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Tangents:
- Mega Man X Collection
- Doom Eternal Thoughts and also Nintendo Switch
- Cyberpunk 2077 gets first gameplay reveal – 43 minutes of it!
- Windjammers 2?
- Feeling good about no superhero films for a bit
- Hollow Knight
- Damn this is a good game.
- Steaming Networks – Fan Targeted Shows
- Star Trek – Picard is back
- Star Wars – $100 Million Budget
- DC – Titans (Fuck Batman) – mini-review
- Will Shawn let Jared have Smash updates? (Sure.. why not.. I already gave in – Shawn)
- Simon & Richter Belmont
- Dark Samus
- King K. Rool
Main Topic: Games as a Means of Processing Your Life
- The Good Side:
- Sometimes it’s okay to check out
- Life is not controlled, doesn’t follow rules you can understand or predict
- Not all stress is bad stress
- Anonymity in social games – the therapeutic effect of a stranger
- The Bad Side:
- Games can be isolation
- Escape can turn into avoidance
- The Echo Effect
- Not all social interaction is good interaction
- Games and the depiction of mental health
- American McGee’s Alice
- Hellblade
- Depression Quest
- That Dragon, Cancer (Related podcast episode from Radiolab)
- Journey
- Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons
- Life is Strange
- Celeste
One Gratifying Thing
- Friends – Keeping to the theme
Podcast Chapters
00:00:00 – Intro
00:01:04 – Tangents
00:55:29 – Main Topic: Coping With It All
Credits:
Intro Music: Serious Monkey Business: 2-01 Roller Disco – ReMixer: Zylance
Main Topic Music: Austin Wintory – Journey Soundtrack – Apotheosis
Outro Music : Serious Monkey Business: 2-01 Roller Disco – ReMixer: Zylance
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