Three Years of the Companion Cube, with Greg Cortazzo

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Andy and Anthony talk with Greg about his Companion Cube (cubecobra.com/cube/about/companion?view=primer). In this Cube, each player chooses a card from their deck before each game to be their ‘companion’, which their guaranteed access to. They talk about the history of the cube and the difference between the early days of frequent edits and the longer stable phase with less frequent changes.
Greg is also one of the organizers of Shoebox (shoebox.gg) an event happening next week in St Paul, Minnesota. Shoebox will prominently feature Cube as well as other formats that don’t usually get center stage and much more.
Discussed in this episode:
• ”Still Alive” from Portal (youtube.com/watch?v=Y6ljFaKRTrI)
• Companion Cube (cubecobra.com/cube/about/companion?view=primer)
• C4AC Stream (youtube.com/watch?v=x2a8VB1-i_w&list=PLNL3…)
• Shoebox (shoebox.gg)
• Museum of Modern (cubecobra.com/cube/about/ModernMuseum?view=pri…)
• Take 5 (cubecobra.com/cube/about/take-five?view=primer)
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You can find the hosts’ Cubes on Cube Cobra:
• Andy’s “Bun Magic” Cube (cubecobra.com/cube/overview/andymangold)
• Anthony’s “Regular” Cube (cubecobra.com/cube/overview/regular)
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Musical production by DJ James Nasty (facebook.com/jamesnasty).
Timestamps
• 0:00 - Intro
• 2:27 - Greg AKA Dinrovahorror
• 4:16 - Shoebox
• 10:35 - Companion Cube
• 15:57 - Cube as Nostalgia
• 18:48 - Power Level
• 27:49 - Responding to Feedback
• 32:22 - New Player Pitfalls
• 35:42 - Comparing Companions
• 40:49 - Control Decks
• 42:37 - Clones
• 46:13 - The Future