Kirby and the Forgotten Land uses its level design to entice exploration in different ways, and it uses multiple methods of conveying its story.

Drill is a new power in Kirby and the Forgotten Land, and it's pretty unconventional, too. We consider its impacts on traversal and combat.

We review the Sword ability from Kirby and the Forgotten Land, including its uses in different contexts and how it stacks up to other abilities.

We discuss our personal experience with prior Kirby games and what our ideal Kirby game would be like.

Shouty unveils his tier list of enemies in Dusk based on the brutal Duskmare difficulty. How high up do rats rank in the list? You'll have to listen to find out!

When we talk about "arenas" in first person shooters, what are we referencing? We talk about our implicit definitions for this general term.

This podcast broadly discusses what characterizes Dusk, from weapons to enemies and more.

Panzer Dragoon is a shooter on rails, but the player is given two key choices: between multiple attacks and between multiple viewpoints. In this episode, we discuss how enemies incentivize players to decide a form of attack and how to manage the camera.

A discussion on enemies, weapons, and inventory in Duke Nukem 3D.

Doom II levels are big and complicated. We start by discussing basics such as core gameplay and enemy design before moving onto how they impact level design.

In this last podcast on Skyward Sword, we discuss the over world design of the Lanayru Desert and how it changes when you revisit it. Here is a map of Lanayru Desert (click for full size):