Learned from Gaming Podcast

In which we get off to a weird and somewhat personal start then jump into gatcha games and fighting Diablo (again!).  We also get into LABO in classrooms, how Tetris can help you defuse/distress, the death of ROM sites (Thanks Nintendo) and I talk a wee bit about Stellaris (again!).

Games discussed this Episode:

LABO for Nintendo Switch

Tetris for many different systems

Brave Frontier for Mobile Devices      

Diablo 3 for contemporary consoles

Warcraft 3 for PC

Starcraft 1 and 2 for PC

Hexcells on PC

SMITE on PC

Battlerite on PC

Super Mario Party for Nintendo Switch

Castlevania: Requiem for PS4

Stellaris for PC

Starlink for contemporary consoles

Items discussed in What we Learned this Month:

Nintendo is working to get LABO into classrooms: https://labo.nintendo.com/classroom/

Tetris can be good for you, and even help stalve off specific types of stress:

NPR Story: https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/11/05/662212524/cant-stop-worrying-try-tetris-to-ease-your-mind?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=202905&fbclid=IwAR1EF0V7Udq5VNw9DfJGwuWqAJLHOz49zJCf7sF_HBWupk9r3v2uSZgRSgs

Oxford Story: http://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2017-03-28-tetris-used-prevent-post-traumatic-stress-symptoms?fbclid=IwAR0SU2fSKrJXzl71IPolZu78YzxRkucjbjMpFm9sOSd5JWKO_fwba4nsohA

Nintendo wins lawsuit against major ROMs site, and the internet reacts: https://ca.ign.com/articles/2018/11/13/nintendo-rom-site-lawsuit-results-in-12-million-judgement

Shoutouts:

Thanks to Joe Gottli for doing our art!

Thanks to Dmitry for doing our intro/outro music!

Episode 031 What We Learned from Diakatana and Infinity the Game (N3)

In which we discuss miniature war gaming getting Chase out of the house, Stu’s opinions of Daikatana and dive into Red Dead Redemption 2’s work cycle and the story of 100 hour work weeks.

Games discussed this Episode:

DOTA 2 for PC

Star Citizen for PC

Red Dead Revolver for PS2

Red Dead Redemption for PS3 and Xbox 360

Red Dead Redemption 2 for PS4 and Xbox 1

Infinity the Game 3rd Edition for Table Top Play

Warmachine and Hordes for Table Top Play

Daikatana for PC, N64, and Gameboy

Doom for everything

Doom II for PC

Quake for PC

Quake II for PC

Mario Party for Switch

Into the Breach for Switch

Destiny II for Contemporary consoles

Items discussed in What we Learned this Month:

Stu brings up Open AI’s DoTA2 Bot that can challenge most pro teams.  https://openai.com/five/

 Stu also brings up Star Citizen again, and drops some stats out of his head. https://robertsspaceindustries.com/

 Red Dead Redepmtion 2 RockStar working conditions articles:

Jason Shreier: https://kotaku.com/we-were-working-100-hour-weeks-red-dead-redemption-2-h-1829758281

Polygon: https://www.polygon.com/2018/10/27/18029154/red-dead-redemption-2-working-conditions-rockstar-games-overtime-labor

The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/games/2018/oct/18/rockstar-games-working-conditions-red-dead-redemption-2-rob-nelson

Shoutouts:

Thanks to Joe Gottli for doing our art!

Thanks to Dmitry for doing our intro/outro music!

Ash Barker from Guerrilla Miniature Games!  Check out his YouTube and Patreon: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbO4Vs1vlAA9hz7Ad7IMgug

In which we discuss happy forevers with one of our favourite Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games, World of Warcraft.  On this “we both played it” episode we discuss what we liked and learned from the now Fourteen-Years-Old!!! game.

Games discussed this Episode:

XCom series for Contemporary consoles

Metal Gear Solid series for many consoles

Fortnite for Contemporary consoles

Player Unknown Battlegrounds for Contemporary consoles

Destiny 2 for Contemporary consoles

World of Warcraft for PC

Warcraft 3 for PC

Guildwars for PC

Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Wildlands on PC

Into the Breach on Nintendo Switch and PC

Infinity the Game 3rd Edition for Table Top play

Items discussed in What we Learned this Month:

Stu talks about a YouTube video by Mark Brown: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Go0BQugwGgM

Chase discusses the ease of access to software that alters SNES and NES classics, and how the communities around this software of done so much work.

