhead). Introductions 0:00 - 3:20 Review: It Takes Two 3:21 - 7:24 It Takes Two: Cinematic style vs length vs minigames 3:22 - 15:07 It Takes Two: Local coop and communication 15:08 - 18:34 It Takes Two: Inclusivity and gender norm subversion 18:35 - 23:09 Review: Killer Queen 23:10 - 31:05 Nicole and Alex depart 31:06 - 33:20 Review: No Man's Sky: Expedition 2 / Beachhead 33:21 - 43:05 Review: Returnal (no spoilers) 43:06 - 47:38 Returnal: Theories on the story (spoilers) 47:39 - 1:06:59 Returnal: Accessibility and hardware tricks 1:07:00 - 1:10:39 Returnal: Save Issues, Rest Mode, and PS5 console lights 1:10:40 - 1:23:48

    1hr 24min

  3. 05/01/2021

    PCP One Shots - Cyberpunks Initial Impressions

    Attributions Music information Thank you to the following artists for allowing us to use their work in our project.  Check out more music from them at the links below. 🎵 @visagermusic 🎵 sawsquaremusic

    1hr 36min

  4. 14/12/2020

    PCP One Shots - Kentucky Route Zero

    Attributions Music information Thank you to the following artists for allowing us to use their work in our project.  Check out more music from them at the links below. 🎵 @visagermusic 🎵 sawsquaremusic

    1hr 8min

  5. 12/12/2020

    PCP One Shots - Game Awards Post Show except it's a Pre Show

    Music Attribution Thank you to the following artists for allowing us to use their work in our project.  Check out more music from them at the links below. 🎵 @visagermusic 🔗 https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Visager/Songs_From_An_Unmade_World_2 🎵 sawsquaremusic 🔗 https://freemusicarchive.org/music/sawsquarenoise/Towel_Defence_OST

    1hr 47min

  6. 08/12/2020

    PCP 77 - The Plaguestation 5 emits noncommittal noises

    Topics 1. 🧵 Mikey & the PS5       a. 💭 General Impressions       b. 👾 Demon’s Souls 🔗 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjZIw0VUezU&ab_channel=PlayStation 2. 🧵 Stacey Cures the World       a. 👾 Plague, Inc - Cure Mode 🔗 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAFzwV7S1mU       b. 📰 ESPN fires eSports staff 🔗  https://247sports.com/Article/espn-ending-esports-coverage-media-layoff-news--154769897/ 3. 👾 Spider Man: Miles Morales 🔗 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T03PxxuCfDA Attributions Music information Thank you to the following artists for allowing us to use their work in our project.  Check out more music from them at the links below. 🎵 @visagermusic 🎵 sawsquaremusic

    1hr 4min

  7. 30/11/2020

    PCP 78 - A Wild Table-top Fan Has Appeared

    Topics 🧵 PS5 Remote Play       👾 Yakuza: Like a Dragon 🔗 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywp2POFjvKY&ab_channel=PlayStation       👾 Miles Morales 🔗 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T03PxxuCfDA 👾 Rogue Company 🔗 https://youtu.be/yBFo3NVxcaA?t=100 📰 Fortnite returns to iPhones via Nvidia Now 🔗       a. BCC 🔗 https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-55002430       b. WSJ 🔗 https://www.wsj.com/articles/apple-under-antitrust-scrutiny-halves-app-store-fee-for-smaller-developers-11605697203       c. The Verge 🔗 https://www.theverge.com/2020/11/18/21573109/epic-tim-sweeney-apple-app-store-fee-cut-reduction-criticize 🎇 Shadowrun Sixth World 🔗 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GPGQoR6f6w Attributions Music information Thank you to the following artists for allowing us to use their work in our project.  Check out more music from them at the links below. 🎵 @visagermusic 🎵 sawsquaremusic

    1hr 29min

  8. 23/11/2020

    PCP 76 - I’m Not Relapsing, You’re Relapsing

    Topics 🧵 Games on mental health       👾 The Suicide of Rachel Foster 🔗 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyF6yiL5S44       👾 Town of Light 🔗  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42ryII_Nouw       👾 Fractured Minds 🔗 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEEZx-CHEEo 🧵 Mikey goes to the Moon       👾 Hot Pursuit 🔗 https://youtu.be/AeRnez3di1I       👾 Pikmin 3 Deluxe 🔗 https://youtu.be/EzbAzU02Ngg 👾 Watch Dougs 🔗 https://youtu.be/NiJ0TzX6SOQ?t=1590  👾 Granblue Fantasy: Versus 🔗 https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7x3pw2?syndication=273844 🧵 Relapses:        👾 WoW 🔗 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwuLt1kBtyc        👾 Division 2, The Summit 🔗 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7CdxfUrCTE Attributions Music information Thank you to the following artists for allowing us to use their work in our project. Check out more music from them at the links below. 🎵 @visagermusic 🎵 sawsquaremusic

    1hr 21min
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We chat about games in order to stop chatting about games Formerly “Party Chat Peoples” https://www.instagram.com/ludic.encumbrance.club First Cover art photo provided by Samuel Zeller on Unsplash: https://unsplash.com@samuelzeller New Cover Art by Xaví Matos through Canva

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  • Creator
    Ludic Encumbrance Club
  • Years Active
    2018 - 2021
  • Episodes
    79
  • Rating
    Explicit
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    © Ludic Encumbrance Club
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