This week Luke and Joseph discuss open ended game design, how this design philosophy differs between the AAA and Indie spaces and their favorite examples from the past and present.

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• Podcast: @crossplayconvos
• Joseph Hooper: @Th3HoopMan
• Jacob McCourt: @JacobMcCourt
• Luke Lewis:@lukewarmlewis

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• Player Player Podcast: @PlayerPlayerPod
• Cutscenes: A Video Game Movie Podcast: @Cutscenes_Pod
• Left Behind Game Club: @LeftBehindClub
• Video Game Trivia: @VG_Trivia
• The LukeWarmGames Podcast: @lukewarmgames

This week Luke and Jacob give their review impressions on a wonderful quartet of recent indie releases including Buckshot Roulette, Mars After Midnight, Let's! Revolution! and Pepper Grinder. Thank you to Sandbox Strategies, popagenda and Stride PR for providing review codes for this episode.

Timestamps: 0:00-Intro 2:40- Ice Breaker Question: What games are you hoping to pull out of your backlog this year? 10:53- Buckshot Roulette 14:47: Mars After Midnight 20:12- Let’s! Revolution! 30:07- Pepper Grinder 39:23- Outro

Links to Today’s Games:

• Buckshot Roulette
• Mars After Midnight
• Let’s! Revolution!
• Pepper Grinder

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• Podcast: @crossplayconvos
• Joseph Hooper: @Th3HoopMan
• Jacob McCourt: @JacobMcCourt
• Luke Lewis: @lukewarmlewis

Check out our other shows:

• Player Player Podcast
• Left Behind Game Club
• The LukeWarmGames Podcast
• Cutscenes: A Video Game Movie Podcast
• Video Game Trivia

This week, special guest Ngachacha joins Luke and Jacob to discuss remakes and remasters and which games need one!

Support Ngachacha: Twitter | PlayStation Drive

Timestamps:

• 0:00 Intro
• 2:10 Ice Breaker Question: "What Remake or Remasters Did You Played Last"?
• 9:30 What Makes A Good Remake or Remaster?
• 21:20 Building the List of the Top 15 Games That Need Remakes/Remasters
• 1:21:00 Outro

Find us on Twitter for show updates and more:

• Podcast: @crossplayconvos
• Joseph Hooper: @Th3HoopMan
• Jacob McCourt: @JacobMcCourt
• Luke Lewis: @lukewarmlewis

Check out our other shows:

• Player Player Podcast
• Left Behind Game Club
• The LukeWarmGames Podcast
• Cutscenes: A Video Game Movie Podcast
• Video Game Trivia

This week, the Lads do a deep dive into one of their favourite video game studios: Double Fine Productions. Why? Because Jacob and Luke did a Double Fine bar crawl in SF!

Timestamps:

• 0:00 Start
• 2:30 Ice Breaker Question: "What Makes Double Fine So Unique"?
• 8:00 The Double Fine Bar Crawl
• 17:05 Favourite Double Fine Games? Backlog Games from Double Fine?
• 26:30 What Games Do We Want Next from Double Fine?
• 31:00 Psych Odyssey
• 40:00 The Lasting Impact of Psych Odyssey
• 49:00 Outro

Find us on Twitter for show updates and more:

• Podcast: @crossplayconvos
• Joseph Hooper: @Th3HoopMan
• Jacob McCourt: @JacobMcCourt
• Luke Lewis:@lukewarmlewis

Check out our other shows:

• Player Player Podcast: @PlayerPlayerPod
• Cutscenes: A Video Game Movie Podcast: @Cutscenes_Pod
• Left Behind Game Club: @LeftBehindClub
• Video Game Trivia: @VG_Trivia
• The LukeWarmGames Podcast: @lukewarmgames

This week the Lads are joined by special guest AJ McRae (Re:Direct) to discuss what they want to see in a Nintendo Switch 2 and build their list of the most essential games on the Nintendo Switch.

Support AJ and Re:Direct- https://shop.watchredirect.com

Find us on Twitter for show updates and more:

• Podcast: @crossplayconvos
• Joseph Hooper: @Th3HoopMan
• Jacob McCourt: @JacobMcCourt
• Luke Lewis:@lukewarmlewis
• AJ McRae: @AMcRaeJr
• Re:Direct: @watchredirect

Check out our other shows:

• Player Player Podcast: @PlayerPlayerPod
• Cutscenes: A Video Game Movie Podcast: @Cutscenes_Pod
• Left Behind Game Club: @LeftBehindClub
• Video Game Trivia: @VG_Trivia
• The LukeWarmGames Podcast: @lukewarmgames

This week, Luke and Jacob discuss their time playing Pacific Drive developed by Ironwood Studios and Ultros developed by Hadoque. A big thanks to the Kepler Interactive Team for providing review codes for our coverage. New episodes release every other Tuesday at 9am EST.

Find us on twitter for show updates and more:

• Podcast: @crossplayconvos 
• Luke Lewis:@lukewarmlewis
• Jacob McCourt: @JacobMcCourt
• Joseph Hooper: @Th3HoopMan

Check out our other shows:

• The LukeWarmGames Podcast: @lukewarmgames
• Cutscenes: A Video Game Movie Podcast: @Cutscenes_Pod
• Left Behind Game Club: @LeftBehindClub
• Video Game Trivia: @VG_Trivia
• Player Player Podcast: @PlayerPlayerPod

This week, the game lads are joined by the Indie Informer's Jill Grodt to talk about their 20 most anticipated indie games of 2024!

Indie Informer:

• Website: https://the-indie-in-former.com/
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/Indie_Informer
• Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheIndieInformer
• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@theindieinformer

Timestamps:

• 0:00 - Intro
• 1:40 - Who is the Indie Informer?
• 5:30 - Ice Breaker Question: "What Indie Game Best Represents Your Personality and Style?"
• 10:30 - Ultros
• 13:00 - Harold Halibut
• 15:30 - Earthblade
• 18:10 - Mina The Hollower
• 20:45 - The Rise of the Golden Idol
• 26:40 - Henry Halfhead
• 29:50 - Mariachi Legends
• 32:10 - Tiny Bookshop
• 33:55 - Neva
• 36:00 - Penny’s Big Breakaway
• 40:20 - Animal Well
• 43:10 - Beastieball
• 46:50 - Hauntii
• 50:15 - Tape to Tape
• 53:45 - Thank Goodness You’re Here
• 56:35 - Little Kitty, Big City
• 58:35 - Dungeons of Hinterberg
• 1:01:30 - Spirit Swap: Lofi Beats to Match-3 To
• 1:03:40 - Hollow Knight: Silksong
• 1:07:40 - The Plucky Squire
• 1:09:30 - Outro

Find us on Twitter for show updates and more: Podcast: @crossplayconvos Joseph Hooper: @Th3HoopMan Jacob McCourt: @JacobMcCourt Luke Lewis:@lukewarmlewis

Check out our other shows: Player Player Podcast: @PlayerPlayerPod Cutscenes: A Video Game Movie Podcast: @Cutscenes_Pod Left Behind Game Club: @LeftBehindClub Video Game Trivia: @VG_Trivia The LukeWarmGames Podcast: @lukewarmgames