Dev Game Club

Welcome to our fourth and final episode examining 1996's survival horror classic Resident Evil. We discuss the major story beats of the section, the nonsensical mess of the ending, the tyrant, and talk about some pillars 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! I...

Welcome to our third episode examining 1996's survival horror classic 3 . We discuss the major story beats of the section, delve into the puzzles, discuss how spaces like these are made, enemies, a whole cornucopia of topics. Dev Game Club looks at classic video games and plays through them over several episodes, providing commentary. Sections played : Up through the Tunnels Podcast breakdown : 0:...

Welcome to our second episode examining 1996's survival horror classic Resident Evil . We discuss the tight resource management of the game and the spatial logic of the place, amongst other topics. Dev Game Club looks at classic video games and plays through them over several episodes, providing commentary. Sections played : Up to the tunnels (in theory) Podcast breakdown : 0:33    Segment 1: Reso...

Welcome to our first episode examining 1996's survival horror classic Resident Evil . We discuss many of the features that are evident from the beginning of the game that set it apart from other sorts of 3rd person games of the time. Dev Game Club looks at classic video games and plays through them over several episodes, providing commentary. Sections played : Up until the Residence (in theory) Po...

Welcome to our fifth and final episode examining 1997's classic RPG Fallout . We are lucky enough to interview Tim Cain and Leonard Boyarsky, Producer/Lead Programmer and Art Director respectively on Fallout as well as two of the three founding members of Troika Games. Dev Game Club looks at classic video games and plays through them over several episodes, providing commentary. Podcast breakdown :...

This is a companion bonus episode to Dev Game Club, a weekly podcast in which Brett Douville and Tim Longo examine classic games and discuss their relevance and impact today.  We tie together our episodes about Fallout with a preceding title and a successor in Wasteland 1&2.   

Welcome to our fourth episode examining 1997's classic RPG Fallout . We finish off the game, discussing our various choices, and then turn to the various pillars we draw from it. Dev Game Club looks at classic video games and plays through them over several episodes, providing commentary. Sections played : The base and the Cathedral Podcast breakdown : 0:35    Segment 1: Finishing Fallout 45:12  B...

Welcome to our third episode examining 1997's classic RPG Fallout . We examine tactical combat, leveling strategies, encumbrance as a specific mechanic, and also a lot of what we saw and did. Dev Game Club looks at classic video games and plays through them over several episodes, providing commentary. Sections played: Everything before the base and Cathedral Podcast breakdown: 0:42 Segment 1 -- al...

Welcome to our second episode examining 1997's classic RPG Fallout . We talk about the lack of the hand-holding in the game, discuss our character builds a bit and talk about the choices we've made so far. Dev Game Club looks at classic video games and plays through them over several episodes, providing commentary. Note : Brett keeps mixing up Junktown with Hub. He blames illness. Our apologies. S...

Welcome to our first episode in our series examining 1997's Fallout . We talk a bit about the RPG renaissance it seemed to kick off and then delve into the first few hours. Dev Game Club looks at classic video games and plays through them over several episodes, providing commentary. Sections played : Up until you reach Junktown Podcast breakdown : 0:37      Segment 1: Relevance 32:11    Break 32:3...

Welcome to our final episode in our series examining Super Metroid . We delve specifically into the last couple of boss battles and the concomitant storytelling, and spend some time thinking about our favorite areas. We also talk about the pillars and takeaways of the game. Dev Game Club looks at classic video games and plays through them over several episodes, providing commentary. Sections playe...

Welcome to the third episode in our series examining Super Metroid . We delve specifically into the boss battles we've played thus far and spend some time talking about player skill and both positive and negative feedback loops in its play. Dev Game Club looks at classic video games and plays through them over several episodes, providing commentary. Sections played : Through the boss "Draygon" Pod...

Welcome to our second episode in our series examining Super Metroid . We talk a bit about what we might do with the series if it were handed to us, and delve deeply into the way Samus fits into the world completely. Dev Game Club looks at classic video games and plays through them over several episodes, providing commentary. Sections played : Up until the Ice Beam Podcast breakdown : 0:33    Segme...

