Ep 63: Environment and Setting

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This week, Dempsey’s real-life action adventure game called “being a documentarian” leads us into dark, claustrophobic caves, wide open worlds, environmental story-telling, and the power of setting in video games.Send us an email with your favorite video game setting, or a place you’d love to see a game set; we’d love to hear from you! [email protected] us on: Apple Podcasts Spotify Tik Tok/Instagram BlueskyTheme music is copyright free and from: https://www.youtube.com/@Pixverses

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This week, Dempsey’s real-life action adventure game called “being a documentarian” leads us into dark, claustrophobic caves, wide open worlds, environmental story-telling, and the power of setting in video games. Send us an email with your favorite video game setting, or a place you’d love to see a game set; we’d love to hear from you! [email protected] Find us on: Apple Podcasts Spotify Tik Tok/Instagram Bluesky Theme music is copyright free and from: https://www.youtube.co...

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