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Nate, Sebastian, Ryan, and Jordan gather to discuss KENTUCKY ROUTE ZERO, Cardboard Computer's surreal trip through an America haunted by debt, loss, regret, and hope. The first episode released in 2013, but our timeline places it at the journey's conclusion, which only emerged in 2020. We talk theater, symmetry, literature, and whether it's worth it to try and make art in a world which seems to be precipitously falling apart -- and, indeed, whether it's possible to do anything else. Ryan wants to know how we feel about horses, Sebastian encounters a burger too big for him to eat, and Nate maps out a phone tree. 

What's Up Kids! This week Paul and John go over Kentucky Route Zero by Cardboard Computer. Also in this weeks discussion are our thoughts on the latest video game news and what game John is torturing Paul with for next week. Listen Today where all pods are cast.

The gameography of Amanita Design makes its second Underplayed appearance and we see the world through a cat's POV, where there are soooo many knock-over-ables. Then, we're hopping on the Zero (only once we believe its existence) to witness a half-authentic, half-exaggerated folk-fantasy world from the three minds at Cardboard Computer. This is Underplayed, where Bo_Po and DiscoCola review indie games of all kinds! Timestamps00:00 - Start03:11 - DiscoCola's Secret Game15:55 - Bo_Po's Secret Game34:12 - Featured Game: Kentucky Route Zero: TV Edition

Dans ce nouvel épisode, Fin Du Game vous embarque dans sa traversée nébuleuse de Kentucky Route Zero. Un Point & Click conçu comme une pièce de théâtre en cinq actes où les perspectives et les mises en scène changent constamment. Le road trip du studio Cardboard Computer nous plonge dans une Amérique rurale abandonnée, endettée mais néanmoins habitée par une forme de magie qui pourrait rassembler celles et ceux qui s'y sont perdus. Un voyage qui reste malgré tout exigeant, par sa lenteur et ses références éclectiques, et qui a peut-être empêché KRZ de toucher un public plus large. Mais presque 10 ans après la sortie du premier acte, son influence se ressent bien dans des titres autrement plus populaires.Merci à nos patreotes qui financent l'émission sur https://www.patreon.com/findugameRejoignez le club de lecture sur Discord : discord.gg/YTGbSkNMerci à notre sponsor pour cet épisode, le Game Pass : https://www.xbox.com/fr-FR/xbox-game-pass

The team embark on their search for Dogwood Drive and play through 2013's Act 1 of Cardboard Computer's magical realist adventure, Kentucky Route Zero. This is the first in a series of weekly(ish) episodes in which we play through the five Acts of the game, one at a time.

With almost a decade in the books since its inception, Kentucky Route Zero's final act was released in early 2020, capping off a project that has been called a new Great American Novel by some and simply obscure, yet poignant by others. Bryan and Josh have had their eye on this project for a while and recently sat down to record a podcast about their experience with Cardboard Computer's Kentucky Route Zero. Its a long one, but this is a game that rewards a close read due to its numerous allusions and metaphors.Three Word Reviews: Josh - A Cavern DeeperBryan - Echoes of TomorrowShow Notes: The Actor and the AudienceThe Bedquilt Ramblers Bandcamp Page

In which we conclude our discussion ol the fifth (and final) act of Kentucky Route Zero, a game by Cardboard Computer. If you like the show, consider supporting us on Patreon. Links: Kentucky Route Zero Cardboard Computer General Intellect Unit on iTunes http://generalintellectunit.net Support the show on Patreon https://twitter.com/giunitpod General Intellect Unit on Facebook General Intellect Unit on archive.org Emancipation Network

In which we finish our discussion of act 4 of Kentucky Route Zero, a game by Cardboard Computer. If you like the show, consider supporting us on Patreon. Links: Kentucky Route Zero Cardboard Computer Colossal Cave Adventure, on Wikipedia General Intellect Unit on iTunes http://generalintellectunit.net Support the show on Patreon https://twitter.com/giunitpod General Intellect Unit on Facebook General Intellect Unit on archive.org Emancipation Network

