What’s up everybody? I know in my last video I said that I would be talking about the lore of the Mario series, but Pokemon Sword and Shield have come out recently so I have a lot of Pokemon on my mind. Now, if you have been paying any attention to the Pokemon community over…
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Grumpy Gamers – Mario Maker VS Mario – Game Grumps Parody
Transcript: Darin: I’m Grouchy! Andy: I’m much less Grouchy! Both: And We are the Grouchy Gamers! Darin: HEY EVERYBODY, welcome back to the Grouchy Gamers. I’m Darin, and this is Andy: I’m Andy Darin: And today we are going to be doing something completely different, that we have never done before – playing Mario Maker…
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Designing Interesting Decisions in Games (And When Not To)
Sid Meier, the designer behind the incredibly popular and influential Civilization series, once described games as “a series of interesting decisions”. In fact, it is the ability to make choices that is the core of what separates a game from a less interactive form of media, such as a book or a film. Whether it…
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The Mystical History of Tarot Cards (History of Game Design)
Hello everybody, and welcome back to Rempton Games. Halloween is nearly upon us, so I’ve decided to do a special themed episode of History of Game Design to look at one of the spookiest game components out there – the Tarot deck. This deck is widely considered to have associations with magic and the occult,…
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Ocarina of Time Dungeons Ranked Part 2
Ocarina of Time is often considered to be one of the best games of all time, and it contains a dozen dungeons for Link to traverse through on his adventure. Not all these dungeons are made equal, which is why I decided to look at each dungeon from a game design perspective and give my…
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The Difficulty Dilemma Part 1
Lately I have been playing through the game Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice and I can confirm that the rumors are true – this game is hard as heck. This is pretty much par for the course for FromSoftware, the makers of Sekiro, who are well known for making BloodBorne and the Dark Souls series. These…
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Are there Games Computers Can’t Play?
In May 1997,World Chess Champion Garry Kasparov went face to face against his greatest challenger. That challenger’s name was Deep Blue, and it was a chess playing computer developed by IBM. Kasparov had already defeated Deep Blue in a best-of 6 match the previous year, but now it was back and better than ever. While…
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