Please consider supporting us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/glasshousemedia Welcome to the Window into Glass House, where we recap all the latest gaming news. This episode was filmed on 16/11/21, and we talked about how every AAA+ game is being released either broken or with exploitable systems. 0:00 Intro 0:50 Forza Horizon 5's Willy's 18:57 New World's Economy was shut down 26:50 Break 27:26 Battlefield 2042 XP Exploit 29:49 Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy This was streamed live on Twitch....
Nov 18, 2021•55 min
Please consider supporting us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/glasshousemedia Welcome to the Window into Glass House, where we recap all the latest gaming news. This episode was filmed on 10/11/21, and we talked about the WWE's approach to their talent's digital media efforts, write the design doc of our ideal wrestling game and we glimpse at the first that Netflix Games has offered. 0:00 The Good Life (We haven't played it yet) 2:23 Forza Horizon 5 Is Too Big 14:41 Break 15:19 The WWE Sucks...
Nov 11, 2021•49 min
Please consider supporting us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/glasshousemedia Welcome to the Window into Glass House, where we recap all the latest gaming news. This episode was filmed on 09/11/21, and we talked about Disco Elysium, Removing the Danny Trejo Hot Dog Mission, For some reason a lot of Elon Musk and how there need to be consequences for terrible corporate action. 0:00 Intro 0:40 Disco Elysium Chat! 5:20 Far Cry 6 9:32 Pay Raises! 19:12 Randy's Promotion 20:12 Elon's Tax Chat 24:...
Nov 09, 2021•43 min
An extended version of this episode is available at: https://www.patreon.com/posts/58288527 Alex P (he/him) and Shay join Alex CG (they/them) to reflect on Eastward (2021). *** Glass House Games records in the heart of Brick Lane, London. Make sure you subscribe and turn on notifications to never miss out! Send your thoughts to community@glasshouse.games https://www.twitter.com/GHGshow https://www.instagram.com/ghgshow https://www.twitch.tv/ghgshow https://www.glasshouse.games/podcasts https://...
Nov 05, 2021•27 min
Please consider supporting us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/glasshousemedia Welcome to the Window into Glass House, where we recap all the latest gaming news. This episode was filmed on 04/11/21, and we talked about how there's a YouTuber skincare line, how Ubisoft can't just leave you alone, Facebook turning into Meta, Fortnite leaving China and bad emulation. This was streamed live on Twitch. If you'd like to watch us live, follow us at https://www.twitch.tv/ghgshow *** Glass House Games...
Nov 05, 2021•1 hr
Please consider supporting us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/glasshousemedia Welcome to the Window into Glass House, where we recap all the latest gaming news. This episode was filmed on 25/10/21. We talked about how Inscryption is hard to review, the pressures that puts on critics and how the experience of playing games pre-release and for fun is different based on just the environment and information available at the time. We also talk about Far Cry 6's weird single-player account creatio...
Oct 26, 2021•47 min
Please consider supporting us on Patreon: http://patreon.com/glasshousemedia This week on our review show Reflections, Astrid (they/them), Shay, and Mat chat about Deathloop, other immersive sims and ludonarrative dissonance. This episode contains spoilers. 00:00 Welcome to Reflections 2:55 What's the deal with immersive sims? 5:34 The problem with morality systems 7:07 Multiplayer 8:55 Puzzles and the illusion of choice 12:37 Endings 16:01 Verdicts Reflections are scored individually on a scale...
Oct 24, 2021•18 min
Please consider supporting us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/glasshousemedia Welcome to the Window into Glass House! We recap all the recent gaming news! This was streamed live on Twitch. If you'd like to watch us live, follow us at: https://www.twitch.tv/ghgshow *** Glass House Games records in the heart of Brick Lane, London. Make sure you subscribe and turn on notifications to never miss out! Send your thoughts to community@glasshouse.games https://www.twitter.com/GHGshow https://www.in...
Oct 22, 2021•47 min
Please consider supporting us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/glasshousemedia Welcome to the Window into Glass House! We recap all the recent gaming news! This episode the team talks about EA maybe no longer keeping the FIFA licence and whether people would still enjoy the game if they can't play as Messi. We also talk about how Nintendo's new Switch Online price increase is another example of their weird relationship to cost. Also, we talk again about how piracy can be justified and the gam...
Oct 19, 2021•53 min
An extended version of this episode is available at https://www.patreon.com/posts/57431611 Mat and Samantha (she/her) join Alex P (he/him) to reflect on Psychonauts 2 (2021) a troubled follow-up to a beloved platforming adventure. *** Glass House Games records in the heart of Brick Lane, London. Make sure you subscribe and turn on notifications to never miss out! Send your thoughts to community@glasshouse.games https://www.twitter.com/GHGshow https://www.instagram.com/ghgshow https://www.twitch...
