"Explosions!"

#144
"Explosions!" Power Fantasies; Game Trailers
2019.08.20
Promotional picture of Borderlands 2.

Content Warning: We briefly discuss Not Nice News about gun violence in the meta section- if you don't want to hear that please skip from 16:20 to 18:08!

This week your Nice Hosts break open Power Fantasies and Indie Game Trailers and analyze what makes them work! Can boredom be a game mechanic? Is the age old storytelling rule "show don't tell" actually bad advice for indie game trailers? Can a power fantasy game really ever have too many explosions??

Picture credit Gearbox Software

If you have a trailer for your game and want to get some feedback on it send us a link on Twitter to see if it gets the "Stephen Would Actually Watch This" Seal of Approval!

Friends of the show gave talks! Aubrey Scott talks at 49:57 and Evva Kraikul is on a panel at 4:07:54.

Power Fantasies

0:18:08

Monster Den was a game store/event space in Minneapolis where Martha first played Halo- there is a different game store there now called Dreamers Vault Games