Three Moves Ahead 408: Tooth and Tail

Three Moves Ahead

Idle Thumbs

Strategy, Games & Hobbies, War, Strategy Games, Games, War Games, Video Games

4.8 • 532 Ratings

🗓️ 3 October 2017

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

Tooth and Tail has turned out to be a game of note for several reasons. First, it deftly executes the short-form RTS genre while providing luscious artwork and pleasing visuals. Next, it provides a challenging and thought-provoking story that explores narratives in socioeconomics and societal structures. Finally, it appears to be a game that everyone on the show appears to enjoy. Rob, Rowan, Fraser, and game developer / Waypoint contribute Bruno Dias talk about animals eating each other because in the end, we're all just meat.

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0:00.0	Good evening, you are listening to Three Moves ahead, and I'm your host, Rob Zakeney.
0:03.4	Joining me today, we have our friend, Zarr of PC gaming for Games Beat, Rowan Kaiser.
0:11.8	Did you know that Zar and Kaiser come from the same word?
0:16.7	I did know that, Rowan.
0:18.7	That's amazing.
0:20.2	It's fantastic. It's fantastic.
0:21.5	It's one of those many pieces of trivia that I learned over the course of my classic studies,
0:26.2	which, believe me, have done nothing but pay my bills ever since university.
0:31.3	But Fraser Brown knows all about making a living off your classics degree.
0:36.8	How are you, Fraser? You know, I was
0:39.4	just going to complain that I don't get fancy intros ever. I've just got, and it's freelance
0:45.8	writer, Fraser Brown, and I do my Hulu brand thing. So I appreciate that things are a bit
0:52.2	different this time, even if they're a little bit insulting.
0:57.6	Yeah, I'm great. Thanks.
1:00.1	That's good.
1:01.9	Keep striving, Fraser. Keep striving.
1:05.4	And finally, we have joining us for the first time, game developer and Waypoint freelancer, Bruno Dias.
1:12.6	Hello, trying really hard not to break during this intro.
1:17.7	You just, you know, you just have to sort of grip the armrests and just make it through the
1:22.4	intro.
1:23.0	Just bite down.
1:25.6	So, this week,
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