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| Games Either Exploit or Get Exploited | Window Into Glass House | 18 Nov 2021 | 00:55:02 | |
Please consider supporting us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/glasshousemedia Welcome to the Window into Glass House, where we recap all the latest gaming news. This episode was filmed on 16/11/21, and we talked about how every AAA+ game is being released either broken or with exploitable systems. 0:00 Intro *** Glass House Games records in the heart of Brick Lane, London. Make sure you subscribe and turn on notifications to never miss out! Send your thoughts to community@glasshouse.games | |||
| WWE is terrible to their performers | Window Into Glass House | 11 Nov 2021 | 00:48:34 | |
Please consider supporting us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/glasshousemedia Welcome to the Window into Glass House, where we recap all the latest gaming news. This episode was filmed on 10/11/21, and we talked about the WWE's approach to their talent's digital media efforts, write the design doc of our ideal wrestling game and we glimpse at the first that Netflix Games has offered. 0:00 The Good Life (We haven't played it yet) Glass House Games records in the heart of Brick Lane, London. | |||
| Game Reviews Are Broken & There's A Real Life Squid Game? | Window into Glass House | 15 Oct 2021 | 00:47:52 | |
Please consider supporting us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/glasshousemedia Welcome to the Window into Glass House! This is our new show where we recap all the recent gaming news. On this episode This was streamed live on Twitch. If you'd like to watch us live, follow us at https://www.twitch.tv/ghgshow *** Glass House Games records in the heart of Brick Lane, London. Make sure you subscribe and turn on notifications to never miss out! Send your thoughts to community@glasshouse.games | |||
| GHG talks romance in games, character crushes, and bread boys | 17 Feb 2020 | 01:11:03 | |
"She was a huge fascist." - Shay "But a sexy fascist." - Jordan Jordan, Shay, and Maggie talk about romance in video games, from games all about dating, to role-playing games that let you form relationships with elves and aliens, to our video game character crushes and what they say about us… Guess which one of us has a very “white bread” taste in men? This episode contains spoilers for StarCraft. Links: https://www.gamesradar.com/uk/mass-effect-andromeda-romance-guide/ https://harvestmoon.fandom.com/wiki/Harvest_Moon:_Boy_%26_Girl https://www.gdcvault.com/play/1020520/Fewer-Tifas-or-More-Sephiroths https://twitter.com/jericawebber/status/1164890720001548290 https://boingboing.net/2015/03/17/six-japanese-dating-sims-to-fa.html https://www.gdcvault.com/browse/gdc-15/play/1022131 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ssUXd9yuUQ This week’s snack was: a Kit Kat cake for Kit’s birthday! You can find a recipe in your search engine of choice. Join the conversation at https://glasshouse.games Send your thoughts to community@glasshouse.games Follow @GHGshow on Twitter and Instagram | |||
| Reflections: Mosaic | 13 Feb 2020 | 00:53:54 | |
"It almost feels like a mockery of people that use these things which feels mean." - Sam Jerica, Sam, and Alex CG reflect on Mosaic, a grey game in which you play through five days in the life of an indistinguishable office worker. Is it effective for a game to convey the mundanity of a 9-to-5 by making the player repeat boring actions? How biting is the satire compared to, say, Black Mirror? And does the ending place the blame on the worker themselves? This episode contains spoilers. Reflections are scored individually on a scale from love to hate, and then a group Glass House Games verdict is determined using our magical algorithm. Join the conversation at https://glasshouse.games Send your thoughts to community@glasshouse.games Follow @GHGshow on Twitter and Instagram | |||
| GHG talks UK Games Industry Census, diversity, and #RaiseTheGame (with UKIE) | 10 Feb 2020 | 01:20:08 | |
"You're going to get cancelled off the back of this!" - Sam Jordan, Shay, Sam, and UKIE’s CEO Jo Twist and Insight and Innovation Manager Luke Hebblethwaite talk about the UK Games Industry Census, a collaboration between the University of Sheffield (led by Dr Mark Taylor), the University of Leeds, and UKIE, with support from the Arts & Humanities Research Council. The 60-page report, using data from 3,200 UK games industry workers, suggests that the games industry is – compared to national averages – overwhelmingly young, white, male, middle class, queer, and experiencing anxiety and/or depression. We delve into these findings and more, theorise on the reasons behind them, and discuss what can be done to learn more and improve the industry. Links: https://ukie.org.uk/UK-games-industry-census-2020 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-51364212 This week’s snack was: limited-edition Crosstown Doughnuts! You can get your own in Brick Lane. Join the conversation at https://glasshouse.games Send your thoughts to community@glasshouse.games Follow @GHGshow on Twitter and Instagram | |||
| Reflections: Wattam | 06 Feb 2020 | 00:55:01 | |
“Because you didn’t need to eat the smell of summer, you needed to smell the smell of summer...” - Alex P Shay, Alex P and Kit reflect on Wattam from the weird and wonderful mind of Katamari Damacy creator, Keita Takahashi. Wattam is a quirky and colourful game that lets you control 100 playable characters each based on everyday items such as telephones, toys and toilets. Join us as we discuss the absurdity of eating golden poops and commandeering sentient facial features. This episode contains spoilers. Links: https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/20... https://www.theverge.com/2019/12/17/2... Reflections are scored individually on a scale from love to hate, and then a group Glass House Games verdict is determined using our magical algorithm. Join the conversation at https://glasshouse.games Send your thoughts to community@glasshouse.games Follow @GHGshow on Twitter and Instagram | |||
