Welcome to the inaugural episode of Xperience, The Outerhaven’s Xbox-related podcast. This week on Xperience, we take a look at Microsoft’s newest initiative to entice developers into using their platform to bring games to Xbox on Windows 10 and what this potentially means for Xbox across the board. In addition, we talk about the recycling of almost 1 million Gamertags that are no longer being used, Xbox Live prices rising in six countries, as well as the idea that Microsoft still doesn’t know how to properly communicate with their audience.
Starting with the top 128 best rated games on Metacritic and putting them head-to-head tournament style! The round of 16 for the March Madness Podcast. Vote for which games you think should go through!
GETL Podcast says: "In episode 81 we discuss the interesting nuance surrounding narrative and lore elements within video games, and how this interactive medium is both a boon and a curse for lore junkies".
The short answer is, it depends on the game and whether or not narrative is the focus. For example, maybe it's important to provide us with the social commentary that accompanies the fall of civilization as we come face to face with the dark side of humanity in the struggle for survival. On the other hand, maybe we just need to shoot zombies, and that's cool too. The videogame medium is versatile enough to allow for either approach, some combination of both, or something in between.
As 2021 comes to a close, Brendan, Chris, Dayna, and Jordan look back on the year; the highs, the lows, and CGM's new GOTY nominations as voted on by our wonderful audience.
