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Saturday Oct 27, 2018
Episode 027 What We Learned From Morrowind and Final Fantasy VI
Saturday Oct 27, 2018
Saturday Oct 27, 2018
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:
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!
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