Deep Listens is a gaming podcast series I'm recording with a few of my friends. Every two weeks we pick and play a new game and then discuss it from a literary, philosophical, and game design perspective. Its kind of like a book club for video games. We try to dig as deep as we can on an individual game every episode so check it out!

In this episode Gino, Billy, and Pete discuss Hyper Light Drifter and all of the game's cool design choices. We cover the game's dash mechanics, it's sweet guns, and it's leveling system. We then focus in on the game's story and how it manages to communicate so much information without dialog. Pete and Billy wrap up the show by discussing the game's hidden language and how much Pete hates cyphers.

Episode 40: Nonverbal Storytelling in Hyper Light Drifter... and Shotguns