| GHG talks The Sims, Black Widows, and mansion barons (with The English Simmer) | 03 Feb 2020 | 01:16:36 | |
"There are deaths throughout the series." "And in real life, I guess." - Alex P Jordan, Alex P, and special guest The English Simmer talk about the game Will Wright used to call “Doll House” and other people at Maxis called “The Toilet Game”. 2020 is the 20th anniversary of The Sims, and Jordan and special guest Mollie (a.k.a. The English Simmer) have been there since the beginning. Alex P may have dropped off at The Sims 3, but he does have a surprising amount of experience with the 1991 game SimAnt. In this episode we talk about the history of the series, what makes it unique, its audience, the ways in which it has increasingly represented different kinds of people, and the life that The Sims 4 lives on YouTube. We’ve got your 100 Baby challenges, your tiny houses, and suggestions for what we’d want from The Sims 5. Sul sul! Links: https://www.youtube.com/user/TheEnglishSimmer https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2008/01/18/making-of-the-sims/ https://www.ea.com/en-gb/games/the-sims/the-sims-4/news/infographic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_PC_games https://ir.ea.com/financial-information/quarterly-results/default.aspx https://s22.q4cdn.com/894350492/files/doc_financials/2019/q3/Q3-FY19-Prepared-Remarks-FINAL.pdf https://www.vice.com/en_au/article/43kj93/learning-simlish-sims-language-game https://kotaku.com/how-the-sims-translates-pop-songs-into-simlish-1832998368 https://www.theverge.com/2015/12/8/9871786/carly-rae-jepsen-run-away-with-me-simlish https://twitter.com/NoraReed/status/1220921837548273664 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_v4CIhGcxiY https://sims.fandom.com/wiki/Hecking_family https://sims.fandom.com/wiki/Ngata_family This week’s snack was: raspberry and pistachio brownies (vegan)! You can find the recipe in Anna Jones’ book A Modern Way to Cook. Join the conversation at https://glasshouse.games Send your thoughts to community@glasshouse.games Follow @GHGshow on Twitter and Instagram | |||
| Reflections: Ancestors The Humankind Odyssey | 30 Jan 2020 | 01:26:20 | |
"Video games, everybody!" – CG Alex CG, Jerica, Alex P, and Sam reflect on Ancestors: the Humankind Odyssey, the new "science-based" survival game from Assassin's Creed and Prince of Persia: Sands of Time director Patrice Désilets. Set millions of years in the past at the outset of human evolution, the game tries to give a somewhat realistic portrayal of what our predecessors had to go through to get us to the present day. We talk about survival games, whether a new genre of "(mostly) nonviolent climbing sims" has become a thing, and the pitfalls of realism in art. This episode contains spoilers. Links: https://wccftech.com/patrice-desilets... https://www.escapistmagazine.com/v2/h... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHP4s... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Hr-y... https://www.eurozine.com/change-cours... https://www.goodreads.com/series/5852... Reflections are scored individually on a scale from love to hate, and then a group Glass House Games verdict is determined using our magical algorithm. Join the conversation at https://glasshouse.games Send your thoughts to community@glasshouse.games Follow @GHGshow on Twitter and Instagram | |||
| GHG talks gateway games, Tetris mums, and Chinese New Year | 27 Jan 2020 | 01:23:52 | |
“That's... why I have a daughter now!” – Alex P Jordan, Sam, Maggie and Alex P talk about how to introduce a non-player to video games. In an ideal world you would choose someone’s first video game based on their existing interests, and take the time to help them through it… but in Jordan’s world, we’re creating a general starter pack to hand over to anyone who doesn’t play video games but wants to give them a try. Is thatgamecompany’s Journey actually that approachable for beginners? Why did so many people who played Tetris in the 90s never really move on to other video games? And can you rise to Alex Hern’s challenge of creating a five-game lesson plan to get people from a widely approachable game to an arbitrary Metacritic 95? Get in touch to let us know! Links: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000... https://twitter.com/jericawebber/stat... https://twitter.com/GHGshow/status/12... https://www.reddit.com/r/videogames/c... https://variety.com/2017/gaming/opini... https://twitter.com/momvsgames This week’s snack was: chewy ginger cookies! And they’re vegan! You can find the recipe at Hot for Food: https://www.hotforfoodblog.com/recipe... Join the conversation at https://glasshouse.games Send your thoughts to community@glasshouse.games Follow @GHGshow on Twitter and Instagram | |||
| Reflections: Disco Elysium | 23 Jan 2020 | 01:47:30 | |
"I felt like I was irradiated - you heard it here first!" - Alex CG Alex CG, Alex P, and Sam reflect on Disco Elysium, the groundbreaking RPG / adventure game which swept the 2019 Game Awards and has many saying that a new bar has been set for games writing. We talk about the legacy of CRPGs, politics in games, portrayals of mental health, and the inspirations the game has drawn from literature, art, and history. As it didn't come out in the discussion, we would like to highlight that this game could not have been possible without the efforts of so many people, not limited to the main writer Robert Kurvitz, but also writer Helen Hindpere and artist Alexander Rostov, among many others. Please see the links below for more details. This episode contains spoilers. Links: https://steamcommunity.com/games/6324... https://www.gamesradar.com/the-making... https://www.escapistmagazine.com/v2/w... https://bulletpointsmonthly.com/2019/... https://kotaku.com/disco-elysium-deve... https://duckduckgo.com/?q=victor+serg... https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2... Reflections are scored individually on a scale from love to hate, and then a group Glass House Games verdict is determined using our magical algorithm. Join the conversation at https://glasshouse.games Send your thoughts to community@glasshouse.games Follow us @GHGshow on Twitter and Instagram | |||
