Joe is back and he brings the topic of the "NPC", or as Joe puts it, people with out a soul to the table. As a foundation he uses the ideas of Gnosticism, a mystical system of belief emerging out of jewish and early christian sects in the 1st century AD, but possibly being older.
Join us for a discussion on people without inner monologue, human automatons and ancient mysticism.
Joe brings the legend of Tamamo-no-Mae, the nine-tailed kitsune whose spirit was trapped in the "killing stone", to the table.
We do our usual derailment and have a fun time doing it, we hope you feel the same.
Dave puts the topic on Elden Ring and its "bad" game design according to the large publishers. We discuss elements of what this "bad" design is and reason if it has merit.
In a continued discussion on the topic of games and the gaming industry. With us is a guest, Vig, who is our inhouse expert on the gaming sphere.
We talk about how innovation has become stagnant, the problem with digital only, and how big title games are simply boring.
Episode 2 of our audio drama is now available to enjoy on YouTube. We hope you enjoy listening to it as much as we did making it.
So what's going on at BOMB? Well, a lot. The second episode of Outer Rim Radio will be done soon and there are some other projects that will be ready for you all to enjoy soon as well. Springboard has taken a little hiatus at the moment as we're working on stuff while also having everyday life to take care off.
But don't worry, BOMB will bring you good stuff in due time.