Today's episode is about game balance! Improving the Olympics! And...does Sonic use Apple Pay?
Helldivers 2 (recent) nerf details in this article, with response from Arrowhead CEO:
https://www.vg247.com/helldivers-2-more-nerfs-negative-steam-reviews-ceo-responds
There's that Hitman 2 clip we mention at the end, it is incredible:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6do1-cmcQHE
00:00 Balancing the intro of this episode
09:26 Nailing down the particulars of "balance"
14:32 Having to readjust muscle memory as games are patched
25:00 Balancing power fantasy vs vision of the game
31:05 How to improve the Olympics
35:30 The age-old question, where do Sonic's rings go
40:28 Snaking in Mario Kart DS + nerf vs buff
56:14 The1TrueBlue's Crubscriber Question of the Week