"The random bobblehead." Bonus Content; Giving Talks

Nice Games Club - a gamedev podcast!

It's that time again! Time for another episode, that is. Mark tries to convince his fellow hosts that games should include more bonus content—developer commentary, concept art, and so forth. Stephen talks about giving talks, even though he doesn't like to give talks. And Ellen finished a game!

• What should Ellen play next? A poll for you!

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  Twitter
• My Boy! Emulator (Android app)

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  Google Play Store
• Is this the episode in which Martha and Stephen tried to teach Mark about Pokémon?

  "How would I know that?"
• Too Many Choices: A Problem That Can Paralyze

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  Alina Tugend

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  The New York Times

• Header image: The fictional black hole, "Gargantua," from the film Interstellar (2014). Credit: Double Negative @ https://www.dneg.com/

• The "postroll funny" is a line from the poem "What Did?" by Shel Silverstein as published in the collection A Light in the Attic.

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Bonus Content

Games mentioned in this segment included:

• Paper Mario: The Origami King
• Closed Hands
• 30 Flights of Loving
• Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
• Batman: Arkham series

A previous NGC episode discussed the topic of "unlockables."

"Please cheat, I don't care."

‘Ask Iwata’ Book Review: A Much Needed Chronicle Of A Gaming Legend

Ollie Barder

Forbes

Wrinkles in Spacetime: The Warped Astrophysics of Interstellar

Adam Rogers

Wired

First Images of a Black Hole from the Event Horizon Telescope*

Susanna Kohler

AAS NOVA

Game Changers (2019 exhibit)

Science Museum of Minnesota

* CORRECTION: The black hole in question is Messier 87, not "TON 68" as Ellen mentioned on the podcast. The designation of the black hole that Ellen thought she was referring to is TON 618. The black hole that's part of the TON 618 quasar is one of the most massive black holes ever discovered.

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Giving Talks

View recently-broadcasted talks from IGDA-TC

Twitch

Resonate: Present Visual Stories that Transform Audiences (a book)

Nancy Duarte