Assassin’s Creed is more than a game. If used correctly, it can be used as a tool to teach various historical events. In our podcast we play Assassin’s Creed Unity, which takes place during the French Revolution. We look at the pros and cons of

Gamecast: Skyrim and Transit

Oct 15th, 2016 11m 10s

How is transit relevant to skyrim?Does a fictional world send a better message than a digital real world?What does transit open you up to?

Gamecast: Madden NFL Ultimate Team Mode and Habituation

Oct 15th, 2016 11m 4s

In this episode of Gamecast, Justin and Ross discuss Madden NFL 17, specifically the Ultimate Team mode, and how it relates to Ian Bogost's chapter "Habituation" from his book How To Do Things With Video Games. The fact that this gaming franchi

Gamecast: Super Smash Bros & Habituation

Oct 12th, 2016 11m

Gamecast: Super Smash Bros & Habituation by Student in ENG181 at Emory University

Gamecast: Candy Crush and Habituation

Oct 12th, 2016 14m 11s

This podcast episode, by Jasmine and Graciela, details the game Super Smash Bro. Brawl. The episode goes into explaining the features of the game as well comparing and contrasting the game to other fighting games. Why do people keep playing thi

Gamecast: Cytus and Music

Oct 3rd, 2016 11m 52s

In this episode of Gamecast, Cindy and Niky discuss the game Cytus, analyzing itsplot and mechanics. We also raise the very important question: does playing a music game help a person learn a real instrument? We hope you enjoy!

Gamecast: Don't Starve and Reverence

Oct 3rd, 2016 12m 8s

Listen in to our conversation about the survival game _Don’t Starve_. While _Don’t Starve_ certainly might come across as a leisure game with its cute style and cynical mini monologues, there is much more to it. The game tests your creativity a

Battlefield 4, Empathy, and Drill

May 3rd, 2016 7m 22s

Kino Maravillas and Daniel Sperling examine Battlefield 4, a critically-acclaimed first person shooter game from Swedish developer DICE. Battlefield combines high quality graphics, directional audio, and realistic gameplay elements to deliver a

Dark Souls

Apr 16th, 2016 9m 16s

In this episode, students David Golden and Ian Heaven discuss Dark Souls and how it's mechanics, presentation and lore force players to work together to make progress fostering a gaming community unlike any other. This reddit post is a perfec

Halo and art

Apr 11th, 2016 12m 27s

In this episode, Brian Fan and Mike James explore the graphic design of Halo 4, a game revolving around an epic galactic conflict. To what extent does art function in a game that is primarily a first-person shooter? How do the designs for weapo

Minecraft And Art

Apr 4th, 2016 11m

Eric and Emma explore Minecraft by Mojang. Minecraft is known as a “sandbox game” where players can roam freely through an open world and complete missions as they feel fit. Aesthetically, despite its block-shaped obsession, can Minecraft be co

Wii Sports

Mar 28th, 2016 6m 46s

Jordan and Mady explore Wii Sports by Nintendo. Wii Sports is an interactive, exercise simulation game. Its purpose is to promote active lifestyle through alternative methods to conventional exercise, such as video games. We examined Wii Sports

Sims And Empathy

Mar 28th, 2016 12m 31s

Lucy Ye and Kiara Ye explore The Sims by EA Maxis. Sims is a life simulation video game and a largely sandbox game. The players create fictional characters and place them into a virtual world, deciding and taking actions to direct their moods a

FIFA And Music

Mar 6th, 2016 9m 37s

Nick and Jay explore FIFA by EA Sports. FIFA is an interactive soccer game simulation. Because FIFA is one of the famous games around the globe, its soundtracks attract people’s attention from a wide array of backgrounds. Though FIFA’s soundtra

3. Doing Video Games with ... Reverence

Feb 29th, 2016 12m 38s

Stephen Black and Max Faass explore The Binding of Isaac by Edmund McMillan. The Binding of Isaac is a 2011 Indie 2D dungeon crawler that portrays a modified version of the the biblical story of the same name. After Isaac's mother hears a messa

2. Cibele and Empathy

Feb 23rd, 2016 9m 24s

This week's episode looks at the game Cibele and Bogost's term: empathy. Cibele, like many of Nina Freeman's other games, is orientated towards the female player. Because of this, we thought it would be interesting to see how male and female pl

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