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9. Tropes in retrogaming

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9. Tropes in retrogaming

December 22, 202059:49
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Tropes! The way we put game mechanics into tiny little boxes and the love or hate them.So, what’s a Trope?– "a significant or recurrent theme; a motif."Example: "A movie is often built around the "Hero’s journey"Playlist:00:00 Jingle - Top of the hour - Good evening00:05 DJ Daemon speaks.00:32 Amiga - CONVENTI02:25 DJ Daemon speaks.03:34 Amiga - super mario land05:47 DJ Daemon speaks.07:41 Alexander Brandon - Beach09:42 DJ Daemon speaks.11:57 Amiga - DEADLINE13:09 DJ Daemon speaks.14:58 Dr. Awesome - 3 Channel Background17:14 DJ Daemon speaks.19:06 Amiga - DEMOSAUS22:10 Jingle - Only the Amiga makes it possible22:15 DJ Daemon speaks.25:27 Amiga - DOWN28:30 DJ Daemon speaks.30:56 Amiga - FUNKSHOW33:26 DJ Daemon speaks.36:10 Amiga - DIOXIDE40:22 Jingle - remember the BBS scene in Sweden? Go to the.ericade.net to read the histories. They are in the Swedish language.40:30 DJ Daemon speaks.42:05 Amiga - DIGINV246:41 DJ Daemon speaks.48:33 Amiga - COMPUTER54:10 DJ Daemon speaks.54:50 Amiga - ELIPTIAL59:08 Jingle - remember the BBS scene in Sweden? Go to the.ericade.net to read the histories. They are in the Swedish language.59:21 Jingle - Do you remember when Paula sang the blues and Denise had the moves - This is the ERICADE Radio Network and we remember59:31 Amiga - ANTIPCRA Tags: Storytelling, Host: DJ Daemon, 2020, Retro gaming