Digital Cowboys: Episode 153
Posted on : 23-04-2010 | By : Alex Shaw | In : Podcasts
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Married Gamers Topic Buffet.
We welcome back Chris and Kelly Brown of The Married Gamers. Playing to our strengths, each of us has brought a different subject to the table.
Kelly is worried that the kids are already too desensitised to violence.
Tony is mourning the loss of the original Xbox Live.
Chris is frightened that joypads are becoming obselete.
Alex is exasperated by unwinnable games.
And stay tuned at the end for a drunken diatribe from Xibxang about showing respect for our ever-patient wives.
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great show.
on the difficulty front; i think crafting appropriate difficulty is really hard. normal for me would be ridiculously hard for others. and that changes game to game, control scheme to control scheme. for example first person shooters often need many difficulties including a super easy since it takes such a long time to acclimatise to the controls.
you could do a whole show on difficulty- not a bad idea actually- and the various things that can be done, combined with what different players are looking for within certain games. since it’s one of the most fundamental ways that can shape the experience of a game regardless of its content.