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G'day there and welcome back... to us?
After a small break we're back with another episode of the Game Club Podcast, the podcast that's an excuse for us to talk about awesome video games, much like a book club.
No Catherine or Charles today, instead we have a special guest.
Today we walk to Ryan 'Rhapsody' Pearson during PAX Australia 2019. This rising YouTube star likes to focus on Indie rogue-like games for a very specific reason. Listen on to find out more.
Rhapsody's Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/RhapsodyAssassin/featured
Rhapsody's Twitter: https://twitter.com/RhapsodyPlays
Dungeons & Drag Queers: https://www.thekweens.com.au/dndqau/
PAX Australia: https://aus.paxsite.com/
Slay the Spire: https://www.megacrit.com/
Darkest Dungeon: https://www.darkestdungeon.com/
Into the Breach: https://subsetgames.com/itb.html
Follow Dan on Twitter: https://twitter.com/nfgDan
Check out more games stuff on Non-Fiction Gaming: https://www.nonfictiongaming.com/
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PAX Is over! But our excitement is not.
Charles and Dan break down the best and worst of PAX AUS 2017 in this special episode of Game Club.
There's more good than bad at the highlight of the nerd's year down under. But it's worth talking about who's doing things well in this space and who needs to lift their game.
In this episode we discuss:
Monster Hunter World Legend of the Five Rings Amazing computer builds and peripherals Interview with Bajo from Good Game Teaching Dungeons & Dragons in the Diversity Lounge Star Trek Bridge Crew PAX AUS INDIE GAMES Forts Dead Static Drive Veil of Crows Struggling Tabletop Start Ups Jedi Challenges Sparkle Kitty -
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Catherine 'Mad Dog' Hyphen returns for XCOM: Enemy Unknown on the Game Club Podcast.
Intro – 0:00
Nerd Week – 1:06
XCOM Enemy Unknown - 12:20
XCOM Quiz – 39:24
Game Recommendations - 48:25
Next Week on Game Club – 50:29
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Game Club on Stitcher - http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/nonfiction-gaming/game-club?refid=stprXCOM: Enemy Unown
Released in 2012, XCOM: Enemy Unknown is a turn based tactical game developed by Firaxis Games and published by 2k.
The game is a ‘reimagined’ remake of the 1994 Cult classic UFO: Enemy Unkown (XCOM: UFO Defense).
Set in the near future (2015) during an alien invasion, you’re put in charge of an elite multinational paramillitary organisation called XCOM that is tasked with defending earth.
Between missions the game has you building up your base, researching advanced technology and managing your troops and finances.
The main part of the game is the turn-based tactical missions where you take troops into locations to kill or capture alien enemies.
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Catherine is away training with monks in the QLD mountains to become a better PC gamer. So Charles and Dan catch up on the latest online outrage.
Is the SNES Mini Classic any good? (Yes, yes it is). Charles is ranked pretty high in Star Wars Destiny... beat that Catherine.
Nerd Week -
Charles - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQhaPsQQ-bBC68HpytbWaIw Destiny Nationals (kind of had to throw the tourney), Terrain Building SNES Mini Classic, Review video for Gatekeeper Games of Destiny Two-Player Game Daniel - More D&D... I think my players are the real bad guys, Golf Story on Nintendo Switch - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-6HotrJfBI Building a Retro Pie - https://www.lifehacker.com.au/2013/05/how-to-build-a-cheap-all-in-one-retro-game-console-the-easy-way/ News Daniel - Cuphead Controversy https://venturebeat.com/2017/08/24/cuphead-hands-on-my-26-minutes-of-shame-with-an-old-time-cartoon-game/ Charles - Yoshi getting punched in the head https://www.facebook.com/kotaku/videos/10155896184909040/ All the hectic tripple A titles coming out at the moment (Total War: Warhammer II, Call of Duty WWII, Shadow of War, Battlefront 2)Next week we promise to discuss XCOM: Enemy Unkown...
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Get your crew and chart a course across the stars. It gets lonely out there in the deep of space, luckily you've got Game Club to discuss:
Tabletop gaming, Tesla Batteries, SNES mini classic and this weeks Game Club game - Pulsar Lost Colony.
