Design Thinking Games

Listen now (41 min) | After playing a game with the three-headed dragon, and dreaming that night of LARPing, our heroes wake to find an old man Matthew Visyak who says, "It's dangerous to go alone!" Read the transcript. Things discussed on this episode: 04:13 Final Fantasy 06:01 Breath of Fire 4 06:28 The Last Ninja 06:40 Simon's Quest 12:33 Dice Invasion 12:49 It's Kind of a Fun Story 13:39 Gloomhaven 23:57 The Outlast Trials 34:40 Resident Evil 4 35:22 Diablo 4 35:53 Hogwarts Legacy 37:26 Jedi Survivor 37:51 Final Fantasy XVI 38:22 Tears of the Kingdom 38:40 Sons of the Forest 39:30 Spider-Man 2 Support the show on Patreon! Follow us on Twitter @DTGamesPodcast. Follow us on TikTok @designthinkinggames. Subscribe on Twitch at DesignThinkingGames. Tim Broadwater is @uxbear on Twitter. Michael Schofield is @schoeyfield on Twitter. Send us stuff, contact us, get merch, news, and more at https://designthinkinggames.com/

Listen now (19 min) | Design Thinking LARPing is a fully immersive, fully cast, tongue-in-cheek radio play about LARPers taking over a gaming convention. Join Tim, Michael, and Rapid Protobot on this adventure. Read the transcript. Support the show on Patreon! Follow us on Twitter @DTGamesPodcast. Follow us on TikTok @designthinkinggames. Subscribe on Twitch at DesignThinkingGames. Tim Broadwater is @uxbear on Twitter. Michael Schofield is @schoeyfield on Twitter. Send us stuff, contact us, get merch, news, and more at https://designthinkinggames.com/

Listen now (61 min) | Heeding the warning from the space wizard, our heroes make camp for the night in a nearby cave. They soon discover that the cave is inhabited by a three-headed dragon named PopHaus, who just wants to play a new game called It's Kind of a Fun Story! Read the transcript. Things discussed on this episode: 02:44 Final Fantasy VII 03:30 Crash Bandicoot 04:06 Dream Phone 05:22 Mouse Trap 09:06 Animal Crossing 15:11 Codenames 15:30 It's Kind of a Fun Story 20:01 Cards Against Humanity 31:29 Gloomhaven 39:41 Spot It 41:37 Betrayal at House on the Hill 42:34 Secret Hitler 45:49 Skippo 46:46 Dragula 49:01 Final Fantasy XIV 51:39 Big Brother 55:04 Monikers Support the show on Patreon! Follow us on Twitter @DTGamesPodcast. Follow us on TikTok @designthinkinggames. Subscribe on Twitch at DesignThinkingGames. Tim Broadwater is @uxbear on Twitter. Michael Schofield is @schoeyfield on Twitter. Send us stuff, contact us, get merch, news, and more at https://designthinkinggames.com/

Listen now (53 min) | After parting ways with their old friend, our heroes travel until they encounter Connor Wake, a tabletop game wizard from outer space! Read the transcript. Things discussed on this episode: The Mind Roads & Boats Scythe Framework Into the Breach Herbacious Support the show on Patreon! Follow us on Twitter @DTGamesPodcast. Follow us on TikTok @designthinkinggames. Subscribe on Twitch at DesignThinkingGames. Tim Broadwater is @uxbear on Twitter. Michael Schofield is @schoeyfield on Twitter. Send us stuff, contact us, get merch, news, and more at https://designthinkinggames.com/

Listen now (62 min) | On their epic quest our heroes encounter an old friend, Aaron H., and they talk about his recent gaming conquests in Stillfleet. Read the transcript. Things discussed on this episode: Stillfleet The Rain Thieves Dune Float City Fun City Podcast Strings Roll 20 Malinger Robot Factory The Art of Game Design: Book of Lenses The Game Design Workshop Candyland Moats in the Eye Splendor Galaxy Trucker Support the show on Patreon! Follow us on Twitter @DTGamesPodcast. Follow us on TikTok @designthinkinggames. Subscribe on Twitch at DesignThinkingGames. Tim Broadwater is @uxbear on Twitter. Michael Schofield is @schoeyfield on Twitter. Send us stuff, contact us, get merch, news, and more at https://designthinkinggames.com/

