‘The People of Goomba Stomp,’ is a monthly series where our site’s team comes together to discuss a broad or controversial topic and provide multiple unique...
Episode 7 of Fist Fight will (for now) be the last. Now that Chris is transitioning into game development we just don’t have the time to...
This week we try something new, by deciding to argue over Fortnite and PUBG. Then we talk with the developer behind Jettemero: Hero of the Universe...
A Quick History I’ve never been a massive Assassin’s Creed fan, but there is no denying the impact the series has had on the broader gaming industry. The...
This week we debate whether the Shadow of the Colossus remake did enough to stand out in 2018, interview the Creative Director behind The Station and break down how to...
Semiotics is something crucial to game design, that most players barely even notice. Semiotics is the study of signs, visual landmarks that can be interpreted and...
I used to think meditation was a religious thing. You cross your legs, sit on a mat and hum in front of a statue of your...
Intro: 00:00 Dying Light debate: 06:50 Schacht Interview: 48:30 Welcome to Fist Fight, Goombastomp’s newest podcast, made in collaboration with Quiet Stories. There are plenty of...
Robin Hunicke, Marc LeBlanc, and Robert Zubek describe aesthetic within video games as the desired emotional response a player has to a game’s systems (MDA: A...
The Experiment I’ve been playing video games since I was five years old, and writing about them since I was 19. I’ve gone from playing Spongebob...
This week on Fist Fight we get heated over Monster Hunter World and then interview some AAA developers who worked on Dead Island 2, but are...
To: Before the Storm and Deck Nine A game is designed to be played a certain way. I recently wrote in a piece about Hellblade’s sound...
When Star Wars: Battlefront was rebooted in 2015, fans of the franchise were delighted. It was the first Star Wars game in years, and it was...
Context is important in virtually all aspects of life. We can’t understand why we should sympathize with a character in a film, without understanding the context...
Welcome to Fist Fight, Goombastomp’s newest podcast, made in collaboration with Quiet Stories. There are plenty of podcasts out there that cover the latest news and...
If Call of Duty: WW2 is attempting to be the video game equivalent of Saving Private Ryan, then Wolfenstein 2: The New Colossus is most certainly...
Welcome to Fist Fight, Goombastomp’s newest podcast, made in collaboration with Quiet Stories. There are plenty of podcasts out there that cover the latest news and...
Most of us have moved on from 2017, ready to embrace a whole new year of gaming, but January and February are traditionally quiet months. Maybe...
Why do we all have such different opinions when it comes to Game of the Year? A lot of people argued that Breath of the Wild...
Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy: The Telltale series. Jeez what a mouthful. If you aren’t clued in, Telltale Games, the studio behind The Walking Dead, Batman:...