| GHG talks Veganuary, Monster Hunter, and Pokémon steak | 20 Jan 2020 | 01:11:38 | |
“But it did not meet its target...” – Jordan. Jordan, Sam, and Alex P talk about vegetarianism and how games can make us reflect on our real-world diets. Should vegetarians think twice about killing virtual creatures? Could a game explicitly designed to criticise the meat industry convince anyone to convert to a vegetarian diet? And… do people eat Pokémon? Links: https://www.theguardian.com/games/2018/feb/12/vegetarianism-violent-video-games-monster-hunter-world https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/monster-hunter-world-iceborne-review/ https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/05568640009506605?journalCode=rppa20 https://www.darkhorse.com/Books/18-111/The-Art-of-the-Mass-Effect-Universe-hardcover https://www.polygon.com/2014/7/1/5862086/pokemon-what-do-humans-eat https://www.polygon.com/pokemon/2018/9/28/17914112/what-do-pokemon-eat-food-humans https://www.polygon.com/2019/11/15/20963329/pokemon-sword-shield-slow-poke-tail-curry-sausage https://www.polygon.com/2018/8/7/17660388/dead-cells-game-diet-options https://psnprofiles.com/trophies/9508-mutazione https://www.vulture.com/2016/03/first-time-developer-made-stardew-valley.html http://funcrunch.org/blog/2017/03/18/stardew-valley-fun-and-food-for-thought/ https://www.reddit.com/r/StardewValley/comments/5q2uvn/challenge_vegan_playthrough/ https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/701094-stardew-valley/76937320 https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/730959/playing-game-vegn-style https://kotaku.com/cooking-mama-has-gone-vegetarian-1837155015 This week’s snack was: vegan baked goods from Debaere! Come down to Glass House Brick Lane and there will always be vegan treats available. Join the conversation at https://glasshouse.games Send your thoughts to community@glasshouse.games Follow @GHGshow on Twitter and Instagram | |||
| Reflections: Pokémon Sword and Shield | 16 Jan 2020 | 01:19:10 | |
“The best thing is listening to Pikachu’s cry when it’s big...” – Shay Alex P, Sam, Shay, & Jerica reflect on Pokémon Sword and Shield, the eighth mainline entry from Game Freak in a series that’s nearly 25 years old. We talk about British (but really just English) representation, game design, and Alex P’s greatest gaming accomplishment and/or shame. This episode contains spoilers. Links: https://www.polygon.com/2019/11/14/20... https://www.polygon.com/2020/1/14/210... Reflections are scored individually on a scale from love to hate, and then a group Glass House Games verdict is determined using our magical algorithm. Join the conversation at https://glasshouse.games Send your thoughts to community@glasshouse.games Follow @GHGshow on Twitter and Instagram | |||
| Metroid Dread First Impressions, Nintendo piracy and Back4Blood | Window into Glass House | 14 Oct 2021 | 00:42:10 | |
Please consider supporting us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/glasshousemedia Welcome to the Window into Glass House! This is our new show where we recap all the recent gaming news. On this episode we're talking Metroid Dread first impressions, Nintendo emulation versus piracy and Back4Blood. This was streamed live on Twitch. If you'd like to watch us live, follow us at https://www.twitch.tv/ghgshow *** Glass House Games records in the heart of Brick Lane, London. Send your thoughts to community@glasshouse.games https://www.twitter.com/GHGshow | |||
| GHG talks The Witcher on Netflix, cartoons, and other television adaptations | 13 Jan 2020 | 01:15:07 | |
“You think of Mortal Kombat, you think of boobs, gore, and that’s it. But there’s actually a story there.” – Shay Jordan, Shay, and Sam talk about the Netflix television adaptation of author Andrzej Sapkowski’s The Witcher saga. Sam is our resident expert on all things Witcher, whereas Shay and Jordan have only played a few hours of the epic role-playing game The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - does that change how they feel about the television show? After they toss a coin to their Witcher, Shay tells Sam and Jordan about her childhood love of Mortal Kombat: The Animated Series, a cartoon that first aired in 1996 and is far more family-friendly than the series of fighting games on which it’s based. And then they delve into other video game-y television shows. Find out if your favourite gets a mention, and if it doesn’t: head to glasshouse.games and tell us all about it. This episode contains mention of events from multiple episodes of Netflix’s The Witcher. Links: https://www.theverge.com/2019/12/30/2... https://kafkadesk.org/2019/10/29/pola... https://www.businessinsider.com/the-w... https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/20... https://twitter.com/SamMaggs/status/1... https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018... This week’s snack was: double chocolate cookies! You can find the recipe at https://www.hotforfoodblog.com/recipe... Join the conversation at https://glasshouse.games Send your thoughts to community@glasshouse.games Follow @GHGshow on Twitter and Instagram | |||
| Reflections: Life is Strange 2 | 09 Jan 2020 | 00:49:04 | |
"I've never wanted to swing on a 10-year-old more in my life." - Shay Shay, Maggie and Jordan reflect on Life is Strange 2, third in the Life is Strange series from developers Dontnod Entertainment. Life is Strange 2 is a narrative-driven, choice-based episodic game focusing on the lives of two Mexican-American brothers, Sean and Daniel. The game touches on themes of belonging, racism and brotherhood. Join us as we explore whether or not Life is Strange 2 is voyeuristic in the ways it touches on these topics. This episode contains spoilers. Reflections are scored individually on a scale from love to hate, and then a group Glass House Games verdict is determined using our magical algorithm. Join the conversation at https://glasshouse.games Send your thoughts to community@glasshouse.games Follow @GHGshow on Twitter and Instagram | |||
