Episode 85 – Auteurs and Immersive Worlds: Recent Trends In Gaming
Following this year’s The Game Awards, Jim, Doc, and Chris discuss upcoming releases and exciting trailers. Jim defends the “genius” marketing strategy behind Death Stranding — a Hideo Kojima game starring Norman Reedus and Mads Mikkelsen — and how it reveals the direction the video game industry is headed. This leads the Crew to discuss what it means to be a gaming auteur, and the shifting focus to games as worlds to be experienced rather than challenges to be overcome. Plus, Doc responds to an Inbox question about the No Man’s Sky Foundation update. Jim has a love-hate relationship with Watch Dogs 2. And the Crew plays a few rounds of “Buy, Try or Trash.”
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