Retrospective 2024 – Loot Mechanics #409Retrospective 2024 – Loot Mechanics #409
A look back on the last year in gaming, and for the show. Intro (0:34) – Thoughts of gaming in 2024 Video Games (14:11) – BG3’s director thinks the game
A look back on the last year in gaming, and for the show. Intro (0:34) – Thoughts of gaming in 2024 Video Games (14:11) – BG3’s director thinks the game
Putting the Knave in “Knave 2e”, and other bullshittery, or today’s show. Intro (0:34) – Scormey has given up on BG3, while Beoulus has been playing “No Man’s Sky” Tabletop
Beoulus and Scormus discuss how video games used to be released, as opposed to the new models, and which is superior. Intro (0:49) – Our week, in brief. Video Games
MidJourney manages to shoot themselves in the foot, during an ongoing lawsuit, and “City of Heroes” is back! Intro (0:49) – What Scormey and Beoulus have been playing lately. Other
Another money grab from Activision/Blizzard, and what happened to gaming forums? Intro (0:49) – What have we been playing? Main (4:27) – Blizzard moves the goalposts on using the WoW
For years, the norm for AAA video games has been to release microtransaction-laden “Live Services”, even for single-player games. With the success of “Baldur’s Gate 3” and “Starfield”, does that