Things got weird and we got out. In this deviation from our regular pairing schedule, we're finishing the pairing of Strange Highways by Dean Koontz and Kentucky Route Zero from Cardboard Computer with a combo game discussion and wrap up episode. Game & Read is on Instagram @GameandRead Peter is on Twitter @GameandRead Erin is on Twitter @BookishTexPat & on Instagram @ATaleofTwoShelves Find everything we do at gameandread.wordpress.com Avery Murchison's music can be found at foiegrasohyeah.bandcamp.com Support local bookstores and get audiobooks! Our Libro.fm referral link: https://libro.fm/referral?rf_code=lfm150716 Get new books with Book of the Month Club! Our BOTM referral link: https://www.mybotm.com/b221dd7118576

In which we discuss act 4 of Kentucky Route Zero, a game by Cardboard Computer. If you like the show, consider supporting us on Patreon. Links: Kentucky Route Zero Cardboard Computer Colossal Cave Adventure, on Wikipedia General Intellect Unit on iTunes http://generalintellectunit.net Support the show on Patreon https://twitter.com/giunitpod General Intellect Unit on Facebook General Intellect Unit on archive.org Emancipation Network

In which we conclude our discussion of act three of Kentucky Route Zero, a game by Cardboard Computer. If you like the show, consider supporting us on Patreon. Links: Kentucky Route Zero Cardboard Computer Colossal Cave Adventure, on Wikipedia General Intellect Unit on iTunes http://generalintellectunit.net Support the show on Patreon https://twitter.com/giunitpod General Intellect Unit on Facebook General Intellect Unit on archive.org Emancipation Network

In which we discuss act three of Kentucky Route Zero, a game by Cardboard Computer. If you like the show, consider supporting us on Patreon. Links: Kentucky Route Zero Cardboard Computer Colossal Cave Adventure, on Wikipedia General Intellect Unit on iTunes http://generalintellectunit.net Support the show on Patreon https://twitter.com/giunitpod General Intellect Unit on Facebook General Intellect Unit on archive.org Emancipation Network

Things are getting a little weird out on the roads... It's time to introduce our new pairing of "Strange Highways" by Dean Koontz and Kentucky Route Zero from Cardboard Computer. Game & Read is on Instagram @GameandRead Peter is on Twitter @GameandRead Erin is on Twitter @BookishTexPat & on Instagram @ATaleofTwoShelves Find everything we do at gameandread.wordpress.com Avery Murchison's music can be found at foiegrasohyeah.bandcamp.com Support local bookstores and get audiobooks! Our Libro.fm referral link: https://libro.fm/referral?rf_code=lfm150716 Get new books with Book of the Month Club! Our BOTM referral link: https://www.mybotm.com/b221dd7118576

In which we discuss the second act of Kentucky Route Zero, a game by Cardboard Computer. If you like the show, consider supporting us on Patreon. Links: Kentucky Route Zero Cardboard Computer

In which we begin a mini-series on Kentucky Route Zero, a game by Cardboard Computer. In this episode we cover Act 1, plus the first interlude, "Limits & Demonstrations". If you like the show, consider supporting us on Patreon. Links: Kentucky Route Zero Cardboard Computer General Intellect Unit on iTunes http://generalintellectunit.net Support the show on Patreon https://twitter.com/giunitpod General Intellect Unit on Facebook General Intellect Unit on archive.org Emancipation Network

Seven years, five acts, and one podcast later, Matt and Tony finally explore the sad, dreamy world of Cardboard Computer's critically acclaimed Kentucky Route Zero. The game, which has rolled out episodically over the better part of the last decade and is now finally complete, is deceptively simple: a contemporary take on the narrative-focused point-and-click adventure game about a delivery man making what very well might be his employer's last shippment. Things get strange right away when his destination doesn't appear on any maps, and the only way to get there is by finding the titular and extra-dimensional(?) Route Zero. What follows is a ten-hour meditation on financial ruin, substance abuse, death, being a wage slave, crippling debt, memory, our relationship to media and technology, and more. Given its fanbase and critical reputation as one of the games of the decade, Kentucky Route Zero is the perfect topic for WDWM? - a game that lots of people have had lots to say about for a lot of years. Do Matt and Tony think it lives up to the hype? Go counter-clockwise until you come to the statue of David Lynch made out of moldy 8-track tapes, then turn around and make three clockwise loops and stop at the Emotional Sewage Treatment Plant to find out!