Oct 17, 2021•22 min
Please consider supporting us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/glasshousemedia Welcome to the Window into Glass House! This is our new show where we recap all the recent gaming news. On this episode This was streamed live on Twitch. If you'd like to watch us live, follow us at https://www.twitch.tv/ghgshow *** Glass House Games records in the heart of Brick Lane, London. Make sure you subscribe and turn on notifications to never miss out! Send your thoughts to community@glasshouse.games https...
Oct 15, 2021•48 min
Please consider supporting us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/glasshousemedia Welcome to the Window into Glass House! This is our new show where we recap all the recent gaming news. On this episode we're talking Metroid Dread first impressions, Nintendo emulation versus piracy and Back4Blood. This was streamed live on Twitch. If you'd like to watch us live, follow us at https://www.twitch.tv/ghgshow *** Glass House Games records in the heart of Brick Lane, London. Send your thoughts to commu...
Oct 14, 2021•42 min
Please consider supporting us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/glasshousemedia Alex P (he/him) and Alex CG (they/them) Mat to talk about games that get finished way way later. *** Glass House Games records in the heart of Brick Lane, London. Make sure you subscribe and turn on notifications to never miss out! Send your thoughts to community@glasshouse.games https://www.twitter.com/GHGshow https://www.instagram.com/ghgshow https://www.twitch.tv/ghgshow https://www.glasshouse.games/podcasts htt...
Oct 11, 2021•1 hr 5 min
Please consider supporting us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/glasshousemedia The GHG Crew wraps up the important games and news stories of September! *** Glass House Games records in the heart of Brick Lane, London. Make sure you subscribe and turn on notifications to never miss out! Send your thoughts to community@glasshouse.games https://www.twitter.com/GHGshow https://www.instagram.com/ghgshow https://www.twitch.tv/ghgshow https://www.glasshouse.games/podcasts https://www.patreon.com/gla...
Oct 04, 2021•2 hr 2 min
An extended version of this episode is available at https://www.patreon.com/posts/56802660 Alex P (he/him) and Shay (she/her) join Samantha (she/her) to reflect on Lake (2021) another entry into the Strand Genre. *** Glass House Games records in the heart of Brick Lane, London. Make sure you subscribe and turn on notifications to never miss out! Send your thoughts to community@glasshouse.games https://www.twitter.com/GHGshow https://www.instagram.com/ghgshow https://www.twitch.tv/ghgshow https:/...
Sep 30, 2021•20 min
Please consider supporting us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/glasshousemedia Alex CG (they/them) and Mat join Astrid (they/them) to talk about how games coverage has a bias towards the English language. We're joined by our guest Diego Nicolás Argüello (he/him). https://twitter.com/diegoarguello66 https://www.vice.com/en/article/88977a/blasphemous-was-written-in-spanish-now-its-characters-finally-speak-it *** Glass House Games records in the heart of Brick Lane, London. Send your thoughts to...
Sep 27, 2021•1 hr 4 min
Please consider supporting us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/glasshousemedia Alps (he/him), Astrid (they/them) and Samantha (she/her) join Mat to talk about how games are better for having secrets, but secrets are the hardest bit of game design to justify spending time on. https://twitter.com/joelburgess/status/1428008043556622336 *** Glass House Games records in the heart of Brick Lane, London. Send your thoughts to community@glasshouse.games https://www.twitter.com/GHGshow https://www.ins...
Sep 20, 2021•1 hr 19 min
Content Note: There's some discussion of suicide in this episode. An extended version of this episode is available at https://www.patreon.com/posts/56229825 Alex P (he/him) and Mat join Shay (she/her) to reflect on The Forgotten City (2021) a game about time looping over and over, but this time it's in a magical ancient Rome. *** Glass House Games records in the heart of Brick Lane, London. Send your thoughts to community@glasshouse.games https://www.twitter.com/GHGshow https://www.instagram.com...
Sep 16, 2021•36 min
Please consider supporting us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/glasshousemedia Alps (he/him), Astrid (they/them) and Mat join Samantha (she/her) to talk about how profit isn't the only way to measure success. https://www.vice.com/en/article/nnknjz/one-glorious-day-at-londons-summer-of-sonic-fan-convention-740 *** Glass House Games records in the heart of Brick Lane, London. Make sure you subscribe and turn on notifications to never miss out! Send your thoughts to community@glasshouse.games ht...
Sep 13, 2021•1 hr 7 min
Content Note: There's a brief mention of this game's themes, including incest and drugging. An Extended Cut of this episode is available on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/55908414 Alex P (he/him) and Mat join Shay (she/her) to reflect on 12 Minutes (2021) a game about time looping over and over, and some other gross stuff. *** Glass House Games records in the heart of Brick Lane, London. Make sure you subscribe and turn on notifications to never miss out! Send your thoughts to community@...
Sep 09, 2021•16 min
Please consider supporting us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/glasshousemedia The GHG Crew wraps up the important games and news stories of August! https://www.gameinformer.com/exclusive-interview/2021/08/28/naughty-by-nature-naughty-dog-leadership-reflects-on-the-studios *** Glass House Games records in the heart of Brick Lane, London. Send your thoughts to community@glasshouse.games https://www.twitter.com/GHGshow https://www.instagram.com/ghgshow/ https://www.twitch.tv/ghgshow https://w...
