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WELCOME TO DESCRIBING THE SKYBOX! We are a fortnightly, book club-styled podcast in which we attempt to go in-depth on an individual video game and figure out what makes it unique.
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Episode 21 - A Chef Dances Out - Indika (opens the original)
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Does a podcast have a soul? Welcome back to Describing the Skybox! Today, we’re going to be talking about Indika, a (mostly) 3D adventure game in which you play as a nun with the devil on her shoulder. Describing Indika in typical genre terms is maybe not extremely descriptive, suffice to say that if you like experimental narrative-focused games, you will likely get along with Indika pretty well. Not to say that it doesn’t have mechanics, you just do a lot of different things as you move through
Episode 20 - Betrayed by George Lucas - Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (opens the original)
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A Podcast is a friend who will welcome you home. Welcome back to the podcast! Today, after an admittedly long wait, we’re finally talking about Expedition 33, the turn based RPG from an Ubisoft ex-pat that took the world by storm at its release. A game with both a narrative focus, and the mechanical hook of being able to dodge and parry in a turn based game, it manages to reach across the aisle, presuming both sides of that aisle contain fans of single player RPG campaigns. Not to say the game i
Episode 19 - Scrappy and Independent - Perfect Tides: Station to Station (opens the original)
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It’s a sacred podcasting ritual, like pissing in the same spot. Welcome back to the Describing the Skybox podcast! Today, we’re looking at a sequel to one of our most surprisingly liked games from a few years ago. Perfect Tides: Station to Station is a narrative adventure game and direct sequel to Perfect Tides which focuses on the same protagonist, Mara Whitefish, just a few years older as she enters college. The character writing that was at the center of our enjoyment of the first game is in
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