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Slightly Something Else
by The Escapist
Yahtzee Croshaw, Jack Packard and Marty Sliva do a deep dive into strange or hot topics in the games industry every Tuesday, live on YouTube. Audio episodes are made available on Thursday morning.
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Examining the "Living, Breathing, World" Cliche
This week on Slightly Something Else, Yahtzee and Marty discuss the cliche of "Living, Breathing Worlds" and what makes a video game world really feel alive.
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Can Games Really Ever Go Back to Their Roots?
This week on Slightly Something Else, Yahtzee and Marty discuss if games really ever can go back to their "roots".
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You Don't Need Words to Tell A Good Story
This week on Slightly Something Else, Yahtzee and Marty discuss wordless story games.
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Non-Horror Games Can Sometimes Be the Scariest
This week on Slightly Something Else, Yahtzee and Marty discuss games that aren't horror... but are.
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Your Game Is Adapted From WHAT?!
This week on Slightly Something Else, Yahtzee and Marty discuss video game adaptations.
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Has Video Game Violence Jumped the Shark?
This week on Slightly Something Else, in light of the recent release of Mortal Kombat 1, Yahtzee and Marty discuss violence in modern games.
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Give Us More Games That Make Us Feel Smart
This week on Slightly Something Else, Yahtzee and Marty discuss games that make them feel smart.
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A Good Map is Hard to Find
This week on Slightly Something Else, Yahtzee and Marty discuss video game maps.
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Starfield and How to Do Space in Games
This week on Slightly Something Else, Yahtzee and Marty discuss Starfield and video games that use space as a setting.
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Sea of Stars and Baldur's Gate 3 Prove Any Genre is Ripe for a Comeback
This week on Slightly Something Else, Yahtzee and Marty discuss the game genres that deserve a comeback.
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The Games with Unforgettable Openings
This week on Slightly Something Else, Yahtzee and Marty discuss the games with the best openings.
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Baldur’s Gate 3 Doesn’t Need to Be Feared
This week on Slightly Something Else, Yahtzee and Marty discuss the ongoing discourse around Baldur's Gate 3.
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The Difficulty of Following Up a Masterpiece
This week on Slightly Something Else, Yahtzee and Marty discuss video game sequels and how it's all too often very difficult to follow-up a masterpiece of a game.
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Are We in a New RPG Golden Age?
This week on Slightly Something Else, we say goodbye to our Managing Editor, John Friscia, by talking all about RPGs and if we're in a new Golden Age for the genre.
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2023 Games That Need More Love
This week on Slightly Something Else, Yahtzee and Marty discuss the 2023 games that need more love.
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Remember When Valve Made Games?
This week on Slightly Something Else, Yahtzee and Marty discuss Valve's current role in the games industry.
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The Joy of In-Game Jobs
This week on Slightly Something Else, Yahtzee and Marty discuss jobs in video games.
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The Bad Games We Still Enjoyed
This week on Slightly Something Else, Yahtzee makes fun of Nick for enjoying The Order: 1886.
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Final Fantasy's Place in Gaming in 2023
This week on Slightly Something Else, Yahtzee and Marty discuss Final Fantasy.
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We Need to Talk About Loot
This week on Slightly Something Else, Yahtzee and Marty discuss loot in video games.
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Catching Yahtzee Up on This Year's "Not-E3" Announcements
This week on Slightly Something Else, Yahtzee and Marty discuss 2023's "Not-E3".
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Fighting Games That Have Actually Hooked Us Over the Years
This week on Slightly Something Else, Yahtzee and Marty discuss the fighting game genre.
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No, the Latest Bad Game Isn't the Worst Game Ever
This week on Slightly Something Else, Yahtzee and Marty discuss bad video games, and why they aren't any worse today than they were at any other point in the medium.
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Video Game Horses Are Overrated
This week on Slightly Something Else, Yahtzee and Marty discuss video game horses. Yeah, it's that kind of Monday.
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Let's Fix Your Boring Tutorial
This week on Slightly Something Else, Yahtzee and Marty discuss video game tutorials and why so many are just so darn boring when they really don't have to be.
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Is Zelda the Best Video Game Franchise Ever?
