”Safety gone!” Hub Worlds and Safe Houses; Environmental Storytelling

This week on the program, Mark starts playing Spider-Man, Stephen ignores your narrative, and Martha is very smart.

The 'Spider-Man' Puddle Controversy Is One Of Gaming's Dumbest - Dave Thier, Forbes Hub Worlds and Safe Houses 0:09:09 Martha Megarry Game Design Destiny 2 Will Let You Play 'Fully Scored Soccer' - Alex Walker, Kotaku Gearbox and Claptrap honor late Borderlands fan with eulogy, NPC in sequel -  Jessica Conditt, Engadget Sea of Thieves is fun until you meet other pirates - Fraser Brown, Rock Paper Shotgun Environmental Storytelling 0:38:20 Mark LaCroix Narrative An image of some of the narrative-assisting collectables in Widget Satchel Mark talks about the subtext of Metro Nexus' overworld maps in our episode topic on research for games. "That gets real meta, real fast."