Shoutouts:

Ash Barker from Guerrilla Miniature Games!  Check out his YouTube and Patreon: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbO4Vs1vlAA9hz7Ad7IMgug

Thanks to Joe Gottli for doing our art!

Thanks to Dmitry for doing our intro/outro music!

In which we learn that 3rd party plug-ins can cripple your website, that great leaders in Civilization are immortal, we realize that some of the best expert content in many fields in 2018 isn’t in written format anymore and we discuss what we take away from Super Mario World.

Games discussed this Episode:

Civilization for MS Dos

Civilization 2 for PC

Super Mario World for Super Nintendo

Super Mario Bros. for Nintendo

Super Mario Bros. 2 for Nintendo

Super Mario Maker for Nintendo Wii U or 3DS

SMITE for PC

Ghost Recon: Wildlands for PC

Need to Know on PC

Hollow Knight for contemporary consoles

Mega Man X Legacy Collection 1 & 2 for contemporary consoles

Into the Breach on PC and Switch

Monster Hunter World for PS4

Dragon’s Crown Pro for PS4

No Man’s Sky for contemporary consoles

Destiny 2 for contemporary consoles

Items discussed in What we Learned this Month:

Chase brings up Idle Weekend, and recommends folks listen to their Aug. 1/2018 podcast about using gaming to help with big life changes.  https://www.idlethumbs.net/idleweekend/episodes/transition-points

Jacksonville shooting at video game tournament: https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/26/us/jacksonville-madden-shooting/index.html

Chris Ferguson Op Ed from Daily News about video games fueling violence: https://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-oped-video-games-violence-myth-20180827-story.html

Shoutouts:

Extra-Credits Design Club Video on Super Mario 1-1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZH2wGpEZVgEThanks to Joe Gottli for doing our art!

Thanks to Dmitry for doing our intro/outro music!

In which we got lost in Gaming News (in a good way) and then resurface to discuss a WWII table top war game and a dated eastern developer MMORPG.  We also get an email from Greg about Might and Magic 3 and his experiences with that game when he was younger.

Games discussed this Episode:

Little Samson for NES

Bolt Action for table top play

Vindictus for PC

World of Tanks for PC

Might and Magic 3 for PC/DOS

Portal 1 and 2 for PC

Cypher for PC

Hexcells for PC

Terraria for PC

Starbound for PC

Stellaris for PC

Octopath Traveller for Switch

Hollow Knight for everything

Dragon’s Crown Pro for PS4

Items discussed in What we Learned this Month:

Nintendo decides to go after ROM sites: https://www.polygon.com/2018/8/15/17693556/emuparadise-roms-shut-down-threat-nintendo

Chris Kohler’s Defense of ROMs and the problems of Copy Right Laws in 2018: https://kotaku.com/in-defense-of-roms-a-solution-to-dying-games-and-broke-1828340811

How video games‘ positive impact research is being cooled because the findings aren’t what those paying for it want: https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/8xb89b/two-researchers-challenged-a-scientific-study-about-violent-video-gamesand-took-a-hit-for-being-right

Jason Shreier’s article on Filip Miucin and Plagiarism: https://kotaku.com/ign-pulls-ex-editors-posts-after-dozens-more-plagiarism-1828357792

What we Learned from You Discussion:

We get an email from Greg about Might and Magic 3.

Shoutouts:

Thanks to Greg for the email!

Thanks to Fred Rojas at Gaming History 101: https://gaminghistory101.com/

Thanks to Joe Gottli for doing our art!

Thanks to Dmitry for doing our intro/outro music!

In which Chase makes some questionable parenting dicissions with his cell phone.  We also dive into magical jumping boots, house rules for playing JRPGs, and a great email from Jam from Gaming History 101.  We also talk way too much about Stellaris.

