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Describing The Skybox

Describing The Skybox

WELCOME TO DESCRIBING THE SKYBOX! We are a fortnightly, book club-styled podcast in which we attempt to go in-depth on an individual video game and figure out what makes it unique. Episodes are around an hour to an hour and a half long and primarily feature free form discussion on themes and mechanics present in each episode’s titular game. Bear in mind that we are not reviewers, so as far as we critique the games at hand, our intent is not to convince you to play any particular work. SPOILER

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Episode 30 - Armageddon Tired of These Remakes -...

Describing The Skybox ·

2016/12/18

Your Pokémon Was Holding This Podcast, We Have No Idea How it Got There, Today, we're concluding our discussion on the Pokémon franchise. It's been a constant part of the gaming landscape for twenty years, and those twenty years have been pretty stable for the Pokémon Company. Now with the seventh generation released and a new console on the horizon, the franchise has to look to the future and start designing hundreds of new monsters to keep itself relevant. Or does it? We look into the design of

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02:36:10

Episode 30 - FaLaLafel, The Singing Falafel - Pokémon...

Describing The Skybox ·

2016/12/03

NOCLIP Unleashes Its Full-Force Z-Cast! On today's episode, we're going to begin our massive undertaking that is talking about the Pokémon series as a whole. With the franchise celebrating it's 20th anniversary, the popularity of what was the biggest fad among kids in the nineties has spiked back up to numbers rivaling those it had in the beginning. The games have largely stuck to their roots, offering minor changes from generation to generation of main series games while nurturing a ballooning

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01:47:00

Episode 29 - Respectful. Wait, No, Badass -...

Describing The Skybox ·

2016/11/19

You Broke Her Heart! Now I'll Cast Your Pod! Welcome back to the show, today we're going to be talking about Ubisoft's follow up to 2007's Assassin's Creed, Assassin's Creed 2. Released two years after the first, AC2 is widely considered to have successfully iterated on the concepts the first game pioneered and has become warmly remembered by fans of the series. This, however, does not keep the game safe from retrospective criticism, and we take a look at what about this game worked at the time and

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01:18:33

Episode 28 - Flashbang a Unicorn - Pokémon Snap

Describing The Skybox ·

2016/11/05

How's the Podcast? 590pts? Hmm, It's Not Very Good..., Today on NOCLIP we're going to be talking about Pokémon Snap, the oddball N64 game where you ride around and take photos of Pokémon. The game has quite the following and is remembered fondly by most people who played it, ourselves included, despite having very little actually going on. However, the nostalgia surrounding Snap and the design sensibilities it represents are exactly what make it such an interesting game to discuss. We talk about

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01:45:27

Episode 27 - Ho Ho, That Wacky Zombie - Resident Evil 4

Describing The Skybox ·

2016/10/25

You Want to Come Back to My Place for Some... Podcasting?, Welcome to our second and last October horror episode on Resident Evil 4. Released on the GameCube way back in 2005, RE4 is often held up as the best game in the series, and we dive into why that is. The action elements of this game mark a significant departure from the series' Survival Horror roots, and the result is a very different kind of game, groundbreaking at its time, that still wants the player to feel unsettled. We're going to

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01:59:59

Episode 26 - Blair Witchin' It - Resident Evil 7:...

Describing The Skybox ·

2016/10/08

NOTE: For an unknown reason, a popping noise was picked up on our recording for the first half of this podcast. This begins around 14 minutes, and ends during the second half. If this proves incredibly annoying to you, skip to 57:10 for our discussion on P.T. and the end of that sound. Apologies for the terribleness. The only me is me. Are you sure the only pod is cast?, Welcome to our first episode for the month of October. Being the spookiest month of the year, (got my eyes on you, June) we have

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00:29:47

One Year of NOCLIP - Central Cooling Core

Describing The Skybox ·

2016/10/03

Thank you for listening to NOCLIP! A year ago we released the first episode of this podcast, and while it hasn't resulted in a whole lot, we have definitely gained some momentum. We love doing this and we appreciate everyone who listens. So, in honor of this slightly less-than-momentous occasion, we present you with half an hour of some of our dumbest jokes and silliest tangents that didn't make it into actual episodes. Learn to make iced coffee, take a few lances to the chest, and answer the

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01:55:39

Episode 25 - Pleasantly Disappointed - Fire Emblem

Describing The Skybox ·

2016/09/24

Together We Cast!, Today, we're going to be talking about the first entry in a long running series to come to the U.S. only in its seventh installment, Fire Emblem. This game has become Intelligent Design's flagship series, and it focuses on turn based, tabletop RPG-like combat and heavy character development. We're going to discuss strategy, characters and dialogue, and the seeming inefficacy of poison in the middle ages. Thanks for joining us for NOCLIP (and for JJ's month of picks!) this week

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Episode 24 - No Hat, Not Young, Third Guy - Catherine

Describing The Skybox ·

2016/09/10

Fucking Pods, I'm Gonna Cast the Shit Out of You, On today's episode we're going to be talking about Atlus's block pushing, trust shattering, heavy drinking puzzle game Catherine. The off-the-wall aesthetic, odd subject matter and brutal difficulty make this game a hell of a thing to behold and it rests comfortably in the "only thing like it" category. We discuss puzzle mechanics, visual craziness and Chad being an absolute baby. As always, thank you for listening, and be sure to check back in

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01:33:39

Episode 23 - Poofy, Fluffy, Easily Thrown - Sly...

