In which we get off to a weird and somewhat personal start then jump into gatcha games and fighting Diablo (again!). We also get into LABO in classrooms, how Tetris can help you defuse/distress, the death of ROM sites (Thanks Nintendo) and I talk a wee bit about Stellaris (again!).
Games discussed this Episode:
LABO for Nintendo Switch
Tetris for many different systems
Brave Frontier for Mobile Devices
Diablo 3 for contemporary consoles
Warcraft 3 for PC
Starcraft 1 and 2 for PC
Hexcells on PC
SMITE on PC
Battlerite on PC
Super Mario Party for Nintendo Switch
Castlevania: Requiem for PS4
Stellaris for PC
Starlink for contemporary consoles
Items discussed in What we Learned this Month:
Nintendo is working to get LABO into classrooms: https://labo.nintendo.com/classroom/
Tetris can be good for you, and even help stalve off specific types of stress:
NPR Story: https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/11/05/662212524/cant-stop-worrying-try-tetris-to-ease-your-mind?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=202905&fbclid=IwAR1EF0V7Udq5VNw9DfJGwuWqAJLHOz49zJCf7sF_HBWupk9r3v2uSZgRSgs
Oxford Story: http://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2017-03-28-tetris-used-prevent-post-traumatic-stress-symptoms?fbclid=IwAR0SU2fSKrJXzl71IPolZu78YzxRkucjbjMpFm9sOSd5JWKO_fwba4nsohA
Nintendo wins lawsuit against major ROMs site, and the internet reacts: https://ca.ign.com/articles/2018/11/13/nintendo-rom-site-lawsuit-results-in-12-million-judgement
Shoutouts:
Thanks to Joe Gottli for doing our art!
Thanks to Dmitry for doing our intro/outro music!
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Episode 011 "To Train Them Is My Cause"
Episode 010 What we Learned From Master of Orion 2
Episode 009 How About that Local Sports Team?
Episode 008 If You Build it Someone Will Come and Make it Better (or burn it down)
Episode 007 Games Leave our Minds Shaken and Stirred
Episode 006 Now We Know Where to Find the Professionals
Episode 005 When our brains were not made of stone
Episode 004 We are Not Professionals
Episode 003 Getting Good (Easy to Play Hard to Master)
Episode 000 This is a Test
Episode 002 Not a Waste of Time
Episode 001 What we learned from a test episode
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