Games discussed this Episode:

No Man’s Sky for contemporary consoles

Monster Hunter World for contemporary consoles

Doom for Dos/PC

The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind for PC and Xbox

Final Fantasy VI for basically everything now

Final Fantasy IV for basically everything now

Hollow Knight for basically everything

Octopath Traveller for Nintendo Switch

Stellaris for PC

Eneter the Gungeon for basically everything

Binding of Isaac for basically everything

Life is Strange for PC

Hexcells Infinite for PC

Tabletop Simulator for PC

SMITE for PC

Deep Rock Galactic for PC and Xbox One

Items discussed in What we Learned this Month:

Stu brings up the No Man’s Sky update that makes it more than it was and delivers on a number of those promises made way back in Early Access: https://www.gog.com/forum/general/no_mans_sky_next_update_now_live_08fb8

Fortnite makes a whole lot of money, if you didn’t know: https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2018-07-24-fortnite-daily-mobile-revenue-reaches-usd2m

Article that does the work on explaining if violent games make people violent:

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/evidence-based-living/201807/do-violent-video-games-make-kids-more-violent

Extra Credits episode discusses the shame of not throwing money at studying how games positively impact mental health: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3FYGsRvKsc

What we Learned from You Discussion:

Jam from Gaming Hisory 101 writes in to discuss his personal experience with using games to cope with medical conditions and pain.

Shoutouts:

Thanks Jam from Gaming History 101 for writing in and sharing your experiences with us.  Check out Jam’s work at https://gaminghistory101.com/

Stu recommends the 8-bit Music Theory Channel on Youtube.  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeZLO2VgbZHeDcongKzzfOwThanks to Joe Gottli for doing our art!

Thanks to Dmitry for doing our intro/outro music!

In which we see the world recognize Gaming Disorder, Stu plays a deadly racing game, Chase runs an evil coproration of cyborgs, and we all love robots even if they don’t really understand organics at all.

Games discussed this Episode:

DOTA2 for PC

Syndicate (1993) for DOS/PC and a bunch of old consoles

UFO for DOS/PC

XCOM for DOS/PC

Wasteland 2 for PC

Death Rally for DOC/PC

Monster Hunter World for contemporary systems

Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Edition for contemporary systems

Master of Eternity for mobile

Habitica for mobile

Stellaris for PC

Salt and Sanctuary for PC

Risk of Rain for PC

Hexcells for PC

SMITE for PC

Tabletop Simulator for PC

Space Quest Series for DOS/PC

Items discussed in What we Learned this Month:

World Health Organization recognizes “Gaming Disorder” as a condition even before APA finishes pilot diagnosis for new edition of Diagnostic Manual, and the news hits mainstream: https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/18/health/video-game-disorder-who/index.html

Stu brings up the story of a person who spent years attempting to achieve the rank of “master” for Starcraft 2 and many year journey it took to get there, most of which is documented on Reddit.  https://www.reddit.com/r/starcraft/comments/8qdg65/f_yeah_7_years_of_blood_sweat_and_tears/Two gamers plead not guilty in Swatting Death: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2018/06/14/two-rival-gamers-allegedly-involved-in-kansas-swatting-death-plead-not-guilty-in-federal-court/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.83256fc520faOpen AI creates Neural Networks that can compete against DOTA2 players: https://blog.openai.com/openai-five/

What we Learned from You Discussion:

Nothing this time, email us folks!

Shoutouts:

Rest in peace Syd Bolton: https://kitchener.ctvnews.ca/syd-bolton-computer-and-video-game-collector-dies-at-age-46-1.3970732

Stellaris Youtuber War Season 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcIHRlguHYg&list=PLcq9DHjo3g0YKIoxkIjJs4VJaIuwoGwRw

Thanks to Joe Gottli for doing our art!

Thanks to Dmitry for doing our intro/outro music!

In which Fred Rojas stops by to help us discuss the way Magic: The Gathering (the collectable card game) impacted us growing up.  We also talk about the grime dark future of corporate social tracking.

