In which Chase makes some questionable parenting dicissions with his cell phone. We also dive into magical jumping boots, house rules for playing JRPGs, and a great email from Jam from Gaming History 101. We also talk way too much about Stellaris.
Games discussed this Episode:
No Man’s Sky for contemporary consoles
Monster Hunter World for contemporary consoles
Doom for Dos/PC
The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind for PC and Xbox
Final Fantasy VI for basically everything now
Final Fantasy IV for basically everything now
Hollow Knight for basically everything
Octopath Traveller for Nintendo Switch
Stellaris for PC
Eneter the Gungeon for basically everything
Binding of Isaac for basically everything
Life is Strange for PC
Hexcells Infinite for PC
Tabletop Simulator for PC
SMITE for PC
Deep Rock Galactic for PC and Xbox One
Items discussed in What we Learned this Month:
Stu brings up the No Man’s Sky update that makes it more than it was and delivers on a number of those promises made way back in Early Access: https://www.gog.com/forum/general/no_mans_sky_next_update_now_live_08fb8
Fortnite makes a whole lot of money, if you didn’t know: https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2018-07-24-fortnite-daily-mobile-revenue-reaches-usd2m
Article that does the work on explaining if violent games make people violent:
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/evidence-based-living/201807/do-violent-video-games-make-kids-more-violent
Extra Credits episode discusses the shame of not throwing money at studying how games positively impact mental health: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3FYGsRvKsc
What we Learned from You Discussion:
Jam from Gaming Hisory 101 writes in to discuss his personal experience with using games to cope with medical conditions and pain.
Shoutouts:
Thanks Jam from Gaming History 101 for writing in and sharing your experiences with us. Check out Jam’s work at https://gaminghistory101.com/
Stu recommends the 8-bit Music Theory Channel on Youtube. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeZLO2VgbZHeDcongKzzfOwThanks to Joe Gottli for doing our art!
Thanks to Dmitry for doing our intro/outro music!
Episode 032 What We Learned from Brave Frontier and Diablo 3
Episode 031 What We Learned from Diakatana and Infinity the Game (N3)
Episode 030 What We Learned From World of Warcraft
Episode 029 What We Learned From Super Mario World, Civilization and 3rd Party Plug-ins for WordPress
Episode 028 What We Learned from a bunch of Gaming News, Bolt Action and Vindictus
Episode 026 What We Learned From Syndicate, Death Rally and being Robots
Episode 025 What We Learned From Magic: The Gathering
Episode 024 What We Learned From Watching Others Play and Shouting into Headsets
Episode 023 What We Learned from Playing Games in Hospitals and how Rogue-likes have Legacy
Episode 022 What We Learned From Dead (Star) Servers and Scorched Earth
Episode 021 What We Learned From Maniacs, Mansions and Monster Hunting
Episode 020 What We Learned From Terraria
Episode 019 What We Learned From Heroes 3, Stack Armies, CCG Mechanics and Server Based Games
Episode 018 What We Learned from Farming Sims, Starcraft and the Dark Places of the World
Episode 017 What We Learned from an Age of Wonders and the Fallout that Follows
Episode 016 What We Learned From Rock'n'Roll, Racing, Red Herbs and Typewriter Ribbons
Episode 015 What We Learned From Warmachine and Hordes
Episode 014 What we Learned from Playing Co-Op Puzzlers!
Episode 013 What We Learned From Being Young on the Internet
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