Describing The Skybox ·

2016/08/28

Loud and... Very Loud, Today we're going to be joined by our friend Faun and talking about one in the PlayStation 2's stable of mascot platformers, Sucker Punch's Sly Cooper. The first game in what would become a well received series, we debate what relevance Sly has in the current day and try to determine what made it popular in the first place. We discuss platforming, minigames, and how one contextual button press can turn us all into the super spy of our dreams. Thanks as always for listening,

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01:34:08

Episode 22 - There's Game in Them There Hills - Hyper...

Describing The Skybox ·

2016/08/13

In the Technological Dystopian Future, Only Podcasts Remain, This week we talk about Heart Machine's fast-paced action game Hyper Light Drifter. This game is tough and beautifully animated, and we draw comparisons to a number of classic games that got everything mostly right, but some of the finer details leave us wishing the game could have been slightly more than maybe it was capable of. We talk about dodging, bosses, beauty in pixel art, and prospecting for game consoles in the mountains of

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01:29:28

Episode 21 - Serious Sam or Serious Issues - The...

Describing The Skybox ·

2016/07/30

It is a Podcast, My Child, Thanks for joining us this week as we talk about The Talos Principle. This Croteam designed game puts us in the first person perspective of an AI solving puzzles in a simulation. While that probably seems pretty well within the realm of games, what Talos Principle prides itself on is its incorporation of philosophy into its themes and story. The game wants to make you think, but how well does it accomplish this? We talk about narrative pacing, puzzle design, and

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01:33:09

Episode 20 - Wizard in a Hawaiian Shirt - Super Mario...

Describing The Skybox ·

2016/07/16

I judge this podcast guilty as charged, Welcome back to the podcast, everyone! We're celebrating twenty episodes by talking about our first Mario game ever, and what better entry to talk about during the hot summer months than Mario Sunshine, the plumber's vacation away from abstract platforms to contrived, realistic platforms. We're going to be talking about design consistency, voice acting, and Strollin' Stus, even though we didn't know their name until now. Thanks for joining these Podcastin'

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00:02:00

Episode 404 - Sorry! - Scholars of the First Impressions

Describing The Skybox ·

2016/07/09

Sorry! We won't be uploading an episode today, but we do have a YouTube video to share! (I will post a link here once it is up.) We will be recording the Mario Sunshine episode still and putting it up next Saturday, so apologies for the delay, but we should be back on schedule next week. As per usual, thank you for listening and we'll see you next week!

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Episode 19 - Aggressive Latin Ambience - Doom

Describing The Skybox ·

2016/06/25

The road to hell is paved with the NOCLIP Podcast, Thank you for joining us today as we run, gun, punch, rip, tear, smash and chainsaw our way through Hell in the Bathesda published remake of Doom. For being the game that ushered in the relevance of the First Person Shooter genre, the 2016 take had some large shoes to fill. Wisely, they decided to refine what the genre had become since Doom's release rather than try and mimic what the first game did, and what we end up with is an extremely fast

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Bonus Episode - Megahit of Badness

Describing The Skybox ·

2016/06/18

Whoops. We accidentally recorded an episode about Flappy Bird. This discussion cropped up during the break for the Doom episode, so I figured it would be the perfect off-week content. I hope you enjoy it, and join us next week for hectic demon-shooting goodness; Doom!

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Episode 18 - Feel the Tickler - Chrono Trigger

Describing The Skybox ·

2016/06/11

Don't waste your time. Alfador only likes podcasts, Today we shake off the shackles of time's slow march and talk about Chrono Trigger, an SNES RPG that used active combat and time travel to mark its place in history as one of the most beloved games of its time. The legacy of this game is well established, but we dive in to figure out what makes it tick and why it is held in such high esteem. We discuss RPG combat, characters and their inherent tropes, and one very, very buff arm. Thanks for

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Episode 17 - The Great Elijah Wood Debate - Broken Age

Describing The Skybox ·

2016/05/28

Welcome to Mog Chothra's chosen podcast, On this episode we're going to be discussing Broken Age, a point and click adventure game that was funded by a wildly successful Kickstarter campaign. This game's notoriety comes from a combination of its Kickstarter combined with the fact that it was an adventure game with very traditional adventure game mechanics released so long after their heyday by one of the genre's most prolific creators. We're going to be talking about adventure game mechanics, this

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01:27:02

Episode 16 - Things Like Shannon - Journey

Describing The Skybox ·

2016/05/14

We're talking about Journey today! This very simplistic game banks on its beautiful visuals and emotional presentation to keep players interested. And based on how well it did on the marketplace, I'd say it succeeded. We're going to be discussing meaningful multiplayer, minimalist mechanics, and matronly meanderings. Thanks as always for listening, and check back with us next time when we talk about Broken Age!

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01:27:11

Episode 15 - Dunk Souls - Dark Souls (Part 2)

Describing The Skybox ·

2016/05/01

Forgive me, I was absorbed in thought, Today we finish our examination of Dark Souls, hopefully ending a months long podcast theme of comparing every game we play to it. We'll be discussing bosses, plot and storytelling in the Souls series, and ideas for reality shows with Dark Souls as the central motivating factor. Thank you for listening, and join us again next week as we shake off the grimness present in Dark Souls and play ThatGameCompany's Journey!

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