Overthinking Games
Overthinking Games is a podcast about what video games can teach us. We look at video games through an educational and critical lens.
Overthinking Games
Ep 86: Techno-Nihilism
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Overthinking Games
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Episode 86
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Intro
What we've been playing this week
Dempsey: Herdling & Cairn
Brett: Skyrim
Brett: Warhammer 40k: Space Marine 2
Seth: Slots and Daggers
Seth: Bloons Tower Defense 6
Seth: Darkest Dungeon
Topic: Has video game technology plateaued?
Graphics aren't likely getting any better
Moving from hardware to cloud gaming
Is XBOX moving towards the right direction with "everything is a console"
Latency and efficiency
Are we losing institutional knowledge to automation?
Are consoles going to have trouble selling systems in the future?
What would it take for you to switch to cloud gaming entirely?
Outro