PARENTS vs GAMING

- Introductions

We welcome back Jay Noller (USBobber) from a missed week and learn the Idaho Horsemen lose for the first time in over a year.

- We talk about an article by Sheila Hageman where she discusses addiction to screen time and how to get kids back to a normal routine.

- Closing arguments by Jay about how it is important to spend time with your kids over any game, movie, or friend outing.

- Thank you for supporting us!

-PVG

Article source:
https://www.scarymommy.com/kids-video-game-overuse-got-through-pandemic/ 

- Introduction as we welcome a new guest host this week with Chris Fellows aka Crash1869.

- What is E3?

- E3 schedule

- E3 Predictions

- Crash and James make a slap bet over Bethesda Exclusivity

- See you next week

A special episode this week as iamtheGamingDad is on out on vacation.  Jordan and Jay take over the podcast and have a great discussion.  Jordan dives into the depths of Jays mind as marketing professional and they discuss strategies for new content creators. This is an episode you don't want to miss if you are looking for ideas on how to get started.

1. Introductions

2. Favorite game series that molded who we are today

3. Creativity in games today vs the 80/90's

4.  Don't forget to find us on Youtube under Last Choice Network as well as Instagram and Twitter.

5. Thanks for watching!

1- Introductions

2 - unveiling our new logo and company name as Last Choice Network

3 - discussing the fallout of Epic Games vs Apple

4 - How to handle micro transactions and your kids

5 - viewer email question for Jordan (how to help my daughter start streaming)

6 - closing and goodbyes

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// ABOUT US

Parents vs Gaming is our Weekly podcast show where we try to keep parents in the know and give our advice and how to be involved in gaming. Or we help out those relationship gamers and how to balance life and gaming.

We talk about Big name streamers and if they have an influence on our culture. We also talk about sponsorships for streamers and marketing and Crash jumps into the chat to make jokes about James and AARP.  Come join us every Thursday at 9 pm CST on twitch.tv/iamTheGamingDad where we host our podcast live.


1 - intro  

2 - how has everyone week been?  

3 - topic of the show :  how big streamers and influencers can affect  our culture  

4 - check in with the chat  

5 - goodbyes and where people can find us and what we have this week.  

1. Intros
2. Housekeeping - discussing our week and what's been going on
3. Topic of the Show - Can gaming help your kids with depression?
4. Games that came out the year Jordan was born (1998)
5. talking about Jordan's sub-a-thon and will she be cutting her hair?
6. goodbyes.....

Resource on the article we read about kids and depression - https://www.thedad.com/gaming-lowers-depression-risk-for-boys/

1- Intros
2 - Housekeeping - just talking about our week and what we have coming up on streams
3 - Topic of the show - the normalization of gaming as an adult while being in a relationship
4 - Viewer Topic - Short handed names to help confused parents, like GTA = Grand theft Auto, COD = Call of Duty, DBD = dead by daylight, etc. as I have been asked by some parents that when we start talking like that they do not understand
5 - Fun gaming stories from our crew
6 - Where can everyone find us?

This week we welcome USBobber back from his family vacation and he explains why things didn't quite go as planned. 
Topics of the show include:
- Kids temperaments in taking away their games
- Is Need for Speed Hot Pursuit ok for a 6 year old to play?
- Do the lack of voiceovers in Nintendo games make them inaccessible to kids who are unable to read yet?
- We officially announce that starting next week Alexis Jordan will be joining our show full time as our 3rd host.

This week we have guest host @AlexisJordan98 who is a 22 year old female streamer on Twitch.  We dive in to what her feelings are when it comes to kids watching Twitch at a young age and if she finds it to be safe. We also learn how she was introduced into gaming by her father and brothers at a very young age and how turning to streaming may have saved her life.