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It will help ensure Game Club continues far into the future!Intro – 0:00
Nerd Week – 0:49
Gaming News – 16:11
Pulsar Discussion – 29:45
Game Recommendations – 52:00
Game Music Quiz – 57:00
Next Week on Game Club – 1:05:13
Nerd Week - Charles - Empire at War release, board game day and Legion (X-Men) first episode Daniel - GGEZ Bar Melbourne, met Juves of SIN Gaming, watched Worlds Playing NBA 2k18 and terrible at it. Catherine Alphabear, R&M VR, Mini VR headset thing News - Daniel - Accidental cross-play in Fortnite https://www.kotaku.com.au/2017/09/epic-accidentally-allows-xbox-and-ps4-cross-play-in-fortnite-disables-it/ Divinity: Original Sin 2 continues to succeed, jumping to nearly 500,000 copies sold over the weekend. Catherine - https://www.kotaku.com.au/2017/09/taiwan-has-a-hotel-just-for-gamers/ http://fortune.com/2017/09/23/tesla-battery-life-hurricane-irma/ Charles - Snes Mini Classic 30 Sep - $120 http://www.nonfictiongaming.com/2017/06/snes-mini-includes-21-games-including-star-fox-2/ Game Club - Pulsar Lost ColonyPULSAR: Lost Colony is an indie game developed by Leafy Games. It is a starship simulator in which players control a spaceship in an attempt to discover the Lost Colony. Players have the choices of classes, and up to 5 players may play at once. The Alpha Version of the game released and the expected time of arrival for the final release is unknown.
Game Recommendations Catherine Daniel - Star Citizen Space Alert Star trek bridge crew Charles - Elite DangerousReach out to Game Club on Twitter:
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After the calamity what else is there to say? The Game Club Podcast sings a good old tune for Bastion.
Can you save the world, is it worth saving? Put on your headphones and let the sweet music flow through your ears.
Bastion Subscribe via iTunes Join the Game Club Facebook Group Game Club on Stitcher Show your thanks to Non-Fiction Gaming for this episode by becoming a Non-Fiction Gaming Patron at Patreon.com/nfglive. It will help ensure Game Club continues far into the future! In this Episode – The Kid Rebuilds the BastionIntro – 0:00
Nerd Week – 1:06
Gaming News – 13:08
Bastion Discussion – 29:45
Game Recommendations – 1:02:16
Game Music Quiz – 1:04:31
Next Week on Game Club – 1:17:07
Nerd Week - Charles - Star Wars Tabletop Gaming and getting ready Legion proxy, potential sponsorship! Daniel - Nintendo Switch! Rabbids, Breath of the Wild Catherine? Miracle Merchant, Rusty Lake, R&M, News Daniel - New Star Wars Lego - Millennium Falcon - The ship has a whopping 7,500 pieces, nudging the 5,922-brick Taj Mahal into second place Charles - Force Friday - In particular Jedi Challenges Catherine - eSports bar in Melbourne opens tonight! https://twitter.com/ggezbar South Park: Fractured But Whole & Race and Gender Game Club - BastionBastion is an action role-playing video game developed by independent developer Supergiant Games and published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment.
Game Recommendations Catherine Transistor Daniel - Portal Charles - Reach out to Game Club on Twitter: Tweet to us using #GameClubCast Follow Daniel – @nfgDan Encourage Charles to Tweet – @CharlesBryers Read Catherine’s scripts – @CSMcMullen
Initial release date: 20 July 2011
Developer: Supergiant Games
Designer: Amir Rao
Awards: VGX Award for Best Downloadable Game, VGX Award for Best Song in a Game, VGX Award for Best Original Score
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It's time to get tough on crime in Prison Architect.
Catherine is back this week as we build to maximum security in the 12th episode of the podcast. Can Dan handle the solitary? Does Charles rule with an iron fist? Listen and discuss the Game Club game of the week: Prison Architect.
Join the Game Club Facebook Group Show your thanks to Non-Fiction Gaming for this episode by becoming a Non-Fiction Gaming Patron at Patreon.com/nfglive. It will help ensure Game Club continues far into the future! In this Episode – Building the Prison SystemIntro – 0:00
Nerd Week – 1:42
Gaming News – 13:20
Prison Architect Discussion – 29:56
Game Recommendations – 1:02:24
Prison Slang Quiz – 1:09:00
Next Week on Game Club – 1:15:13
Nerd Week - Charles - Wargaming Association Cell in Melbourne with terrain coming, Samsung Gear with new S8, Board Game development redesign, 30th Birthday Presents (Nerd stuff), Sweet Han Solo trade Daniel - Babysitting for my sisters kids, pulled out the Wii U. Turns out the console is successful at one thing. Back into Guild Wars 2 - New expansion coming out soon. Got invited to partake in a Gaming Marathon for charity. Catherine? VR @ MIFF, Deep Space Puzzle Room, Work, flew to Canberra, flew to Sydney News Daniel - Gamescom - Age of Empires 4, Angela Merkel playing Minecraft and Farming Simulator Catherine - VR Port https://www.kotaku.com.au/2017/08/report-skyrim-vr-port-is-a-complete-dumpster-fire/ Charles - Gencon News! (Rising Sun available to play/Star Wars Legion), Top 10 Boardgames at the link in the shownotes https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2017/08/gen-con-2017-the-best-games-and-more.html Game Club - Prison ArchitectPrison Architect is a private prison construction and management simulation video game developed and published by Introversion Software.