| GHG talks New Year’s Resolutions, backlogs, and The Expanse | 06 Jan 2020 | 01:11:08 | |
“I don’t really like shooting at anyone or anything.” – Maggie. Jordan, Shay, Sam, Maggie, and Alex P talk about ways they might improve their gaming lives in 2020. New Year’s Resolutions are probably just one more way we put too much emphasis on productivity, but also: we’ve all got big backlogs of unplayed games we should probably try to tackle. Or should we be deciding to play fewer games of a certain kind: fewer sequels, fewer default male protagonists, fewer guns? This episode does NOT contain spoilers for The Expanse, just a fair amount of Sam and Jordan trying to convince everyone to watch it without revealing any specific plot details. This episode does contain some discussion of food, both at the beginning in Jordan’s discussion of her achievements from 2019 and later on in the episode, with a warning for those who might not want to listen. This week’s snack was: condensed milk cookies! Maggie recommends you search the internet for a recipe that looks good to you. Join the conversation at https://glasshouse.games Send your thoughts to community@glasshouse.games Follow @GHGshow on Twitter and Instagram | |||
| Reflections: Luigi's Mansion 3 | 02 Jan 2020 | 00:48:23 | |
“This was more of a chore-ific game than a horrific one.” – Maggie Maggie, Jordan, and Shay reflect on Luigi’s Mansion 3, the third installment in the nearly two-decades-old franchise. It’s the second such offering by Next Level Games, and we talk about the game’s controls, our favourite levels in the game, and Gooigi of course. Guess who got to fulfil their hoovering fantasy? This episode contains spoilers. Links: https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2019/1... https://twitter.com/chrissyteigen/sta... Reflections are scored individually on a scale from love to hate, and then a group Glass House Games verdict is determined using our magical algorithm. Join the conversation at https://glasshouse.games Send your thoughts to community@glasshouse.games Follow @GHGshow on Twitter and Instagram | |||
| GHG talks the 2010s, console cycles, and games of the decade | 30 Dec 2019 | 01:38:53 | |
“It was like Death Stranding... meets The Witcher... with Shadow of the Colossus aesthetics.” – Sam and Alex CG. Jordan, Shay, Sam, Maggie, Alex P, and Alex CG talk about the past decade in video games, what has changed (and what hasn’t) since 2010, and what games from the past ten years were most important to each of us. This episode contains spoilers for Heavy Rain but we may have actually managed to avoid spoiling anything else. Links: http://awards.bafta.org/award/2011/games https://www.theguardian.com/technology/gamesblog/2010/dec/22/top-20-games-20101 https://onezero.medium.com/why-the-best-video-games-lie-to-you-67ae22f1412f https://www.theguardian.com/technology/gamesblog/2011/jan/10/top-selling-games-of-2010 https://www.polygon.com/features/2019/11/5/20948196/video-games-predictions-decade-2010-2020 https://www.metacritic.com/feature/best-videogames-of-the-decade-2010s https://www.polygon.com/features/2019/11/4/20947389/best-games-2019-2010-ps4-switch-xbox-pc-10-1 https://www.polygon.com/2019/11/5/20949553/best-games-movies-comics-decade-2019-2010 https://www.eurogamer.net/archive/games-of-the-decade This week’s snack was: Crosstown Doughnuts! Come by the studio on your way to buy some for yourself. Join the conversation at https://glasshouse.games Send your thoughts to community@glasshouse.games Follow @GHGshow on Twitter and Instagram | |||
| Reflections: Death Stranding | 26 Dec 2019 | 02:16:17 | |
“I can’t make a mental map of all that shit he’s trying to tie together!” – Alex P Maggie, Sam, Alex CG, and Alex P reflect on Death Stranding, the first release from Kojima Productions since its reformation as an independent studio. We talk about whether the game truly offered an “all-new, genre-defying experience for the PlayStation 4 system”, celebrity appearances, advertising in games, and whether it’s possible to tell a complex story without exposition. This episode contains spoilers. Links: https://www.polygon.com/2019/11/14/20... https://uk.ign.com/articles/2019/11/1... https://www.techradar.com/uk/news/why... https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/20... https://frieze.com/article/odradek-fo... Reflections are scored individually on a scale from love to hate, and then a group Glass House Games verdict is determined using our magical algorithm. Join the conversation at https://glasshouse.games Send your thoughts to community@glasshouse.games Follow @GHGshow on Twitter and Instagram | |||
| GHG talks AAA “apoliticism”, political games, and the means of production (with Marijam Didžgalvytė) | 23 Dec 2019 | 01:36:44 | |
“The enemy is capitalism, it’s not just Call of Duty.” – Sam. Jordan, Shay, Sam, Alex CG, and Marijam Didžgalvytė talk about why AAA developers and publishers continue to insist that their games contain no political statements despite all the evidence to the contrary. We also ask whether proudly political games do enough to merit all the plaudits, and take a moment to fast-forward the conversation even further: to the uncomfortable geopolitics behind the global video games industry and its means of production. Links: https://www.polygon.com/e3/2018/6/12/17451688/the-division-2-is-not-making-any-political-statements https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87Jb5Qj5JPM https://www.theguardian.com/games/2018/jun/25/ubisoft-tom-clancy-division-2-politics-criticism https://theoutline.com/post/7803/are-video-games-political-conservative-liberal?zd=2&zi=luv75ex2 https://www.polygon.com/2018/6/20/17480666/video-games-companies-lying-politics http://www.bafta.org/games/features/power-of-games-beyond-entertainment https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/oct/30/papers-please-wins-2014-gamecity-prize https://medium.com/@marijamdid/radical-critique-of-papers-please-d1e24e57b8d5 This week’s snack was: elephant ear, baklava, and other assorted baked goods that you can buy in Brick Lane! Join the conversation at https://glasshouse.games Send your thoughts to community@glasshouse.games Follow @GHGshow on Twitter and Instagram | |||
