Episode 031 What We Learned from Diakatana and Infinity the Game (N3)

Episode 031 What We Learned from Diakatana and Infinity the Game (N3)

 

In which we discuss miniature war gaming getting Chase out of the house, Stu’s opinions of Daikatana and dive into Red Dead Redemption 2’s work cycle and the story of 100 hour work weeks.

 

Games discussed this Episode:

DOTA 2 for PC

Star Citizen for PC

Red Dead Revolver for PS2

Red Dead Redemption for PS3 and Xbox 360

Red Dead Redemption 2 for PS4 and Xbox 1

Infinity the Game 3rd Edition for Table Top Play

Warmachine and Hordes for Table Top Play

Daikatana for PC, N64, and Gameboy

Doom for everything

Doom II for PC

Quake for PC

Quake II for PC

Mario Party for Switch

Into the Breach for Switch

Destiny II for Contemporary consoles

 

Items discussed in What we Learned this Month:

Stu brings up Open AI’s DoTA2 Bot that can challenge most pro teams.  https://openai.com/five/

 Stu also brings up Star Citizen again, and drops some stats out of his head. https://robertsspaceindustries.com/

 Red Dead Redepmtion 2 RockStar working conditions articles:

Jason Shreier: https://kotaku.com/we-were-working-100-hour-weeks-red-dead-redemption-2-h-1829758281

Polygon: https://www.polygon.com/2018/10/27/18029154/red-dead-redemption-2-working-conditions-rockstar-games-overtime-labor

The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/games/2018/oct/18/rockstar-games-working-conditions-red-dead-redemption-2-rob-nelson

Shoutouts:

Thanks to Joe Gottli for doing our art!

Thanks to Dmitry for doing our intro/outro music!

Ash Barker from Guerrilla Miniature Games!  Check out his YouTube and Patreon: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbO4Vs1vlAA9hz7Ad7IMgug