”Somebody’s first episode.” Language of Games; Sequels [Nice Replay]

#94 "Somebody's first episode."Roundtable 2018.07.10

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This week, Martha admits to piracy, Stephen tells Nintendo to just stop making GameCube controllers already, and Mark tells his favorite video game story which is about buttons because Mark is boring.

Amazing Mario 3 Speedrun Is Full Of Setbacks And Sportsmanship - Heather Alexandra, Kotaku Language of Games 0:11:31 Martha MegarryGame DesignWhen snarky players still want to give info against the GM’s wishes, you get th… - @SeiWot, TwitterStop, Drop, and Heal: The history of regenerating health” - Jeff Dunn, GamesRadarAn article from the developers of Mirror’s Edge Catalyst on the new Runner’s Vi… - EAThe Sony PlayStation’s buttons get explained by their designer  - John Brownlee, Geek.comThe Japanese Side of the PlayStation Button Confusion -  Richard Eisenbeis, KotakuThe passion of the checkpoint: Why gaming's most frustrating failure is so hard… - Ben Kuchera, Polygon We played the convention-defying game OneShot on our very first Nice Plays episode. Nice Plays: OneShot (2016)Rami Ismail documented his mother’s playing through new games on Twitter. - @tha_rami, Twitter Sequels 1:07:25 Mark LaCroixMisc.The MIT Dropouts Who Created Ms. Pac-Man: A 35th-Anniversary Oral History - Benj Edwards , Fast CompanyTV Tropes has a list of spiritual successors in video games. - TV Tropes