Meta Abuse #12 | SCALE Your Game Right | Snowballing In Strategy Games Design
LucidTactics, BATTLEMODE and FragTactics discuss the nature and challenges of getting your strategy game to scale in a satisfying way. How do we manage players snowballing in power? Is it a desirable ...
30 Mai 20252h 32min
Meta Abuse #11 | Andrew Greenberg | Emperor of the Fading Suns Enhanced
DasTactic and BATTLEMODE interview Andrew Greenberg from Holistic Design Inc. Andrew is a veteran games designer known for his work on Vampire: The Masquerade, Warhammer 40k: Final Liberation and many...
10 Apr 202556min
Meta Abuse #10 - The Fall of Video Game Critique w/ Mark MSX
In this episode, Lucid and Ben are joined by Mark MSX from @TheElectricUnderground to discuss the nature of games critique today, and the effect it has on the design of the games we play. We deep di...
9 Apr 20252h 38min
Meta Abuse #8 - Game Development Engines
Ben, Shaun and Drexy from eXplorminate discuss many issues, including Unreal Engine and Unity, and the potential ramifications this has on the end product. We also discuss some recent(ish) news and ta...
3 Apr 20251h 10min
Meta Abuse #7 - Age of Wonders 4
Ben, Lucid and DasTactic discuss the fantasy 4X Age of Wonders 4 by Triumph Studios, in what may be part 1 of a likely 2 part series.
8 Mar 20251h 41min
Meta Abuse Episode #6 - w/ Drexy | Civilization 7, Path of Exile 2, Distant Worlds 2
Ben and Shaun catch up with Drexy from eXplorminate and discuss the new Path of Exile 2 early access, Civilization 7's mixed reception on launch, Distant Worlds 2 and more!(00:00) Introduction(01:07) ...
17 Feb 20251h 4min
Meta Abuse Episode 5: Best Strategy Games of 2024
This is the first episode where we have all five regular presenters together: Ben, Shaun, Richard Yorke, Lucid Tactics and DasTactic and discuss our favourite games of 2024!
12 Jan 20251h 39min
Meta Abuse Episode 3: Realtime Strategy - A Dead Genre?
Ben and Shaun are joined by Lucid Tactics to deep dive into the RTS genre - its history, the current state of the genre and their predictions for its future.
24 Des 20241h 50min
