"Fun" and Games Podcast · Matt Storm and Gen Moonen

Episode 199: No Sequels Cooperative

·59 min·5 clips
Joanna cried while learning to play games because tutorials assumed skills she didn't have.
Hosts Geoff Moonen and Matt Storm interview Joanna Nastos, CEO of No Sequels Cooperative, about their mission to create accessible couch co-op games for gamers and non-gamers. They discuss Embroidervania, an exploration-focused Metroidvania without combat, and upcoming projects like KNOC, highlighting design challenges, toxic gaming culture, and the importance of local play.

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A steady argument for co-op games that let beginners in without making a show of it.

Fun and Games Podcast makes a clear case for co-op play that leaves room for beginners. Geoff Moonen and Matty K. Stormageddon talk through the social side of playing together, the damage that "noob" culture does when it turns cruel, and why welcome matters more when it does not…

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Want a co-op games chat that treats beginners like the point, not the problem?

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