Episode 129: Games for Fun and Profit - a podcast by Onyx Path Publishing

In which the Eddy and Dixie cover for Matthew and talk about the challenges of playing games as game design professionals!

• We are very distracted



• Why game designers play games



• Rise of solo play (fact check: We did have a solo play stretch goal on the Demigod Kickstarter)



• Why Eddy keeps getting his dog's name wrong



• When's the last time I played a game for fun?



• Playtesting and white room balance is bullshit



• Playing in games you worked on



• Social anxiety and Gamehole Con



• Dixie's Switch tangent



• Research and enjoyment aren't binary



• Characters we don't usually play



• Doing things that could be for work but for play



• Optimum group sizes for video chat



• Games that surprised us

Links:

• Phasmaphobia: https://store.steampowered.com/app/739630/Phasmophobia/



• Danielle's chaos game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOp2TswC4ac



• Onyx Path YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/TheOnyxPath



• Onyx Path Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/theonyxpath



• Onyx Path Discord (#onyx-pathcast): https://discord.gg/5uckcBk 

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