Jake Elliott from Cardboard Computer joins Gamers with Glasses' Christian Haines to discuss the making and reception of Kentucky Route Zero. We discuss the politics of debt, the game's exploration of media technologies, ghosts, the games industry, indie development, and more.

Le cycle était terminé après la proposition de Philou, c'était donc le moment de recevoir un invité. C'est Knack, du podcast Knack en Vrac, qui est venu nous proposer Jumanji : Bienvenue dans la jungle, réalisé par Jake Kasdan et sorti en 2017. L’actu pop culture des chroniqueursDDSchutz : Preppers France, podcast consacré au survivalisme (3:10)Pauline : Secret Hitler, jeu de société créé par Max Temkin, Tommy Maranges et Mike Boxleiter (16:00)Knack : le retour de L'Improbable Podcast (27:48)Flavien : Kentucky Route Zero, jeu vidéo développé par Cardboard Computer (32:55)Madt : Monster Hunter World, jeu vidéo développé par Capcom (42:26) La question du mois (54:00)Vous avez un budget illimité pour proposer un remake, une adaptation, une suite, qu'en faites-vous ? Le film du mois (01:19:00)Jumanji : Bienvenue dans la jungle - Jake Kasdan La bande-annonce du mois (2:50:21)Top Gun : Maverick Retrouvez-nous sur les agrégateurs de podcasts tels que Apple Podcast, Podcast Addict et bien d'autres. Twitter | Facebook | Podcloud Tracklist : • Générique de début : Dirty Terrain - Hard Funk Beat• Générique actu pop : Anne-James Chaton - Pop Is Dead• Actus pop : Ben Babbitt - The Zero (Flavien) ; Faith No More - Crack Hitler (Pauline)• La question du mois : Dominique A - Février• Générique de fin : Fulldiegodruming - Cubanthecity

Fuel up that rickety old delivery truck! It's time to take a road trip through Kentucky Route Zero. A mysterious highway connects the travelers of Kentucky to surreal locales in this adventure game by Cardboard Computer. This episodic adventure started back in 2013, and is finally wrapped up 7 years later. So, hop in and get ready for a tale that will surely leave you asking more questions than you had at the start. Then, for the first time ever, Dave and Dan are head-to-head in the Twenty (or more) Questions Trivial Tastemaker! Who will prevail in this head-scratching puzzle posed by Mark? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/dinosaur-machines/message

Emma and Rachel have fun discussing the episodic critical darling Kentucky Route Zero by indie studio Cardboard Computer. Time Stamps: 00:13 Introductions 08:03 Gaming Corner: What we're playing this week! 19:46 Main Topic: Kentucky Route Zero 47:00 Kentucky Route Zero ending discussion – some spoilers 50:29 Kentucky Route Zero final thoughts 54:04 Ending Spiel: What we're loving this weekFrom the show:Gaming corner includes – Papers Please, The Long Dark, Thronebreaker: The Witcher TalesSons of the Forest is a game announced in December as a sequel to 2014's The Forest that Emma mentioned.The Long Dark is available on both PC and console. The first episode of Kentucky Route Zero was released in 2013, as Rachel said. Emma was looking at the Kickstarter announcement date.Find us:Website: https://utterlyunqualifiedgaming.com/ Email: utterlyunqualified@gmail.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/utterlyunqualifiedgaming/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/uugamingpodcastFacebook: http://facebook.com/utterlyunqualified

"... Over the course of two hours he watches it burn to ashes... and that's the show!" - Alex P Alex P, Maggie, and Sam, reflect on Kentucky Route Zero, a “magical realist adventure game” a decade in the making from Cardboard Computer. We talk about art influencing games, unique development cycles, and the wild west of American television. This episode contains spoilers. Links: Free games from the dev! http://cardboardcomputer.com/games/ Original Kickstarter for the game https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/... Intro to Robert Bresson https://filmschoolrejects.com/stingy-... Early David Lynch crash-course https://filmschoolrejects.com/david-l... Interview about the long road of development https://www.polygon.com/interviews/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

První díl podcastu o indie hrách. Podíváme se do mycélia zamotané narativní Americana adventury Kentucky Route Zero. Dluhové pasti, magický realismus, divadelní kompozice. Jakou houbou ohodnotíme dílo Cardboard Computer? Připravují Bára Tauerová a Ondřej Trhoň.

