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#47 What makes good side content in a video game?

Apr 12, 20241 hr 4 min
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What makes good side content? Bad side content? What makes the difference between welcome variety and bloat in a game? Should you have to bathe when you're a cowboy? All this and more tackled on today's episode of the Crubcast.

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CHAPTERS
00:00 Don't Google "gooning"
01:58 What is "side content"?
05:48 Justin is here to discuss Persona
08:44 How Dave the Diver kickstarted this discussion for us
15:31 Kevin is still unsure how to feel about Rebirth's side content
22:27 Some positives of side content
28:25 How most of Helldivers II's content is side content
39:37 Baths should not exist anymore (Red Dead 2)
52:28 Thank you for listening
54:07 TheCrazyEven's Patreon Question of the Week

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