| Reflections: The Outer Worlds | 19 Dec 2019 | 00:55:48 | |
“You watch him get beat up by these two security guards and he’s like “can I come with you?”, that doesn’t make any sense!” – Shay Sam, Shay, and Alex P reflect on The Outer Worlds, the latest RPG from Obsidian. We talk about its Fallout influence, satire of capitalism and why the main menu might be the best thing about it. This episode contains spoilers. Links: Reflections are scored individually on a scale from love to hate, and then a group Glass House Games verdict is determined using our magical algorithm. Join the conversation at https://glasshouse.games Send your thoughts to community@glasshouse.games Follow @GHGshow on Twitter and Instagram | |||
| GHG talks The Game Awards, Disco Elysium, and Xbox Series X | 16 Dec 2019 | 01:47:19 | |
“I think it might be the worst game I’ve played this year” – Alex P. Jordan, Maggie, and Alex P talk about the winners of The Game Awards, wonder why Disco Elysium wasn’t up for Game of the Year when it won so many other awards, and try to remember the name of the Xbox Series X. Links: https://www.gamespot.com/articles/the... https://www.theguardian.com/games/201... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tUqI... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJWI4... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zbq7B... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHdaW... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsjTK... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPGrt... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkC5i... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pb55y... This week’s snack was: chocolate salami! You can find recipes online. Join the conversation at https://glasshouse.games Send your thoughts to community@glasshouse.games Follow @GHGshow on Twitter and Instagram | |||
| Reflections: Man of Medan | 12 Dec 2019 | 01:06:33 | |
“I was surprised that the nerdy kid was called Brad.” – Jordan. Jordan, Shay, Sam, and Maggie reflect on The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan, the choice-based survival horror game from Supermassive Games. Shay can’t help but compare it to Until Dawn, Sam has thoughts on the cinematic approach, and Jordan and Maggie prove that it’s probably much better when you play it with friends. This episode contains spoilers. Reflections are scored individually on a scale from love to hate, and then a group Glass House Games verdict is determined using our magical algorithm. Join the conversation at https://glasshouse.games Send your thoughts to community@glasshouse.games Follow @GHGshow on Twitter and Instagram | |||
| Why do games get finished later? | GHG Show | 11 Oct 2021 | 01:05:22 | |
Please consider supporting us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/glasshousemedia Alex P (he/him) and Alex CG (they/them) Mat to talk about games that get finished way way later. *** Glass House Games records in the heart of Brick Lane, London. Make sure you subscribe and turn on notifications to never miss out! Send your thoughts to community@glasshouse.games https://www.twitter.com/GHGshow https://www.instagram.com/ghgshow https://www.twitch.tv/ghgshow https://www.glasshouse.games/podcasts https://www.patreon.com/glasshousemedia | |||
| GHG talks Blitzchung, Hong Kong, and China (with Ma Jian) | 09 Dec 2019 | 01:42:34 | |
"We thought it could only happen back in mainland China, but in the past five years this horrible stuff has actually happened in Hong Kong." – Ma Jian (via interpreter). Jordan, Sam, Alex P and special guest Ma Jian talk about the 2019 Hong Kong protests and what the gaming community can do to help. In October 2019, a professional Hearthstone player from Hong Kong known as Blitzchung won a match at the Hearthstone Grandmasters in Taipei, and used a post-match interview to speak in support of the Hong Kong protests. The next day, Hearthstone publisher Blizzard, which is part owned by a Chinese company called Tencent, announced that they had suspended Blitzchung for 12 months, wouldn’t give him his prize money, and would no longer work with the two casters involved in the interview, citing violation of a competition rule that forbids competitors from “engaging in any act that, in Blizzard’s sole discretion, brings you into public disrepute, offends a portion or group of the public, or otherwise damages Blizzard’s image”. Blizzard eventually restored the prize money and lessened the ban to six months, but the event has raised questions for video game companies and players. In this episode, we ask Ma Jian to help us contextualise the protests, consider the roles of the UK and the US, examine Blizzard’s actions, and ask what video game players can do. Our conversation with Ma Jian was facilitated by a Mandarin/English interpreter, so listeners may find this episode requires more concentration than usual. Ma Jian was born in China and is from a different generation than the students leading the protests in Hong Kong, but as someone who has faced punishment for his criticism of the Chinese Communist Party, his perspective is valuable. As the interpreter (who is from Hong Kong) told us that even he finds it hard to keep up with what is happening at the protests, we urge people to get the latest news from sources in Hong Kong where possible. Links: https://playhearthstone.com/en-us/blog/23179289? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-50091931 https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2019-10-26-gaming-beyond-the-great-firewall-of-china https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/111/1115314/china-dream/9781784708696.html This week’s snack was: Hong Kong egg tarts! You can buy your own at Bun House on Lisle Street, London. Join the conversation at https://glasshouse.games Send your thoughts to community@glasshouse.games Follow @GHGshow on Twitter and Instagram | |||
| Reflections: Untitled Goose Game | 05 Dec 2019 | 00:57:00 | |
