Final Fantasy XVI and Video Game Pacing

Triple Click

Maximum Fun

Jason Schreier, Technology, Society & Culture, Maddy Myers, Video Games, Kirk Hamilton

4.4 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 29 June 2023

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Jason, Maddy, and Kirk talk about the opening hours of Final Fantasy XVI, a game with some very strange pacing, and use that as a springboard to talk about pacing in general. How do you deal with pacing in video games when the player is control? And do big, emotional moments need a cigarette afterwards?

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0:00.0	Welcome to Triple. Click. Where we bring, hang on, let me just get the flow right on that one.
0:12.0	Welcome to Triple Click, where we bring the games to you. This week we are talking about pacing.
0:18.0	You know those moments when you've just experienced an earth shattering set piece and then suddenly you screech to a halt because you have to find a necklace that fell down a well or whatever.
0:30.0	I'm Maddie Myers. I'm Jason Shire and I'm Kirk Hamilton and hello.
0:34.0	Hello. We're back. Welcome back. We are back. After a little break. We're back.
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