Three Moves Ahead 93: Theme, Mechanics and Meaning - a podcast by Idle Thumbs

GWJ's Lara Crigger and JTS's Todd Brakke join Troy and special guest Soren Johnson in a wide ranging talk about how how theme and mechanics work together or fight each other. What isLeft for Deadreally about? Why are themes so important to Lara? How do mechanics translate meaning? Why is Civilization so ahistorical? Do only game designers care about this stuff?Lara loses her train of thought for the first time ever, Todd makes some sense and Soren is his usual impressive self. And more on X-Com.Theme is Not Meaning Part 1,Part 2Redistricting GameSoren's GDC talk as summarized by Destructoid

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