The Impact Factor

The Impact Factor Ep. 76: Asynchronous Spacewarp
Podcast
Welcome to the 76th episode of The Impact Factor! The Impact Factor is what happens when two scientists, and two best friends, get together to talk about video games. Hosts Alex Samocha [biomedical scientist] and Charles Fliss [social scientist] sit down every week to discuss the week in gaming! Listen in for the news, views, and games that made the biggest impact!

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In this episode Alex and Fliss talk about PlayStation VR, Oculus Connect, NYCC, Persona 5, Cuphead, Below, free games, Overwatch Halloween Terror, Darkest Dungeon, and why we should play “bad” games.

“Breaking With the Consensus, and Being OK With That” by Jeremy Parish
“In Defense of Playing Bad Video Games” by Patrick Klepek

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Intro song:

You Kill My Brother by Go! Go! Go! Micro Invasion, East Jakarta Chiptunes Compilations. Freemusic Archive. (Attribution Noncommercial Share-Alike License)
Transitions:
News & Views and Perspectives transitions from victorcenusa, Freesound.org (Creative Commons 0 License)
Experimental Methods transition from Sentuniman, Freesound.org (Attribution Noncommercial License)