Episode 035 What We Learned From Left 4 Dead 2

Episode 035 What We Learned from Left 4 Dead 2

 

In which we discuss the fun and fury that came from playing Left 4 Dead 2 together, and just what we learned from it.  We also dip a bit into the news and even talk a bit about D&D.

 

Games discussed this Episode:

Left 4 Dead 2 for PC and last generation consoles

Destiny for all contemporary consoles

Evo for last generation consoles

Deep Rock Galactic for PC (Early Access)

Friday the 13^th for contemporary consoles

Super Smash Bros Ultimate for Switch

Into the Breach for contemporary consoles

Monster Hunter World for contemporary consoles

Stellaris for contemporary consoles
Gremlins Inc, a board game

Dungeons and Dragons, a table top RPG

True Sight

 

Items discussed in What we Learned this Month:

Discussing Bungie/Activision Split and Jason Shreier’s article on it: https://kotaku.com/bungie-splits-with-activision-1831651740

 

Discussion of Sesame Credit in China: https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2019-01-24/why-china-s-social-credit-systems-are-surprisingly-popular

 

Screen time use in Teens not that big a deal: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-kids-who-use-tech-seem-to-be-all-right/?amp%3Btext=The&fbclid=IwAR2eUMzvl1lBe1KH4Wn_q5FdDDeH_AULucJYHLI8rpTJStdGJh8EqSErF9Y

 

Taken off of the Geek Therapy Community Facebook page, Wired article by Simon Chandler on the use of VR to assist in Diagnosing Mental Illness.

https://www.wired.com/story/virtual-realitys-latest-use-diagnosing-mental-illness/?mbid=social_fb&utm_brand=wired&utm_campaign=wired&utm_medium=social&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwAR2IuzroyfQjEof2TykUTJdGmdbAVdsfHzMX8Jof0dSB2sEIP7P0WBk29ZU

 

 

Shoutouts:

Thanks to Joe Gottli for doing our art!

Thanks to Dmitry for doing our intro/outro music!

Thanks to Geek Therapy Community https://www.geektherapy.com/

Thanks to Fred Rojas, Gaming History 101 and Gaming History X

Stu recommends True Sight: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ass6ztDl5oQ