Meta Abuse

Meta Abuse
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Meta Abuse is a gaming podcast hosted by two mates, Ben and Shaun with friends and collaborators joining us often. We discuss general gaming news and what we're up to in the world of games, conduct deep dives into topics we're interested in and host interviews.

  1. 12/19/2025

    Meta Abuse #15 | 2025 Catch-Up w/ DasTactic & Richard Yorke

    Episode 15 is a catch-up with podcast regulars DasTactic & Richard Yorke, and we discuss the games we've enjoyed over 2025, including The Fertile Crescent, Menace, ZEPHON and many more!

    1h 16m

  2. 11/21/2025

    Meta Abuse #4 | Armageddon Empires

    Imperialis and Battlemode/Ben discuss Armageddon Empires, a fairly obscure but criminally underrated gem of a sci-fi 4X by the excellent Cryptic Comet. This was Vic Davis' first really big game before Solium Infernum and we think it's a masterpiece of games design.

    1h 26m

  3. 09/14/2025

    Meta Abuse #9 | Indie Games That Innovated

    ​Ben and Shaun dig into their Steam libraries and discuss the ways in which some of their favourite games innovate on formulas used in existing IPs and genres.

    1h 16m

  4. 09/02/2025

    Meta Abuse #14 | Dawn of War 4, Metal Gear Solid 3 Remake, Vampire the Masquerade Sequel

    ​Lucid Tactics, Ben (Battlemode) and Shaun (FragTactics) take a look at some recent gaming news, focusing on Dawn of War 4, and some of the gaming issues that surround the RTS genre. We discuss Vampire the Masquerade 2 and the recent MGS3 Delta remake game.

    2h 10m

  5. 07/25/2025

    Meta Abuse #13 | Beginner Bias in Modern Games Design

    LucidTactics, BATTLEMODE and Mark MSX from The Electric Underground discuss the idea that video games increasingly seem to be developed in a way that favours new or casual players, at the expense of more hardcore "gamers" with years or even decades of legacy skill.There's a lot of back and forth and everybody has their own take on what's going on here, and we hope you enjoy the discussion!

    2h 22m

  6. 05/30/2025

    Meta Abuse #12 | SCALE Your Game Right | Snowballing In Strategy Games Design

    LucidTactics, BATTLEMODE and FragTactics discuss the nature and challenges of getting your strategy game to scale in a satisfying way. How do we manage players snowballing in power? Is it a desirable thing? Or a problem that needs to be eliminated? We show some examples of games with notable scaling mechanics as ponder on whether these can be added to other genres.

    2h 33m

  7. 04/10/2025

    Meta Abuse #11 | Andrew Greenberg | Emperor of the Fading Suns Enhanced

    DasTactic and BATTLEMODE interview Andrew Greenberg from Holistic Design Inc. Andrew is a veteran games designer known for his work on Vampire: The Masquerade, Warhammer 40k: Final Liberation and many more.In this interview, Andrew tells us about his classic 4X/RPG hybrid game Emperor of the Fading Suns Enhanced, which just released onto Steam!

    57 min

  8. 04/09/2025

    Meta Abuse #10 - The Fall of Video Game Critique w/ Mark MSX

    In this episode, Lucid and Ben are joined by Mark MSX from ‪@TheElectricUnderground‬ to discuss the nature of games critique today, and the effect it has on the design of the games we play. We deep dive into the value of Steam reviews to both gamers and developers, how useful is the IGN-owned mainstream games journalism media machine now, how developers use Metacritic, and how all this affects the design of the games we play today.

    2h 39m
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Meta Abuse is a gaming podcast hosted by two mates, Ben and Shaun with friends and collaborators joining us often. We discuss general gaming news and what we're up to in the world of games, conduct deep dives into topics we're interested in and host interviews.

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  • Creator
    Meta Abuse
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2025
  • Episodes
    15
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Meta Abuse
  • Show Website
    Meta Abuse