“HONK!” – Everyone Maggie, Sam, and Alex CG reflect on Untitled Goose Game, the game where you play as a horrible goose by House House. We talk about how the game has become a pop culture phenomenon, its appeal to non-gamers, and the developer’s inclusion in the credits of how the game was made in the lands of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation. This episode contains spoilers. Links: https://twitter.com/sarahhiraki/statu... https://twitter.com/MediocreDave/stat... https://twitter.com/emaudible/status/... https://uk.ign.com/articles/2019/10/2... https://www.gamesindustry.biz/article... https://www.gamesindustry.biz/article... https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/xw... Reflections are scored individually on a scale from love to hate, and then a group Glass House Games verdict is determined using our magical algorithm. Join the conversation at https://glasshouse.games Send your thoughts to community@glasshouse.games Follow @GHGshow on Twitter and Instagram | |||
| Reflections: Fire Emblem Three Houses | 03 Dec 2019 | 01:22:20 | |
"Yes, I dated my students!" - Shay Shay, Maggie, Alex CG and Alex P reflect on Fire Emblem: Three Houses, the brand new instalment in the long running Fire Emblem series from developers Intelligent Systems. Three Houses is a narrative driven, tactical RPG that explores themes of casteism, fascism and feudalism. Join us as we delve into the intricacies of high school monastery living and the ethics of dating your students. This episode contains spoilers. Links: "Gismonda" by Alphonse Mucha: https://www.reproduction-gallery.com/... "The Hunters in the Snow" by Pieter Bruegel The Elder: https://d7hftxdivxxvm.cloudfront.net/... "Primavera" by Sandro Botticelli: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi... Reflections are scored individually on a scale from love to hate, and then a group Glass House Games verdict is determined using our magical algorithm. Join the conversation at https://glasshouse.games Send your thoughts to community@glasshouse.games Follow @GHGshow on Twitter and Instagram | |||
| GHG talks Half-Life: Alyx, Steam, and virtual reality | 02 Dec 2019 | 00:54:34 | |
“I was evangelised into Half-Life.” – Alex CG Jordan, Sam, Alex P, and Alex CG talk about the announcement of Half-Life: Alyx, a VR-exclusive prequel set between Half-Life and Half-Life 2. Jordan and Alex P have never really played Half-Life but quite like VR. Sam doesn’t like VR but has played the Half-Life games. Alex CG has a lot of thoughts about the impact of the Half-Life series on the rest of video games, and might be the only one who’s… cautiously excited? This episode contains some spoilers for the Half-Life series. Links: https://www.theguardian.com/games/2019/nov/22/valve-reveals-vr-exclusive-game-half-life-alyx https://www.roadtovr.com/half-life-alyx-trailer-views-mainstream-gaming-spotlight/ https://twitter.com/tha_rami/status/1200335736907677696 https://store.steampowered.com/valveindex https://www.theverge.com/2019/11/22/20977938/half-life-alyx-vr-reactions-opinions-verge-staff https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/alyx-needs-arms/ https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2019-11-22-valve-explains-why-half-life-alyx-is-a-vr-exclusive This week’s snack was: truffles from Dark Sugars! You can buy your own at Dark Sugars on Brick Lane. Join the conversation at https://glasshouse.games Send your thoughts to community@glasshouse.games Follow @GHGshow on Twitter and Instagram | |||
| Reflections: Control | 26 Nov 2019 | 01:08:14 | |
“These words make no sense” – Jordan Sam, Shay and Jordan reflect on Control, the supernatural shooter from Remedy Entertainment. We discuss brutalist architecture, lore and just what does Lynchian mean anyway? This episode contains spoilers. Links: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TULeD... https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/20... Reflections are scored individually on a scale from love to hate, and then a group Glass House Games verdict is determined using our magical algorithm. Join the conversation at https://glasshouse.games Send your thoughts to community@glasshouse.games Follow @GHGshow on Twitter and Instagram | |||
| Reflections: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 26 Nov 2019 | 01:28:13 | |
“We get dirty, so the world stays clean...what a load of-” – Alex CG Sam, CG and Alex reflect on Call of Duty Modern Warfare, the latest bombastic shooter from Infinity Ward and Activision. They talk about how it compares to previous CoDs, some lacklustre set pieces and the real world conflicts it evokes. This episode contains spoilers. Links: https://theconversation.com/kurds-tar... https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/20... https://www.justiceinitiative.org/pub... https://www.theguardian.com/commentis... https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2... https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/uk... https://www.nusconnect.org.uk/resourc... Reflections are scored individually on a scale from love to hate, and then a group Glass House Games verdict is determined using our magical algorithm. Join the conversation at https://glasshouse.games Send your thoughts to community@glasshouse.games Follow @GHGshow on Twitter and Instagram | |||
| GHG talks Work, Play, and Snacks | 26 Nov 2019 | 01:11:55 | |
“Pokémon joined the gig economy. It’s happened.” – Sam. For our very first episode, it’s a full house! Jordan, Shay, Sam, Maggie, Alex P, and Alex CG talk about their favourite video games that feel like work. Who likes to be told what to do and who wants to be their own boss? Who will work for the promise of a new wardrobe and who vacuums up every gold coin they see? And why DO we come home from our jobs and spend our leisure time on virtual chores? Links: Ian Bogost’s article for the Atlantic “Don’t Play the Goose Game https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2019/10/dont-play-the-goose-game/600472/ Patricia Hernandez’s tweet about “the pull toward boring shit in video games https://twitter.com/xpatriciah/status/1194317483374567424?s=12 Dick Hogg’s article for Gamasutra about making Wilmot’s Warehouse https://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/352585/Game_Design_Deep_Dive_The_creative_camaraderie_behind_Wilmots_Warehouse.php This week’s snack was: stained-glass window cookies! To make your own, cut shapes out of biscuit dough, cut holes in the middle of your shapes, and fill those windows with crushed boiled sweets before baking. Join the conversation at https://glasshouse.games Send your thoughts to community@glasshouse.games Follow @GHGshow on Twitter and Instagram | |||
