Qt3 Games Podcast: games within games

Posted by on September 26, 2012 in Game Podcasts

Are you busy training up your “don’t-call-me-Pokemon!” battle pets in World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria? We take a break from not playing the World of Warcraft expansion to consider other games within games. Then we consider our options for the Wii U launch, how to get the most out of Torchlight 2, which platform is best for Borderlands 2, and how long it’s going to take for this whole Guild Wars 2 thing to blow over.

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  • Inverarity

    What game was the first to do the game-within-a-game? I remember Space Quest having slots or some form of gambling.

  • krayzkrok

    The first one I remember was the gambling mini-game in the exploration / adventure game Dun Darach (Gargoyle Games) back in 1985. Reviewers at the time made a big deal about it, but I’m not sure if it was the earliest example. I’m sure the first games that you played while waiting for the main game to load also deserve a mention (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invade-a-Load). That was a major technical innovation 25 years ago, although I can’t say I miss having to wait 10 minutes to load a game no matter what amusing diversions they used to keep us entertained.

  • anon

    Ratatat is groovy. So is Parov Stelar:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpNWpPzUMKI

  • WhodatIzz

    ASTROCHICKEN! in SpaceQuest (4 & 5?)

    forever awesome

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001534352717 Tim Ogul

    Were you aware that GW2 email is actually pigeonmail? ;) Every time you get a new mail message, a little pigeon flies over and gives it to you and then flies off. Other players can see it too.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Jason-McMaster/607680289 Jason McMaster

    I… I was not aware of that.

  • Malkroth

    Dark Cloud 2′s golf game is called Spheda.

  • http://twitter.com/gndwyn Urthman

    Major Havoc in 1983 had a tiny little Breakout clone to play while your ship was flying to the next level.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_Havoc