The Game Design Hacks

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Mario Golf Should Have Been Better (Season Finale)

Season 1 · Episode 10

Wednesday, September 22, 2021 • Duration 01:08:19

In the season finale, Mario Golf underwhelms Dale and Tom with its lofty promises - but it takes Dale a moment to realise it. Also, we decide which was the best game of the season.

0:10:19 - What Are We Playing?

0:22:56 - Mario Golf Diagnosis

0:54:30 - The Best Game Design of the Season

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Torn Apart - an RPG based on Tommy Wiseau's The Room (Design Challenge)

Season 1 · Episode 9

Monday, July 19, 2021 • Duration 52:51

Tom channels his inner Tommy bringing a rendition of Tommy Wiseau's The Room into tabletop form to meet Dale's challenge.

Is Fez Still Good? (and E3) (Diagnosis)

Season 1 · Episode 8

Tuesday, June 29, 2021 • Duration 55:00

Dale and Tom look at E3 2021 and decide to play Fez instead - but does it hold up or it does it fold up?

Yeah, nah, it holds up so we gush about it and break it down a bit and also E3 wasn't that bad but there wasn't any Switch Pro and is this description still going and wasn't it third person a moment ago?

Listen for E3 hot takes and a Fez mechanical review.

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Everything Wrong with Sonic Generations (Diagnosis)

Season 1 · Episode 7

Thursday, May 27, 2021 • Duration 01:24:26

Dale and Tom try to figure out where the feeling changed in Sonic's 3D games, also we discuss Nintendo Indie World really, really late.

0:00:59 - Nintendo Indie World

0:22:35 - What Are We Playing?

0:39:45 - Sonic 3D Diagnosis

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Playcast: The Athenian Philosophical Olympic Pentathlon (Non-random Ancient Greek Court Intrigue)

Season 1 · Episode 6

Thursday, May 6, 2021 • Duration 01:32:02

May the best boast win - Dale and Tom are joined by Milly, Kayleigh and Rocco to play an Olympic Pentathlon where the ultimate sportsman is the player who can best describe their Olympic feats.

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Gardenscapes' Seven Thousand Levels ain't A Short Hike's One (Diagnosis)

Season 1 · Episode 5

Thursday, April 8, 2021 • Duration 58:19

Tom addicts himself to free-to-play mobile game Gardenscapes while Dale enjoys the infinitely more conquerable A Short Hike.

Design Challenge: Non-random Ancient Greek Court Intrigue

Season 1 · Episode 4

Tuesday, March 23, 2021 • Duration 01:13:13

Dale answers Tom's design challenge: Ancient Greece, non-random and Court Intrigue. Meanwhile, Nintendo goes Direct and Stadia goes to shit.

Is Hades well designed? (Diagnosis)

Season 1 · Episode 3

Tuesday, February 9, 2021 • Duration 39:17

Tom inspects Hades' procedural generation, meta and narrative design before setting Dale his first design challenge.

2020: The Best and Worst Game Mechanics

Season 1 · Episode 2

Monday, January 25, 2021 • Duration 01:27:47

Dale and Tom dive into the best and worst game mechanics from the year that was 2020.

What's wrong with Super Mario Party? (Diagnosis)

Season 1 · Episode 1

Friday, January 1, 2021 • Duration 01:04:39

Dale rips apart the board play of Super Mario Party and while Tom dissects the text display for Planescape: Torment.

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