Open World Games - You've Had A Lot Of Todd Howard In Your Life, Huh?

It's our first off-week "mini" episode (if you can call a 2 hour runtime mini), so Will and Gary sat down to talk about open world games, the history of the genre, and our experiences playing them! in this episode:  the first open worlds, the legend of zelda, hydlide, sierra online, super mario 64, rareware games, donkey kong 64, teeth gang, assassin's creed, bethesda games, rockstar, do your homework, the witcher, new vegas,  red dead redemption 2, skyrim, starfield, no man's sky, elden ring, you literally can go to that mountain, breath of the wild, the longest bridge you've ever seen, the joy of discovery, go play a short hike ~shoutouts zone~ Hbomberguy talks about playing Donkey Kong 64  Runbutton - Shenmue Let's Play  NakeyJakey - Rockstar's Game Design is Outdated NakeyJakey - Bethesda's Game Design Was Outdated a Decade Ago  Hbomberguy - Fallout: New Vegas is Genius  Egorapter - Sequelitis - Zelda: A Link to the Past vs Ocarina of Time (CW: Ableism)  ~~~ Our theme music is Glass Half Full by the incredible Cliff, you can find him on Bandcamp! Want to shout about the episode? Join us in the Infinite Cities Discord! You can find us on Twitter, and cohost! and if you want to link to us, you can catch us at https://infinitecities.libsyn.com/! We are featherwings, willofchris, karpskryparn, and thegaryroby, and we are Infinite Cities. 🌆