Episodes
Thursday Jan 16, 2020
Thursday Jan 16, 2020
In which Learned from Gaming starts up their first official Actual Play sub-cast. Tales of Creation is an Exalted 3rd Edition Actual Play, focusing on the process of learning and playing the table top role-playing game Exalted from White Wolf and Onxy Path.
In this episode Raven gets to town with a piece of paper that everyone really really wants, so she walks up the street to meet Rojin and Kaiur. What could go wrong?!
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Thursday Jan 16, 2020
LfG Tales of Creation Episode 000: Sorry but..., Thank You, Story Time!
Thursday Jan 16, 2020
Thursday Jan 16, 2020
Learned from Gaming: Tales of Creation Episode 000
In which Chase explains what he and Stu have been doing the last few months and what is coming next of Learned from Gaming. Chase then outlines that the crew is starting a secondary Podcast called Tales of Creation, an Exalted 3rd Edition Actual Play podcast where Chase will be the Storyteller for the players Stu Gritter, Fred Rojas and Dan Murray. Chase also dives into the setting of the game and sets the scene for anyone interested in listening to the team play table top RPGs in Tales of Creation Episode 001.
If you want to have any idea of what is going on with this new sub-podcast this is a good place to start.
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Tuesday Sep 10, 2019
Episode 040 What We Learned from Dungeons and Dragons
Tuesday Sep 10, 2019
Tuesday Sep 10, 2019
Episode 040 What We Learned from Dungeons and Dragons
In which we try really hard not to get too deep into politics or Endgame and/or Game of Thrones Spoilers before we also just do a big ol’ episode on D&D. With our special guest, Dan Murray, we deep dive into how playing D&D impacted us, what we learned from it and what we continue to learn from table top RPGs to this day.
Games discussed this Episode:
Dungeons and Dragons for table top play
Fortnite for everything
The Witness for contemporary consoles
Hero Quest for table top play
Langrisser for Mobile Devices
Chocobo’s Mystery Dungeon EVERY BUDDY! for contemporary consoles
Monster Hunter World for contemporary consoles
Minion Masters for PC
Dragon Ball FighterZ for contemporary consoles
Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 2 for PS2, Xbox and Game Cube
Risk of Rain 2 for PC
Montezuma’s Revenge on the Apple ii
Lisa for PC
Undertale for PC
Oxenfree for contemporary consoles
Daikatana for PC
Items discussed in What we Learned this Month:
US politics now also involves Lootboxes: https://kotaku.com/u-s-senator-says-his-anti-loot-box-bill-has-the-video-1834905639
Dan brings up Critical Role: https://critrole.com/
Shoutouts:
Thanks to Joe Gottli for doing our art!
Thanks to Dmitry for doing our intro/outro music!
Thank you Dan Murray for joining us today.
Dan says check out Torchlight Games and Hobbies: https://www.facebook.com/torchlightgh/
Torchlight Website: https://www.facebook.com/torchlightgh/
Chase wants to give a shout out to Beanduck’s Exalted Content: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5yhKyRq4ox0POZ_wxMW38-ID6twqV8rj
Beanduck’s Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/beanduck
Friday Sep 06, 2019
Episode 039 What We Learned from Stalker and Minion Masters
Friday Sep 06, 2019
Friday Sep 06, 2019
Episode 039 What We Learned from Minion Masters and Stalker
In which we dive into the world of semi-idle RTS games and how nothing else has really ever tried to be the next Stalker. We also provide you with audio samples of Stu poking the bear.
Games discussed this Episode:
Minion Masters for PC
Forced for PC
Majesty 2 for PC
Stalker for PC
Risk of Rain 2 for PC
Detroit: Become Human for contemporary consoles
Langrisser for Mobile Devices
Chocobo’s Mystery Dungeon EVERY BUDDY! for contemporary consoles
Risk of Rain 2 for PC
Items discussed in What we Learned this Month:
Stu and Chase discuss the unusual but maybe not surprising success of Subverse a Porn game. Here is an article: https://www.pcgamer.com/a-kickstarter-for-a-game-thats-basically-hentai-mass-effect-has-raised-over-a-million-dollars/
You can be a professional Story Teller for table top RPGs. Specifically we are talking about RPG Research, an organization out of Washington DC. Look them up, they have a podcast and are an incredible resource: https://www.rpgresearch.com/
Shoutouts:
Thanks to Joe Gottli for doing our art!
Thanks to Dmitry for doing our intro/outro music!
Thank you Robert Ring for counting episodes with us.
Wednesday Aug 21, 2019
Episode 038 What We Learned from System Shock 2 and Anthem
Wednesday Aug 21, 2019
Wednesday Aug 21, 2019
Episode 038 What We Learned from Anthem and System Shock 2
In which we discuss the art of removing slivers, we remember a great game from back in the day, and we discuss what happens when you don’t have a team lead and no direction and corporate overlord expectation issues and are all around unorganized, then we shift over to discuss what Star Citizen might be and we even have an email!