Listen now (48 min) | Bidding the family of designers good morrow, our heroes find respite, a cozy moment to decompress with Scalisco Games founder Dan Scalise and talk about their new game: Corgi's Cozy Hike. Read the transcript. Things discussed on this episode: 00:59 Dog Gone Seattle. Lots: Corgis Cozy Hike 1:26 Candy Crush 02:53 Final Fantasy 03:11 Game of Thrones board game 03:11 Avalon 03:11 Resistance 03:28 Among Us 03:37 One Night Werewolf 03:50 Blood on the Clock Tower 04:15 Donkey Kong Country Lots: Banjo Kazooie 10:13 Mario 64 15:12 Rock Miner 22:53 Elden Ring 22:53 Tears of the Kingdom 22:53 Zelda (The Legend of Zelda series) Support the show on Patreon! Follow us on Twitter @DTGamesPodcast. Follow us on TikTok @designthinkinggames. Subscribe on Twitch at DesignThinkingGames. Tim Broadwater is @uxbear on Twitter. Michael Schofield is @schoeyfield on Twitter. Send us stuff, contact us, get merch, news, and more at https://designthinkinggames.com/

Listen now (54 min) | As our heroes sneak their way past the battlefield, they encounter a small family of game designers. Laura Rodriguez and daughter Adriana Bailey discuss the making of their new game Dice Invasion. Read the transcript. Things discussed on this episode: 01:53 Theater LARP 07:18 Designing a LARP 10:13 Aspire SRD 11:00 Caltrop Core 16:24 Her Odyssey 19:35 Solo-Journaling RPGs 21:47 Galatea 25:07 Diversity Saves 33:09 Mass Effect 33:54 Knights of the Old Republic 34:51 Tyranny 37:01 Magic the Gathering 40:19 Vampire Survivors 42:10 Tunic 45:06 Root 46:07 Dragon Quest Support the show on Patreon! Follow us on Twitter @DTGamesPodcast. Follow us on TikTok @designthinkinggames. Subscribe on Twitch at DesignThinkingGames. Tim Broadwater is @uxbear on Twitter. Michael Schofield is @schoeyfield on Twitter. Send us stuff, contact us, get merch, news, and more at https://designthinkinggames.com/

Listen now (57 min) | With the Forest of Trees behind them, we stumble upon a battle - but a mysterious game designer on the periphery explains that it's just a Boffer LARP. S. Kaiya J. discusses game design, the Aspire SRD, Diversity Saves, and the complexity of LARP design. Read the transcript. Things discussed on this episode: 01:53 Theater LARP 07:18 Designing a LARP 10:13 Aspire SRD 11:00 Caltrop Core 16:24 Her Odyssey 19:35 Solo-Journaling RPGs 21:47 Galatea 25:07 Diversity Saves 33:09 Mass Effect 33:54 Knights of the Old Republic 34:51 Tyranny 37:01 Magic the Gathering 40:19 Vampire Survivors 42:10 Tunic 45:06 Root 46:07 Dragon Quest Support the show on Patreon! Follow us on Twitter @DTGamesPodcast. Follow us on TikTok @designthinkinggames. Subscribe on Twitch at DesignThinkingGames. Tim Broadwater is @uxbear on Twitter. Michael Schofield is @schoeyfield on Twitter. Send us stuff, contact us, get merch, news, and more at https://designthinkinggames.com/

Listen now (60 min) | As our heroes just set out on their new gaming quest, they encounter Nick Finck, "The Director of the Forest of Trees." Nick discusses being a UX professional, advisor, mentor, coach, speaker, and founding Craft & Rigor. Read the transcript. Things discussed on this episode: 15:25 Dungeons & Dragons: First Edition 19:37 Mazes and Monsters 21:02 The Real Housewives of D&D 21:39 Digital D&D 21:51 D&D Beyond 28:34 Craft and Rigor 32:23 NickFinck.com 41:17 Trailer Park Wars 49:39 Cards Against Humanity Support the show on Patreon! Follow us on Twitter @DTGamesPodcast. Follow us on TikTok @designthinkinggames. Subscribe on Twitch at DesignThinkingGames. Tim Broadwater is @uxbear on Twitter. Michael Schofield is @schoeyfield on Twitter. Send us stuff, contact us, get merch, news, and more at https://designthinkinggames.com/

Listen now (45 min) | Our heroes kick-off season 3 of the podcast discussing changes to the podcast, what they've been playing, the Devil In Me, and the Season Challenge: Outlast Trials! Read the transcript. Things discussed on this episode: 02:44 What we've been playing since last season 02:56 Gabriel Knight 2: The Beast Within 03:21 Titanic: Adventure out of Time 03:54 Regency Call of Cthulhu 04:27 Flourish 05:34 Gears of War 5 05:49 The Stick of Truth and the Fractured But Whole 05:55 Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch 10:41 The Devil In Me 28:18 The Season Challenge: Outlast Trials Support the show on Patreon! Follow us on Twitter @DTGamesPodcast. Follow us on TikTok @designthinkinggames. Subscribe on Twitch at DesignThinkingGames. Tim Broadwater is @uxbear on Twitter. Michael Schofield is @schoeyfield on Twitter. Send us stuff, contact us, get merch, news, and more at https://designthinkinggames.com/

