In this episode we revisit ideas we first talked about in Episode 2 of the Pixel Meditations. We wanted to get into why gaming has so much appeal to ourselves and to society in general. We talk about the different aspects of gaming’s appeal such as the idea of experiencing a simulated world, how gaming gives you a sense of agency or power within those worlds and how gaming can be a respite or break from a world that is largely uninteresting or boring. We also come back to our favorite aspects of gaming in general such as the controller, graphics, and music and how these components contribute to making a game memorable and worth talking about alongside other great works of art. 

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 Intro song – Spider-Man and the X-Men in Arcades Revenge Music by Tim Follin 

Special Thanks to Jonathan McDougall for creating our outro song. 

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