The Crowned Heathens Podcast

Video games can help us develop and improve our real-world skills. You can also learn a lot about our society from video games from world culture to ancient history. Throughout education video games have been slowly making their way into the curriculum. This week we talk about the past, present, and future of video games in education. Matt plays the stock market in Animal Crossing, Marissa trapped people with Big Brain Academy, and Sacco forgets how to word.

Games we talk about this week: Assasin's Creed, three fourths home, What Remains of Edith Finch, Second Life, Mavis Beacon Typing, Clue Finders, Crazy Engineer, You Can Read, Big Brain Academy, Apex Legends, Hamtaro, The Sims, The Metaverse, Minecraft, Runescape, Guitar Hero, Rock Band, Rocksmith, Duolingo, Animal Crossing, and Elsinore.

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Mobile gamers are gamers too! Anyway from the original iPhone to today mobile gaming has gotten significantly better and also worse at the same time. The Heathens talk about the games currently installed on their phones and the games they've played in the past. Matt actually talks about the news, Marissa doesn't like the same games Sacco does, and Sacco loves Bluetooth gaming!

Games we talk about this week: Pokémon Sleep, Pokémon Go, Pokémon, Doodle Jump, Cut The Rope, Tap Tap Revenge, Fruit Ninja, Unblock Me, Pop the Lock, Angry Birds, Flappy Bird, Sodoku, Spider Solitaire, Elevate, Big Brain Academy, Snake vs Block, Fill, 2048, Contexto, Sonic Dash+, Temple Run, Mario Run, Bridge Constructor, Paper.io, Jet Pack Joyride, Crossy Roads, Robotek, Cash Inc, Swipe Out, Scott Pilgram, Starfield, Skyrim, No Man’s Sky, Baldur’s Gate 3, Stray, Super Mario, Bioshock, Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1+2, Celeste, 007 Goldeneye, The Legend of Zelda, Cult of the Lamb, The Witcher, Minecraft, F1, and NHL.

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We've all owned more than one console over the years. For each of those console, there are definitely games that we loved but this week we are only (or at least we'll try to) talk about our favourites from each of these consoles. We are going to go way back with this episode and maybe you share our love for some of these video games.

Games we talk about this week: Pokémon, Nintendo Land, Sonic 3D Blast, The Legend of Zelda, Super Mario World, Super Mario Bros 3, 3DO Sampler, Dragon’s Lair, Spider-Man (PS1), Final Fantasy, Chronotriger, Crash Bandicoot, Super Mario Land, Tetris, Kingdom Hearts, Rachel and Clank, Midnight Club, Star Wars, Battlefront, Jade Empire, Fable, Halo, Wii Sports, Wii Fit, Sonic Advance 3, The Last of Us, Dragon Age, Portal, Guitar Hero, Nintendogs, Golf With Your Friends, It Takes Two, Call of Duty, God of War, Horizon, Stardew Valley, No Man’s Sky, and Animal Crossing.

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Back by popular (mostly by Matt and Sacco), it's video game trivia time again! The stakes are high tensions are higher and Matt and Sacco face off to see who knows more about video games history and fun facts. Matt is doing his best, Marissa is the gamemaster, and Sacco chokes.

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The sound effects are strong with this one. Developers put a lot of work into writing the quotes we hear throughout the games we play. This week's podcast is dedicated to our favourite video game quotes of all time. Some quotes from video games have transcended video games and have penetrated pop culture. Matt loses his voice, Marissa has technical difficulties, and Sacco goes brap brap.

** Spoilers: Bioshock, Superliminal **
Games we talk about this week: Pokemon, Bioshock, The Legend of Zelda, Halo, Dragon Age, Kingdom Hearts, NHL, Call of Duty, Zombies, Final Fantasy, Borderlands, Portal, Superliminal, Roller Coaster Tycoon, Super Mario, Magic The Gathering: Arena, and Cuphead.

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