Mel discusses what certain expectations of a game can do to the enjoyment of a game. Games that defy those expectations are not always bad, but these changes often abandon their original designs. Dive into this dilemma with Mel by clicking and reading!
As the Ashes contest resumes in England at Old Trafford, the panel takes an educational turn, querying the purpose and meaning of Nightwatchmen, Silly Mid-Offs, Follow-Ons, and Fine Legs. Lusipurr obliges the natural curiosity with a helpful diagram.
Yoichi Wada is named chairman of the board, Australia’s ratings system is even worse than before, Atlus faces its most dire existential threat, and Silicon Knights/Precursor Games key creative talent has been arrested for being a child pornographer!