F'ing Up the Ineffable - Episode 7 - Game Design

Brian and Mike talk about games of all sorts and what elements make games fun. They discuss sports, video games, role playing games, card games, board games and they stop playing games with your heart.   In this episode we mention the following: Videos / Channels Game Theory: Candy Crush, Designed to Addict https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BTGgCEFuQw Penn & Teller Fool Us Playlist https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ncm7wAMRjM&list=PLCXTqAdQ-IqmWPtBmB3iUIb1ze0bVqyFY Shin Lim https://www.youtube.com/@shinlimmagic Board/Card Games: Chutes and Ladders https://amzn.to/49tKHKj Ticket to Ride https://amzn.to/4oJrQ2i Stratego https://amzn.to/4oJrQ2i Battleship https://amzn.to/3WP4UTz Cards against humanity https://amzn.to/437Qh18 Exploding Kittens https://amzn.to/3LfbeB1 Joking Hazard https://amzn.to/4oivVL4 Video Games Nuclear War Simulator https://store.steampowered.com/app/1603940/Nuclear_War_Simulator/ Poly Bridge https://store.steampowered.com/app/367450/Poly_Bridge/ Poly bridge 3 https://store.steampowered.com/app/1850160/Poly_Bridge_3/ FTL https://store.steampowered.com/app/212680/FTL_Faster_Than_Light/ Elder Scrolls series https://store.steampowered.com/curator/35501445 Final Fantasy series https://store.steampowered.com/curator/34459938 Portal 2 https://store.steampowered.com/app/620/Portal_2/ No Man's Sky https://store.steampowered.com/app/275850/No_Mans_Sky/ Dwarf Fortress https://store.steampowered.com/app/975370/Dwarf_Fortress/ The Oregon Trail https://store.steampowered.com/app/2013360/The_Oregon_Trail/ Candy Crush https://www.king.com/game/candycrush/ Gems of War https://gemsofwar.com/ Master of Orion 2 https://store.steampowered.com/app/410980/Master_of_Orion_2/ Civ 7 https://store.steampowered.com/developer/civilization Age of Empires https://store.steampowered.com/developer/AgeOfEmpires Stellaris https://store.steampowered.com/app/281990/Stellaris/ Cities Skylines https://store.steampowered.com/app/255710/Cities_Skylines/ Cities Skylines II https://store.steampowered.com/app/949230/Cities_Skylines_II/ Sims 4 https://store.steampowered.com/app/1222670/The_Sims_4/ Crusader Kings https://store.steampowered.com/developer/CrusaderKings Cyberpunk 2077 https://store.steampowered.com/app/1091500/Cyberpunk_2077/ Satisfactory https://store.steampowered.com/app/526870/Satisfactory/ Everquest 2 https://www.everquest2.com/home Hearthstone https://hearthstone.blizzard.com/en-us Role Playing Games Dungeons & Dragons https://amzn.to/47gBXpB Call of Cthulhu https://amzn.to/3Lgiv3y Top Secret https://amzn.to/48Z1J2V   Sorry this one is a week late due to travel!   Some links above may be part of the Amazon Affiliate Partners Program and we get paid when you use those links to purchase goods. If you choose to do so, thank you for your support! ***********************************************   Thank you for listening to the F’ing Up the Ineffable podcast. If you enjoyed the show, please share it with your friends. If you didn’t, well, thanks for sticking around this long anyway!   We are available on most major podcast platforms including   Apple Music: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fing-up-the-ineffable/id1821664977 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/12WL4yv7L8Nm4mG2kVXn0y YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@FingUptheIneffable I Heart Radio: https://iheart.com/podcast/282001129 Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/1f4a1689-597f-4c0a-a34b-e15ce7646edc and more: https://finguptheineffable.podbean.com/   We are currently releasing new episodes every three weeks on Thursdays, but hope to increase the frequency of releases in the near future. Please subscribe to us on your favorite platform to be informed when new episodes release!   We love feedback! Feel free to find and follow us on X: https://x.com/FIneffable68055 BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/finguptheineffable.bsky.social Threads: https://www.threads.com/@finguptheineffable Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/finguptheineffable/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61577163372748 and let us know what you think! You can also email us at [email protected].   Thanks again and we’ll see you soon!