This week on Slightly Something Else, Yahtzee and Marty discuss the Zelda franchise with Tears of the Kingdom launching this week.
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The Lost Art of the Video Game Demo
This week on Slightly Something Else, Yahtzee and Marty discuss the lost art of the video game demo.
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Grappling Hooks Make Every Game Better
This week on Slightly Something Else, Yahtzee and Marty discuss how grappling hooks make every game better.
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153
Can Zombie Games Ever Be Interesting Again?
This week on Slightly Something Else, Yahtzee and Marty discuss whether or not zombie games will ever be interesting again.
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What Makes a Great Gameplay Loop?
This week on Slightly Something Else, Yahtzee and Marty discuss what makes a good gameplay loop.
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The Minigames We Love and Hate
This week on Slightly Something Else, Yahtzee, no wait, Frost and Marty talk about the minigames they love and hate.
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What Does It Take for a Game to Become Immortal?
This week on Slightly Something Else, Yahtzee, no wait, Frost and Marty talk about the games we'll be playing a hundred years from now.
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What Makes a Good Video Game Ending?
This week on Slightly Something Else, Yahtzee, no wait, Jack and Marty talk about video game endings.
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How NOT to Do Menus in Games
This week on Slightly Something Else, Yahtzee and Marty take a look at video game menus... oh boy.
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Have the Big Games of 2013 Aged Well?
This week on Slightly Something Else, Yahtzee and Marty take a look back at 2013 and whether or not the big games from that time have aged well.
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Shinji Mikami’s Career is Worth Celebrating
This week on Slightly Something Else, Yahtzee and Marty discuss Shinji Mikami's career following the announcement that he's leaving Tango Gameworks.
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Do You Have to Be Good at Games to Be a Good Critic?
This week on Slightly Something Else, Yahtzee and Marty discuss whether or not critics have to be good at video games to be a good critic.
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How Much Should Video Games Cost in 2023?
This week on Slightly Something Else, Yahtzee and Marty discuss the cost of video games in 2023.
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The Video Game Disasters We Couldn't Look Away From
This week on Slightly Something Else, Yahtzee and Marty discuss the video game disasters we couldn't look away from.
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Some Video Game Franchises Could Probably Use a Break
This week on Slightly Something Else, Yahtzee and Nick discuss the video game franchises that probably need to take a little breather.
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The Video Game Trends We Want to See Go Away
This week on Slightly Something Else, Yahtzee and Marty discuss the trends we want to see go away in video games.
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How to Make the Perfect RPG Party
This week on Slightly Something Else, Yahtzee and Marty discuss RPG parties.
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How NOT to Do Relationships in Games
This week on Slightly Something Else, Yahtzee and Marty discuss relationships in games.
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A Quick Look at the World of Video Games in 2023
This week on Slightly Something Else, Yahtzee and Marty discuss what's coming up in the world of video games for 2023.
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Have "Spiritual Sequels" Ever Surpassed the Original Games?
This week on Slightly Something Else, Yahtzee and Marty discuss spiritual sequels and whether they've ever really been better than the original.
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Catching Yahtzee Up on this Year's 'The Game Awards'
This week on Slightly Something Else, Marty catches Yahtzee up on all of the happenings at this year's The Game Awards.
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Why Are So Many Games Poorly Paced?
This week on Slightly Something Else, Yahtzee and Marty discuss pacing in video games.
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Nintendo Needs to Reveal the Next Switch ASAP
This week on Slightly Something Else, Yahtzee and Marty discuss the Nintendo Switch and why it's time for an update with lots of games having performance issues lately.
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Just What the Heck IS Sonic?
This week on Slightly Something Else, Yahtzee and Marty discuss Sonic, whatever the heck that is at this point.
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Let's Discuss this Year's "Game of the Year" Nominations
This week on Slightly Something Else, Yahtzee and Marty discuss The Game Awards 'Game of the Year' nominations.
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Yahtzee Croshaw, Jack Packard and Marty Sliva do a deep dive into strange or hot topics in the games industry every Tuesday, live on YouTube. Audio episodes are made available on Thursday morning.
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The Escapist
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