TODAY on The PowerSwitch – Gaming’s Call-In Talk Radio Show: Matt Zawodniak joins the show to discuss the question of permadeath’s existence in Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice raises concerns about creativity in games, Middle-earth: Shadow of War adds microtransactions, No Man’s Sky publishes a massive update one year after launch, Polygon dismisses Nick Robinson, Overwatch receives a free deathmatch mode, Nintendo World Championships is back for 2017, playing Batman: The Enemy Within, the difference between the Monster Hunter Stories game and anime, and Matt’s top 5 favorite games of all time
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- (2:34) – Now Playing
- Matt Zawodniak
- NieR: Automata
- Splatoon 2
- Peter
- Batman: The Enemy Within
- Matt Zawodniak
- (15:08) – Headline Roundup
- (26:28) – Main Topic: The Hellblade Permadeath Perils
- Sold as deleting save files, may all be a bluff
- Hellblade’s specific goals and theming
- Hesitation for new kinds of games
- Are games meant for all players?
- (37:24) – Caller: Videogameguru64 (Illinois)
- Monster Hunter Stories game demo
- Monster Hunter Stories anime
- Comparing Monster Hunter Stories and numbered installments
- Hellblade’s permadeath
- Plug: GadgetGirlKylie – Monster Hunter Stories Demo Review
- (48:46) – Top 5: Matt’s Favorite Games
- Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty
- Star Wars Battlefront II (2005)
- Tales of the Abyss
- Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance
- The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask
- (1:07:18) – Outro
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