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
Episode 012 What We Learned from Screencheating!
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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