Chris, Tom F, Pip and a deck of Lego cards discuss Hanano, puzzle game design, Endless Space 2, pre-pre-E3 news, and more.
Plus: a bumper helping of grudges, Chris’ flimsy manifesto, the fallacy of rock-paper-scissors, the duality of Linux as both man and penguin.
- In which Ubisoft announce a series of logos, some of which are red and blue. This is fascinating to Chris for some reason.
- Here’s Jon Shafer on building Spelunky-inspired strategy.
- Tom’s been losing time to Hanano and its sequel.
- Chris has been playing Endless Space 2. A lot of the technical issues he reports have been patched since the time of recording – check out his review for PC Gamer for a more up to date take.
- Chris and Tom S launched their Bloodborne YouTube series this week!
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Our intro music is by The Mandibles from their track Clambake. Many of the band members now tour as Count Bobo And The Bullion.
