Well, I?m positively late on this one. One of my favorite men that has ever existed,?astrophysicist?Neil deGrasse Tyson, has officially spoken about video games into a microphone, and?somehow?the world didn?t implode with the weight of pure unbelievable?serendipity.
Dr. Tyson runs a science-based podcast called?StarTalk Radio. It wasn?t until recently that I investigated why my RSS feed hadn?t yielded me any new podcasts since June. Luckily, my fear that the podcast had been canned was unfounded. The feed changed! Now I have a healthy bit of podcast catch-up to do. When first browsing the selection, I immediately noticed a pair of episodes that required my?immediate?consumption. They were about video games.
Advancing to the Next Level: The Science of Video Games (Part 1)?and?(Part 2)?are absolutely brilliant. Dr. Tyson interviews Jeff Ryan, author of?Super Mario: How Nintendo Conquered America?and famous game designer?Will Wright?with co-host Eugene Mirman. This makes for some fascinating conversation as Ryan and Wright both provide intriguing facts, ideas and tidbits about the history of video games, artificial intelligence, ludology, design theory and the future of gaming hardware. Eugene Mirman offers up consistently hilarious quips and comments about these topics and even knows what a?Vectrex?is/was.
If you like hearing intelligent people talk about video games, these two podcasts simply cannot be missed. Clear up an hour and a half and put these sciencey soundwaves in your ears. For games. For science!
Source: http://oldgamereviewer.com/2012/09/28/the-best-two-things-video-games-neil-degrasse-tyson/
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