Initial release date: 6 October 2015
Designer: Chris Delay
Genre: Construction and management simulation
Awards: BAFTA Games Award for Persistent Game
Developers: Introversion Software, Double Eleven
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360, Linux, Macintosh operating systems
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Faster Than Light Podcasting
Intro – 0:00
Nerd Week – 2:11
Gaming News – 15:11
FTL Discussion – 30:20
Game Recommendations – 56:51
Quiz – 1:04:57
Next Week on Game Club – 1:11:37
FTL on Game Club Roguelike with Space Ship top down view Control your crew within your ship, different rooms, different weapons, different systems Being chased by the Rebellion (the bad guys for once?) Competing against escaping their encroaching forces and getting resources Quests, little narratives, shops, enemies Final boss ship Multiple ships and different tactics that focus on replayability Nerd Week Charles - Board Game testing day, Rick and Morty, Sweet Nerd presents! Daniel - Board game delivery! Witcher 3 defeated! Josh - Cool Sci-Fi escape room, Pocket Morty, Gaming News Daniel - Valve’s $24 million 2017 International Dota 2 Championships Josh - eSports at the Olympics Charles - The world’s first sex robot brothel is currently in talks to expand globally, while an Austrian brothel has claimed that its own sex doll is now more popular with clients than real women.FTL: Faster Than Light is a top-down roguelike space ship simulator created by indie developer Subset Games, which was first released for Microsoft Windows, OS X and Linux in September 2012.
Game Recommendations Josh Defect Daniel Pulsar: Lost Colony Charles HuniePop Reach out to Game Club on Twitter: Tweet to us using #GameClubCast Follow Daniel – @nfgDan Encourage Charles to Tweet – @CharlesBryers Read Catherine’s scripts – @CSMcMullen Next Time on Game Club - Prison Architect
Developer: Subset Games
Designer(s): Justin Ma; Matthew Davis
Composer: Ben Prunty
Writer(s): Tom Jubert
Genre(s): Strategy, roguelike-like
Publisher: Subset GamesWe’d appreciate your thoughts on it in the comments below or in our new Facebook Group
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Join the Game Club team as they play the unexpected hit of 2017, DREAM DADDY – a Dad Dating Simulator where you meet and romance other dads.
Will Dan find his dream daddy? Will Catherine’s dads ever return her in-game texts? And what does Charles – an actual dad – think of it all?
Join us for an action packed tenth podcast.
In this Episode – Dream DaddiesIntro – 0:00
Nerd Week – 2:11
Gaming News – 12:02
Dream Daddy Discussion – 29:05
Game Recommendations – 1:03:52
Quiz – 1:07:24
Next Week on Game Club – 1:13:06
Dream Daddy is Available From: Steam Nerd Week Catherine - Watched Legion Charles - Board game tests, Splug!!, Failed Board Game Day (great wine tasting), Forest VILLAGE! (off Kingdoms and Castles) Daniel - Running D&D games for mates, had Catherine and Charles join in. Was a special guest on the Bit Storm Podcast. Gaming News Daniel - An eSports Bar is coming to Melbourne! Charles - Roombas spying on us and our children - Catherine - Zero Latency VR arena is being built in Brisbane. Dream Daddy on Game ClubDream Daddy: A Dad Dating Simulator is a game where you play as a Dad and your goal is to meet and romance other hot Dads. You and your daughter have just moved into the sleepy seaside town of Maple Bay only to discover that everyone in your neighborhood is a single, dateable Dad!
Will you go out with Teacher Dad? Goth Dad? Bad Dad? Or any of the other cool Dads in this game? With minigames, sidequests, and a variety of paths and endings, Dream Daddy: A Dad Dating Simulator is this year's most anticipated Dad-based game.
Title: Dream Daddy: A Dad Dating Simulator
Dream Daddy Discussion:
Genre: Casual, Indie, Simulation
Developer: Game Grumps
Publisher: Game Grumps
Release Date: 13 Jul, 2017You’re a Daddy
Have a daughter
Apparently… move town… but don’t really
Meet lots of Dads
Dating Simulator through Dadbook
Minigames, side quests, multiple endings
Game Recommendations Catherine - Daniel Hatoful Boyfriend Charles HuniePop Reach out to Game Club on Twitter: Tweet to us using #GameClubCast Follow Daniel – @nfgDan Encourage Charles to Tweet – @CharlesBryers Read Catherine’s scripts – @CSMcMullen -
Papers Please. Have your documents ready. Game Club steps into the border checkpoint in this dystopian document thriller.
Will the team stick to the Glory of Arstotzka? Or will they undermine the regime from within. Join us on the ninth episode of the podcast and check you've got your papers.