Listen now (2 min) | Our fantastic and new season 3 intro for the Design Thinking Games podcast! Read the transcript. Support the show on Patreon! Follow us on Twitter @DTGamesPodcast. Follow us on TikTok @designthinkinggames. Subscribe on Twitch at DesignThinkingGames. Tim Broadwater is @uxbear on Twitter. Michael Schofield is @schoeyfield on Twitter. Send us stuff, contact us, get merch, news, and more at https://designthinkinggames.com/

Listen now (51 min) | The big fish is revealed to be Sophia Prater, Chief Evangelist of OOUX. Our heroes learn about the history of object-oriented UX and the design of Sophia's new game. We finally review the results of this season's great challenge: Moonlighter! Read the transcript. Things discussed on this episode: 01:10 Sophia Prater 02:15 Axure 09:14 Object Orientated UX (OOUX) 13:17 Atomic Design 14:52 Thinking in Services 16:31 UX Magic 19:14 Object Map 27:05 Lords of Waterdeep 29:28 OOUX.com 34:03 Moonlighter 38:10 Cult of the Lamb 38:48 Rollercoaster Tycoon 39:38 Monster Hunter Support the show on Patreon! Follow us on Twitter @DTGamesPodcast. Follow us on TikTok @designthinkinggames. Subscribe on Twitch at DesignThinkingGames. Tim Broadwater is @uxbear on Twitter. Michael Schofield is @schoeyfield on Twitter. Send us stuff, contact us, get merch, news, and more at https://designthinkinggames.com/

Listen now (24 min) | Having overcome the collective horde, our heroes are confronted with their greatest challenge: a really big ****ing space fish. Read the transcript. Games discussed on this episode: 3:05 Elden Ring 4:06 Resident Evil Village 9:00 It Takes Two 12:48 Mad Max 13:18 God Of War 15:27 Stray 17:32 Simon's Quest 17:51 Dying Light 21:46 Breath of the Wild Support the show on Patreon! Follow us on Twitter @DTGamesPodcast. Follow us on TikTok @designthinkinggames. Subscribe on Twitch at DesignThinkingGames. Tim Broadwater is @uxbear on Twitter. Michael Schofield is @schoeyfield on Twitter. Send us stuff, contact us, get merch, news, and more at https://designthinkinggames.com/

Listen now (34 min) | After having an allergic reaction to the sci-fi feline, our heroes return to space and are immediately confronted by a gamer collective armada! Read the transcript. Games discussed on this episode: 2:11 Dragula 4:42 PopCon 7:22 LPGWV 17:21 Motown Tilt 17:47 Mortal Kombat 19:16 Pac-Man 20:51 PewDiePie 21:19 Pokemon Go 23:14 Okami 24:41 Evil Within 27:07 Sailor Moon R 28:48 Pittsburgh Dad Support the show on Patreon! Follow us on Twitter @DTGamesPodcast. Follow us on TikTok @designthinkinggames. Subscribe on Twitch at DesignThinkingGames. Tim Broadwater is @uxbear on Twitter. Michael Schofield is @schoeyfield on Twitter. Send us stuff, contact us, get merch, news, and more at https://designthinkinggames.com/

Listen now (33 min) | Surviving the asteroid field, our heroes pass a nearby planet, and run into a friendly sci-fi feline and his robot companion. Read the transcript. Games discussed on this episode: 0:53 Stray 5:44 Death Stranding 17:53 Elden Ring 24:24 Horizon Forbidden West 25:41 Splatoons 3 27:09 Tunic 27:36 Evil Dead 27:47 Ghostwire Tokyo 28:06 Bioshock 29:02 Moonlighter 29:15 Cult of the Lamb Support the show on Patreon! Follow us on Twitter @DTGamesPodcast. Follow us on TikTok @designthinkinggames. Subscribe on Twitch at DesignThinkingGames. Tim Broadwater is @uxbear on Twitter. Michael Schofield is @schoeyfield on Twitter. Send us stuff, contact us, get merch, news, and more at https://designthinkinggames.com/

Listen now (34 min) | After communing with the game designer, our heroes blast through a dense asteroid field made up of simulator, voice chat, collaboration, totaling, karma, and other game mechanic rocks. Read the transcript. Games discussed on this episode: 1:33 Stray 2:21 Goat Simulator 2:35 Maneater 4:20 Fly Simulator 7:34 Hell Let Lose 9:40 Battlefield 4 10:39 Friday the 13th 13:14 Dead by Daylight 15:48 Spy Vs. Spy 16:28 Oregon Trail Card Game 16:47 Munchkin 17:33 ROBOT RISE! 19:34 Vampire the Masquerade 24:35 Ticket To Ride 25:57 Settlers of Catan 27:32 Lords of Waterdeep 28:05 Call of Cthulu 30:21 Marvel Superheroes RPG Support the show on Patreon! Follow us on Twitter @DTGamesPodcast. Follow us on TikTok @designthinkinggames. Subscribe on Twitch at DesignThinkingGames. Tim Broadwater is @uxbear on Twitter. Michael Schofield is @schoeyfield on Twitter. Send us stuff, contact us, get merch, news, and more at https://designthinkinggames.com/