In this previously lost episode, guest Hilary Bovay joins Andrew & Alex to interpret Cardboard Computer’s magical-surrealist adventure, Kentucky Route Zero.

I know it's been a while, but I'm here to prove that this podcast isn't history! Even though this episode is all about history! This week we're joined by Josh Howard, public historian, Everquest enthusiast, bacon admirer, to dig down deep into what it means to love precarious places. From childhood gaming groups and the awkwardness of leaving home to Everquest memorials for dead children, this episode runs the emotional gauntlet. What precious places are you poised to lose? This episode is the finale of "Playing Appalachia", a series of conversations with Appalachian and Appalachian adjacent gamers and game makers. To start at the beginning, check out "What Games Are Getting Right About Appalachia" with Dr. Elizabeth Catte, followed by our conversation with Cardboard Computer about Kentucky Route Zero to learn more about the relationship between magical realism and Appalachia. The third part of the series is "Rural Flight, Virtually Speaking" with Meredith Wilson, an Appalachian transplant whose experiences in the region have affected the way she makes games (and who she makes games for), with part four introducing us to Appalachian-raised Jerel Culliss (aka King Lemming of Team CoFH) who regales us with tales of LAN parties and Minecraft modding ethics in "Modding Appalachia". In part five and six, "The Streamers of Madison County" and "Death Mountain Lifestyle", we met up with JD's childhood friends, a live streamer known as The Caked Crusader, and an editor who moved out of the area, to talk growing up nerdy in Madison County, North Carolina.  (psst.... Thanks Ian Danskin of Innuendo Studios for editing this episode!) Now, excuse me while I go petition for a National Register of Historic Digital Spaces. Stuff We Mentioned...Everquest IIOnline MemorialsButtzilla Josh Howard, PhD (The Cast)Website: jhowardhistory.comTwitter: @jhowardhistory JD (The Broad)Website: GamingBroadly.comTwitter: @JayDeeCepticonInstagram: @JayDeeCepticon Gaming Broad(cast) is the official podcast of GamingBroadly.com. Thank you to everyone who has liked, subscribed, and commented about Gaming Broad(cast) on Apple Podcasts! You can also follow this podcast on Spotify, Podbean, Stitcher, Google Music, and other places where delightful podcasts can be found. You can also subscribe directly using our RSS feed. Want some gamey goodness in your email inbox? Sign up for some occasional(ly) playful newsletter updates. Thanks to Ben Cohn for the music!

Keys and Neeko join us for a more laid back set of news and emails.

So what exactly is a mountain lifestyle? Is it a marketing phrase? A type of view from your window? A bonified set of cultural practices? Whatever it is, it must be pretty awesome, considering how awesomely expensive the mountain lifestyle is getting these days! This week we're joined by Shaun Martin, a Nintendo loving editor working for an educational nonprofit in Greensboro, North Carolina. Originally from Marshall, NC, with family roots dug several generations down, Shaun has first-hand knowledge of the different styles of lives you can find in the Appalachian region of ye Old North State. We dig deep into the phrase "mountain lifestyle", uncovering the multiplicity of lives that make up mountain living including, you guessed it, lifestyles that include gaming! (psst... confused about the episode title?) This episode is part six of "Playing Appalachia", a series of conversations with Appalachian and Appalachian adjacent gamers and game makers. To start at the beginning, check out "What Games Are Getting Right About Appalachia" with Dr. Elizabeth Catte, followed by our conversation with Cardboard Computer about Kentucky Route Zero to learn more about the relationship between magical realism and Appalachia. The third part of the series is "Rural Flight, Virtually Speaking" with Meredith Wilson, an Appalachian transplant whose experiences in the region have affected the way she makes games (and who she makes games for), with part four introducing us to Appalachian-raised Jerel Culliss (aka King Lemming of Team CoFH) who regales us with tales of LAN parties and Minecraft modding ethics in "Modding Appalachia". In part five, "The Streamers of Madison County", we meet Renee Hill (aka The Caked Crusader), a video game live streamer and nerd extraordinaire whose home base is western North Carolina. Stuff We Mentioned...Marshall, NCGreensboro, NCAsheville, NCA-B EmblemPiedmont Region of NCMadison’s history jailhouseUrban Outfitters ProtestsLegend of ZeldaSNESWii UGameFAQsDonkey Kong CountryFinal Fantasy 7Video Game Rental Shaun Martin (The Cast)Instagram: @spmartin42 JD (The Broad)Website: GamingBroadly.comTwitter: @JayDeeCepticonInstagram: @JayDeeCepticon Gaming Broad(cast) is the official podcast of GamingBroadly.com. Thank you to everyone who has liked, subscribed, and commented about Gaming Broad(cast) on Apple Podcasts! You can also follow this podcast on Spotify, Podbean, Stitcher, Google Music, and other places delightful podcasts can be found. You can also subscribe directly using our RSS feed. Want some gamey goodness in your email inbox? Sign up for some occasional(ly) playful newsletter updates. Thanks to Ben Cohn for the music for this episode!

