It’s Almost The Weekend

36: How Important is the First Hour?

The answer? Well, it's pretty important. But what IS importance. And what does that mean for a game? How do we set the tone, and what kind of time passes before the tone shifts. Why is the quality so high in that first hour, and how smoothly does it taper off into regular expected quality... and why? 
Tune in, for at least one of the answers to these questions!
Episode Music by ViDEOGOMEZ @videogomez 
The track is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMbili2tqDk
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35: The Future Of The Metaverse

Mr Zuck appears to have gotten himself into a bit of a bind, a bit of a sunk cost problem, a bit of a tricky sticky situation!! No worry though, Joe and Daz have arrive to unstuck the boy. Hoist him from the soggy waters of his own creation, and point him in the direction of perhaps an even more dystopian future.
Strap on your overpriced and underwhelming VR goggles, sit back in your stimulation chair, and slide gamer style on those haptic gloves. It's time we talked the Metaverse.
 
Episode Music by ViDEOGOMEZ @videogomez 
The track is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMbili2tqDk
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34: Role-Playing

Seen as the spice. The melange... The additive that we all love and need in our lives to bring a fresh new experience to something you may have grown accustomed to. That's right, it time for a little bit of Role Playing.
 
Episode Music by ViDEOGOMEZ @videogomez 
The track is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMbili2tqDk
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33: Good UI vs Bad UI

Oh baby, when that UI hit just right, and the moon hits your eye? That right there is a amore!!
But what about when there's next to no UI, is that also, amore?
We all know when there's too much UI that it's not great, but what info can and cannot be communicated without text? And what on earth is UX?
 
Tune in and we go wild on this one (not really, but still have a listen its good I promise)
 
Episode Music by ViDEOGOMEZ @videogomez 
The track is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMbili2tqDk
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32: Top 5 Games We Want to Experience for the First Time Again

Gee Whizz. Another List. Who ARE these boys, and what's their deal with gosh darn lists. 
Thanks friend of the pod Pete for the topic/idea for the topic.
 
Episode Music by ViDEOGOMEZ @videogomez 
The track is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMbili2tqDk
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31: Videogame Streaming Services

The future of how we consume video games. Perhaps? We spend a long while at the start of this episode chatting over anime and catching up... but then, we dive deep and lavishly into the topic at hand. 
 
IS the value proposition of Microsoft Game Pass too much to pass up on? Did Joe end up getting game pass and you'll hear all about it next week? Does Scorn have dialogue? All these questions answered, except for two of them... 
 
Episode Music by ViDEOGOMEZ @videogomez 
The track is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMbili2tqDk
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30: AnOmAlY DeTeCtEd

BzzzZTttt Legend of Bzzzttt Breath of the Wild BBaaazzzttt
 
 
 
Episode Music by ViDEOGOMEZ @videogomez 
The track is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMbili2tqDk
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29: Villains (What Makes a Good Villain)

Bad guys, Baddies, The Baddest around. What makes a bad one? How? WHY. 
We don't know. I wish we'd had a guest on this ep to walk us through the ins and outs of villains how to best write them, especially for video games... But, we talk it through all the same, as is the way with this podcast. Two dudes, no idea about anything, just talking. That's what a podcast is, right?
Anyway, enjoy the episode, and we'll see you next time
 
Episode Music by ViDEOGOMEZ @videogomez 
The track is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMbili2tqDk
Email us at: itsalmosttheweekendpod@gmail.com