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/
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Episode 011 "To Train Them Is My Cause"
Episode 010 What we Learned From Master of Orion 2
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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
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