Episode 023 What We Learned from Playing Games in Hospitals and how Rogue-likes have Legacy

In which we discuss having access to video games in hospitals and how games like Rogue Legacy for you to engage and learn more from the game because of it’s mechanics, also Greg writes in to provide his thoughts on game preservation.

Games discussed in this episode:

Keith Courage in Alpha Zones for Turbo Grafix 16

Rogue Legacy for Every Platform imaginable

Minit for multiple Platforms

Battlefield 2142 for PC

Risk of Rain for multiple Platforms

Frost Punk for PC

Mario Odyssy for Nintendo Switch

Dragon Ball FighterZ for Contempoary Consoles

Habitica for Browser or Apps

Monster Hunter World for Xbox One and PS 4

 

Items discussed in What we Learned this Month:

Stu talks shovelware and Steam-Store issues.  Here is an article on Asset Flip Simulator: https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/pax7g9/asset-flip-simulator-highlights-a-huge-problem-on-steam

Steam acquires Campo Santo: https://www.polygon.com/2018/4/21/17266690/valve-campo-santo-firewatch-steam

Check out what friend of the Show Fred Rojas put together on his retrospective of Keith Courage if you want to know what the game is like and where it came from: https://youtu.be/U8d71oKLSMk

 

What we Learned from You Discussion:

 

Shoutouts:

If you like robots/androids, dark reflections on reality and horrible theme parks, check out HBO’s Westworld.

Thanks Greg for them emails!

Thanks to Joe Gottli for doing our art!

Thanks to Dmitry for doing our intro/outro music!

Check out Extra Life! Link: https://www.extra-life.org/

Check out Child’s Play!  Link: http://childsplaycharity.org/