Subscribe via iTunes Join the Game Club Facebook Group Game Club on Stitcher Show your thanks to Non-Fiction Gaming for this episode by becoming a Non-Fiction Gaming Patron at Patreon.com/nfglive. It will help ensure Game Club continues far into the future! In this Episode – Papers PleaseIntro – 0:00
Nerd Week – 0:34
Gaming News – 13:20
Papers Please Discussion – 28:13
Game Recommendations – 58:24
Quiz – 1:02:29
Next Week on Game Club – 1:08:34
Papers Please is Available From: Steam GOG (PC) iTunes (iPad) Nerd Week Catherine - Played Mysterium (was ghost) Charles - Board Game development, X-Wing, watched SNOWPIERCER Daniel - Running D&D games for AGPN, Watched Wonder Woman with Emma, Gaming News Daniel - Disney takes two big steps into esports Charles Disney Is Opening A 'Star Wars' Hotel Where You Get Your Own Storyline Catherine THE ‘SIMS 4’ COMMUNITY IS EMBROILED IN A WAR OVER A NEW LAUNDRY FEATURE About Papers PleaseGenre: Adventure, Indie
Papers Please Discussion: Listener's Comments Tweet to us using #GameClubCast
Developer: 3909
Publisher: 3909
Release Date: 9 Aug, 2013Anthony Murphy: Jorji Costava is the best character. Every time he pops up I want to let him in, even though it costs me a mistake. I love his home made passport. Arstotzka the best!
Matthew Callus: A very slow and ominous game when you first jump in, but once you get the hang of it, pace picks up & the satire is very well done.
Game Recommendations Catherine - Beholder - http://store.steampowered.com/app/475550/Beholder/ The Westport Independent - http://store.steampowered.com/app/352240/The_Westport_Independent/
Daniel Stanley Parable Orwell Charles Tropico Series Reach out to Game Club on Twitter: Tweet to us using #GameClubCast Follow Daniel – @nfgDan Encourage Charles to Tweet – @CharlesBryers Read Catherine’s scripts – @CSMcMullen Next Time on Game Club: Dream Daddy:Dream Daddy: A Dad Dating Simulator is a game where you play as a Dad and your goal is to meet and romance other hot Dads. You and your daughter have just moved into the sleepy seaside town of Maple Bay only to discover that everyone in your neighborhood is a single, dateable Dad!
Will you go out with Teacher Dad? Goth Dad? Bad Dad? Or any of the other cool Dads in this game? With minigames, sidequests, and a variety of paths and endings, Dream Daddy: A Dad Dating Simulator is this year's most anticipated Dad-based game.
Title: Dream Daddy: A Dad Dating Simulator
Genre: Casual, Indie, Simulation
Developer: Game Grumps
Publisher: Game Grumps
Release Date: 13 Jul, 2017Dream Daddy on Steam
We’d appreciate your thoughts on it in the comments below or in our new Facebook Group
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SUNLESS SEA is a top-down exploration game, where you are the captain of a ship exploring the vast unknown of Fallen London - a sunken world
The game was released in Feb 2015, but was recently re-released on ioS.
You have to carefully manage your food, fuel and terror, as you find new islands, shipwrecks and cities. Intricate storytelling and backstories of your crew are revealed as you play (and die) repeatedly, as you explore the Neath. Will you leave a legacy of sea captains? Or will your ship vanish into the depths of the ocean, remembered by no one.
Fight sea monsters. Die repeatedly. And never, ever look too closely at the zea below.
RSS Feed Subscribe via iTunes Join the Game Club Facebook Group Game Club on Stitcher Show your thanks to Non-Fiction Gaming for this episode by becoming a Non-Fiction Gaming Patron at Patreon.com/nfglive. It will help ensure Game Club continues far into the future! In this Episode – Sunless SeaIntro – 0:00
Nerd Week – 1:43
Gaming News – 11:08
Sunless Sea Discussion – 28:13
Game Recommendations – 55:15
Quiz – 57:01
Next Week on Game Club – 1:02:00
Sunless Sea is Available From: Steam GOG (PC) iTunes (iPad) Nerd Week Catherine Research into Magic.. like spells and curses. Charles Star Wars Destiny, Came third in a tournament Building a board game from scratch Warhammer 40k 8th Edition. Daniel Playing Playerunknown Battlegrounds Watching Twitch Streamers Gaming News Daniel SNES Mini Classic Charles Massive refunds for RUST on Steam. Catherine More classic games with Sega Forever. About Sunless SeaTake the helm of your steamship and set sail for the unknown! Sunless Sea is a game of discovery, loneliness and frequent death, set in the award-winning Victorian Gothic universe of Fallen London.
If the giant crabs, sentient icebergs and swarms of bats don’t get you, madness and cannibalism certainly will. But that old black ocean beckons, and there’s loot for the brave souls who dare to sail her.
Betray your crew, sell your soul to a Devil, marry your sweetheart. Survive long enough and you’ll achieve your life’s ambition.
