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Feb 22, 2021 6:52 AM

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I'm super late to this discussion, watching a long while after it aired, but this episode was great. I'm a game dev myself (video games, not board games), so there was a lot here that spoke to me. The best episode so far by a landslide. It's very important to have others test what you make, especially if you are doing it solo, and I felt the episode captured that realization perfectly.

"They escaped the weight of darkness,
to forge a path into the marrow of the spirit.
They chose to drown in a deeper vacancy,
an emptiness that quells the null,
a pool for the forgotten..."
Jul 2, 2022 11:23 AM

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Hm?.. Are Japanese not that much into board games?.. Well, my country isn't that much either, really.. But Japanese have shogi, on the other hand.. It's one more mainstream board game than in my country.. Where it's chess and checkers.. These games are played in Japan as well.. At least in anime you'll see them.. Are board games mainstream in Germany or something?.. I'd expect it still is probably majorly niche, for fans in particular, and stuff.. But not mainstream hobby.. But I don't know, it's just a guess..
I think there is sense in both Midori's and George's approaches.. And ideally they probably have to support each other, and both ideas should work.. Both talent of the game creator.. Him thinking on stuff, his hard work, his wish to make game perfect and then to show it to others.. Will lead to more quality.. But also quality of enjoyment also needs to be tested with people as well.. Who'll play with your game.. Both of their views only by themselves also can lead not to best things.. Like not testing with others?.. Can be boring game.. If to just let everyone play - it can turn into infinite project of a game, like how Yandere Simulator turned out, for example.. Releasing for forever not finished state.. Or how we have not finished games for years in early access.. Early access games became quite a problem nowadays that wasn't a problem before.. Now we get tons of products in unfinished state..
Card with random effect is especially nice idea.. To exchange furniture with other players, hm.. More chaos cards!~ ;P
Sep 11, 2023 3:19 PM
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Half way through now, been a very nice rewatch so far, and this is an excellent episode honestly. Seeing Midori get hit with the cold hard truth was kinda upsetting to see but it was definitely what she needed to hear with her current mindset, and what do you know, Mr. Beresford was right, the successful designer with a big company in the US knew better than a Japanese high school girl lol, I know it fits Midori’s personality to be stubborn and it was also kinda realistic for her to not want to face criticism, but it’s kinda funny how she thought she knew better than him lol.

And I actually forgot the manager and Beresford are veteran soldiers lol, definitely not something you’d expect in a show like this but it’s a fun addition, I like the relationship they have too, funny stuff.
TheColonel76Sep 11, 2023 3:27 PM
Sep 17, 4:50 PM
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Realized at the end that the playtest in the episode was most likely the second play test. At the beginning with Takeru he was about to give his option of the game thou he could have been about to give his option of the game based on the rules.
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