Episode 035 What We Learned From Left 4 Dead 2

Episode 035 What We Learned from Left 4 Dead 2

 

In which we discuss the fun and fury that came from playing Left 4 Dead 2 together, and just what we learned from it.  We also dip a bit into the news and even talk a bit about D&D.

 

Games discussed this Episode:

Left 4 Dead 2 for PC and last generation consoles

Destiny for all contemporary consoles

Evo for last generation consoles

Deep Rock Galactic for PC (Early Access)

Friday the 13th for contemporary consoles

Super Smash Bros Ultimate for Switch

Into the Breach for contemporary consoles

Monster Hunter World for contemporary consoles

Stellaris for contemporary consoles
Gremlins Inc, a board game

Dungeons and Dragons, a table top RPG

True Sight

 

Items discussed in What we Learned this Month:

Discussing Bungie/Activision Split and Jason Shreier’s article on it: https://kotaku.com/bungie-splits-with-activision-1831651740

 

Discussion of Sesame Credit in China: https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2019-01-24/why-china-s-social-credit-systems-are-surprisingly-popular

 

Screen time use in Teens not that big a deal: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-kids-who-use-tech-seem-to-be-all-right/?amp%3Btext=The&fbclid=IwAR2eUMzvl1lBe1KH4Wn_q5FdDDeH_AULucJYHLI8rpTJStdGJh8EqSErF9Y

 

Taken off of the Geek Therapy Community Facebook page, Wired article by Simon Chandler on the use of VR to assist in Diagnosing Mental Illness.

https://www.wired.com/story/virtual-realitys-latest-use-diagnosing-mental-illness/?mbid=social_fb&utm_brand=wired&utm_campaign=wired&utm_medium=social&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwAR2IuzroyfQjEof2TykUTJdGmdbAVdsfHzMX8Jof0dSB2sEIP7P0WBk29ZU

 

 

Shoutouts:

Thanks to Joe Gottli for doing our art!

Thanks to Dmitry for doing our intro/outro music!

Thanks to Geek Therapy Community https://www.geektherapy.com/

Thanks to Fred Rojas, Gaming History 101 and Gaming History X

Stu recommends True Sight: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ass6ztDl5oQ