Vernacademia Season 2.18: Gimmicks

In This cast We discuss and define the concept of Gimmicks in games

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Cliff Notes:

00:09 Introduction
00:23 Gimmick and Gimmicky in Colloquial Speak
01:40 Defining the Gimmick
02:17 Mechanical Gimmicks
03:32 Star Fox Adventure and Refining space Gimmicks
04:26 Guild Wars and Framing space Gimmicks
05:21 Narvisaud Gimmicks
05:43 Narrative Gimmicks
06:34 Skyward Sword and Narrative Gimmicks
07:18 Visual Gimmicks
08:42 Dark Souls and Visual Gimmicks
09:26 Audio Gimmicks
11:32 Accidental Narvisaud Gimmicks
12:31 Accidental Mechanical Gimmicks
13:04 Dev Time Tables and Emergent Gimmicks
13:39 Mechanical Overestimation
14:10 Intentional Mechanical Gimmicks
14:42 Intentional Narvisaud Gimmicks
15:11 Gimmicks in rarity and abundance
16:11 Tactful use of Gimmicks
16:45 Sign Off