Games discussed this Episode:

Magic: The Gathering for collection and table top play

Fallout for PC (DOS)

Fallout 3 for contempoary consoles

Fallout New Vegas for contemporary consoles

Fallout 4 for contemporary consoles

Fallout 76 for contemporary consoles

EVE Online for PC

Evolve for contemporary consoles

Starcraft 2 for PC

Left 4 Dead for PC

Left 4 Dead II for PC

Star Citizen for PC

Dungeon and Dragons for table top play

Items discussed in What we Learned this Month:

Fred asks our thoughts on Fallout 76 in response to speculation as to the nature of what the game might be: https://kotaku.com/sources-fallout-76-is-an-online-survival-rpg-1826425333

Stu brings up star citizen legatus pack and how bananas it is: https://mmopulse.com/news/star-citizen-offers-the-legatus-pack-for-27000-usd-requires-having-spent-1000-just-to-viewEvolve shutting down: https://support.2k.com/hc/en-us/articles/360004104913Psychology of improving gamer behavior: https://platinumparagon.wordpress.com/2018/04/17/the-psychology-of-improving-online-gaming-behaviour/And also the riot gdc chat and dealing with: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PY6GYWhuS0I 

What we Learned from You Discussion:

Shoutouts:

Big thanks for Fred Rojas for being on the show! Check out all of his hard work at https://gaminghistory101.com/

Check out Fred’s Keith Courage Video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8d71oKLSMk

Thanks to Joe Gottli for doing our art!

Thanks to Dmitry for doing our intro/outro music!

In which Chase misremembering watching other people playing Metal Gear Solid 3 and we also discuss a World War 3 game we have both played but on very different hardware.

Detroit: Become Human for PS4

Dreams for PS4

Mount and Blade for PC

Stunts for PC (DOS)

Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater for PS 2

Shadow of the Collosus for PS 2, 3 and 4

Tom Clancy’s End War for Xbox 360 and PC

March of War for PC

Heroes and Generals for PC

Refunked for PC

Safehouse for PC

Northgard for PC

They are Billions for PC

Mario Odyssy for Nintendo Switch

Stellaris for PC

Monster Hunter World for PS4 and Xbox 1

Salt and Sanctuary for most comtemporary plateforms

Warframe for most contemporary plateforms

Items discussed in What we Learned this Month:

Educational Gaming use in Corporate America and some of it’s failings.  Chase tries to describe the struggle to use educational gaming in the Corporate world, and his first encounter with a game made to teach through his own day job.

Playstation 4 is winding down and the internet has thoughts about it.  https://www.polygon.com/2018/5/22/17379880/ps4-life-cycle-ending-psn-psvr

Also, Total Biscuit passes away: https://kotaku.com/game-critic-totalbiscuit-has-died-1826310517

What we Learned from You Discussion:

Nothing!  Send us some emails!

Shoutouts:

Thanks to Joe Gottli for doing our art!

Thanks to Dmitry for doing our intro/outro music!

Lets plays by Chirstopher Odd: https://www.youtube.com/user/ChristopherOdd

In which Chase misremembering watching other people playing Metal Gear Solid 3 and we also discuss a World War 3 game we have both played but on very different hardware.

Detroit: Become Human for PS4

Dreams for PS4

Mount and Blade for PC

Stunts for PC (DOS)

Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater for PS 2

Shadow of the Collosus for PS 2, 3 and 4

Tom Clancy’s End War for Xbox 360 and PC

March of War for PC

Heroes and Generals for PC

Refunked for PC

Safehouse for PC

Northgard for PC

They are Billions for PC

Mario Odyssy for Nintendo Switch

Stellaris for PC

Monster Hunter World for PS4 and Xbox 1

Salt and Sanctuary for most comtemporary plateforms

Warframe for most contemporary plateforms

Items discussed in What we Learned this Month:

Educational Gaming use in Corporate America and some of it’s failings.  Chase tries to describe the struggle to use educational gaming in the Corporate world, and his first encounter with a game made to teach through his own day job.

Playstation 4 is winding down and the internet has thoughts about it.  https://www.polygon.com/2018/5/22/17379880/ps4-life-cycle-ending-psn-psvr

Also, Total Biscuit passes away: https://kotaku.com/game-critic-totalbiscuit-has-died-1826310517

What we Learned from You Discussion:

Nothing!  Send us some emails!

Shoutouts:

Thanks to Joe Gottli for doing our art!

Thanks to Dmitry for doing our intro/outro music!

Lets plays by Chirstopher Odd: https://www.youtube.com/user/ChristopherOdd