Ever pick up a weird indie game and wonder "what's all that about?" Well come and wonder with us at NPC Dialogue; a reaction-based talk show where your party of AJ, JJ, and Mike do their best to make sense of the small and unconventional in gaming. For a few episodes at a time, we will target a sp…
In this spoiler free first episode of Playdead's follow up to Limbo, the party talks about their impressions and reactions to the new dark atmospheric platformer: Inside. Dogme 95: http://cinetext.philo.at/reports/dogme_ct.html Relevant Inside Reviews: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2016/07/06/inside-review-a-gaming-masterpiece/ https://www.inverse.com/article/18010-inside-is-the-video-game-equivalent-of-danish-arthouse-film http://www.trustedreviews.com/opinions/why-playdead-s-inside-is-massively-overhyped
In this follow-up episode, the party digs as deep as they can go into Undertale. Big warning this is a spoiler filled episode, so those who have not played or finish the game might want to save this for a later date. But if you've finished the game and would like to listen to us go down Undertale's rabbit hole, we hope you enjoy our dialogue!
In this spoiler-free episode, the party takes its first descent into Undertale: Toby Fox's indie darling RPG. AJ, JJ, and Mike will talk about their general impressions of the game as well as it's subversive attitude towards RPGs design. Undertale: http://undertale.com/ The Mary Sue's Toby Fox Interview: http://www.themarysue.com/interview-undertale-game-creator-toby-fox/ Rebecca Hiscott's Toby Fox Interview: https://medium.com/kickstarter/undertale-creator-toby-fox-on-the-indie-computer-game-that-s-become-an-industry-darling-fa4df6cee2db#.wib1zzjev If you'd like to chat with us, please email us at: thenpcdialogue@gmail.com AJ's Twitter: https://twitter.com/Daventry1701 JJ's Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheLizardfolk Mike's Twitter: https://twitter.com/space_mic