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The hosts answer various listener questions about games and their preferences.

Episode 280- Listener Questions We open the mail bag to answer a bunch of questions from the Decision Space community! Time Stamps2:15- who would win?4:50- what is a YOU game?9:00- design choice you disagree with18:00- design choice you love23:20- games for roommates27:30- games you wish existed34:30- bad games we like40:00- who you want to play a game with44:30- spoiler strategies50:00- emotional responses to games53:00- how our tastes have changed56:30- where do you see the pod in 5 years?1:00:30- game night pick1:02:45- deep dive redo1:05:30- time for games1:09:00- state of the hobby1:13:15- superlatives1:14:15- has the podcast changed you as a gamer?1:16:45- host disagreements1:18:00- dueling game advice Preplanners We have a deep dive of Paolo Mori's Libertalia coming up! Music and Sound Credits Thank you to Hembree for our intro and outro music from their song Reach Out. You can listen to the full song on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQuuRPfOyMw&list=TLGGFNH7VEDPgwgyNTA4MjAyMQ&t=3s You can find more information about Hembree at https://www.hembreemusic.com/. Thank you to Flash Floods for use of their song Palm of Your Hand as a sting from their…

People in this episode

Hosts: Jacob Frydman, Brendan Hansen, Pete Wissinger, Paul Salomon

Topics covered

• listener questions
• game design
• game recommendations
• gaming preferences
• emotional responses to games
• podcast evolution

Keywords

• listener questions
• game design
• gaming preferences
• emotional responses
• podcast evolution
• game recommendations

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Hembree, Flash Floods

Books & works: Libertalia

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