Episode 064 – Video Games

This episode we talk video games! We discuss taxonomies of birds, when is a game not a game, defining soup and sandwich, and the gamification of everything. Plus: We really indicate our ages by mentioning our first exposure to video games.

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In this episode

Anna Ferri | Matthew Murray | RJ Edwards

Books Games We Discussed

• Lego Dimensions
• Pokémon X and Y
• The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
• Katamari Damacy
• Spyro the Dragon
• Mass Effect
• Jet Grind/Set Radio
• Chrono Trigger (it has 13 endings)
• Stardew Valley
• Magic: The Gathering Arena
• • Magic: The Gathering
  • Momir Basic
• Wandersong
• Mini Metro
• Monument Valley
• Zombie Castaways
• The Stanley Parable

Other Media We Mention

• Ingress
• Pokémon Go
• Fortnite
• Super Mario Bros.
• Centipede
• Super Mario World
• Sunset Riders (the cowboy game Anna played)
• Pokémon Sun and Moon
• Carmen Sandiego
• Logical Journey of the Zoombinis
• The Manhole (apparently made by the people who made Myst!)
• Night in the Woods
• Skylanders
• Disney Infinity
• Dance Dance Revolution
• Unreal Tournament
• Super Mario 64
• Retro Game Challenge
• • GameCenter CX
• Tetris
• L.A. Noire
• Hay Day
• Township (mistakenly called “Townville”)
• Minecraft
• South Park: The Stick of Truth
• Costume Quest (Matthew has finished this since the recording happened, it’s pretty fun)
• Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness
• Gone Home
• Neopets
• The Neverhood (the claymation game)

Links, Articles, and Things

• Sandwich Alignment Chart
• Something Something Soup Something: The game about what soup is
• Snakes and Ladders (Wikipedia)
• Non-game (Wikipedia)
• Escape Room (Wikipedia)
• Alternate Reality Game (Wikipedia)
• Augmented reality (Wikipedia)
• Software Library: MS-DOS Games (on Archive.org)
• Internet Arcade (on Archive.org)
• Humble Bundle
• Steam
• Charlie Brooker’s Gameswipe
• Xbox Adaptive Controller
• Desert Bus for Hope (fundraiser)
• • Penn & Teller’s Smoke and Mirrors
• Game Workers Unite
• Waypoint Podcast (RSS Feed)

Questions

• Do you have online games that you can suggest RJ recommend to people?
• Do you let people install games/software on computers in your library?
• Can you identify any of the games we couldn’t remember the names of?
• What matters to you when asking for game recommendations?
• What topics would you like us to discuss on the podcast?

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