Creeks aren't the only types of mountain streams in Appalachia. We also have video game live streams! This week we're joined by Renee Hill, a pastry chef, gamer, and video game live streamer known as "The Caked Crusader". Renee currently lives in Madison County, the same county in Western North Carolina where JD (the host) grew up. For some weird reason, a lot of the people Renee meet are in disbelief that an anime loving, tattooed, pink-haired cosplayer could also be an Appalachian native? Weird.    Tune in this week to hear more about representation, mental health, crying during video games, growing up Appalachian and nerdy, and how video games helped Renee connect with others while growing up in the middle of nowhere. Also there are puns. Lots and lots of puns.  This episode is part five of "Playing Appalachia", a series of conversations with Appalachian and Appalachian adjacent gamers and game makers. To start at the beginning, check out "What Games Are Getting Right About Appalachia" with Dr. Elizabeth Catte, followed by our conversation with Cardboard Computer about Kentucky Route Zero to learn more about the relationship between magical realism and Appalachia. The third part of the series is "Rural Flight, Virtually Speaking" with Meredith Wilson, an Appalachian transplant whose experiences in the region have affected the way she makes games (and who she makes games for), with part four introducing us to Appalachian-raised Jerel Culliss (aka King Lemming of Team CoFH) who regales us with tales of LAN parties and Minecraft modding ethics in "Modding Appalachia". Stuff We Mentioned...Moonshine Popcorn Sutton Anime Sailor Moon Sharkle and Mae from Night in the Woods Stick and Poke Dragon Ball Z Teen Titans Star Wars Atari Pitfall Atari 2600 Sega Genesis Vectorman Princess Leia Undertale Doki Doki Literature Club Actual SunlightScooter from Borderlands 2Bobby from Supernatural JD (The Broad)Website: GamingBroadly.comTwitter: @JayDeeCepticonInstagram: @JayDeeCepticon Renee Hill (The Cast)Twitch: TheCakedCrusaderYouTube: TheCakedCrusaderInstagram:@TheCakedCrusaderTwitter: @cakedcrusader13 Gaming Broad(cast) is the official podcast of GamingBroadly.com. Thank you to everyone who has liked, subscribed, and commented about Gaming Broad(cast) on Apple Podcasts! You can also follow this podcast on Spotify, Podbean, Stitcher, Google Music, or subscribe directly using our RSS feed. Want some gamey goodness in your email inventory? Sign up for some occasional(ly) playful newsletter updates. Thanks to Ben Cohn for the music for this episode!