Games discussed this Episode:
Anthem for contemporary consoles
Dragon Age Inquisition for contemporary consoles
Monster Hunter World for contemporary consoles
Warframe for contemporary consoles
Diablo Series for PC/Contemporary consoles
Final Fantasy XI for PC/PS2
World of Warcraft for PC
Red Dead Redemption for contemporary consoles
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice for contemporary consoles
Solus Project for contemporary consoles
System Shock 2 for PC
System Shock for PC
Half-Life for PC
007: Golden Eye for Nintendo 64
Star Citizen for PC
EVE Online for PC
Stardew Valley for contemporary consoles
Deep Rock Galactic for PC
Langrisser for mobile devices
Minion Masters for PC
Items discussed in What we Learned this Month:
Jason Schreier’s article on the development of Anthem and employee testimonies of the failings of Bioware/EA: https://kotaku.com/how-biowares-anthem-went-wrong-1833731964
What happens when you make games without trying, just to see if they will be used, but like really not trying too hard. A GDC talk about not trying to make good Slot Games: https://www.gdcvault.com/play/1025766/1-500-Slot-Machines-Walk
Stu’s email section article mention: https://www.edsurge.com/news/2019-02-12-playing-games-can-build-21st-century-skills-research-explains-how
Shoutouts:
Thanks to Joe Gottli for doing our art!
Thanks to Dmitry for doing our intro/outro music!
Give Fred Rojas some love at Gaming History 101: https://gaminghistory101.com/
Thursday Jun 27, 2019
Episode 037 What We Learned from Emulation, ROMs and playing Swindle
Thursday Jun 27, 2019
Thursday Jun 27, 2019
In which we discuss the strange world of game emulation and JRPGs that never made it to the West back in the 90's, stealth game mechanics and we get a great and engaging email from friend of the show Robert Ring from the Classic Gaming Podcast. We also have a guest show up right at the end unexpectedly, spoilers it’s Chase’s son waking up so he has to step out a bit early.
Games discussed this Episode:
Diablo for PC and PS1
Anthem for Contemporary Consoles
Trails of Mana/Secret of Mana 2/seiken densetsu 3 for SNES and now Switch
Final Fantasy Adventure/Sword of Mana for a number of systems
Secret of Mana for SNES
Bahamut’s Lagoon for SNES
Treasure of Rudras for SNES
Front Mission for SNES
Front Mission 3 for PS1
The Swindle for PC
Dwarf Fortress for PC
Mega Man games for everything
Super Mario Bros for NES
Portal for PC and some last gen consoles
Cultist Simulator for PC
Binding of Isaac for PC/Contemporary console
Items discussed in What we Learned this Month:
Chase brings up that Lightsaber dueling is now an official sport in places like France: https://www.theverge.com/2019/2/19/18231268/lightsaber-dueling-french-fencing-federation-official-sport
Diablo and Hellfire are now on GoG? https://www.gog.com/game/diablo
Blizzard official release: https://news.blizzard.com/en-gb/diablo3/22887361/diablo-now-available-on-gog-com
We did not really want to talk about Anthem or the news cycle around it, we just wanted to play it. Some of us couldn’t even do that though: https://www.polygon.com/gaming/2019/5/7/18514310/anthem-bugs-delays-development-issues-bioware
Unreleased NES Wrestling game found: http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2019/03/random_unreleased_wrestling_game_on_nes_discovered_after_30_years
A discussion of the design of Super Mario 1-1 from Extra Credits: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZH2wGpEZVgE
Stu says check this video out about Megaman and game Design and it gets some points across but is NSFW and involves punching Roll, which isn’t cool. Robots need love to. Egoraptor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FpigqfcvlM
Shoutouts:
Thanks to Joe Gottli for doing our art!
Thanks to Dmitry for doing our intro/outro music!
Thanks Robert Ring for the Email! Checkout Classic Gaming Podcast at https://classicgamingpodcast.com/
Thanks for all the great work done at Fantasy Anime in terms of JRPG preservation: https://www.fantasyanime.com/index
Wednesday May 22, 2019
Episode 036 What We Learned From Vampire and Theif
Wednesday May 22, 2019
Wednesday May 22, 2019
In which we discuss the arcane nature of Prince the performer, then dive deep into the darker places of the world bringing up games like Vampire the Masquerade, Spycraft 2.0 and Thief: The Dark Project.
Games discussed this Episode:
Vampire the Masquerade, a table top RPG
Exalted, a table top RPG
Spycraft 2.0, a table top RPG
Dungeons and Dragons, a table top RPG
Thief: The Dark Project for PC
Hitman for PC
Tenchu: Stealth Assassin for Playstation
Quake for PC
Langrisser for Mobile Devices
War Groove for Everything (almost)
Anthem for PS4, Xbox One and PC
Apex Legends for PS4, Xbox One and PC
Super Mario Bros U Deluxe for Nintendo Switch
Into the Breach for Switch and PC
Destiny for contemporary consoles
Warframe for contemporary consoles
Fortnite for contemporary consoles
Items discussed in What we Learned this Month:
In a truly rare display (for 2019) Ubisoft makes money and doesn’t lay people off: https://www.pcgamer.com/ubisoft-makes-strong-profits-doesnt-fire-800-people/
Activision/Blizzard makes record highs in revenue then fires almost 800 people: https://www.polygon.com/2019/2/12/18222096/blizzard-layoffs-february-2019
The time a AAA Games Executive (Satoru Iwata) took a pay cut in solidarity with his employees to ensure they would continue working: https://kotaku.com/nintendo-boss-is-taking-a-huge-pay-cut-because-of-the-1511382834
Extra Credits video comparing Destiny and Warframe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERepKk7dZSc
Shoutouts:
Thanks to Joe Gottli for doing our art!
