Episode 036 What We Learned From Vampire and Theif

In which we discuss the arcane nature of Prince the performer, then dive deep into the darker places of the world bringing up games like Vampire the Masquerade, Spycraft 2.0 and Thief: The Dark Project.

 

Games discussed this Episode:

Vampire the Masquerade, a table top RPG

Exalted, a table top RPG

Spycraft 2.0, a table top RPG

Dungeons and Dragons, a table top RPG

Thief: The Dark Project for PC

Hitman for PC

Tenchu: Stealth Assassin for Playstation

Quake for PC

Langrisser for Mobile Devices

War Groove for Everything (almost)

Anthem for PS4, Xbox One and PC

Apex Legends for PS4, Xbox One and PC

Super Mario Bros U Deluxe for Nintendo Switch

Into the Breach for Switch and PC

Destiny for contemporary consoles

Warframe for contemporary consoles

Fortnite for contemporary consoles

 

Items discussed in What we Learned this Month:

 

In a truly rare display (for 2019) Ubisoft makes money and doesn’t lay people off: https://www.pcgamer.com/ubisoft-makes-strong-profits-doesnt-fire-800-people/

 

Activision/Blizzard makes record highs in revenue then fires almost 800 people: https://www.polygon.com/2019/2/12/18222096/blizzard-layoffs-february-2019

 

The time a AAA Games Executive (Satoru Iwata) took a pay cut in solidarity with his employees to ensure they would continue working: https://kotaku.com/nintendo-boss-is-taking-a-huge-pay-cut-because-of-the-1511382834

 

Extra Credits video comparing Destiny and Warframe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERepKk7dZSc

 

Shoutouts:

Thanks to Joe Gottli for doing our art!

Thanks to Dmitry for doing our intro/outro music!

Chase Shoutouts to Onyx Path Publishing: http://theonyxpath.com/