What do Minecraft and Appalachia have in common? They both have people trying to modify them. So could Minecraft mods teach us something about how to go about ethically modding Appalachia? This week we're joined by Jerel Culliss (aka King Lemming), an Appalachian-raised engineer who moonlights as a reknown Minecraft modder. Jerel is founder of Team CoFH, the group responsible for Thermal Expansion, a mod that adds technology, like machines, to the world of Minecraft. Coincidentally, there's also been some recent media hype about bringing big names in tech to the Appalachian region (like Amazon HQ, for instance). Not to mention the fact that "silicon hollar" is really coming into its own as a google-worthy buzzword. But adding technology, whether that technology is pixelated or Appalachian, isn't as simple and straight forward as you might think. Tune in to learn more about the lovely LAN history behind Team CoFH, the ethics of hacking and modding video games, and ways to imagine a tech-savvy Appalachia that doesn't leave the dedicated fan-base that lives there out in the cold with the mobs. Jerel Culliss is an engineer and hacker originally from Southwest Virginia. He has a PhD in electrical engineering and currently lives in Knoxville, TN. He is most well known online as "King Lemming," head of Team CoFH and the co-creator of Thermal Expansion, a popular mod for Minecraft. This episode is part four of "Playing Appalachia", a series of conversations with Appalachian and Appalachian adjacent gamers and game makers. To start at the beginning, check out "What Games Are Getting Right About Appalachia" with Dr. Elizabeth Catte, followed by our conversation with Cardboard Computer about Kentucky Route Zero, their game set in rural Kentucky, to learn more about the relationship between magical realism and Appalachia. The third part of the series is "Rural Flight, Virtually Speaking" with Meredith Wilson, an Appalachian transplant whose experiences in the region have affected the way she makes games (and who she makes games for).  Stuff We Mentioned...MinecraftCaipirinhaLAN PartyDiabloEverquest (aka "the Dark Souls of MMOs")Half-LifeVideo Game ModDestiny 2Uncanny ValleyStarCraftCounter-StrikeEsportsThey Are BillionsHackingCyber Security ConsultantFate of the WorldMINECONCynycalMine Little Pony: Friendship is Crafting Mod JD (The Broad)Website: GamingBroadly.comTwitter: @JayDeeCepticonInstagram: @JayDeeCepticon Jerel Culliss aka King Lemming (The Cast)Website: TeamCoFH.comTwitter: @KingLemmingCoFH  Gaming Broad(cast) is the official podcast of GamingBroadly.com. Thank you to everyone who has liked, subscribed, and commented about Gaming Broad(cast) on Apple Podcasts! You can also follow this podcast on Spotify, Podbean, Stitcher, Google Music, or subscribe directly using our RSS feed. Want some gamey goodness in your email inventory? Sign up for some occasional(ly) playful newsletter updates. Thanks to Ben Cohn for the music for this episode!

Meredith Wilson is participating in rural flight, virtually speaking. As young people from Appalachia increasingly move out of the region, Meredith Wilson has done something strange: moved to rural Virginia to make virtual reality video games.  Meredith Wilson is a public health epidemiologist turned video game developer who was a participant in Oculus Launchpad 2017. Wilson used to do public health research at Virginia Tech's Biocomplexity Institute, designing mobile games about diseases that were literally going viral, and appears to have been permanently infected with the game development bug. She's the founder and lead game designer for Bedhouse Games, a small independent video game studio based out of rural Virginia that is currently developing a GearVR science fiction flight simulation-esque video game. While not originally from the Appalachian region, Wilson's work, as well as the way she works, has been impacted by her experience living there. From the types of characters she designs, to how she thinks about the relationship between ethics and education, and even her opinion on eating rabbit, Appalachia has clearly had an impact on this tenderfoot transplant. This episode is part three of "Playing Appalachia", a series of conversations with Appalachian and Appalachian adjacent gamers and game makers. To start at the beginning, check out Ep. 18: What Games Are Getting Right About Appalachia with Dr. Elizabeth Catte. You can also take a listen to our conversation with Cardboard Computer about Kentucky Route Zero, their game set in rural Kentucky, to learn more about the relationship between magical realism and Appalachia. Stuff We Mentioned...VR.5Games for Change SummitKiya Epidemiology Virus Tracker Microsoft Flight Simulator Descent Star Wars: TIE Fighter Alien (film)Battle of Blair Mountain "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville, VA The "Harvey Weinsteins of Science" @darbianSRL (a Super Mario speedrunner) JD (The Broad)Website: GamingBroadly.comTwitter: @JayDeeCepticonInstagram: @JayDeeCepticon Meredith Wilson (The Cast)Website: BedhouseGames.comTwitter: @papermantis Gaming Broad(cast) is the official podcast of GamingBroadly.com. Thank you to everyone who has liked, subscribed, and commented about Gaming Broad(cast) on Apple Podcasts! You can also follow this podcast on Spotify, Podbean, Stitcher, Google Music, or subscribe directly using our RSS feed. Want some gamey goodness in your email inbox? Sign up for some occasional(ly) playful newsletter updates. Thanks to Ben Cohn for the music for this episode!

