Studying Pixels combines game studies and a joyful engagement with video game culture. Every Sunday, game studies scholar Stefan Heinrich Simond and Japanese scholar Dan Hughes cover anything from reviews of contemporary games to news stories and from academic deep-dives to controversial discussions—all wrapped up in a sincere appreciation of everything geeky. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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episode 47: Gamescom 2022
Gamescom, the biggest video game trade show in the world, has come and gone. Of course, we were there to check out a whole range of games and to discuss the status quo of video game culture with experts. Here is our report!
Shownotes00:05:42 One P I E C E Odyssey (Our hoster does not allow the word to be written normally here, sorry. It is that famous manga/anime series about the guy in the straw hat.)
00:09:24 Floodland (with Kacper Kwiatkowski, Co-Boss and Creative Advisor at Vile Monarch)
00:21:10 Goat Simulator 3 (with Sebastian Erikkson, CEO at Coffee Stain)00:37:32 Video Games vs Social Media (with Karol Severin, Senior Analyst at MIDiA Research)
00:49:55 Blockchains and the Metaverse (with Michelle Kang, Head of Growth at Nervos Network)
01:01:59 Vikings on Trampolines
01:08:46 Lies of P
01:11:20 Using Games for Citizen Science (with Attila Szantner, CEO & Co-Founder of Massively Multiplayer Online Science)
01:23:21 Conclusion
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