94. Ask Your Doctor if Viral Lycanthropy is for You
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On this episode of Total Pebble Knockdown:
Have you ever tried a game that you thought you’d hate, only to heartily enjoy it? Well, Dadam asked this question of us a couple months back and Nathan had a couple games that fit that bill. Which ones? Are they the ones you’re thinking about right now? Probably not, but watch to find out.
Redfall hit a low of 3 concurrent players in October. Before the recent update, there had been a 4 month period of having no fixes for the poor state it was in at launch. The “Bite Back” DLC is still on sale though. Should companies eventually give up on games that don’t work? Is it worth salvaging a bad game at launch? What if you can’t imagine what a good version of the game even is? Let’s talk about that vampire game… again.
‘Redfall,’ With 3 Concurrent Steam Players, Is Still Selling Its DLC Pack (forbes.com)
Returning To ‘Redfall’ After Its Big New Update, Is It Worth It? (forbes.com)
The Thing is considered one of John Carpenter’s best films. The story of a research team in Antarctica encountering an alien organism that takes on the appearance of it’s victims, the feeling of paranoia and questions about the unknown cemented it as a great horror story. But could we take the formula and make a tabletop quest out of it? What skills, characters and solutions could you use to make this a spook-tastic role-playing experience?