"Down With Art"

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"Down With Art"
Mar 16, 2026 Season 4 Episode 8
Lottie Bevan & Alexis Kennedy

Who are the 'old gods' of gamebooks? Why can we mess with rules in Travelling At Night but not in Cultist Simulator? What's 'combinatorial explosion', and why is it ruining your life?

Join Alexis and Lottie for these questions alongside a potted history of text-based games, the perils of voiceovers in CRPGs and Lottie's most important rule for marketing.

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