Listen now (37 min) | After leaving summer camp, our heroes have a chance encounter with a game designer of some renown. Read the transcript. Games discussed on this episode: 1:53 AEGIS Combining Robots 12:15 Magic the Gathering 12:42 Warhammer 40K 20:02 Gloomhaven 23:15 Protospiel Support the show on Patreon! Follow us on Twitter @DTGamesPodcast. Follow us on TikTok @designthinkinggames. Subscribe on Twitch at DesignThinkingGames. Tim Broadwater is @uxbear on Twitter. Michael Schofield is @schoeyfield on Twitter. Send us stuff, contact us, get merch, news, and more at https://designthinkinggames.com/

Listen now (36 min) | After exploring heroic tropes and struggles, our adventurers receive an urgent distress signal. Tracing the origins of the signal, our heroes travel to a strange and unknown mining planet, where the source of the signal is coming from a summer camp. Read the transcript. Games discussed on this episode: 1:33 The Quarry 9:23 House of Ashes 10:32 Until Dawn 27:34 The Devil in Me 31:23 Detroit: Become Human 32:22 Little Hope 33:56 Pick-a-Path Book Series Support the show on Patreon! Follow us on Twitter @DTGamesPodcast. Follow us on TikTok @designthinkinggames. Subscribe on Twitch at DesignThinkingGames. Tim Broadwater is @uxbear on Twitter. Michael Schofield is @schoeyfield on Twitter. Send us stuff, contact us, get merch, news, and more at https://designthinkinggames.com/

Listen now (32 min) | Bidding the space adventurers a good journey, our heroes explore what it is about last stands and struggles against oppressive forces that makes a great hero.

Listen now (32 min) | Narrowly escaping the asteroid field, our heroes are joined by space adventurers Christopher Kincaid and Jared Kaplan of Lonely Hero Games. The four explore designing games and starting a game design studio. Read the transcript. Games discussed on this episode: 17:44 Codenames 17:48 5 Minute Mystery 18:21 Bank Heist 18:45 Hungry for Humans Support the show on Patreon! Follow us on Twitter @DTGamesPodcast. Follow us on TikTok @designthinkinggames. Subscribe on Twitch at DesignThinkingGames. Tim Broadwater is @uxbear on Twitter. Michael Schofield is @schoeyfield on Twitter. Send us stuff, contact us, get merch, news, and more at https://designthinkinggames.com/

Listen now (34 min) | After leaving PAX East on planet royale, our heroes must carefully navigate an asteroid field made up of geocaching, augmented reality, and location-based games. Read the transcript. Games discussed on this episode: 02:18 Sea of Thieves 02:49 Letterboxing 11:36 Ready Player One 13:30 Rabbids 16:29 Pokemon Go 18:09 Ingress Prime 19:32 Harry Potter Wizards Unite 20:48 World of Warcraft 24:06 Pikmin Bloom 27:29 Minecraft 31:13 Horizon Forbidden West Support the show on Patreon! Follow us on Twitter @DTGamesPodcast. Follow us on TikTok @designthinkinggames. Subscribe on Twitch at DesignThinkingGames. Tim Broadwater is @uxbear on Twitter. Michael Schofield is @schoeyfield on Twitter. Send us stuff, contact us, get merch, news, and more at https://designthinkinggames.com/

Listen now (37 min) | In a tiny realm on the planet royale our heroes discover a town called Boston, knee-deep in a festival of games called PAX East. Read the transcript. Games discussed on this episode: 05:09 Aron's Gift 09:50 Dead Cells 16:31 Rescue Pets 20:59 Aegis 22:55 Pocket Paragons 26:08 Dragoon 26:25 Life Siphon 29:02 Reap 30:49 Drinking Quest Six Pack 35:21 Stream Queens Support the show on Patreon! Follow us on Twitter @DTGamesPodcast. Follow us on TikTok @designthinkinggames. Subscribe on Twitch at DesignThinkingGames. Tim Broadwater is @uxbear on Twitter. Michael Schofield is @schoeyfield on Twitter. Send us stuff, contact us, get merch, news, and more at https://designthinkinggames.com/

