Welcome to show 171 where we find our intrepid heroes discovering, by way of The Beginners Guide, that “not all videogames have to be an experience that you interact with – sometimes it’s just an experience that you experience.” Sometimes a cigar IS just a smoke.

1. Steam controllers and other kit
2. Visual novels, anime, Clannad and Steve Jackson Apps
3. Is the Oculus Rift the “great democratizer?” What is the gateway to VR for gamers?
4. Walking Simulators and The Beginners Guide
5. Is Facebook experimenting on you?

Links

http://store.steampowered.com/app/324160/

http://www.theverge.com/2016/1/6/10723982/oculus-rift-price-no-longer-for-everyone

http://www.forbes.com/sites/kathleenchaykowski/2016/02/24/mark-zuckerberg-has-a-plan-to-make-virtual-reality-social/#46e8f1917959

http://store.steampowered.com/app/303210/

http://boingboing.net/2015/10/02/the-beginners-guide-is-a-gam.html