You will die, but your legacy will live on…
Genre: Adventure, Indie, RPG
Sunless Sea Discussion: Game Recommendations Catherine Fallen London Don't Starve The Banner Saga Daniel FTL: Faster Than Light Charles Rimworld Reach out to Game Club on Twitter: Tweet to us using #GameClubCast Follow Daniel – @nfgDan Encourage Charles to Tweet – @CharlesBryers Read Catherine’s scripts – @CSMcMullen Next Time on Game Club: Papers Please
Developer: Failbetter Games
Publisher: Failbetter Games
Release Date: 6 Feb, 2015 -
Armed with Wings: Rearmed is a 2D platforming game from Sun Studios. You're a Samurai knight on a mission of revenge from the afterlife. Fight soldiers and monsters with combos and flair, unlocking new weapons and levels.
Genre: Action, Indie
Subscribe via iTunes Join the Game Club Facebook Group Game Club on Stitcher Show your thanks to Non-Fiction Gaming for this episode by becoming a Non-Fiction Gaming Patron at Patreon.com/nfglive. It will help ensure Game Club continues far into the future! In this Episode - Armed With Wings: Rearmed
Developer: Sun-Studios
Publisher: Sun-Studios
Release Date: 1 Jun, 2017Intro - 0:00
Nerd Week - 0:40
Gaming News - 14:29
Armed With Wings: Rearmed Discussion - 41:56
Game Recommendations - 1:09:25
Quiz - 1:12:36
Next Week on Game Club - 1:17:31
Armed With Wings: Rearmed is Available From: Steam - $7.99 USD Nerd Week Catherine Natcon Charles Wonder Woman Board Game Design 40k Midnight Release Daniel Playing Hero Quest (1989) Beta Bar Disney Night Gaming News Daniel E3 and Bethesda dropped the ball. Ubisoft more of the same. Charles E3, Excited for Sea of Theives from Rare Catherine E3 - 'The Last Night' looks amazing, probably wont play it after finding out the developer's previous tweets. Game Recommendations Catherine Mark of the Ninja Rogue: Legacy Daniel Samurai Jack Ninja Gaiden Charles Magicka Limbo -
Subscribe via iTunes Join the Game Club Facebook Group Game Club on Stitcher Show your thanks to Non-Fiction Gaming for this episode by becoming a Non-Fiction Gaming Patron at Patreon.com/nfglive. It will help ensure Game Club continues far into the future! In this Episode - Telltale's 'The Wolf Among Us'
Telltale's 'The Wolf Among Us' has us in the dark and gritty world of fairy tales. This isn't your Disney 'Happily Ever After' this world is full of pain and sorrow.
Intro - 0:00
Nerd Week - 0:46
Gaming News - 14:11
The Wolf Among Us Discussion - 27:45
Fables Quiz - 1:11:34
Game Recommendations - 1:17:34
Next Week on Game Club - 1:21:46
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Join the Game Club Facebook Group Game Club on Stitcher Show your thanks to Non-Fiction Gaming for this episode by becoming a Non-Fiction Gaming Patron at Patreon.com/nfglive. It will help ensure Game Club continues far into the future! In this Episode - Goat Simulator
This podcast has a swear word or two because we didn't want to bleat them out... Ok, that's the last one I promise.
First we discuss our nerd week, and the news.
Intro - 0:00
Nerd Week - 2:06
Gaming News - 21:16
Goat Simulator Discussion - 54:04
Keyword Countdown - 1:13:43
Next Week on Game Club - 1:18:33
Goat Simulator is available from: Steam - US $9.99 Kinguin - AU $4-$10 Humble Store - US $19.99 Nerd Week Catherine Alien: Covenant Charles Star Wars Destiny, Machanicum Daniel American Gods, Legion, Gaming NewsDaniel
AFL team buys esport team http://www.theage.com.au/afl/adelaide-crows-buy-professional-australian-esports-team-legacy-esports-20170517-gw6wd7.html http://www.nonfictiongaming.com/2017/05/complete-e3-2017-press-conference-schedule/Charles
http://www.pcgamer.com/skyrim-sex-mods/ http://stayontheleader.blogspot.com.au/2017/05/worlds-2017-good-bad-and-ugly.html https://www.kotaku.com.au/2014/11/top-counter-strike-players-caught-in-big-cheating-scandal/Catherine
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/theresa-may-internet-conservatives-government-a7744176.html DnD used as therapy: http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/item/ab3db202-341f-4dd4-a5e7-f455d924ce22 Paid overwatch players - https://www.kotaku.com.au/2017/05/i-paid-women-to-play-overwatch-with-me-and-it-was-fantastic/ About Goat SimulatorGoat Simulator is the latest in goat simulation technology, bringing next-gen goat simulation to YOU. You no longer have to fantasise about being a goat, your dreams have finally come true! WASD to write history.