Listen now (32min) | After exiting the Roguelike-Like star system, our heroes stop by a neighboring planet to study the native battle royale games like PUBG, Fortnite, Apex Legends, Fall Guys, and Tetris 99. Read the transcript. Games discussed on this episode: 00:43 Vampire the Masquerade Bloodhunt 02:33 Fortnight 05:18 Vampire the Masquerade 07:20 PUBG 10:43 Apex Legends 11:52 Battlefield V 14:03 Call of Duty 14:12 Fall Guys 19:32 Dead By Daylight 20:56 Tetris 99 25:34 Predator Hunting Grounds 31:23 Hell Let Loose Support the show on Patreon! Follow us on Twitter @DTGamesPodcast. Follow us on TikTok @designthinkinggames. Subscribe on Twitch at DesignThinkingGames. Tim Broadwater is @uxbear on Twitter. Michael Schofield is @schoeyfield on Twitter. Send us stuff, contact us, get merch, news, and more at https://designthinkinggames.com/

Listen now (38min) | Our heroes successfully escape the asteroid field but find themselves on the precipice of a new challenge… the Roguelike-Like star system! Read the transcript. Games discussed on this episode: 02:32 Rogue 04:57 King's Quest 10:50 Hades 12:07 Binding of Isaac 14:04 Faster Than Light 19:36 Crypt of the Necrodancer 19:48 Tomb of Horrors 20:19 BIT.TRIP RUNNER 22:41 Cadence of Hyrule 24:29 Cuphead 27:53 Mass Effect 29:29 Moonlighter Support the show on Patreon! Follow us on Twitter @DTGamesPodcast. Follow us on TikTok @designthinkinggames. Subscribe on Twitch at DesignThinkingGames. Tim Broadwater is @uxbear on Twitter. Michael Schofield is @schoeyfield on Twitter. Send us stuff, contact us, get merch, news, and more at https://designthinkinggames.com/

Listen now (34min) | As our heroes navigate through an asteroid field of single-player RPGs they discuss Thousand Year Old Vampire, Unknown, and player difficulty settings. Read the transcript. Games discussed on this episode: 5:22 One Thousand Year Old Vampire 13:52 MAGfest 14:46 Sailor Moon 15:27 Betrayal at House on the Hill 16:13 Unkown 17:38 Pandemic 19:55 Forbidden Desert 23:02 Casting Shadows 24:45 Elden Ring 27:38 Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice 28:36 Hades Support the show on Patreon! Follow us on Twitter @DTGamesPodcast. Follow us on TikTok @designthinkinggames. Subscribe on Twitch at DesignThinkingGames. Tim Broadwater is @uxbear on Twitter. Michael Schofield is @schoeyfield on Twitter. Send us stuff, contact us, get merch, news, and more at https://designthinkinggames.com/

Listen now (29 min) | Our heroes discuss players going off the rails, what tools people use to run games, community support for games, and an app to deal with the stress of working in UX and technology. Read the transcript. Games discussed on this episode: 1:35 Dungeones & Dragons 11:09 Roll 20 13:08 Owl Bear 15:27 Tabletop Audio 20:12 Jocks Machina 20:48 Dungeons & Daddies 20:53 Queens of Adventure 21:46 Thingiverse 23:04 We Croak Support the show on Patreon! Follow us on Twitter @DTGamesPodcast. Follow us on TikTok @designthinkinggames. Subscribe on Twitch at DesignThinkingGames. Tim Broadwater is @uxbear on Twitter. Michael Schofield is @schoeyfield on Twitter. Send us stuff, contact us, get merch, news, and more at https://designthinkinggames.com/

Listen now (47 min) | After many months in cryogenic sleep, our heroes emerge from their pods and record the first captain's log of this adventure. So much of the world passed them by: GOTY Awards, Microsoft acquiring Activision, and Nintendo's 2022 announcements. Read the transcript. Games discussed on this episode: 1:32 It Takes Two 10:50 Horizon: Zero Dawn 12:37 Mass Effect: Legendary Edition 13:29 Hell Let Loose 17:21 Fury of Dracula 19:29 Rock, Paper, Wizard 19:46 Cuphead 31:44 Splatoons 3 32:10 Xenoblade Chronicles 3 32:37 Bayonetta 3 35:31 Starfield 35:59 Elden Ring 36:15 The Devil In Me 36:59 Martha Is Dead 39:30 Hades Support the show on Patreon! Follow us on Twitter @DTGamesPodcast. Follow us on TikTok @designthinkinggames. Subscribe on Twitch at DesignThinkingGames. Tim Broadwater is @uxbear on Twitter. Michael Schofield is @schoeyfield on Twitter. Send us stuff, contact us, get merch, news, and more at https://designthinkinggames.com/

Listen now (8 min) | As our heroes get ready to blast into space, they discuss the changes that are happening with their communiqué over the next year. Read the transcript. Support the show on Patreon! Follow us on Twitter @DTGamesPodcast. Follow us on TikTok @designthinkinggames. Subscribe on Twitch at DesignThinkingGames. Tim Broadwater is @uxbear on Twitter. Michael Schofield is @schoeyfield on Twitter. Send us stuff, contact us, get merch, news, and more at https://designthinkinggames.com/

