Episode 139: When Horror Gets Real: The Halloween Episode (Right click and save as to download, or find us on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play, or TuneIn).
This week we talk about what we are playing and watching as we all hold our own private Halloween celebrations. Thinking through horror games like Night Terrors (iOS) and television series like Black Mirror (especially season 3 episodes 2 and 4) and HBO’s Westworld and the connections that we see to Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR).
Intro: 0.00
Whatcha playing, reading, drinking: 3:24
Conversation: 22.05
What We’re Playing:
- Mafia III
- Ginger: Beyond the Crystal
- Night Terror: The Beginning
- Heathstone
- Thumper
- Until Dawn
What We’re Reading:
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Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination, and Invigorates the Soul by Stuart Brown
What We’re Drinking:
- Maui Brewing Co. Pineapple Mana Wheat
- Boulevard Cranberry Orange Radler
- A whole bottle of an unnamed Moscato
- Tito’s Screwdriver