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Skill Check
By YMCA Exeter
FAQs about Skill Check:
How many episodes does Skill Check have?
The podcast currently has 162 episodes available.
Skill Check episodes:
September 20, 2024The Sims Movie, Switch 2 Rumours, and Gaming is good for Mental Health! The Sims Movie, Switch 2 Rumours, and Gaming is good for Mental Health!
So. The Sims movie is becoming a thing. Which distracts us with a lot of talk of talk about Sims. Sorry about that. (Also our mic setup is dodgy – sorry about
that)What do we do with the Switch Rumours?
And is the message that “gaming is good for mental health”, going mainstream?
The article about the link between gaming and positive mental health can be found here: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-13757513/Playing-video-games-BENEFITS-mental-health.htmlCome say hello to us or give us ideas for games you want to hear about at @YMCAExeterGames on Twitter, Facebooks, Instagram, and youtube.
Find out more about YMCA Exeter on @YmcaExeter on Instagram, Twitter, orFacebook....more September 13, 2024Zengence, Outlaws, and Ghostbusters We’re back from our summer holidays, and we have some catching up to do!
Andy’s feeling a little lost and tempted by Star Wars
Outlaws. We catch up on the PS5 Pro news. We look at a potential future where youcould get video games on a health insurance plan.https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/deepwell-dtx-videogame-therapy-fda-clearance/
https://www.gamepressure.com/newsroom/video-games-in-medicine-could-spark-a-new-golden-age-for-the-indu/z37282
Come say hello to us or give us ideas for games you want to hear about at @YMCAExeterGames on Twitter, Facebooks, Instagram, and youtube.
Find out more about YMCA Exeter on @YmcaExeter on Instagram, Twitter, orFacebook....more August 09, 2024Vampire Therapist, Return of Doom, and Crash Bandicoot! Could a game where you’re a vampire introduce you to Cognitive Behaviour Therapy? Doom and Doom 2 has
returned! And so has Crash Bandicoot!We also spend far too much time arguing over what Crash does with the apples.
Come say hello to us or give us ideas for games you want to
hear about at @YMCAExeterGames on Twitter, Facebooks, Instagram, and youtube.Find out more about YMCA Exeter on @YmcaExeter on Instagram, Twitter, orFacebook....more August 02, 2024Screentime - A Chat. How much is too much screentime? We ask, are people falling out of love with strategy
games? Could we make money from old games? And funding has been found for tabletop gaming groups.We talk screen time A LOT in this one, particularly about
gaming – but screen time in general.Some links we refer to…
https://inews.co.uk/inews-lifestyle/worried-about-son-gaming-habit-experts-3020298
https://www.itsnicethat.com/features/does-screen-time-help-or-hinder-creativity-creative-industry-310724
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c6p2egln0zeo
Come say hello to us or give us ideas for games you want to
hear about at @YMCAExeterGames on Twitter, Facebooks, Instagram, and youtube.Find out more about YMCA Exeter on @YmcaExeter on Instagram, Twitter, orFacebook....more July 26, 2024Acting Strikes, Xbox Game Pass Everywhere, and is no one buying AAA games on mobiles? We’re back after a short unexpected break!
We’re playing a little catch up on gaming news, we talk
in app purchases, and Life is Strange.We mention some tips from ChildNet about in game
purchases. They can be found here: https://www.childnet.com/blog/how-to-avoid-in-app-purchases/Come say hello to us or give us ideas for games you want to
hear about at @YMCAExeterGames on Twitter, Facebooks, Instagram, and youtube.Find out more about YMCA Exeter on @YmcaExeter on Instagram, Twitter, orFacebook....more July 05, 2024Who do children play with online? Tony Hawk coming to XBox, and theres a new Game Boy Advance Game? Have you come across “Gods Influencer”? Carlo Acutis, born in 1991 is to become the Catholic Church's first "millennial saint"
Crash Bandicoot is finally coming to Game Pass! And there’s a new Game Boy Advance game out.We also chat Ofcom studies that look at who kids are really gaming with online.
A few links are mentioned.
Find the NCMU podcast here: https://open.spotify.com/show/5fz6Lre4f85lyGL989LQDZ
Childrens Media Lives: https://www.ofcom.org.uk/media-use-and-attitudes/media-habits-children/childrens-media-lives/
The Youthscape research: https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=696248309355830&set=pb.100069120013664.-2207520000&locale=en_GB
Find out more about Kien: https://www.theguardian.com/games/article/2024/jul/04/kein-the-most-delayed-video-game-in-history-released-after-22-years
Come say hello to us or give us ideas for games you want to hear about at @YMCAExeterGames on Twitter, Facebooks, Instagram, and youtube.
Find out more about YMCA Exeter on @YmcaExeter on Instagram, Twitter, orFacebook....more June 28, 2024Do we need the latest console? Do we need the latest console? Considering the offering we’regiven? The article we chat about can be found here - https://metro.co.uk/2024/06/22/im-sticking-ps4-will-never-buy-a-ps5-21084418/?ico=newsfeed_gamingCome say hello to us or give us ideas for gamesyou want to hear about at @YMCAExeterGames on Twitter, Facebooks, Instagram,and youtube. Find out more about YMCA Exeter on @YmcaExeter on Instagram,Twitter, or Facebook...more June 21, 2024Does Gaming impact Mental Health and wellbeing? At all? Does Gaming impact Mental Health and wellbeing? At all? We
talk about recent study that shows no negative (or positive) mental healthimpact by gaming.Read more here
https://readwrite.com/study-video-games-adult-gamers-mental-health/
https://tmb.apaopen.org/pub/k8ra4n36/release/1
We also talk a bit about what a gamer looks like (according
to statistics). Find the episode here: https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/ufIKqZ8FBKbCome say hello to us or give us ideas for games you want to
hear about at @YMCAExeterGames on Twitter, Facebooks, Instagram, and youtube.Find out more about YMCA Exeter on @YmcaExeter on Instagram, Twitter, orFacebook...more June 14, 2024Humanity, Work for ikea in Roblox, and E-Sports in Schools. Fancy working for ikea within Roblox? No
seriously – Check out https://www.ikea.com/gb/en/newsroom/corporate-news/ikea-is-opening-a-new-store-on-roblox-pub8a9272d0We also chat esports in schools, and how
ALL the games were just shown this weekend.Meanwhile Andy has been playing
Humanity.Come say hello to us or give us ideas for games you want
tohear about at @YMCAExeterGames on Twitter, Facebooks, Instagram, and youtube.Find out more about YMCA Exeter on @YmcaExeter on Instagram, Twitter, orFacebook....more June 07, 2024Gaming on a budget, Marvel Midnight Suns free on Epic, and Minecraft on Netflix Lets face it. Gaming. Like almost everything else.
Isn’t cheap. We have a chat about cheap (ish) ways to game, Marvels MidnightSuns free on Epic, Minecraft on Netflix, and Astrobot.Come say hello to us or give us ideas for games you want
tohear about at @YMCAExeterGames on Twitter, Facebooks, Instagram, and youtube.Find out more about YMCA Exeter on @YmcaExeter on Instagram, Twitter, orFacebook....more
FAQs about Skill Check:
How many episodes does Skill Check have?
The podcast currently has 162 episodes available.