Summary: This week, Stephen finally gets a theme song, Mark plays devil's advocate, and Martha gets dangerously close to a topic your nice hosts swore to never talk about on the show.<br> <br> [0:02:40] DLC and Expansions<br> <br> When Mark was young, he bought unofficial Quake mods on CD-ROM.<br> Turns out, Electronics Boutique and EB Games are the same thing.<br> “Day-One DLC Isn’t Always Evil, Says Borderlands 2 Guy” - Tina Amini, Kotaku<br> “Patch The Process” - Rami Ismail<br> “Street Fighter V is a Barebones Game That’s a Sign of the Times” - Paul Tamburro, Crave<br> “Code analysis of No Man's Sky praises engine, criticises "unfinished" game” - Andy Chalk, PCGamer<br> “It turns out Sony won’t be charging PS4 Pro players for 4K upgrade patches” - Danny Cowan, Digital Trends<br> “Mario Party 2: Luigi wins by doing absolutely nothing” - KlydeStrom, YouTube<br> Turns out, Dungeons & Dragons does use software-style versioning for their “patch notes.”<br> After recording this episode, Mark had an idea for how to price DLC in Metro Nexus.<br> “Nier Automata Lets Players Buy PSN Trophies With In-Game Money” - Heather Alexandra, Kotaku<br> “Payday 2 rolls back microtransactions after fan outrage” - Kyle Orland, Ars Technica<br> “5G - Press START to Play” - YouTube<br> “I Am Rich: The Story of the World's Strangest Mobile App” - Antoni Zolciak, In’saneLab<br> <br> [0:38:34 ] Genre in Games<br> <br> Wikipedia says “Genres are not usually defined by the actual content of the game.”<br> “List of accolades received by Grand Theft Auto V” - Wikipedia<br> Turns out, Call of Duty games have been nominated for a lot of BAFTAs over the years.<br> “What makes an RPG an RPG: a universal definition” - Craig Stern<br> “Mass Effect - Don’t Touch That” - YouTube<br> “Mass Effect - Blasto! (hilarious)” - YouTube<br> “Ludonarrative Dissonance in Bioshock” - Clint Hocking<br> (you’ve probably read this one already)<br> “Naughy Dog Doesn’t Get Ludonarrative Dissonance” - Alessio Palumbo, Wccftech<br> A good critical review of Jason Schreier’s book “Blood, Sweat, And Pixels,” which Mark read recently and really liked.
