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Choo Choo! Hype Train! …I’ve never understood that whole trend. In this episode I take a look at the ways hype can hurt games and how they can recover from it, or get buried in it as the case may be. Remember to connect with us on Twitter @roadmappodcast, visit the website RoadmapPodcast.com, Facebook, or join the Discord server. And if you're in the market for a new game, try shopping using our Humble Bundle Partner Link to give a little back to the show at no extra cost. Humble Store Subscribe on Apple Podcast Subscribe on Android Listen on Stitcher Open In Spotify Music credits: Song – My cue to leave Artist – Steve Combs Album – The Green AlbumThe post Hype In Games first appeared on Digital Roadmap Podcast.

This episode we discuss Rise of Nations, a strange hybrid of Risk & Age of Empires. It’s a great game with some really epic scope to its gameplay. Remember to connect with us on twitter @roadmappodcast, visit the website RoadmapPodcast.com, Facebook, or join the Discord server. And if you’re in the market for a new game, try shopping using our Humble Bundle Partner Link to give a little back to the show at no extra cost. Humble Store Subscribe on Apple Podcast Subscribe on Android Listen on Stitcher Open In Spotify Music credits: Song – My cue to leave Artist – Steve Combs Album – The Green AlbumThe post 60 - Rise Of Nations first appeared on Digital Roadmap Podcast.

In this episode, we go to a smaller scale and look at the growth, death, and restriction of a game developer. Specifically Big Huge Games and their growth from the team’s days at Microprose to Firaxis and starting their own house. Remember to connect with us on twitter @roadmappodcast, visit the website RoadmapPodcast.com, Facebook, or join the Discord server. And if you’re in the market for a new game, try shopping using our Humble Bundle Partner Link to give a little back to the show at no extra cost. Humble Store Subscribe on Apple Podcast Subscribe on Android Listen on Stitcher Open In Spotify Music credits: Song – My cue to leave Artist – Steve Combs Album – The Green AlbumThe post 59 - Big Huge Games first appeared on Digital Roadmap Podcast.

It’s not a clean castle, but it absolutely has an organizing plan. This episode we take a trip to one of Sierra’s educational adventure games. Remember to connect with us on twitter @roadmappodcast, visit the website RoadmapPodcast.com, Facebook, or join the Discord server. And if you’re in the market for a new game, try shopping using our Humble Bundle Partner Link to give a little back to the show at no extra cost. References: Manual Theme Song With Sierra Into Humble Store Subscribe on Apple Podcast Subscribe on Android Listen on Stitcher Open In Spotify Music credits: Song – My cue to leave Artist – Steve Combs Album – The Green AlbumThe post 58 - The Castle Of Dr. Brain first appeared on Digital Roadmap Podcast.

We are always learning. This episode we look at how games are teaching you even when you don’t realize it. Instead of classic “edutainment”, these games aren’t focused on a single concept. Remember to connect with us on twitter @roadmappodcast, visit the website RoadmapPodcast.com, Facebook, or join the Discord server. And if you’re in the market for a new game, try shopping using our Humble Bundle Partner Link to give a little back to the show at no extra cost. Subscribe on Apple Podcast Subscribe on Android Listen on Stitcher Open In Spotify Music credits: Song – My cue to leave Artist – Steve Combs Album – The Green AlbumThe post 57 - Stealth Edutainment first appeared on Digital Roadmap Podcast.

If the developers explore the twisted ways to kill characters, it can’t be wrong, Wright? Join an exploration of a one of a kind game. Remember to connect with us on twitter @roadmappodcast, visit the website RoadmapPodcast.com, Facebook, or join the Discord server. And if you’re in the market for a new game, try shopping using our Humble Bundle Partner Link to give a little back to the show at no extra cost. References: The Sims The Sims Build Mode Music Retrogamer’s Making Of The Sims Subscribe on Apple Podcast Subscribe on Android Listen on Stitcher Open In Spotify Music credits: Song – My cue to leave Artist – Steve Combs Album – The Green AlbumThe post 56 - The Sims first appeared on Digital Roadmap Podcast.