| September's Biggest Gaming News | Gamer's Digest | September 2021 | GHG Show | 04 Oct 2021 | 02:02:01 | |
Please consider supporting us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/glasshousemedia The GHG Crew wraps up the important games and news stories of September! *** Glass House Games records in the heart of Brick Lane, London. Make sure you subscribe and turn on notifications to never miss out! Send your thoughts to community@glasshouse.games https://www.twitter.com/GHGshow https://www.instagram.com/ghgshow https://www.twitch.tv/ghgshow https://www.glasshouse.games/podcasts https://www.patreon.com/glasshousemedia | |||
| Lake Review | Reflections | 30 Sep 2021 | 00:19:48 | |
An extended version of this episode is available at https://www.patreon.com/posts/56802660 Alex P (he/him) and Shay (she/her) join Samantha (she/her) to reflect on Lake (2021) another entry into the Strand Genre. *** Glass House Games records in the heart of Brick Lane, London. Make sure you subscribe and turn on notifications to never miss out! Send your thoughts to community@glasshouse.games https://www.twitter.com/GHGshow | |||
| Does the games press have an Anglospherical bias? ft. Diego Nicolás Argüello | GHG Show | 27 Sep 2021 | 01:03:36 | |
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| It's A Secret | GHG Show | 20 Sep 2021 | 01:18:45 | |
Please consider supporting us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/glasshousemedia Alps (he/him), Astrid (they/them) and Samantha (she/her) join Mat to talk about how games are better for having secrets, but secrets are the hardest bit of game design to justify spending time on. https://twitter.com/joelburgess/status/1428008043556622336 *** Glass House Games records in the heart of Brick Lane, London. Send your thoughts to community@glasshouse.games https://www.twitter.com/GHGshow | |||
| The Forgotten City | Reflections | 16 Sep 2021 | 00:35:51 | |
Content Note: There's some discussion of suicide in this episode. https://www.twitter.com/GHGshow | |||
| Success and Failure are fake ideas | GHG Show | 13 Sep 2021 | 01:06:39 | |
Please consider supporting us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/glasshousemedia Alps (he/him), Astrid (they/them) and Mat join Samantha (she/her) to talk about how profit isn't the only way to measure success. https://www.vice.com/en/article/nnknjz/one-glorious-day-at-londons-summer-of-sonic-fan-convention-740 *** Glass House Games records in the heart of Brick Lane, London. Make sure you subscribe and turn on notifications to never miss out! Send your thoughts to community@glasshouse.games https://www.twitter.com/GHGshow | |||
| 12 Minutes | Reflections | 09 Sep 2021 | 00:16:22 | |
Content Note: There's a brief mention of this game's themes, including incest and drugging. An Extended Cut of this episode is available on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/55908414 Alex P (he/him) and Mat join Shay (she/her) to reflect on 12 Minutes (2021) a game about time looping over and over, and some other gross stuff. *** Glass House Games records in the heart of Brick Lane, London. Make sure you subscribe and turn on notifications to never miss out! Send your thoughts to community@glasshouse.games https://www.twitter.com/GHGshow | |||
| Game Developers: Join A Union | Window Into Glass House | 09 Nov 2021 | 00:42:42 | |
Please consider supporting us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/glasshousemedia Welcome to the Window into Glass House, where we recap all the latest gaming news. This episode was filmed on 09/11/21, and we talked about Disco Elysium, Removing the Danny Trejo Hot Dog Mission, For some reason a lot of Elon Musk and how there need to be consequences for terrible corporate action. 0:00 Intro 0:40 Disco Elysium Chat! 5:20 Far Cry 6 9:32 Pay Raises! 19:12 Randy's Promotion 20:12 Elon's Tax Chat 24:01 Break 24:38 When do the Corporate Consequences start? 26:56 Elon Again 31:52 Back to the Corporate Consequences 31:56 Jen Oneal Leaving Activision Blizzard 34:53 Forza's Out But It's Not Out 36:12 Great Accessibility Options This was streamed live on Twitch. If you'd like to watch us live, follow us at https://www.twitch.tv/ghgshow https://www.uvwunion.org.uk/en/ https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/240485.Storm_of_Steel
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| The biggest gaming news of August | Gamer's Digest | August 2021 | GHG Show | 06 Sep 2021 | 01:47:28 | |
Please consider supporting us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/glasshousemedia The GHG Crew wraps up the important games and news stories of August! https://www.gameinformer.com/exclusive-interview/2021/08/28/naughty-by-nature-naughty-dog-leadership-reflects-on-the-studios *** Glass House Games records in the heart of Brick Lane, London. Send your thoughts to community@glasshouse.games https://www.twitter.com/GHGshow https://www.instagram.com/ghgshow/ https://www.twitch.tv/ghgshow https://www.glasshouse.games/podcasts https://www.patreon.com/glasshousemedia | |||
| Games Don't Have To Be This Way! | GHG Show | 30 Aug 2021 | 01:17:14 | |
Please consider supporting us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/glasshousemedia https://www.thegamer.com/halo-infinite-battle-pass-boring/ *** Glass House Games records in the heart of Brick Lane, London. Make sure you subscribe and turn on notifications to never miss out! Send your thoughts to community@glasshouse.games https://www.twitter.com/GHGshow | |||