It's near impossible to talk about Appalachia and video games, and games that "get Appalachia right", without talking about Kentucky Route Zero. The game itself is mysterious, filled with empty space and people with featureless faces, a five-part digital theater that leaves enough room for Appalachia to rush in. What is it about this surreal point and click adventure game that feels so real? In part two of Gaming Broadcast's "Playing Appalachia" series, we're joined by Cardboard Computer, the makers of Kentucky Route Zero, to learn what the magical has to say about the real (especially as it relates to Appalachia) and the surprising ways Appalachians responded to seeing their home reanimated in digital form. Cardboard Computer = games by Jake Elliot, Tamas Kemenczy, and Ben Babbitt. They're currently working on Kentucky Route Zero, a magical realist adventure game about a secret highway in the caves beneath Kentucky, and the mysterious folks who travel it. Acts I-IV of Kentucky Route Zero are available now, with Act V available sometime other than now. For part one of Gaming Broadcast’s series Playing Appalachia, a collection of conversations with Appalachian and Appalachian adjacent gamers and game makers, check out Ep. 18 What Games Are Getting Right About Appalachia with Dr. Elizabeth Catte. Stuff We Mentioned...Kentucky Route ZeroMammoth CaveColossal Cave AdventureMark FisherHistory of Kentucky UnionsSpirographMagical RealismGabriel García Márquez and The Autumn of the PatriarchIsabella Allende and The House of the SpiritsSouthern GothicFlannery O'ConnorTennessee Williams and The Glass Menagerie"It's a lie, but not everything in it is false." JD (The Broad)Website: GamingBroadly.comTwitter: @JayDeeCepticonInstagram: @JayDeeCepticon Cardboard Computer (The Cast)Website: CardboardComputer.comTwitter: @cardboardcompyInstagram: @cardboardcompyKentucky Route Zero: KentuckyRouteZero.com  Gaming Broad(cast) is the official podcast of GamingBroadly.com. Thank you to everyone who has liked, subscribed, and commented about Gaming Broad(cast) on Apple Podcasts! You can also follow this podcast on Spotify, Podbean, Stitcher, Google Music, or subscribe directly using our RSS feed. Want some gamey goodness in your email inbox? Sign up for some occasional(ly) playful newsletter updates. Thanks to Ben Cohn for the music for this episode!

We are JAM-PACKED with storymakin' knowledge as we talk with Tim (co-founder and creative director of Double Fine Productions, probably wrote/designed/programmed your favorite LucasArts games), Jake (co-founder of Cardboard Computer and writer on Kentucky Route Zero. Maker of artware, music, and games like A (Moth in Relay), We Were You, and The Penguins’ Dilemma), and SURPRISE RETURN GUEST Cara (writer, narrative designer, game critic, and wrote on the recently released Dishonored 2) about using Twine as a design tool, knowing the implementation of your writing, working the fat off your prose style, the hero’s journey being just one bag of tricks that works, the differing emotional states between pitching and working, thinking of structure like Brutalist architecture, the most over utilized/underutilized tools in the storytelling toolbox, the importance of having/not having voice over, fatigue from world-ending stakes, internal writing rules, deciding to use/not use puzzles in adventure games, and whether there’s too much pressure on conclusions. Our Guests on the Internet Tim's Twitter and Website. Jake's Twitter and Website. Cara's Website and Book. Stuff We Talked About Screenplay: The Foundations of Screenwriting by Syd Field Save the Cat by Blake Snyder (Don’t buy this book) Breakfast of Champions: A Novel by Kurt Vonnegut On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King Thirty Flights of Loving Virginia Here and There Along the Echo Spider and Web by Andrew Plotkin Emily Short’s blog Sunless Sea Kurt Vonnegut's Writing Rules Jake's GDC 2013 talk - Designing for Mystery in Kentucky Route Zero The Poetics of Space by Cara Ellison Our theme music was composed by 2Mello, and our logo was created by Lily Nishita.

The first act of Cardboard Computer’s evocative point-and-click adventure. Plus a little “Deus Ex Go” The post ‘Kentucky Route Zero’ appeared first on Shall We Play a Game?.

Holmes sits down with game designer Jake Elliot to discuss his critically-acclaimed adventure game, Kentucky Route Zero.

Klaus & Squirrel the new show people are calling "The next Red vs Blue" is back with another Planetside2 episode. It's a bit of a different scene this time around..more like Normandy. Klaus & Squirrel is live every Wednsday at 8pst right here on GAMEBREAKER.