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027: What is a Roguelike? Why should I care??

Season 2, Ep. 27

Getting into the nitty gritty of the term, for all you hashtag gamers out there


0:00 - Intro to What is a Roguelike?


7:20 - The Berlin Interpretation


15:05 - Roguelike-like


23:12 - What is Rogue-lite?


31:00 - Why do people care about this argument?


39:30 - What do you want from this conversation?


51:16 - Andres with popular Rogue-likes and with anticipated sequels


1:00:00 - Dave with the Fanatical, Fandom merger


1:10:11 - Steve with Billionaire Baby's First Lawsuit (Epic Games vs Apple)


1:27:22 - Outro


Who's on this episode: ANDRES, DAVE, STEVE


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