#17: "Into The Waifu Factory" [feat. Chillwithaster pt. 2]

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The Shade Chamber: a Genshin Impact Podcast

The Churlmen of the Board

36 episodes

1 week ago

Five hilichurls discuss Genshin Impact from the perspective of game designers, entertainment industry burnouts, and fans. Come join your fellow Hiluminati; learn, laugh and throw shade with the Churlmen of the Board, and see what's really going on under the hood of this billion dollar gacha game in this chill and hopefully insightful podcast. No leaks. Spoilers for relevant content. Mature audiences only. linktr.ee/theshadechamber

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#17: "Into The Waifu Factory" [feat. Chillwithaster pt. 2]

The Shade Chamber: a Genshin Impact Podcast

22 minutes 22 seconds

2 years ago

#17: "Into The Waifu Factory" [feat. Chillwithaster pt. 2]

Continuing from ep. 16, the Churls and Aster look at the ploys that Genshin pulls to get paid. Last time was all about casino-like gameplay mechanics and sensory immersion, but this time we look at the good old gacha game tenets of parasociality, peer engagement and FOMO. Come for the otaku anthropology, stay for the Paimon impressions.

00:00 Social Media & FOMO 04:49 Intro to Parasociality 08:07 Designing Sellable Characters 12:16 Voice Actors and Parasociality 15:10 Fandom for Profit 19:39 Takeaways

THANK YOU for supporting us on youtube and podcast platforms. we have a couple more eps we want to get done before Fontaine, so lend us your energy. Keep an eye out on our youtube channel for our upcoming livestream and our 1K subs gift to our beloved Hiluminati!

Further reading: Patrick Galbraith: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/... "Against all odds: desire and monetisation in Japanese Mobile Games" https://digraa.org/wp-content/uploads... Kotaku interview with Genshin whales https://kotaku.com/genshin-impact-wha...