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PODCAST

Dev Game Club

Brett Douville and Tim Longo

Join hosts and industry veterans Brett Douville and Tim Longo as they discuss older titles and the impact they had on the games industry, as well as any lessons that could be taken away even today. Play along!

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All Episodes

01:20:47

DGC Ep 163: MYST (part one)

Dev Game Club ·

2019/05/15

Welcome to Dev Game Club, where this week we begin a new series looking at 1993's MYST. We talk about the strains of adventure games at the time, HyperCard, the emergence of the CD-ROM platform, and a bit about the game itself. Dev Game Club looks at classic video games and plays through them over several episodes, providing commentary. Sections played: One Age (Mechanical, as it turned out) Issues covered: what we're playing it on and why, the game landscape in 1993, using MYST to justify CD-ROM

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01:05:20

DGC Ep 162: Devil May Cry 5 Bonus

Dev Game Club ·

2019/05/08

Welcome to Dev Game Club, where this week we take a bonus trip to discuss a more modern game in Devil May Cry 5. We especially note how much they capture the feeling of the original game, despite modernizing some aspects. Dev Game Club looks at classic video games and plays through them over several episodes, providing commentary. Sections played: The first few hours Issues covered: cramming everything Devil May Cry into Devil May Cry 5, iterating on a formula and delivering the same feel, pulling

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01:26:41

DGC Ep 161: Devil May Cry (part four)

Dev Game Club ·

2019/05/01

Welcome to Dev Game Club, where this week we complete our discussion of 2001's Devil May Cry, discussing the ending of the story (for the benefit of one co-host) and some mechanical elements about the structure before turning to our takeaways. Dev Game Club looks at classic video games and plays through them over several episodes, providing commentary. Sections played: Finished the game! (In theory) Podcast breakdown: 0:45 Segment 1: End of game discussion 42:55 Break 43:10 Segment 2: Takeaways and

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01:06:24

DGC Ep 160: Devil May Cry (part three)

Dev Game Club ·

2019/04/24

Welcome to Dev Game Club, where this week we continue our discussion of 2001's Devil May Cry, discussing underwater controls, the camera, combos in combat, and other topics. Dev Game Club looks at classic video games and plays through them over several episodes, providing commentary. Sections played: Missions 11-17 Issues covered: the two scariest words in video games, the underwater sections, forcing emotional stress through cumbersome controls, putting the player out of her element, pulling you

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01:25:59

DGC Ep 159: Devil May Cry (part two)

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2019/04/17

Welcome to Dev Game Club, where this week we continue our discussion of 2001's Devil May Cry, discussing enemy introductions, the mission structure, grinding to find your difficulty level, and other topics. Dev Game Club looks at classic video games and plays through them over several episodes, providing commentary. Sections played: Missions 5-10 Podcast breakdown: 0:32 Devil May Cry part one 34:32 Unintentional break 34:56 Devil May Cry part two and feedback Issues covered: enemy introductions,

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01:09:11

DGC Ep 158: Devil May Cry (part one)

Dev Game Club ·

2019/04/10

Welcome to Dev Game Club, where this week we begin a new series on 2001's Devil May Cry, an action beat-'em-up from Capcom. We situate the game in its time and talk about its evolution from the Resident Evil series with its action. Dev Game Club looks at classic video games and plays through them over several episodes, providing commentary. Sections played: First four missions Issues covered: gaming in 2001, the origins of the title as Resident Evil 4 and making it into a new franchise, leaning into

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01:50:46

DGC Ep 157: Diablo III Bonus

Dev Game Club ·

2019/04/03

Welcome to Dev Game Club, where this week we look in this bonus episode at Diablo III to discuss the game's impact and systems, while also touching on a Kingdom Hearts update and getting into a ton of listener feedback. Dev Game Club looks at classic video games and plays through them over several episodes, providing commentary. Issues covered: Kingdom Hearts 2 side/end game stuff, the inventive choices you have to make to do side stuff in JRPGs, figuring out constraints and min/maxing against them,

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01:35:37

DGC Ep 156: David Brevik Interview

Dev Game Club ·

2019/03/27

Welcome to Dev Game Club, where this week we extend our time with 1996's Diablo with an interview with Condor/Blizzard North co-founder and Diablo lead programmer and designer David Brevik. Dev Game Club looks at classic video games and plays through them over several episodes, providing commentary. Podcast breakdown: 0:39 Interview 1:21:19 Break 1:21:51 Wrap-up Issues covered: falling in love with games as a young person, learning how to program, finding out you could make a living making games,

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01:21:08

DGC Ep 155: Diablo (part four)

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2019/03/20

Welcome to Dev Game Club, where this week we finish our main discussion of Blizzard Entertainment's 1996 classic Diablo. We cover level design in a procedural world, how the tone of the game darkens further in this final segment and then turn to our takeaways. Dev Game Club looks at classic video games and plays through them over several episodes, providing commentary. Sections played: Killed Diablo! Issues covered: quoting oft-repeated lines, last two levels as a more authored experience, strategy

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01:22:49

DGC Ep 154: Diablo (part three)

Dev Game Club ·

2019/03/13

Welcome to Dev Game Club, where this week we continue discussing Blizzard Entertainment's 1996 classic Diablo. We talk a bit about macro pacing issues and how other systems tie into that, changes in enemies as you go deeper, and some tight spot anecdotes. Dev Game Club looks at classic video games and plays through them over several episodes, providing commentary. Sections played: Through the Caves Issues covered: going after the Lord of Terror with the Horadrim, cutscenes tying together two games