Gameplay-wise, Goat Simulator is all about causing as much destruction as you possibly can as a goat. It has been compared to an old-school skating game, except instead of being a skater, you're a goat, and instead of doing tricks, you wreck stuff.
Destroy things with style, such as doing a backflip while headbutting a bucket through a window, and you'll earn even more points! Or you could just give Steam Workshop a spin and create your own goats, levels, missions, and more!
When it comes to goats, not even the sky is the limit, as you can probably just bug through it and crash the game.
Initial release date: 1 April 2014
Goat Simulator Game Discussion:
Engine: Unreal Engine
Genre: Action game
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Android, Xbox One, iOS, PlayStation 3, Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360, Linux
Developers: Coffee Stain Studios, Double Eleven
Publishers: Coffee Stain Studios, Double ElevenThis week in Game Club we play Goat Simulator.
Reach out to Game Club on Twitter: Tweet to us using #GameClubCast Follow Daniel - @nfgDan Encourage Charles to Tweet - @CharlesBryers Read Catherine's scripts - @CSMcMullen Next Time on Game Club: The Wolf Among Us SteamThanks for voting in our Telltale Games poll. For the next episode we're going to be playing The Wolf Among Us, we'd appreciate your thoughts on it in the comments below or in our new Facebook Group.
The Wolf Among Us is an episodic interactive fantasy mystery graphic adventure video game based on Bill Willingham's Fables comic book series. It is developed by Telltale Games.
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In this Episode - This War of Mine
We're going to get into the nitty gritty of This War of Mine, so if you haven't played it... go and do that then come back.
First we discuss our nerd week, and the news.
This War of Mine is available from: Steam - US $19.99 Kinguin - AU $4-$10 Humble Store - US $19.99 Nerd Week Catherine Slayaway Camp https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/slayaway-camp/id1123828832mt=8 http://store.steampowered.com/app/530390/ Charles - Unity, Zelda, Destiny on TTS, Catherine’s waterbottle Daniel - Star Wars marathon Gaming News Daniel http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-04-19/e-sports-to-be-medal-event-at-asian-games/8452458 http://www.theverge.com/2017/4/12/15277278/google-home-burger-king-whopper-ad-campaign Catherine http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-39629099 Charles http://www.adultswim.com/games/pc-console/rick-and-morty-simulator-virtual-rick-ality/ http://www.polygon.com/2017/4/18/15340296/horizon-zero-dawn-kotaku-developer-backlash About This War of MineThis War of Mine is a war survival video game developed and published by 11 bit studios. The game, inspired by the Siege of Sarajevo during the Bosnian War,
Initial release date: 14 November 2014
Developer: 11 bit studios
Genre: Survival game
Publisher: 11 bit studios
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Android, Xbox One, iOS, Microsoft Windows, Macintosh operating systems, Linux
Nominations: The Game Award for Games For Change
Inspired by real-life events Control your survivors and manage your shelter Craft weapons, alcohol, beds or stoves – anything that helps you survive Make decisions - an often unforgiving and emotionally difficult experience Randomized world and characters every time you start a new game Charcoal-stylized aesthetics to complement the game's theme This War of Mine Game Discussion: Game Club Overview Recap of This War of Mine Listeners' comments on the game What we loved about This War of Mine Some control issues and what we didn't like Does Game Club recommend This War of Mine? Take the Game Club Quiz to see who's a Gameposter! And More… If you liked This War of Mine, you may like: Daniel Recommends Don't Starve:Don’t Starve is an uncompromising wilderness survival game full of science and magic. Enter a strange and unexplored world full of strange creatures, dangers, and surprises.
FTL: Faster Than LightThis "spaceship simulation roguelike-like" allows you to take your ship and crew on an adventure through a randomly generated galaxy filled with glory and bitter defeat.
Spec Ops: The LineA Third-Person modern military Shooter designed to challenge players' morality by putting them in the middle of unspeakable situations.
Catherine Recommends Sim TowerSimTower allows the player to build and manage the operations of a modern, multi-use skyscraper. They must plan where to place facilities in the tower that include restaurants, condominiums, offices, hotel rooms, retail stores and elevators.
Fallout ShelterFallout Shelter puts you in control of a state-of-the-art underground Vault from Vault-Tec. Build the perfect Vault, keep your Dwellers happy, and protect them from the dangers of the Wasteland.
Charles Recommends GunpointGunpoint is a stealth puzzle game that lets you rewire its levels to trick people. You play a freelance spy who takes jobs from his clients to break into high security buildings and steal sensitive data.