Welcome to our first episode in our series examining Super Metroid , our first foray into playing something that is exclusively on console. We first situate the game and the series in importance and discuss the influence of Japanese design before turning to the first couple of hours of the game. Dev Game Club looks at classic video games and plays through them over several episodes, providing comm...

Welcome to our final episode in our series examining Warcraft: Orcs and Humans , where we welcome guest Bill Roper! Dev Game Club looks at classic video games and plays through them over several episodes, providing commentary. Quick show note : We had some technical difficulties with Bill's mic, so he's a little quiet. Apologies. It is worth boosting your headphones to hear him. Podcast breakdown...

A sudden emergency made recording our guest interview with Bill Roper impossible, so we postponed. Brett hops on the mic to quickly brief you on that, and to announce our next game! Next time : Still Bill Roper!   @brett_douville, @timlongojr, @devgameclub www.devgameclub.com devgameclub@gmail.com

Welcome to our fourth episode in our series examining Warcraft: Orcs and Humans . We finish off our discussion of the game, discussing the last few missions and turning to our takeways and pillars. Dev Game Club looks at classic video games and plays through them over several episodes, providing commentary. Sections played : Humans 10-12 and Orcs 10-12 Podcast breakdown : 0:36     Segment 1: Last...

Welcome to our third episode in our series examining Warcraft: Orcs and Humans . We specifically discuss micro management, real-time strategy as a genre, and a bit of the Warcraft lore, though not to excess. Dev Game Club looks at classic video games and plays through them over several episodes, providing commentary. Sections played : Humans 7-9 and Orcs 7-9, interleaved Podcast breakdown : 0:37 O...

Welcome to our second episode in our series examining Warcraft: Orcs and Humans . We specifically discuss unit introduction and the evolution of the genre and how it does and doesn't parallel tabletop wargaming. Dev Game Club looks at classic video games and plays through them over several episodes, providing commentary. Sections played : Four more of each campaign -- Human 3-6, Orc 3-6 Podcast br...

In this first episode of our series discussing Warcraft: Orcs and Humans , we examine the relevance of the original game to the series as a whole and its genre in particular and begin delving into the mechanics on display in the first few levels of the game. Dev Game Club looks at classic video games and plays through them over several episodes, providing commentary. Sections played : First two le...

In this final interview episode discussing recently remastered LucasArts classic Day of the Tentacle , we welcome two guests, DOTT co-leads Dave Grossman and Tim Schafer! We had a fascinating time talking with the two of them and getting their insights on what they were trying to do and where some of the decisions came from. Dev Game Club looks at classic video games and plays through them over se...

In this third episode discussing recently remastered LucasArts classic Day of the Tentacle , we finally move on to talk about specific puzzles -- this is a spoilery podcast. Plus, Tim has a moment of psychological devastation as Brett unveils the implications of his approach. Dev Game Club looks at classic video games and plays through them over several episodes, providing commentary. Sections pla...

In this second episode discussing recently remastered LucasArts classic Day of the Tentacle, we talk about how to move on when you get stuck and speculate about how these games were constructed. Dev Game Club looks at classic video games and plays through them over several episodes, providing commentary. Sections played : Hard to say; approximately another third of the game (~3 hours) Podcast brea...

In this first episode discussing recently remastered LucasArts classic Day of the Tentacle, we talk about the influence of adventure games generally and the reputed mis-reporting of games being dead, as well as talking about the format of this game in particular. Dev Game Club looks at classic video games and plays through them over several episodes, providing commentary. Note : Brett keeps referr...

In this fifth and final episode discussing Final Fantasy IX, we explore Tim's difficulty finishing the game on time, the ending of the game, and the things we take away from it. Dev Game Club looks at classic video games and plays through them over several episodes, providing commentary. Sections played : Pandemonium to end of game! Podcast breakdown : 0:32    Segment 1: Finishing the game 35:03  ...