Listen now (37 sec) | Our fantastic and new season two intro for Design Thinking Games, a Gaming and User Experience podcast. Read the transcript. Support the show on Patreon! Follow us on Twitter @DTGamesPodcast. Follow us on TikTok @designthinkinggames. Subscribe on Twitch at DesignThinkingGames. Tim Broadwater is @uxbear on Twitter. Michael Schofield is @schoeyfield on Twitter. Send us stuff, contact us, get merch, news, and more at https://designthinkinggames.com/

Listen now (43 min) | Upon entering the castle our heroes are instantly transported to a universe of advanced technologies, odd alien species, and sentient artificial beings. Could this be home to the most usable game? Read the transcript. Games discussed on this episode: 0:50 Mass Effect 7:54 Until Dawn 10:27 Call of Cthulhu 13:20 Final Fantasy 16:50 Starfinder 20:42 The Witcher 31:40 Mass Effect 4 33:27 Pokemon 34:19 Mass Effect 5e 36:23 Legend of Zelda Support the show on Patreon! Follow us on Twitter @DTGamesPodcast. Follow us on TikTok @designthinkinggames. Subscribe on Twitch at DesignThinkingGames. Tim Broadwater is @uxbear on Twitter. Michael Schofield is @schoeyfield on Twitter. Send us stuff, contact us, get merch, news, and more at https://designthinkinggames.com/

Listen now (32 min) | After bidding farewell to the village, our heroes spot a castle in the distance. In order to get the caste, our heroes must survive a series of narrative choices, leading them to the castle gates. Read the transcript. Games discussed on this episode: 1:09 House of Ashes 2:00 Until Dawn 5:26 Man of Medan 8:31 Silent Hill: Shattered Memories 15:49 Resident Evil 20:47 Little Hope Support the show on Patreon! Follow us on Twitter @DTGamesPodcast. Follow us on TikTok @designthinkinggames. Subscribe on Twitch at DesignThinkingGames. Tim Broadwater is @uxbear on Twitter. Michael Schofield is @schoeyfield on Twitter. Send us stuff, contact us, get merch, news, and more at https://designthinkinggames.com/

Listen now (112 min) | Just as our heroes walk down the street of a newly found village, suddenly a pair of drunken adventurers (Michael Fienen and Aaron Hill) stumble out of the Drunken UX tavern, knocking them all down. Read the transcript. Games discussed on this episode: 6:12 Monopoly 10:40 Chinatown 17:12 Diablo 2 20:28 Sonic the Hedgehog 22:18 For Honor 26:14 Betrayal at House on the Hill 30:38 Dominant Species 31:29 Roll for the Galaxy 32:46 Zombicide 34:29 Call of Cthulu 37:07 Gloomhaven 39:22 Psychokiller 41:49 AD&D 2nd Edition 44:08 Camel Up 46:25 Condottiere 48:34 Kill Doctor Lucky 50:41 Lords of Waterdeep 52:06 Firefly 55:29 Fury of Dracula 57:01 Valiant Hearts 1:02:50 Munchkin 1:03:25 King of Tokyo 1:06:42 Smash Up Support the show on Patreon! Follow us on Twitter @DTGamesPodcast. Follow us on TikTok @designthinkinggames. Subscribe on Twitch at DesignThinkingGames. Tim Broadwater is @uxbear on Twitter. Michael Schofield is @schoeyfield on Twitter. Send us stuff, contact us, get merch, news, and more at https://designthinkinggames.com/

Listen now (39 min) | The camera pans away from our heroes and focuses on a life in the day of a wee little skill tree from Episode 10. Why? Because sequels don't have to make sense. Read the transcript. Games discussed on this episode: 1:12 Vampire: the Masquerade 4:41 Legend of Zelda 8:38 Grand Theft Auto 16:30 Monster Hunter 19:46 Resident Evil 22:55 Evil Within 23:47 Final Fantasy 25:24 Shovel Knight 34:51 Last of Us Support the show on Patreon! Follow us on Twitter @DTGamesPodcast. Follow us on TikTok @designthinkinggames. Subscribe on Twitch at DesignThinkingGames. Tim Broadwater is @uxbear on Twitter. Michael Schofield is @schoeyfield on Twitter. Send us stuff, contact us, get merch, news, and more at https://designthinkinggames.com/

Listen now (29 min) | Our heroes are suddenly interrupted by a jump scare, which forces them to run, hide, and navigate various horror mechanics. Read the transcript. Games discussed on this episode: 5:11 The Thing 6:31 Call of Cthulhu 7:19 Silent Hill 8:58 Lit 10:00 Outlast 16:00 Resident Evil 17:39 Thief 20:32 Zombies Ate My Neighbors 21:17 Dead Rising 24:42 Fury of Dracula 25:50 Outlast 2 27:15 Dead by Daylight Support the show on Patreon! Follow us on Twitter @DTGamesPodcast. Follow us on TikTok @designthinkinggames. Subscribe on Twitch at DesignThinkingGames. Tim Broadwater is @uxbear on Twitter. Michael Schofield is @schoeyfield on Twitter. Send us stuff, contact us, get merch, news, and more at https://designthinkinggames.com/