Reach out to Game Club on Twitter: Tweet to us using #GameClubCast Follow Daniel - @nfgDan Encourage Charles to Tweet - @CharlesBryers Read Catherine's scripts - @CSMcMullen Next Time on Game Club Goat Simulator Steam - Humble Store - Kinguin -Goat Simulator is the latest in goat simulation technology, bringing next-gen goat simulation to YOU. You no longer have to fantasize about being a goat, your dreams have finally come true! WASD to write history.
Gameplay-wise, Goat Simulator is all about causing as much destruction as you possibly can as a goat. It has been compared to an old-school skating game, except instead of being a skater, you're a goat, and instead of doing tricks, you wreck stuff. Destroy things with style, such as doing a backflip while headbutting a bucket through a window, and you'll earn even more points! Or you could just give Steam Workshop a spin and create your own goats, levels, missions, and more! When it comes to goats, not even the sky is the limit, as you can probably just bug through it and crash the game.
DisclaimerGoat Simulator is a completely stupid game and, to be honest, you should probably spend your money on something else, such as a hula hoop, a pile of bricks, or maybe pool your money together with your friends and buy a real goat
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RSS Feed Subscribe via iTunes Join the Game Club Facebook Group Game Club on Stitcher Show your thanks to Non-Fiction Gaming for this episode by becoming a Non-Fiction Gaming Patron at Patreon.com/nfglive. It will help ensure Game Club continues far into the future! In this Episode - The Stanley ParableWe're going to spoil The Stanley Parable, so if you haven't played it... go and do that then come back.
First we discuss our nerd week, and the news.
Gaming News: Wargaming CEO accepts blame, vows renewed focus on World of Tanks Sega, Creative Assembly Announce Total War: Warhammer 2 About The Stanley Parable The Stanley Parable: The Adventure Line™The Stanley Parable is an interactive fiction video game designed by Davey Wreden. The game originally released on July 27, 2011 as a free modification for Half-Life 2.
Engine: Source
Genre: Interactive fiction
Writer(s): Davey Wreden; William Pugh
Narrator: Kevan Brighting
Designers: William Pugh, Davey Wreden
Developers: Galactic Cafe, Davey Wreden
The Stanley Parable Game Discussion: Game Club OverviewThe Stanley Parable is a first person exploration game. You will play as Stanley, and you will not play as Stanley. You will follow a story, you will not follow a story. You will have a choice, you will have no choice. The game will end, the game will never end. Contradiction follows contradiction, the rules of how games should work are broken, then broken again. This world was not made for you to understand.
But as you explore, slowly, meaning begins to arise, the paradoxes might start to make sense, perhaps you are powerful after all. The game is not here to fight you; it is inviting you to dance.
What choices did you make on the first play through? The inner workings of narrative games. What Stanley Parable says about games and game development. Spoilers Spoilers Spoilers Our favourite endings And More… If you liked The Stanley Parable, you may like: Catherine Recommends Bastion:Bastion is an action role-playing experience that redefines storytelling in games, with a reactive narrator who marks your every move. Explore more than 40 lush hand-painted environments as you discover the secrets of the Calamity, a surreal catastrophe that shattered the world to pieces.
Wield a huge arsenal of upgrade-able weapons and battle savage beasts adapted to their new habitat. Finish the main story to unlock the New Game Plus mode and continue your journey!
Pony IslandPony Island is a suspense puzzle game in disguise. You are in limbo, trapped in a malevolent and malfunctioning arcade machine devised by the devil himself. The devil detests having his puzzles solved and poor programming exposed; you will need to think outside the box to proceed and you will be insulted when you do.
Daniel Recommends Portal 1 & 2Set in the mysterious Aperture Science Laboratories, Portal has been called one of the most innovative new games on the horizon and will offer gamers hours of unique gameplay.
The game is designed to change the way players approach, manipulate, and surmise the possibilities in a given environment; similar to how Half-Life® 2's Gravity Gun innovated new ways to leverage an object in any given situation.
Players must solve physical puzzles and challenges by opening portals to maneuvering objects, and themselves, through space.
Thomas Was AloneSteam, Kinguin,
Thomas Was Alone is an indie minimalist 2D platformer about friendship and jumping and floating and anti-gravity. Guide a group of rectangles through a series of obstacles, using their different skills together to get to the end of each environment.
Listen to awesome music by David Housden. Jump over rectangles meticulously placed by Mike Bithell. Listen to voiceover read wistfully and a bit amusingly by Danny Wallace.
The Stanley Parable is available on: Steam - US$14.99 Kinguin - AU$8.56 Reach out to Game Club on Twitter:Tweet to us using #GameClubCast
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Next Time on Game Club This War of MineSteam, Kinguin
In This War Of Mine you do not play as an elite soldier, rather a group of civilians trying to survive in a besieged city; struggling with lack of food, medicine and constant danger from snipers and hostile scavengers. The game provides an experience of war seen from an entirely new angle.
