2.4 Video Games Nobody Plays Anymore

09/19/22 • 24 min

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On this episode of The Middle School Mind podcast, Son’s friend, TB, is back to talk about video games nobody plays anymore. These are games that Son and TB have played in the past and the two discuss the replayability, graphics and why these games should get another look.

Unravel 2 (2018) - sequel to the original Unravel. It’s a puzzle game with little yarn people that Son and Father play together.
Minecraft Dungeons (2020) - it was great to play when it first came out during COVID. But the latest updates were more visual and didn’t enhance replayability. It just felt very repetitive. There’s no building or crafting which is different from the traditional, open-world Minecraft game.
The two explain “grinding” for all the baby-boomers.
Portal 2 (2011) - this game improves on the original Portal which has great use of imagination and physics. This game is relatively inexpensive and the two player function is fun to boobytrap and annoy your friends. The graphics are good for a 10+ year old game.
Brawlhalla (2014) - it’s like Walmart Great Value brand Super Smash Bros. It’s better than Smash Bros in some ways.
Job Simulator (2016) - it’s a fun game to get a newbie VR user accustomed to holding the controllers. TB had some controller issues when he tried playing Job Simulator. There are four basic jobs you can do in the game to try different challenges and learn new skills.
We play a game about video game trivia.

Thanks to TB for being a guest on our show again. Catch TB’s first appearance on the show when Son and TB talked about a school lunch menu overhaul. We will definitely have him back on for future episodes of The Middle School Mind!

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Unravel 2 (2018) - sequel to the original Unravel. It’s a puzzle game with little yarn people that Son and Father play together.
Minecraft Dungeons (2020) - it was great to play when it first came out during COVID. But the latest updates were more visual and didn’t enhance replayability. It just felt very repetitive. There’s no building or crafting which is different from the traditional, open-world Minecraft game.
The two explain “grinding” for all the baby-boomers.
Portal 2 (2011) - this game improves on the original Portal which has great use of imagination and physics. This game is relatively inexpensive and the two player function is fun to boobytrap and annoy your friends. The graphics are good for a 10+ year old game.
Brawlhalla (2014) - it’s like Walmart Great Value brand Super Smash Bros. It’s better than Smash Bros in some ways.
Job Simulator (2016) - it’s a fun game to get a newbie VR user accustomed to holding the controllers. TB had some controller issues when he tried playing Job Simulator. There are four basic jobs you can do in the game to try different challenges and learn new skills.
We play a game about video game trivia.

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Previous Episode

2.3 School Lunch Menu Reboot

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On this episode of The Middle School Mind podcast and today we welcome “TB”, one of Son’s friends from school. TB is a vegetarian and the boys talk about school lunches and what menu options are available for vegetarians. At the end of the episode we play a quick game thanks to an Instacart quiz on fun food trivia.

Son and TB talk about:

School lunches need a big change
Options for vegetarians range from cheese pizza, grilled cheese sandwiches, sunbutter and jelly sandwiches and tuna subs
Eating habits and portion sizes are getting so super-sized
Shout out to Olive Garden for a free Tour of Italy, please!
Too much cheese leads to our gas and potty talk side tangent
Son talks about a traumatic food experience from daycare. We also talked about this in our previous episode on food allergies.

Thanks to TB for being a guest on our show. We hope to have him back on for future episodes of The Middle School Mind!

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2.5 Star Wars Original Trilogy

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On this episode of The Middle School Mind podcast, Son welcomes a special guest, Star Wars Super Fan Nate, who is here to talk about the original Star Wars trilogy! Nate is a die hard fan of Star Wars and he gives us a quick synopsis of Episode 4: A New Hope, Episode 5: The Empire Strikes Back and Episode 6: Return of the Jedi.

Here’s what we cover in this episode

Welcome to our guest, Star Wars Super Fan Nate!
Star Wars Super Fan Nate talks about his experience in middle school
Son ranks the original trilogy
We help Son remember key parts of the original trilogy
Nate provides a quick summary of each of the original trilogy movies
We go on a tangent talking about Star Wars and non-Star Wars related animated shows
We get back on track and talk about the broader Star Wars universe with Disney Plus shows and related movies
Son and Nate play Star Wars Word Association
We wrap up the episode with Star Wars Super Fan Nate

In this episode we reference our previous episodes, 1.7 Fast Food Places Ranked, where Nate disagrees with Son’s rankings.

Thanks to our special guest on this episode, Star Wars Super Fan Nate! We hope to have him back on in the future to talk more about Star Wars and other sci fi movies.

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