Trav
Trav is the owner of the That Trav Guy channel on YouTube. He T-posed once. Once.
Appears in 44 Episodes
#115 Revisiting IGN's 2010 Top 100 Video Game Villains List
There is a notorious IGN top 100 list from the year 2010, going over the top video game villains. Some of it is expected. The aliens from Space Invaders. Bowser. Ganon...
#112 How should an in-game economy be balanced?
How do you make an in-game economy "just right"? How do you balance it to fit the needs of the most players possible? How do you tune a game to prepare for "a Nicco"? ...
#111 What grinds our gears about Mario Kart World
Kevin's been putting some time into Mario Kart World and while he's been enjoying himself, he just can't stop asking why this game has 90% of the design decisions it d...
#109 We watched EVERY Summer Game Fest conference
Hundreds of games were shown off this past weekend at Summer Game Fest. So we brought Geoff Keighley over to introduce our own event, Crubber Games Fest, where we talk...
#106 MRIXRT, Trav, and The Golden Bolt discuss their YouTube careers
Trav, Moriarty, and Kevin sit down and interview each other about their content creation journeys, insights, struggles, and the advice they'd give to anyone looking to...
#104 We're in the era of distracted gaming
This is an episode about games we play while focusing on something else, or having something on in the background while we game. Scientifically this is probably our mo...
#102 Why more gamers are flocking to indies lately
Not to hate on AAA, AA, A, or even AAAA games, but sometimes indie games just do it better. In a time where everything wants our time, experiences that convey an actua...
#101 Bad games we can't help but like
Sometimes you just like a game that no one else likes, but you also can't really explain why. Today we're baring all, and bullying Sean for existing. MORE PLACES TO FI...
#99 How to improve at video games
Our resident New Gamer+ approached some of our resident expert gamers with a simple query...how does one improve at video games? What do good gamers think and examine ...
#92 What happens if you drink Olaf?
When Olaf melts and reconstitutes, is it the same Olaf? When you drink Olaf and he reforms later, is THAT the same Olaf? Does he remember that experience, or is he bor...
#90 An argument against faithful remakes
As time goes on, more and more we have to ask ourselves...what is the point of a faithful game remake? When a game can either be ported or entirely transformed with mo...
#89 We talk about the Switch 2 and Brody's house
Honestly, we did not plan for this week's episode. That will show. We concluded that it was simply more fun to bully Brody for existing than speculate on the Switch 2....
#85 Scientifically determining GameCube's BEST game (Part 2)
Last week we scientifically whittled down some of the GameCube's not-best games. This week we're back to finish the job. 2 entire hours of science-backed reasoning, fo...
#84 Scientifically determining GameCube's BEST game (Part 1)
For many millennia, the GameCube hasn't had anyone question what its best game is. As the years rolled by, all of its games went to get better versions on other platfo...
#80 Which games would make the worst theme parks?
With Super Nintendo World existing, and gaming companies looking to take their properties beyond the screen, it feels like a matter of time before more video game them...
#73 Crub's Overrated/Underrated Quiz
Welcome to crub's Overrated/Underrated Quiz! Nicco polled 22 members of YOU, our audience, on a random assortment of topics to see if you felt they were overrated or u...
#71 Which Zelda character could win the election?
It's an election year, and we figured we'd bravely step forward and tackle the REAL questions weighing our minds. Could a scandal tank Groose? Is the falling moon a ho...
#68 🫂HOP ON CONCORD🫂
They killed Concord. They didn't even give it two weeks. In this episode, we pay our respect to the video game of all time, hit game Concord. Hop on Concord, fellow ga...
#65 Does 2X playback speed ruin media?
Today we're giving our BLISTERING TAKES on 2X (or 3X) playback speed for watching media. Primarily we're focused on television series and movies in this episode, thoug...
#63 Why do we go to gaming conventions?
Gaming conventions like PAX, TooManyGames, and MAGFest have become bigger and bigger over the years. Toss in gaming-adjacent conventions like Momocon and Comic-Con, an...
#59 Games that have too much game
Sometimes a game just has too much game. When it's trying to tell a story it can completely disrupt the flow of the narrative. And even for games that aren't trying to...
#56 The problems with "difficulty" in gaming
This week we wanted to have an easy going talk about difficulty in games. What makes it great, what makes it difficult to design and plan around for, and some cases wh...
#54 What makes a good collectathon game?
Genres in gaming have become incredibly fluid over time. Is Super Mario Sunshine a collectathon? What about Metroidvanias? Are Metroidvanias even a good name for that ...
#52 Does gaming have a PR problem?
Week by week there seems to be worse news in the gaming industry. Layoffs, greed, and worse ends of the deal for consumers pile on as games take longer to make and cos...
#50 What makes good pacing in a game?
What makes good or bad pacing in a video game? Is there a reliable "just right" zone or is it just chance when it happens? We gathered 4 people who have never shipped ...
#48 Second-Annual 2024 Video Game Mascot Draft
Welcome to the second video game mascot draft! Each of our 4 hosts will pick from a (terrible) list of game mascots to round out their team, in addition to one wild ca...
#46 Games that finally "clicked" for us
There's something magical about the feeling of finally "getting" a game. Not just purchasing it and getting it, but playing it and really GETTING it. To see the praise...
#43 Open world game design versus linear
This week's episode is broadly about linear vs open world game design, but also touches on a lot of other topics along the way (as you'll see in the show notes). Let u...
#41 Guessing games based on Steam reviews Round 2
Nicco takes the game show host seat this week with Steam reviews in tow. The objective is simple, read the review and the others have to guess the Steam game with no o...
#39 The best video game myths and rumors
For as long as there have been games, there have been terrible and heartbreaking rumors made by their players. Today we wanted to talk about some of our favorites, fro...