Big Boss Babble Episode 2: Hellblade, Permadeath, Shelob and more

Big Boss Battle — Big Boss Babble

We made another podcast!This week’s host was Terry, and he was joined by speakers Stefan, Jorge, Dann and —observer— Toby to discuss a bevy of topics.The team talked over an absolute mass of topics, and we’ve sorted them into the below headings for your ease of locating:Dann – Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice’s (Not real, as it turned out) permadeath mechanic.The team also discuss gaming myths, and permadeath in old games.Dann – “You can’t make eSports a thing” — Setting out to make your game an eSport is a dangerous expenditure of resources.Jorge – Sexy Shelob: Shadow of War’s strange new cast member — Ladies and gentlemen, we give you the nineties.Jorge – Micro-transactions in single player games.The team also discuss the repurchasing of older games, and ‘shortcut’ DLCs.Stefan – Final Fantasy XV Comrades — And, changing business structuresUnderstandably a big old discussion about Final Fantasys break out, and Jorge (ED. incorrectly) tries to inform people that FFX was goo