Checkpoint

14 Mar 2019

Death, It’s Game Over Man

Video Games

This week on the show, death is a sometimes inevitable part of gaming. From characters deaths that effect the narrative to the always looming reality of a Game Over screen, death in the digital world can mean plenty of things to lots of different people.

Join Cam, Elliot, Sav and Jack from Zed Games breakdown the reality of death in the world of gaming. From the character deaths that shook us, to the mental toll our characters mortality in gaming can have have on us and what does Game Over mean to each of. It’s not just doom a gloom though as Cameron puts the team through his Death Quiz Mini Game.

Cameron has also been resisting the fast paced world of Dante the Devil Hunter, he brings you his review of Devil May Cry 5.

Don’t miss any of the action and don’t forget to check out the first half of this podcast to keep up to date!

For all the latest updates as always, head to our official website at checkpointgaming.net.

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