The pace of This War of Mine is imposed by the day and night cycle. During the day snipers outside stop you from leaving your refuge, so you need to focus on maintaining your hideout: crafting, trading and taking care of your survivors. At night, take one of your civilians on a mission to scavenge through a set of unique locations for items that will help you stay alive.
Make life-and-death decisions driven by your conscience. Try to protect everybody from your shelter or sacrifice some of them for longer-term survival. During war, there are no good or bad decisions; there is only survival. The sooner you realize that, the better.
PS. There's currently a sale on Humble Bundle for This War of Mine, if you're playing along with us, it may be worth picking up a copy here.
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Catherine, Charles and Daniel open up our second ever episode with Blackwake. Join your mateys as we discuss the news, nerd weeks, and Navy vs Pirates.
In this Episode - BlackwakeYarr mateys, trim the mainsail, load the cannons,... but first we discuss the news.
Gaming News: Charles https://futurism.com/elon-musk-just-launched-a-company-to-merge-your-brain-with-a-computer/ - to combat the AI that’s coming! http://www.pcgamer.com/blizzard-reveals-starcraft-remastered-set-for-release-this-summer/ https://www.playbattlegrounds.com/main.pu - Hunger Games style battle royale https://www.warhammer-community.com/2017/03/15/war-returns-to-armageddon/ - Necromunda re-release… kind of Daniel - NASA, the US space agency has partnered with Epic Games’ Unreal Engine to create a mixed reality International Space Station simulator. - https://techcrunch.com/2017/03/26/nasa-is-using-a-mixed-reality-space-station-to-train-astronauts/ Razer launched Razer Cortex, paying gamers ‘zSilver’ for playing popular games. Gamers can cash in for hardware/software/in-game purchases. - http://www.nonfictiongaming.com/2017/03/razer-launches-its-paid-to-play-service-razer-cortex/ Catherine - Mine isn’t so much news, but I’ve been exploring VR as a storytelling device. - http://vrtov.com/about/ And a $99 water bottle that tracks how much water I drink. - https://www.h2opal.com/ What in the Nerd have you been up to: Game Club Game Discussion: The life of a pirate... Why long reload times are great in Blackwake... A little bit too early access for some... The problem with sword fights... Building an online naval community... Shiver me timbers... And More… Blackwake is available on:Steam - $19.99 USD
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About BlackwakeTitle: Blackwake
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Genre: Violent, Action, Casual, Indie, Strategy, Early Access
Developer: Mastfire Studios Pty Ltd
Publisher: Mastfire Studios Pty Ltd
Release Date: 25 Feb, 2017We're jumping ship to The Stanley Parable. Play along with Game Club and contribute to the discussion.
The Stanley Parable is currently available on Steam.
The Stanley Parable is a first person exploration game. You will play as Stanley, and you will not play as Stanley. You will follow a story, you will not follow a story. You will have a choice, you will have no choice. The game will end, the game will never end. Contradiction follows contradiction, the rules of how games should work are broken, then broken again. This world was not made for you to understand.
But as you explore, slowly, meaning begins to arise, the paradoxes might start to make sense, perhaps you are powerful after all. The game is not here to fight you; it is inviting you to dance.
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Welcome to Game Club,the podcast where we play a game then sit down to discuss it (Like a book club).
Catherine, Charles and Daniel open up first ever episode with Octodad: Dadliest Catch.
In this Episode - Octodad: Dadliest CatchWe take on the role of an Octodad... but first we discuss the news.
Gaming News:D&D Beyond - http://dnd.wizards.com/articles/dndbeyond
What in the Nerd have you been up to:
Leisure Suit Larry launches a Casino https://larrycasino.com/au/
Steampunk Dwarves http://www.belloflostsouls.net/2017/03/must-see-gws-new-steampunk-airship-dwarfs.html
PS Now https://www.playstation.com/en-us/explore/playstationnow/Star Wars RPG
Game Club Game Discussion: Should cephalopods use a keyboard or controller? Who's that fine looking regular human gentleman in the nice suit? Why are there banana peels all over the chapel floor? What would an Octodad film look like? Is the game worth buying? And More…
Dungeons and Dragons
GWENTOctodad Dadliest Catch is available on:
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About Octodad: Dadliest Catch
Charles - @CharlesBryers
Catherine - @CSMcMullenOctodad: Dadliest Catch is an independent adventure video game developed and published by Young Horses. It is a sequel to the 2010 freeware game Octodad. Wikipedia
Initial release date: 30 January 2014
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Genre: Adventure game
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Android, PlayStation Vita, Wii U, iOS, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Macintosh operating systems, tvOS
Modes: Single-player video game, Multiplayer video gameWe're jumping on the high-seas in Blackwake.
Blackwake is a multiplayer naval FPS focused on teamwork and cooperation. Fire the cannons, sink enemy ships or board them with firearms and steel. Play along with Game Club by playing Blackwake on Steam.
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