| No Longer Home Review | Reflections | 26 Aug 2021 | 00:19:48 | |
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| Are games just MLMs? | GHG Show | 23 Aug 2021 | 01:33:05 | |
Alex P (he/him) Mat and Shay (she/her) join Astrid (they/them) to talk about Multi Level Marketing companies and the overlap with a lot of games and gaming culture. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cargo_cult https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2021-07-03-faze-kicks-out-one-member-and-suspends-three-others-over-alleged-influencer-crypto-scam https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/apr/14/what-is-greensill-lobbying-scandal-who-involved *** Glass House Games records in the heart of Brick Lane, London. Make sure you subscribe and turn on notifications to never miss out! Send your thoughts to community@glasshouse.games https://www.twitter.com/GHGshow https://www.instagram.com/ghgshow/ https://www.twitch.tv/ghgshow https://www.glasshouse.games/podcasts https://www.patreon.com/glasshousemedia | |||
| Why do we collect "Gamer Tat"? | GHG Show | 16 Aug 2021 | 01:40:00 | |
Please consider supporting us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/glasshousemedia Astrid (they/them), Samantha (she/her) and Shay (she/her) join Alex P (he/him) to talk about some rare objects from their collection and what the point of collecting these things is. *** Glass House Games records in the heart of Brick Lane, London. Send your thoughts to community@glasshouse.games https://www.twitter.com/GHGshow https://www.instagram.com/ghgshow/ https://www.twitch.tv/ghgshow https://www.glasshouse.games/podcasts https://www.patreon.com/glasshousemedia | |||
| Biomutant Review | Reflections | 12 Aug 2021 | 00:14:31 | |
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| Games will sell you anything | GHG Show | 09 Aug 2021 | 01:14:43 | |
Please consider supporting us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/glasshousemedia The Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Žižek likes to tell a joke about a customer in a cafe who asks for coffee without milk. The owner replies that they've run out of milk, but they can have a coffee without cream. The games industry uses a similar idea, selling the absence of something back to the consumer. Alex P (he/him) and Astrid (they/them) join Samantha (she/her) to talk about "No Crunch" as the bare minimum acceptable way to create games and not a celebration, along with a list of bad industry practices that developers can use as a marketing victory for their lack of inclusion. 0:00 Intro https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12617.Manufacturing_Consent *** Glass House Games records in the heart of Brick Lane, London. Make sure you subscribe and turn on notifications to never miss out! Send your thoughts to community@glasshouse.games https://www.twitter.com/GHGshow | |||
| What were 2019-2020's best games? | Reflections | 05 Aug 2021 | 01:45:14 | |
This episode of Reflections was recorded live for GHG Patrons. Consider supporting us at https://www.patreon.com/glasshousemedia It's Christmas in July! This is the 2nd part of two episodes where we address some glaring omissions from our all-time (2019-2020) list of top games. 00:00 Intro and explanation *** Glass House Games records in the heart of Brick Lane, London. Send your thoughts to community@glasshouse.games https://www.twitter.com/GHGshow https://www.instagram.com/ghgshow/ https://www.twitch.tv/ghgshow https://www.glasshouse.games/podcasts https://www.patreon.com/glasshousemedia | |||
| California Sues Activision-Blizzard | Gamer's Digest | July 2021 | GHG Show | 02 Aug 2021 | 01:55:17 | |
Please consider supporting us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/glasshousemedia A lot happened in July that we didn't get a chance to talk about. We're wrapping up the month in this month's Gamer's Digest! 00:00 Intro and https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/dispute-over-a-pc-version-of-lost-judgement-may-see-the-series-come-to-an-abrupt-end/ https://kotaku.com/activision-blizzard-hires-union-busting-firm-as-workers-1847386654 *** Glass House Games records in the heart of Brick Lane, London. Send your thoughts to community@glasshouse.games https://www.twitter.com/GHGshow | |||
| Re-ranking 2019-2020's best games | Reflections | 29 Jul 2021 | 02:05:32 | |
This episode of Reflections was recorded live for GHG Patrons. Consider supporting us at https://patreon.com/glasshousemedia It's Christmas in July! This is the first part of two episodes where we add games to our all-time (2019-2020) list of top games. This first part is us checking and making sure we all still agree with where our existing game selections sit. 00:00 Intro and explanation 10:46 Call of Duty Modern Warfare 11:23 Mosaic 13:09 Cyberpunk 2077 16:10 Pikuniku 19:45 A Plague Tale: Innocence 22:52 The Outer Worlds 25:55 Man of Medan 27:19 Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey 29:11 Fall Guys 33:17 Astro’s Playroom 36:11 Ghost of Tsushima 39:11 Final Fantasy 7 Remake 41:28 Break 41:55 Animal Crossing: New Horizons 44:06 Death Stranding 47:08 Apex Legends 50:24 Luigi’s Mansion 3 52:21 Spelunky 2 55:02 Life is Strange 2 58:52 Streets of Rage 4/Untitled Goose Game/Noita 1:08:55 Hades 1:15:10 Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice 1:18:46 Islanders 1:20:23 Break 1:21:37 Control 1:28:52 Sayonara Wild Hearts/Stillness of the Wind 1:30:54 Astrologaster 1:35:44 Spiritfarer 1:40:18 A Short Hike 1:43:23 The Last of Us: Part 2/Fire Emblem: Three Houses 1:46:21 Baba Is You 1:48:46 Ape Out 1:50:28 Ape Out v Umurangi Generation 1:52:15 Disco Elysium vs Kentucky Route Zero 2:03:30 Outro and thanks! *** Glass House Games records in the heart of Brick Lane, London. Make sure you subscribe and turn on notifications to never miss out! Send your thoughts to community@glasshouse.games https://www.twitter.com/GHGshow https://www.instagram.com/ghgshow/ https://www.twitch.tv/ghgshow https://www.glasshouse.games/podcasts https://www.patreon.com/glasshousemedia | |||