Invoke(Rant) – Ep 02 – Immersion

The topic of this episode is immersion in games.  Have you ever thought about the immersive quality of a game while playing it?  Paul and I do, all the time.

In this episode we discuss things like spatial immersion, tactile immersion, strategic immersion, narrative immersion, what immersion is, and what breaks immersion.  Join us and enjoy!

Please leave any comments and we will do our best to discuss them in the next episode!

For those of you who listened to the previous second episode of Invoke(Rant) we apologize.  We changed the format and the content of the podcast to better match our intentions for the project.  This is the new reformatted Invoke(Rant).  The audio is cut to provide a vlogger feel while also reducing the total running time of the podcast.  Hope you enjoy!

NOW WITH LESS TYPING AND MOUTHBREATHING ALPHA!

INTRODUCING………INTRO MUSIC!!!!!! ZOMG, WE SHOULD BE MUSICIANS!

Invoke(Rant) – Ep 01 – Aesthetics

The topic of this episode is aesthetics in games.  Have you ever thought about the aesthetics of a game while playing it?  Paul and I do, all the time.  In this episode we discuss things like color theory, shape theory, what aesthetics are and the ever debated topic of whether games are art or not.  Join us and enjoy!

Please leave any comments and we will do our best to discuss them in the next episode!

For those of you who listened to the previous first episode of Invoke(Rant) we apologize.  We changed the format and the content of the podcast to better match our intentions of the project.  This is the new reformatted Invoke(Rant).  The audio is cut to provide a vlogger feel while also reducing the total running time of the podcast.  Hope you enjoy!