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The Lost Art of Good Game Design: Grim Fandango Remastered

Columns by Nathaniel Hoover on July 31, 20151

...what an adventure game should be.” –jarrodj “…the greatest adventure game ever made.” –GamesBeat “I can’t believe I preordered this.” –Nathaniel Hoover Grim Fandango Remastered (PC, 2015; original unremastered release,...
[NSFW] Final Fantasy RPGcast – Part 6: Forget Pancakes; Let’s Cook the Town

Podcasts by Nathaniel Hoover on February 22, 20141

Story Navigation: | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | As Nathaniel “the GM” Hoover lets Michael “PANC the...
[NSFW] Final Fantasy RPGcast – Part 5: Legends of the Fiendish Temple

Podcasts by Nathaniel Hoover on February 15, 20146

...out of treasure rooms to explore, leaving them no recourse but to resume looking for the princess they vaguely remember being asked to rescue. Additionally, Nathaniel “the GM” Hoover is...
[NSFW] Final Fantasy RPGcast – Part 4: Mad Little Pony

Podcasts by Nathaniel Hoover on February 8, 2014

...Mage” Gray, Joseph “JOEV the White Mage” Martin, and Anna “LITA the Black Mage” Bryniarski find more baddies to slice and dice (it’s funny, because they’re rolling dice) as Nathaniel...
[NSFW] Final Fantasy RPGcast – Part 2: Monster Mash

Podcasts by Nathaniel Hoover on January 18, 20142

...Martin, and the frequent minor pokings of Anna “LITA the Black Mage” Bryniarski as Nathaniel “the GM” Hoover puts one monster after another between them and the pancakes they were...
[NSFW] Final Fantasy RPGcast – Part 1: The Best Heroes Breakfast Can Buy

Podcasts by Nathaniel Hoover on January 11, 20148

...of the original NES Final Fantasy were adapted by Nathaniel “Guy Who’s Writing This Post” Hoover to create an adventure so authentic that you’ll swear we really are playing the...
Crystalis D&Dcast on YouTube

Videos by Nathaniel Hoover on September 20, 2013

...quest set in the unsuspecting world of Crystalis, written and half-improvised by Nathaniel “The Dungeon Master” Hoover. From the obligatory tavern to the incongruously sophisticated floating tower; from the disastrous...
GC Podcast #38 on YouTube: Too Many Podcasters

Videos by Nathaniel Hoover on November 13, 2012

...Chinese websites! Nathaniel “Time Man” Hoover can interrupt a perfectly good podcast with his fictitious time machine! Hear us in action as we talk over gameplay footage of Enchanted Arms,...
GC Podcast #35 on YouTube: It’s Pronounced “Episodic”

Videos by Nathaniel Hoover on July 23, 20121

...accompanies our discussion of difficulty in adventure games, episodic gaming, guilty pleasure games, gaming in China, and more, starring Alex Jedraszczak, Paul Franzen, Nathaniel Hoover, Colin Greenhalgh, Christian Porter, and...
Out There Somewhere (PC)

Reviews by Nathaniel Hoover on February 25, 2012

...the highest honor a reviewer and accidental bug tester could hope for: special thanks in the game’s credits. Special thanks to Nathaniel Hoover for also lodging himself in a wall...