Sep 06, 2021•1 hr 47 min
Please consider supporting us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/glasshousemedia Mat and Shay (she/her) join Samantha (she/her) to talk about how design of free-to-play treadmills doesn't arrive by accident and we could decide not to do it. https://www.thegamer.com/halo-infinite-battle-pass-boring/ *** Glass House Games records in the heart of Brick Lane, London. Make sure you subscribe and turn on notifications to never miss out! Send your thoughts to community@glasshouse.games https://www.twi...
Aug 30, 2021•1 hr 17 min
An Extended Cut of this episode is available on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/55360495 Alex P (he/him) and Astrid (they/them) join Samantha (she/her) to reflect on No Longer Home, (2021) a game about difficulty moving out and leaving things behind. *** Glass House Games records in the heart of Brick Lane, London. Make sure you subscribe and turn on notifications to never miss out! Send your thoughts to community@glasshouse.games https://www.twitter.com/GHGshow https://www.instagram.com...
Aug 26, 2021•20 min
Alex P (he/him) Mat and Shay (she/her) join Astrid (they/them) to talk about Multi Level Marketing companies and the overlap with a lot of games and gaming culture. https://www.stitcher.com/show/the-dream https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cargo_cult https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2021-07-03-faze-kicks-out-one-member-and-suspends-three-others-over-alleged-influencer-crypto-scam https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/apr/14/what-is-greensill-lobbying-scandal-who-involved *** Glass House Games r...
Aug 23, 2021•1 hr 33 min
Please consider supporting us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/glasshousemedia Astrid (they/them), Samantha (she/her) and Shay (she/her) join Alex P (he/him) to talk about some rare objects from their collection and what the point of collecting these things is. *** Glass House Games records in the heart of Brick Lane, London. Send your thoughts to community@glasshouse.games https://www.twitter.com/GHGshow https://www.instagram.com/ghgshow/ https://www.twitch.tv/ghgshow https://www.glasshous...
Aug 16, 2021•1 hr 40 min
An Extended Cut of this episode is available on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/54789029 Alex P (he/him) and Astrid (they/them) join Samantha (she/her) to reflect on Biomutant (2021) a game with a little guy running around. 00:00 Intro and Reflections explanation 01:47 Biomutant explanation 03:05 Artistic intent 05:12 Labour of love 07:18 Set pieces 08:59 Moral choices 9:43 A Bezos Ending 11:19 Support us on Patreon! 11:33 Verdict and outro This episode is also available in podcast format...
Aug 12, 2021•15 min
Please consider supporting us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/glasshousemedia The Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Žižek likes to tell a joke about a customer in a cafe who asks for coffee without milk. The owner replies that they've run out of milk, but they can have a coffee without cream. The games industry uses a similar idea, selling the absence of something back to the consumer. Alex P (he/him) and Astrid (they/them) join Samantha (she/her) to talk about "No Crunch" as the bare minimum acc...
Aug 09, 2021•1 hr 15 min
This episode of Reflections was recorded live for GHG Patrons. Consider supporting us at https://www.patreon.com/glasshousemedia It's Christmas in July! This is the 2nd part of two episodes where we address some glaring omissions from our all-time (2019-2020) list of top games. 00:00 Intro and explanation 02:48 Project Winter 12:51 Tetris 99 20:34 Metro Exodus 32:29 Void Bastards 40:01 Break 40:28 Wilmot’s Warehouse 50:43 Superliminal 57:37 Wide Ocean Big Jacket 1:05:43 Griefhelm 1:09:59 Disc Ro...
Aug 05, 2021•1 hr 45 min
Please consider supporting us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/glasshousemedia A lot happened in July that we didn't get a chance to talk about. We're wrapping up the month in this month's Gamer's Digest! 00:00 Intro and 03:25 Tarzan VR 08:44 Death’s Door 11:45 Pokemon Unite 20:37 The Forgotten City 26:27 Omno 29:14 No Longer Home 32:28 Last Stop 37:12 Break 37:37 Clash: Artifacts of Chaos 42:40 Dr Mario only has three months to live 47:30 Netflix plans to add video games to its catalogue 57:...
Aug 02, 2021•1 hr 55 min
This episode of Reflections was recorded live for GHG Patrons. Consider supporting us at https://patreon.com/glasshousemedia It's Christmas in July! This is the first part of two episodes where we add games to our all-time (2019-2020) list of top games. This first part is us checking and making sure we all still agree with where our existing game selections sit. 00:00 Intro and explanation 10:46 Call of Duty Modern Warfare 11:23 Mosaic 13:09 Cyberpunk 2077 16:10 Pikuniku 19:45 A Plague Tale: Inn...
Jul 29, 2021•2 hr 6 min
