This episode covers a lot of discussion about our early engagement with the Chatrooms and the Internet when it and we were young. Chase and Stu learned a lot of how to engage with the internet through gaming and we choose to dive into these topics. Catfishing comes up. We also get some great emails from Brandon and Jonathan.
Games discussed in this episode:
TA Kingdoms for PC
Dark Souls Games for every Console
Diablo for PC / PS 1
Magic the Gathering Collectable Card Game
Starwars Battlefront 2 for many platforms
South Park: The Fractured But Whole for many platforms
Merge Dragons! for mobile
MoBAs of all kinds and why we don't play them
SMITE for PC
The Room 1 and 2 for PC
Pokemon Sun for 3DS/2DS
Super Mario Odyssy for Nintendo Switch
Rayman Legends for Nintendo Switch
Items discussed in What we learned this week:
Discussions on WayPoint Radio about learning in gaming, and the point of playing games being to learn something new.
https://waypoint.vice.com/en_us/article/bj73y5/waypoint-radio-adam-conover
Dicussion on DLC Podcast and sales numbers for Nintendo for September and October 2017.
http://5by5.tv/dlc/207
What we Learned from You Discussion:
Brandon Saxton from Jedi Counsel Podcast writes in about the ethics and impact of gambling mechanics in games (specifically focusing on lootbox culture).
Jonathan writes in and asks what games we have played or avoided playing due to difficulty curves and Chase butchers reading his email.
Shout Outs!
GDC Video on Diablo development and history:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VscdPA6sUkc
Mr. Bitter Tongue on YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCI3GAJaOTL1BoipG41OmfyA
Jedi Counsel Podcast!
https://jedi-counsel.com/podcast-episodes/
Logged off Podcast
https://loggedoff.simplecast.fm/
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 027 What We Learned From Morrowind and Final Fantasy VI
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!
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