Is It Harder for Video Games to Be Funny? (with Doug Lief & Gen Moonen)

Support my work on Patreon- https://patreon.com/realdavejackson Discord, Socials and more- https://linktr.ee/talesfromthebacklog Guest info: Doug Lief (he/him) and Gen Moonen (they/them) Listen to Nostalgium Arcanum https://nostalgiumarcanum.fireside.fm/ Listen to Playing By Ear https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/playing-by-ear/id1815995146 Listen to Still Muppeting https://www.patreon.com/c/stillloadingpod/posts Listen to "Fun" and Games https://funandgames.libsyn.com/ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Title Card 0:10 Introductions and Top-Level Thoughts 7:20 Unpredictability- Problem or Opportunity? 19:48 Failure Can Be Funny 38:35 Jokes In Any Form 50:07 Unique Challenges Facing Game Comedy 1:32:15 More Ways Games are Uniquely Funny 1:44:46 Wrap-Up Thoughts 1:48:56 Gen & Doug's Podcasts Music used in the episode: Secret Hoppin' (Vacation Mix)- ClascyJitto (Pizza Tower OST) Whispering Rock Psychic Summer Camp- Peter McConnell (Psychonauts OST) Dave's guest appearance on Play Along Podcast- https://linktr.ee/PlayAlongPodcast Cover art by Jack Allen- find him at https://linktr.ee/JackAllenCaricatures