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01:12:20

DGC Ep 153: Diablo (part two)

Dev Game Club ·

2019/03/06

Welcome to Dev Game Club, where this week we continue discussing Blizzard Entertainment's 1996 classic Diablo. We look at tone, discuss art direction, dive a bit into procedural loot and how it has reverberated through games since, with other topics. Dev Game Club looks at classic video games and plays through them over several episodes, providing commentary. Sections played: Through the Catacombs Issues covered: dark and brooding tone, gothic melodrama, using the palette to your advantage, having

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01:11:01

DGC Ep 152: Diablo (part one)

Dev Game Club ·

2019/02/27

Welcome to Dev Game Club, where this week we begin a new game: Blizzard Entertainment's 1996 classic, Diablo. We situate the game in time and in the RPG landscape of the 90s before diving into the first quarter of the game. Dev Game Club looks at classic video games and plays through them over several episodes, providing commentary. Sections played: Levels 1-4 Issues covered: Brett's Ph.D. falls to Diablo, playing in the various pits of LucasArts, games slipping across the industry due to Diablo

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01:26:49

DGC Ep 151: Kingdom Hearts (part four)

Dev Game Club ·

2019/02/20

Welcome to Dev Game Club, where this week we continue our discussion of Kingdom Hearts. We talk about the end of the game, a few topics we'd never got around to, and of course, our takeaways. Dev Game Club looks at classic video games and plays through them over several episodes, providing commentary. Sections played: Finished the game! Podcast breakdown: 0:47 KH Discussion 56:50 Break 57:20 Takeaways and Feedback Issues covered: the separation between the sky and the land, Brett playing again

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01:16:02

DGC Ep 150: Kingdom Hearts (part three)

Dev Game Club ·

2019/02/06

Welcome to Dev Game Club, where this week we continue our discussion of Kingdom Hearts. We talk about some memorable moments, some about character design, a bit about AI... a whole hodge-podge. Dev Game Club looks at classic video games and plays through them over several episodes, providing commentary. Sections played: Up to the Hollow Bastion Issues covered: Brett playing simultaneously on PS4, televisions, being stuck on the boss, grinding and action combat, navigating in 3D, slow leveling,

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01:29:21

DGC Ep 149: Kingdom Hearts (part two)

Dev Game Club ·

2019/01/30

Welcome to Dev Game Club, where this week we continue our discussion of Kingdom Hearts. Tim sings a bit, Brett raps a bit, and we talk about what makes this game work or not work, as well as delving into the combat. Dev Game Club looks at classic video games and plays through them over several episodes, providing commentary. Sections played: Through Monstro! Podcast breakdown: 0:42 Tim sings + Kingdom Hearts 44:03 Break 44:33 Feedback + Brett Raps Issues covered: birthday, the giant Kingdom Hearts

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01:12:46

DGC Ep 148: Kingdom Hearts (part one)

Dev Game Club ·

2019/01/23

Welcome to Dev Game Club, where this week we start a new series about Kingdom Hearts, the 2002 Disney / Square crossover game that culminates in Kingdom Hearts III this week. Dev Game Club looks at classic video games and plays through them over several episodes, providing commentary. Sections played: Through Wonderland! Podcast breakdown: 0:38 Kingdom Hearts 42:01 Break 42:30 Feedback & Singing Review Issues covered: series lore in non-console games, E3 2001, licensing starting to wane, part

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01:28:28

DGC Ep 147: Pokémon Let's Go Bonus!

Dev Game Club ·

2019/01/16

Welcome to Dev Game Club, where this week we extend our time with Pokémon by turning to recent Nintendo release Pokémon Let's Go and tons of Pokémon-related feedback. Dev Game Club looks at classic video games and plays through them over several episodes, providing commentary. Sections played: First bit of Pokemon Let's Go Podcast breakdown: 0:41 Let's Go 37:02 Break 37:23 Feedback Issues covered: Blue showing up, playing with the Pokémon Ball controller and it making noises, playing

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01:17:33

DGC Ep 146: Pokémon Red/Blue (part four)

Dev Game Club ·

2019/01/09

Welcome to Dev Game Club, where this week we finish our series on 1996 Game Boy classic Pokémon Red/Blue. We talk about the tension of the final battles and then of course chat about our lessons and takeaways from the game. Dev Game Club looks at classic video games and plays through them over several episodes, providing commentary. Sections played: Finishing the Game! Podcast breakdown: 1:15 Pokémon discussion 50:04 Break 50:35 Takeaways and Feedback Issues covered: renaming your rival and

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01:23:09

DGC Ep 145: Pokémon Red/Blue (part three)

Dev Game Club ·

2019/01/02

Welcome to Dev Game Club, where this week we return to our series on 1996 Game Boy classic Pokémon Red/Blue. We talk about how widely our strategy is varying both in terms of team make-up and approach as well as marvelling over how well the game supports both, and Brett geeks out over how the hardware of the Game Boy (and in particular the Memory Bank Controller) influenced the design of its games. Dev Game Club looks at classic video games and plays through them over several episodes, providing

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01:18:41

DGC Ep 144: At Year's End

Dev Game Club ·

2018/12/29

Show notes are simple this year -- we talk over the games and interviews of the year and reminisce. Happy Holidays to all, and to all a Happy New Year. We'll see you in 2019 with our continuing series on Pokémon Red & Blue. -Brett and Tim

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