{"id":816,"date":"2010-04-19T23:04:00","date_gmt":"2010-04-20T06:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.curtiscchen.com\/journal\/2010\/04\/19\/snoutcast-12-game-themes-part-2-a-brief-history-of-snout\/"},"modified":"2010-04-19T23:04:00","modified_gmt":"2010-04-20T06:04:00","slug":"snoutcast-12-game-themes-part-2-a-brief-history-of-snout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.curtiscchen.com\/journal\/2010\/04\/19\/snoutcast-12-game-themes-part-2-a-brief-history-of-snout\/","title":{"rendered":"SnoutCast #12: “GAME Themes, Part 2: A Brief History of Snout”"},"content":{"rendered":"

The thrilling conclusion to last week’s discussion<\/a>, in which we reminisce about past Games run by Team Snout and how we selected and implemented each theme. Please try to contain your excitement.<\/p>\n

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[ Download mp3<\/a> – 36 MB ]<\/small><\/p>\n

00:00 – Random TeaserTM<\/sup>: breaking the fourth wall<\/a>
01:43 – how do GCs pick their themes?
05:02 – many Game themes are based on TV\/movies\/media\/pop culture
06:05 – lessons learned: theme > story (e.g.<\/span>, Justice Unlimited<\/a>)
08:26 – how Snout picks themes
11:07 – Homicide: Life on the Farm<\/a>
11:48 – FoBiK<\/a>
14:20 – you don’t need a lot of story in a Game…
16:20 – …but the players need to be the stars of the story
17:47 – the story of FoBiK
19:37 – foreshadowing in trailer<\/a>, payoff in photo clue<\/a>
21:08 – front-loading story in Justice Unlimited
22:46 – men in tights<\/a>
24:11 – lively debate over the Hogwarts Game<\/a> story
29:04 – thank you, Goonies Game<\/a>!
31:05 – how is Harry Potter like the President of the United States?
33:29 – how Chris suckered us into running Midnight Madness<\/a>
36:19 – The End<\/p>\n

Music: instrumentals from “Code Monkey” and “Mandelbrot Set” by Jonathan Coulton<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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\"CKL\" \"DeeAnn\"<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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