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Why Videogames Want You To Fail

check out eli_handle_b.wav!https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUdZY_KRQndvMIPD-8_uXRw

Whether w...

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EARLY ACCESS - Why Classes Are D&D's Best Idea

Dungeons and Dragons has been around for years, and in its many years of  influence, D&D has inspired a countless number of videogames. Experience points, a bunch of classic monsters, dung...

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Architect Address September 2022

Well Well Well, look who we’ve got here, it’s a patron stumbling unawares into this, the architect address oh how foolish you must feel. - you’ve been trapped, you’ve been tricked! Now youâ...

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EARLY ACCESS - Why The Hell Are There So Many Fishing Minigames?

Check out Pixel A Day!: https://www.youtube.com/c/pixeladay

No matter which genre of game you play, no matter which...

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EARLY ACCESS- Why Do We Love Hostile Worlds?

Check out Buried Treasure: https://buried-treasure.org/

There are few better feelings in games than being able to immerse ...

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A NEW PATREON TIER APPROACHES!?

Hi! just a quick update ahead of the new video which is currently uploading that I'm adding a new patreon tier at $8! (Several people have told me to charge more than 10 but I want to do right by y...

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Architect Address July 2022

Well hi there! Welcome to the architect address, a special series of videos just for you patrons where I natter on for a few minutes about the latest video to grace your youtube sub feeds, as well ...

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EARLY ACCESS: How Bad Balance Can Be A Good Thing

Check out classics of game! https://www.youtube.com/user/ClassicsOfGame 

Balance in videogames is a tr...

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EARLY ACCESS How To Design An Unsolvable Problem

Check out SokPop! https://sokpop.co/  

Sim City is one of the most important videogames ever made, but Will  Wright's magn...

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Architect Address June 2022

Wait, who let you in here, I was supposed to be doing the Architect Address! Eugh! Typical. Well, seeing as you’re here, you may as well listen to me ramble on for a few minutes about the latest ...

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EARLY ACCESS - What's So Difficult About Alternate Endings?

Sorry this one's up so late, friends! I'll go into it more in the Architect Address in a few days!

Videogames are unique for a lot of reasons, but what makes them stand out amongst every oth...

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EARLY ACCESS - How Nostalgia Can Hold Games Back

Go check out Yames! https://pantagruel.itch.io/

Everyone loves engaging in a bit of nostalgia - it's a way to enjoy the thi...

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Architect Address April 2022

Hello everyone and welcome to the Architect Address, that extra special patrons only thing where I talk about some of the recent videos that have come out and what’s going on with the channel lat...

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EARLY ACCESS - Why Tunic Hides Its Tutorial From You

Over the last decade, videogames have gotten much better at communication. After so many years, we've finally got comprehensive tutorials, clear user interfaces and well-paced difficulty curves tha...

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Why The Best Open World Is A (slightly) Closed World

Check out Codex Entry: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCseUB-78sF7MGcbl4mHhEng

Open World gam...

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Architect Address March 2022

Hi everyone! It’s me, back with another Architect Address, that thingamabob where I talk about some of the videos that have been released recently, what’s going on with the channel and all that...

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EARLY ACCESS - Is It Possible To Make Feeling Weak Fun?

Power fantasies are almost ubiquitous in games, from the absolute most casual experiences out there to the hardest of the hardcore - videogames LOVE making us feel strong and powerful, and why woul...

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EARLY ACCESS - What Was Disco Elysium Actually About?

Check out ShayMay https://www.youtube.com/user/heyshaymay  

Disco Elysium is a weird game - that much is o...

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Big Video Update!

Hello Patrons!  This is just a small update to say that the next video I release might not be out when you'd expect (which would normally be about now), I'm finally getting off my backside and...

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Architect Address: 2021 In Review

Hello one and all and welcome to a very special 2021 wrapup Architect address, it’s time for me to go over the massive glut of videos I hammered out towards the end of the year as well as discuss...

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20(21) Games You Should Have Played

(Hi pals! this video has been uploading since yesterday evening and it's only just finished because my internet sucks AND youtube is having issues. Given the time-sensitive nature of the video and ...

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EARLY ACCESS - How Videogames Keep You Playing

Check out FD Signifier! https://www.youtube.com/c/FDSignifire

You probably already know this, but video games ar...

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Early Access: Why Can Master Chief Only Carry Two Guns?

Check out the Yogscast Jingle Jam: https://jinglejam.tiltify.com/

How does Mario remain so infamously creative, without ...

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EARLY ACCESS - How Videogames Make The Ultimate Sacrifice

Check out GiantGrantGames: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdHKiETyuMbV6a86GRK-MWA

I'm back f...

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Architect Address October 2021

Well howdy there, welcome to the architect Address, an occasional video where I tell you all about what’s happened recently, talk about stuff to do with the channel and generally shoot the breeze...

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EARLY ACCESS - Finding True Freedom In Videogames

Check out Hotcyder! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_r8gFeezEBZVnazvbv75pQ  

Is there a...

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EARLY ACCESS - How Storytelling Saved Psychonauts

Check out Transparency!: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwOConcPgxt3lIKIfBSNrTg

The history...

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Architect Address - September 2021

Look what we have here, if it isn’t an Architect Address moseying on into town. Hello! In case you aren’t aware, the architect address is a thing I do every now and again to sum up the last cou...

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EARLY ACCESS - Building Better Crafting Systems

NOTE: I've been having a little bit of trouble with my internet lately so I wasn't able to update my list of supporters, I'll have it fixed for the next video and I'll do a shoutout in the upcoming...

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EARLY ACCESS - The Ugliest Game Ever Made

What does it mean for something to be ugly? Is it when something is  repulsive, when it offends your senses, or is it when something is just  plain bad? Beyond that, is there any situatio...

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