Episode 032 What We Learned from Brave Frontier and Diablo 3

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!