Thanks to Dmitry for doing our intro/outro music!
Chase Shoutouts to Onyx Path Publishing: http://theonyxpath.com/
Wednesday May 15, 2019
Episode 035 What We Learned From Left 4 Dead 2
Wednesday May 15, 2019
Wednesday May 15, 2019
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 13th 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.
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
Friday Apr 12, 2019
Episode 034 What We Learned From Stellaris and the Return of the Obra Dinn
Friday Apr 12, 2019
Friday Apr 12, 2019
Episode 034 What We Learned from
In which we discuss our approximately 30-31 dedicated listeners, we yearn to become robotic as we take over the stars in Stellaris and dive into the Return of the Obra Dinn.
Games discussed this Episode:
Stellaris for contemporary consoles
Return of the Obra Dinn for PC
Master of Orion 2 for PC
The Quiet Man for contemporary consoles
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate for the Switch
Fire Emblem Heroes on Mobile Device
Monster Hunter World on comtemporary consoles
Beat Sabre for PC
Deeprock Galactic for PC
Path of Exile for PC
Mystic Veil for table top play
Items discussed in What we Learned this Month:
ADGQ 2019 occurred. Check it out and as always support the great causes behind this event: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o083ySYoekM
Stu brings up how game sales as reported in the UK can be considered one of the highest grossing businesses in that area by no small margin:
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2019-01-10-the-uk-games-industry-in-2018-winners-and-losers
A discussion of Tattoos that are on real people who are represented in games:
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/27/style/tattoos-video-games.html
Extra Credits Because Games Matter videos: A Teachable Moment
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZsAWciOS4w&list=PLhyKYa0YJ_5AgQCI0R7DY0BDrRLmRjkpw&index=4
Shoutouts:
Thanks to Joe Gottli for doing our art!
Thanks to Dmitry for doing our intro/outro music!
Thanks Classic Gaming Podcast and sorry Jay for forgetting your name!
https://classicgamingpodcast.com/
Check out Fred Rojas playing the Quiet Man:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ispslWKg0dE
Gaming History 101, check them out!
Fred’s video on Final Fight:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQDpNH6xSzY
Check out Future Monkeys!
https://futuremonkeys.podbean.com/
Thursday Mar 07, 2019
Episode 033 What We Learned From Final Fantasy Tactics and Space Quest 3
Thursday Mar 07, 2019
Thursday Mar 07, 2019
Episode 033 What We Learned from Final Fantasy Tactics and Space Quest 3
In which we hit over 1000 total downloads of all show episodes, and we mess up the intro again. We also deep dive into what we liked and learned from Final Fantasy Tactics and Space Quest 3.
Games discussed this Episode:
Fallout 76 for contemporary consoles
Fortnite for contemporary consoles
Pinball, an actual arcade game, it’s in the shape of an elevated table.
Final Fantasy Tactics for Playstation
Final Fantasy Tactics Advance for Gameboy Advance
Final Fantasy Tactics A2 for Gameboy Advance
Bushido Blade for Playstation
Legend of Man for Playstation
Parasite Eve 1 and 2 for Playstation
Disgea originally for Playstation 2 but now on almost everything.
Space Quest 3 for DOS/PC
The Room 3 for PC
Slay the Spire for PC
Return of the Obra Dinn for PC
Demon’s Crest for Super Nintendo
Pokemon Let’s Go!: Pikachu for Nintendo Switch
Items discussed in What we Learned this Month:
Stu brings up the abysmal launch of Fallout 76, and how it is consistently having issues reported about it, as well as just the state of the game at launch.
Local media pulls from Bloomberg and vilification of video games: https://www.stcatharinesstandard.ca/living-story/9062120-fortnite-addiction-is-forcing-kids-into-video-game-rehab/?fbclid=iwar1vvshpw4qj8l9lmp0y6yi2l67iw8j1mjmf-0t3eb58mn63thw3bwynxjo
Comparison of community response to Fortnite compared to Pinball’s reception over the last century: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/popularity-fortnite-common-20th-century-pinball-craze-180970721/?fbclid=IwAR0cRoU6WJSPYVKH4sH_PYH0BP8OPxGS_H9dGDrNNGQlIlhkyBe1O94xqMg
Shoutouts:
Thanks to Joe Gottli for doing our art!
Thanks to Dmitry for doing our intro/outro music!
Shoutouts to Geek Therapy for having such a great community and always being a great source for information and stories on nerd culture and how technology impacts us.
Check out Classic Gaming Podcast at https://classicgamingpodcast.com/