Jordan Erica Webber talks about video games with interesting people who play them. Each episode is a short one-on-one conversation about a specific game or a relevant topic. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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episode 1: Animal Crossing: New Horizons (min-maxing) with Kat Brewster
While preparing for Series 2 in the midst of a pandemic, we’ve made this bonus mini-series about a game that has arrived at an opportune moment for millions of isolated and anxious people worldwide: Animal Crossing: New Horizons.
In this first episode, Jordan and Kat discuss the notion of min-maxing and the discomfort that comes when the process of optimisation involves the consumption of natural resources. And, since Kat is a researcher of archives, they pose the question: why do we collect things?
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