When mapmaking leads to an empire. This episode we look at the house that Will built, a brief history of Maxis Games. Remember to connect with us on twitter @roadmappodcast, visit the website RoadmapPodcast.com, Facebook, or join the Discord server. And if you’re in the market for a new game, try shopping using our Humble Bundle Partner Link to give a little back to the show at no extra cost. References: Sim City The Sims Spore Robin Williams & Spore Humble Store Subscribe on Apple Podcast Subscribe on Android Listen on Stitcher Open In Spotify Music credits: Song – My cue to leave Artist – Steve Combs Album – The Green AlbumThe post 55 - Rise And Fall Of Maxis first appeared on Digital Roadmap Podcast.

More than 2 guns, remember that? This episode we look at the big 3 of shooters from back in the day. These are the granddaddies that have defined the genre’s core. And no, we didn’t forget to look at the newer releases from all of these games. Remember to connect with us on twitter @roadmappodcast, visit the website RoadmapPodcast.com, Facebook, or join the Discord server. And if you’re in the market for a new game, try shopping using our Humble Bundle Partner Link to give a little back to the show at no extra cost. References: Wolfenstein 3D Doom Duke Nukem 3D Doom Wolfenstein: The New Order Duke Nukem Forever How Success Killed Duke Nukem Humble Store Subscribe on Apple Podcast Subscribe on Android Listen on Stitcher Open In Spotify Music credits: Song – My cue to leave Artist – Steve Combs Album – The Green AlbumThe post 54 - Wolf 3D/Doom/Duke Nukem 3D first appeared on Digital Roadmap Podcast.

Guns, guns, guns. Check out our brief look at the history of the First Person Shooter genre. Starting all the way back with maze games, passing through Doom & Wolfenstein, and then coming all the way back to Doom & Wolfenstein… wait, what? It makes sense in the course of it all, I swear. Remember to connect with us on twitter @roadmappodcast, visit the website RoadmapPodcast.com, Facebook, or join the Discord server. And if you’re in the market for a new game, try shopping using our Humble Bundle Partner Link to give a little back to the show at no extra cost. References: MIDI Maze Wolfenstein 3D Doom Duke Nukem 3D Marathon Quake WASD Article Call Of Duty Battlefield 1942 Half-Life System Shock Bioshock Doom Wolfenstein: The New Order Duke Nukem Forever Overwatch Destiny Anthem Humble Store Subscribe on Apple Podcast Subscribe on Android Listen on Stitcher Open In Spotify Music credits: Song – My cue to leave Artist – Steve Combs Album – The Green AlbumThe post 53 - History Of The FPS first appeared on Digital Roadmap Podcast.

Seriously, where’s my Saturday morning cartoon of this? With the cereal, and toys, and t-shirts? Why was this not a bigger franchise? Sorry, this episode we’re looking at Jazz Jackrabbit, the prodigal son of Epic Megagames, or as you know them now just Epic. This is the game that showed the world that computers could handle a fast platformer just like Mario & Sonic on consoles. Remember to connect with us on twitter @roadmappodcast, visit the website RoadmapPodcast.com, Facebook, or join the Discord server. And if you’re in the market for a new game, try shopping using our Humble Bundle Partner Link to give a little back to the show at no extra cost. References: Jazz Jackrabbit Bucky O’Hare Soundtrack Jazz 3 + Demo Humble Store Subscribe on Apple Podcast Subscribe on Android Listen on Stitcher Open In Spotify Music credits: Song – My cue to leave Artist – Steve Combs Album – The Green AlbumThe post 52 - Jazz Jackrabbit first appeared on Digital Roadmap Podcast.

Some of these trial games were longer than modern campaigns. This episode I look at the value that shareware games both during their peak and the lasting influence they’ve had on gaming into today. Remember to connect with us on twitter @roadmappodcast, visit the website RoadmapPodcast.com, Facebook, or join the Discord server. And if you’re in the market for a new game, try shopping using our Humble Bundle Partner Link to give a little back to the show at no extra cost. References: Game Empire 250+ Shareware Games Humble Store Subscribe on Apple Podcast Subscribe on Android Listen on Stitcher Open In Spotify Music credits: Song – My cue to leave Artist – Steve Combs Album – The Green AlbumThe post 51 - Shareware Games first appeared on Digital Roadmap Podcast.