House of Games #03 - Optimism or Pessimism

Welcome back to the house of games!

In this episode, we debate the future of the video games industry and whether there is cause for optimism or pessimism, if you need a publisher to be successful, and more...

Your Hosts
https://i.imgur.com/nXXGNoJ.jpg - “Matrix Pension” by Rune.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/889130/KnifeBoy_Rebooted/ - KnifeBoy
https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/24596/Red_Colony_Uncensored_Threesome_Bundle/ - The Red Colony trilogy.
https://store.steampowered.com/search/?developer=RunicCodes&ndl=1&ignore_preferences=1 - Rune’s steam page.
https://medium.com/@ottowretling – Otto’s blog.

Games and Other Links
https://youtu.be/kjyeCdd-dl8 - A breakdown of Bethesda Game Studios’ fiasco with Fallout 76.
https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/events/horse-armor - The horse armor DLC for The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion.
https://youtu.be/y2cKUzMjxcY - A breakdown of CD PROJEKT RED’s fiasco with Cyberpunk 2077.
https://youtu.be/DTvBgmNL-p0 - Making Games That Stand Out and Survive, GDC talk by Nick Popovich.
https://www.slimerancher.com/ - The homepage for Slime Rancher.
https://www.ea.com/games/alice - The homepage for American McGee's games inspired by Alice in Wonderland.
https://en.bandainamcoent.eu/elden-ring/elden-ring - The homepage for Elden Ring.
https://www.rockstargames.com/games?franchise=grand-theft-auto – The homepage for the Grand Theft Auto franchise.
https://www.saintsrow.com/ - The homepage for the Saints Row franchise.