Listen now (24 min) | By sneaking past the giant peacock, our heroes are able to take a moment to consider their place in history, and ponder what could have been different. Read the transcript. Games discussed on this episode: 1:38 Bioshock 7:41 Rocket Ranger 15:57 Metal Gear 16:33 Metal Gear Solid 19:50 Wolfenstein 3D 21:39 Savage Frontier Support the show on Patreon! Follow us on Twitter @DTGamesPodcast. Follow us on TikTok @designthinkinggames. Subscribe on Twitch at DesignThinkingGames. Tim Broadwater is @uxbear on Twitter. Michael Schofield is @schoeyfield on Twitter. Send us stuff, contact us, get merch, news, and more at https://designthinkinggames.com/

Listen now (32 min) | At the edge of the forest, our heroes find the game of all games, but there's a big peacock in the way. Read the transcript. Games discussed on this episode: Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 - The Official Video Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Support the show on Patreon! Follow us on Twitter @DTGamesPodcast. Follow us on TikTok @designthinkinggames. Subscribe on Twitch at DesignThinkingGames. Tim Broadwater is @uxbear on Twitter. Michael Schofield is @schoeyfield on Twitter. Send us stuff, contact us, get merch, news, and more at https://designthinkinggames.com/

Listen now (37 min) | On their quest for the most usable game our heroes encounter a forest of skill trees shaped by the artificial constraints of character class. Read the transcript. Games discussed on this episode: 6:29 AD&D 2nd Edition 12:25 Starfinder 16:17 Pathfinder 2nd Edition 18:30 Battlefied 20:25 Mork Borg 21:30 Marvel Superhero RPG 27:28 Vampire: the Masquerade 31:30 New World Support the show on Patreon! Follow us on Twitter @DTGamesPodcast. Follow us on TikTok @designthinkinggames. Subscribe on Twitch at DesignThinkingGames. Tim Broadwater is @uxbear on Twitter. Michael Schofield is @schoeyfield on Twitter. Send us stuff, contact us, get merch, news, and more at https://designthinkinggames.com/

Listen now (35 min) | Leaving the stream behind, our heroes make a discovery about experience grinding and reward mechanics, which will help them on their quest to find the most usable game. Read the transcript. Games discussed on this episode: 2:02 World of Warcraft 2:59 Dark Souls 5:16 Mass Effect 7:12 Bloodborne 8:27 Cuphead 15:26 Hellblade 19:59 Monster Hunter 26:51 Spider-Man 34:16 Sea of Thieves Support the show on Patreon! Follow us on Twitter @DTGamesPodcast. Follow us on TikTok @designthinkinggames. Subscribe on Twitch at DesignThinkingGames. Tim Broadwater is @uxbear on Twitter. Michael Schofield is @schoeyfield on Twitter. Send us stuff, contact us, get merch, news, and more at https://designthinkinggames.com/

Listen now (26 min) | After helping the roaming NPC, our heroes take a moment to sit by a stream, appreciate a beautiful rainbow, and discuss the role of diversity in video games. Read the transcript. Games discussed on this episode: 2:35 Last of Us 4:48 Mass Effect 5:31 Last of Us 2 7:24 Mass Effect: Legendary Edition 9:21 Tell Me Why 13:21 Sims 14:39 Gone Home 17:15 Cyberpunk 2077 20:27 Fortnite 22:21 Six Days in Fallujah 25:14 Secret of Mana Support the show on Patreon! Follow us on Twitter @DTGamesPodcast. Follow us on TikTok @designthinkinggames. Subscribe on Twitch at DesignThinkingGames. Tim Broadwater is @uxbear on Twitter. Michael Schofield is @schoeyfield on Twitter. Send us stuff, contact us, get merch, news, and more at https://designthinkinggames.com/

Listen now (34 min) | After solving the mystery, our heroes run into a roaming NPC, who desperately needs help finding different models for collaboration in tabletop board games. Read the transcript. Games discussed on this episode: 3:57 Forbidden Desert 5:02 Pandemic 7:01 Castle Panic 12:02 Pokemon Go 13:13 Phasmaphobia 15:26 Ghost Hunters 15:51 Ghost Adventures 19:01 Angry Pug 19:58 Flash Point 21:43 Magic Maze 22:53 Sentinels of the Multiverse 25:48 Last Night on Earth 30:56 Betrayal at House on the Hill Support the show on Patreon! Follow us on Twitter @DTGamesPodcast. Follow us on TikTok @designthinkinggames. Subscribe on Twitch at DesignThinkingGames. Tim Broadwater is @uxbear on Twitter. Michael Schofield is @schoeyfield on Twitter. Send us stuff, contact us, get merch, news, and more at https://designthinkinggames.com/

