The Happy Jōb Records

073 Why are video games fun? with Pat McGuire


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In the name of polite conflict, Pat McGuire (Attorney at Law, video game enthusiast) returns at Russ’s request to try and show Terry that gamers are people too. Learn useless trivia about iconic characters like Mario and Donkey Kong and Mr. Wonder. Are video games art? Are they pop-art? Does that even matter? There are only two types of people in this world: Those who know what a Nintendo Switch game tastes like, and those who don’t.

0m 38s Building credibility as an expert by way of basic video game trivia.

3m 50s A brief history of the invention of Mario.

9m 31s Describing virtual reality in vivid, wildly inaccurate detail.

10m 29s Reasons to play games.

12m 19s One could conservatively estimate it has been several million minutes since Terry touched a video game. For Russ, it’s 60 minutes. For Pat it’s 30 and also it was in his mouth.

18m 36s Referential clothing to perpetually pop quiz strangers.

24m 43s The modern history of video games is arguably following the same arc as the music industry and it’s fascinating to watch and live through.

32m 32s Has Terry’s skepticism on gaming lifted or will he remain a hard-hearted critic?

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The Happy Jōb RecordsBy Russ Waddell & Terry Miller