The Experience Points Podcast
A weekly video game podcast from the co-writers of ExperiencePoints.net

What if you knew the exact number of minutes you spent in BioShock's hacking minigame? How about precise amount of damage done by Ryu's fireball? Do you ever dare look at your Spelunky death count? This week we're talking about "the quantified self" as it relates to video games. Don't worry, we haven't sipping the Soylent, we're just wondering what the numbers mean and whether we should be paying attention.

Direct download: EXP_Podcast_388_-_The_Quantification_Game.mp3
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A game has done the unthinkable. It's made thousands of people go outside. Pokémon Go has become a cultural phenomenon overnight. Your parents, your neighbors, even your coworkers can be found wandering the streets in search of some rare Snorlax. What has the world come to? What can explain all this madness!? This week on the EXP Podcast, Scott and I venture into the tall grass to find out.

 
Direct download: EXP_Podcast_387_-_Pokmon_Go_Debrief.mp3
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This week we reach the triumphant conclusion of Uncharted 4: A Thief's End.  We go into all the grave-robbing, clock-smashing, jeep-winching antics.  And before you ask, yes we did make a cheap pun about Drake's butt being a "theif's end."  I mean, how could we resist?

Direct download: EXP_Podcast_386_-_Uncharted_4_Debrief.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 12:07am PDT

Blizzard has filed a lawsuit against Bossland, a German-based software company that sells access to cheat programs for Overwatch players. The company actually offers this service for other multiplayer games as well, but does cheating in Overwatch mean something different? Why do people cheat at all? And most importantly, how are Lebron James and Big Boss involved? All this and more on today's EXP Podcast!

 

 

 
Direct download: EXP_Podcast_385_-_Cheats_and_Scoundrels.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 7:56pm PDT