Listen now (34 min) | Leaving the LARPzone behind, we railroad our heroes into the “Mystery of the Non-linear Storyline,” aided by the likes of Sherlock Holmes, Laura Bow, and Gabriel Knight. Read the transcript. Games discussed on this episode: Clue Colonel's Bequest Dungeons & Dragons Gabriel Knight LA Noir Last of Us Sherlock Holmes Support the show on Patreon! Follow us on Twitter @DTGamesPodcast. Follow us on TikTok @designthinkinggames. Subscribe on Twitch at DesignThinkingGames. Tim Broadwater is @uxbear on Twitter. Michael Schofield is @schoeyfield on Twitter. Send us stuff, contact us, get merch, news, and more at https://designthinkinggames.com/

Listen now (27 min) | After breaking camp our heroes uncover a map that points to the next step on their quest through the LARP of Vampire the Masquerade, True Dungeons, and more. Read the transcript. Games discussed on this episode: Vampire: the Masquerade Kindred the Embraced Society of Creative Anachronism True Dungeon HEMA City of Heroes Dungeons & Dragons Support the show on Patreon! Follow us on Twitter @DTGamesPodcast. Follow us on TikTok @designthinkinggames. Subscribe on Twitch at DesignThinkingGames. Tim Broadwater is @uxbear on Twitter. Michael Schofield is @schoeyfield on Twitter. Send us stuff, contact us, get merch, news, and more at https://designthinkinggames.com/

Listen now (31 min) | After completing their side quest, our heroes make camp in a nearby forest to discuss the interplay of narrative between characters, player alignment, and worlds. Read the transcript. Games discussed on this episode: Life is Strange series Red Dead Redemption Mass Effect Man of Medan Cyberpunk Guild Wars Wolf Among Us Medium Fury of Dracula Support the show on Patreon! Follow us on Twitter @DTGamesPodcast. Follow us on TikTok @designthinkinggames. Subscribe on Twitch at DesignThinkingGames. Tim Broadwater is @uxbear on Twitter. Michael Schofield is @schoeyfield on Twitter. Send us stuff, contact us, get merch, news, and more at https://designthinkinggames.com/

Listen now (36 min) | Emerging from the pit of despair, on their never-ending quest for the most usable game, our heroes go on a side quest to explore the role of customization. Read the transcript. Games discussed on this episode: HeroQuest, Dungeons & Dragons, Magic the Gathering, Pokemon, City of Heroes, Monster Hunter, Golden Layout Framework, Support the show on Patreon! Follow us on Twitter @DTGamesPodcast. Follow us on TikTok @designthinkinggames. Subscribe on Twitch at DesignThinkingGames. Tim Broadwater is @uxbear on Twitter. Michael Schofield is @schoeyfield on Twitter. Send us stuff, contact us, get merch, news, and more at https://designthinkinggames.com/

Listen now (34 min) | Our heroes descend into horror and sadness in search of the Most Usable Game. Their path takes them through Dead by Daylight, Heavy Rain, and more. Read the transcript. Games discussed on this episode: The UX Honeycomb Dead by Daylight Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice Fall Guys That Dragon Cancer Edith Finch Heavy Rain Support the show on Patreon! Follow us on Twitter @DTGamesPodcast. Follow us on TikTok @designthinkinggames. Subscribe on Twitch at DesignThinkingGames. Tim Broadwater is @uxbear on Twitter. Michael Schofield is @schoeyfield on Twitter. Send us stuff, contact us, get merch, news, and more at https://designthinkinggames.com/

Listen now (30 min) | When last we left our heroes ... - oh wait, this is the episode in which we meet our intrepid heroes. Read the transcript. Games discussed on this episode: Mario HeroQuest Dungeons & Dragons Shark! Shark! Bayou Billy Rygar Legend of Zelda Battle of Olympus Mortal Kombat Analytics Civilization Support the show on Patreon! Follow us on Twitter @DTGamesPodcast. Follow us on TikTok @designthinkinggames. Subscribe on Twitch at DesignThinkingGames. Tim Broadwater is @uxbear on Twitter. Michael Schofield is @schoeyfield on Twitter. Send us stuff, contact us, get merch, news, and more at https://designthinkinggames.com/

Listen now (30 sec) | Our awesome intro to our first season of Design Thinking Games, a Gaming and User Experience podcast. Read the transcript. Support the show on Patreon! Follow us on Twitter @DTGamesPodcast. Follow us on TikTok @designthinkinggames. Subscribe on Twitch at DesignThinkingGames. Tim Broadwater is @uxbear on Twitter. Michael Schofield is @schoeyfield on Twitter. Send us stuff, contact us, get merch, news, and more at https://designthinkinggames.com/