Geeking with the Moms

This week Nicole, Linda, and Simone are joined by our resident Minecraft dad, Curtis Vredenburg. We veer off into a discussion of strollers before we jump into news and a serious review of violence in video games.  We also tease Simone a bunch—this might be our favorite GWTM sport!

First it's the news about Nintendo's new amiibo figurines, The Sims, and a Halo tabletop game. Then things take a turn for the serious as dad Curtis Vredenburg asks some questions about violence in video games and how it affects children.

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We are joined this week by the funny, nice, and multi-talented Carlos Rodela. Boy, has he ever done a lot of stuff in his life. He’s been a musician, a tech/games journalist, a prolific podcaster (Video-Game-Break), a video producer…And now he does game dev and social media and other things at Big Fish Games. We talk about news, game development tools, and—as always—what we’re playing.

We also discuss the new update coming for Splatoon, which is Nintendo's big new title. Not to mention a Hearthstone update, hijacked Steam accounts, and a new Minecraft Greek Mythology pack.

We have all the news this week. No, seriously, all of it. Nicole Tanner is joined by Linda Breneman, Simone de Rochefort, and Keezy Young to talk about the new Angry Birds (2, not 200), Stephen Hawking's mission to find aliens, and lots more. We also discuss a study that showed that men in games don't respond well to getting beaten by women. Go figure.

In this episode Nicole Tanner, Linda Breneman, Simone de Rochefort, and Courtney Holmes reflect on the life of Nintendo's fourth president, Satoru Iwata, who passed away last week. Iwata saw some of the biggest developments in gaming during his lifetime, and he always acted with grace and kindness.

Nicole is back from her high school reunion (it wasn't even her 50th), so she joins Courtney, Linda, and Simone in dismantling Jane Brody's New York Times piece about screen addiction.

They also discuss Reddit's weekend shutdown, Pewdiepie's millions, and (most of) the big announcements from Minecon.

Here are the show notes!