Roguelikes. What are they? What does it mean and what's all the fuss about? What do Dan and Chris make of this new craze to take the games industry by storm?

What makes a game replayable? What makes you want to come back to it again and again? The secret sauce? Are all good games replayable or is that not really the case?

In this episode we discuss level design. What makes good level design? What does that mean? Oh, and what are "Valvian" design principles??

Part 2 of our introductory episode.

"Elder Ridge Library" by David Lindsey Pittman is used under CC BY 3.0.

Are old games as good as we remember them being? Dan and Chris delve into their childhood and grapple with nostalgia, asking questions like "why do we still play old games?", "did old games do things better?", and "do graphics matter?".

"Elder Ridge Library" by David Lindsey Pittman is used under CC BY 3.0.

Start here - this brief trailer will let you know what to expect from episodes of "Knee Deep in the Pod".

"Elder Ridge Library" by David Lindsey Pittman is used under CC BY 3.0.