The Experience Points Podcast
A weekly show from the authors of ExperiencePoints.net. Each episode we will have an in depth conversation on a particular video game related topic.
- Update frequency
- every 9 days
- Average duration
- 39 minutes
- Episodes
- 800
- Years Active
- 2008 - 2025
EXP Podcast #40: Missed Connections
Remember the days when the only way to connect with your fellow gamers
was to be in the same room? Whether it was showing off your custom Excitebike
track or networking a group of PCs in your parent…
00:26:03 |
Wed 26 Aug 2009
EXP Podcast #39: Gritty Realities
When it comes to videogame art design, is reality over-rated? In an
industry constantly creating and mastering new technologies, game
creators have always wanted to show off. For many developers, sho…
00:25:19 |
Thu 20 Aug 2009
EXP Podcast #38: Gamers in Motion
Let's be honest: During our early console gaming days, how many of us
would fling our controller upward in a desperate attempt to make Mario
jump just a little bit higher? We learned to shed those e…
00:30:14 |
Thu 13 Aug 2009
EXP Podcast #37: Guns & Wizard Hats
Peanut-Butter & Jelly, Chicken & Waffles, both ingenious
combinations! So why not Guns & Wizard Hats? Well I might have a
few reasons. This week, Scott and I gnaw on an interesting article by
Wired's…
00:29:56 |
Thu 06 Aug 2009
EXP Podcast #36: Another Brick in the Wall
What happens when our universe and the digital ones we find in games begin to overlap? Inspired by Steven Conway's excellent piece about re-examining "the fourth wall"
in the context of video games,…
00:35:49 |
Wed 29 Jul 2009
EXP Podcast #35: Anger Management
I am inundated with excellent games, happy as a clam. But trouble has
been brewing for some gamers who fear the titles they love will be
marred by sneaky developers and their zany "improvement" schem…
00:27:56 |
Thu 23 Jul 2009
EXP Podcast #34: Murder, She Played
How many videogame characters have died, by your hands or another
character's? Now how many of those actually meant something? There is
something unique about murder in videogames in contrast to kill…
00:28:12 |
Wed 15 Jul 2009
EXP Podcast #33: The Decision Dilemma
Last month, outspoken game designers Clint Hocking and Manveer Heir
held a little cross-blog discussion regarding the design and
implementation of ethical choices in video games. We are accustomed to…
00:41:16 |
Thu 09 Jul 2009
EXP Podcast #32: Wimping Out
Trying to make a game simultaneously accessible and challenging while
also retaining a cogent plot is a daunting task. Inspired by Julian
"rabbit" Murdoch's piece about his son's gaming habits and a…
00:27:06 |
Wed 01 Jul 2009
EXP Podcast #31: Throwing in the Towel
Sometimes when the going gets tough, the less-than-tough just quit. At
least that's what Sean "Elysium" Sands did when confronted with some
ridiculously skilled players of Demigod.
We here at EXP hav…
00:30:27 |
Thu 25 Jun 2009
EXP Podcast #30: The Father of All Podcasts
With Father's Day coming up this weekend, we decided to dedicate a podcast to exploring the role father characters in video games. Starting with an eclectic list of various game dads, we examine the…
00:31:07 |
Wed 17 Jun 2009
EXP Podcast #29: The Epic Aesthetic
E3 has come and gone, but the over-the-top presentations of upcoming
games lingers. Huge screens depicting carnage and head-ripping made
epic enthusiasts from around the world spasm with excitement l…
00:27:44 |
Thu 11 Jun 2009
EXP Podcast #28: Power to the Players?
As we all learned from Uncle Ben, "With great power, comes great responsibility." When Paragon Studios gave players the tools to create their own quests in City of Heroes,
it soon became a case stud…
00:26:58 |
Wed 03 Jun 2009
EXP Podcast #27: A Game's Travel
Our bags are in the trunk, Teenage Wasteland
is playing on the stereo, and our coffee stained road map is on the
dash: On this podcast, we're hittin' the road. This week, we draw our
discussion from …
00:25:58 |
Thu 28 May 2009
EXP Podcast #26: Spring Cleaning!
Every week, we add to a massive list of notable news, analysis, and
opinion pieces related to video games, knowing full well that most of
them will never make the show. We figured it was time to sort…
00:31:53 |
Thu 21 May 2009
EXP Podcast #25: It's About Time
Is this already episode twenty-five? My how time flies! Which is
exactly the topic of the day. This week on the EXP Podcast, Scott and I
stumble upon a clever idea from Reid Kimball, Gamasutra Expert…
00:26:47 |
Thu 14 May 2009
EXP Podcast #24: Cultured Gaming
This week, Inspired by Daniel Johnson's article about games and culture,
we wade in to the fascinating-yet-nebulous realm of culture in video
games. After a brief discussion of how to define the ter…
00:28:50 |
Wed 06 May 2009
EXP Podcast #23: Gears of War Roundup
Well yippee-kay-yay, this week on the EXP Podcast we focus on big burly men with chainsaw-guns. Developed by Epic Games, the Gears of War franchise has found immense success amongst a variety of game…
00:34:40 |
Thu 30 Apr 2009
EXP Podcast #22: Games for the Uninitiated
If you read this site, you are probably one of two kinds of people: 1. The kind that loves video games or...2. The kind that is subjected to rants about why we love video games (i.e. non-gamer frie…
00:30:22 |
Wed 22 Apr 2009
EXP Podcast #21: Perpetual War Games
Last week, Konami announced Six Days in Fallujah, a game set during the tumultuous 2004 batle in Fallujah, Iraq, developed by Atomic Games. Nothing stirs up controversy like a videogame
adaptation se…
00:24:59 |
Thu 16 Apr 2009
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