Describing The Skybox

Gawrsh! Today on NOCLIP we’re going to be talking about Kingdom Hearts. As an Action RPG that largely defined the genre moving forward, this highly influential game mixed the worlds of Final Fantasy and Disney with some original concepts that miraculously ended up not being a horrible mess. As one of JJ and Andy’s favorite games, they have a lot to say while I (Chad) am mostly along for the ride. We go deep on how the combat feels, why you would ever use magic and how the aesthetic and story design

Ready for the mosh pit? Today we’re going to be hella talking about Life is Strange, a choice-based adventure game with the ability to reverse time to alter your decisions. We discuss how this mechanic changes the way we think about the choices we make in game as compared to other choice driven games, how many times we can watch something terrible happen until it becomes funny and how this game reflects on how choice is treated in games as an interactive medium. Check us out again in two weeks

Hey Red. Today we’re going to be taking a look at Transistor, an isometric Action RPG set in a cyberpunk computer land… or whatever. We talk about the plot of the game, (well, JJ talks about the plot of the game.) and how the setting and aesthetic compliment the gameplay and encourage the player to experiment. Come back in two weeks when we talk about Life is Strange!

Hello Ladies, Gentlemen, and People Masquerading as Boats! This episode of NOCLIP focuses on The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker, a spooky, terrifying game full of dark storms, vengeful gods, ghosts and skulls floating around of their own accord! But more importantly, it was the primary Zelda installment on the Nintendo Gamecube, which places Link in a vast sea, with bright, cel shaded visuals which caused a controversy at the time of its release, but has since been embraced as one of the most

Happy Halloween! Join us as we enter the survival horror this episode with Resident Evil (most specifically the HD Remake of 2015), the game that brought horror gaming to the mainstream on consoles. We talk about how the game holds up both in a mechanical sense and an aesthetic sense, and discuss what it is about the game that makes it so damned scary when it wants to be. Thanks, as always, for listening and get ready for our next episode on The Wind Waker!

On this episode we’re going to be talking about Shadow of the Colossus, the 2005 spiritual successor to Ico. Featuring a grim, isolated atmosphere, and hybridized action adventure/platformer gameplay, it had very few contemporaries and feels incredibly unique to this day. We discuss what makes the game work for us and take a few stabs at the design and implementation of the game’s minimalist philosophy. Thanks to everyone who listens and prepare for our next episode on Resident Evil!

Today we’re going to be talking about the WIi U’s own third-person shooter, Splatoon. We’ll be discussing what makes this game different than other shooters, what makes it the same, the Squid-Kid Dichotomy and why the existence of this game represents such an unexpected and important line for Nintendo to have crossed. Thanks for listening, and check us out in two weeks when we release episode two on Shadow of the Colossus!