The Impact Factor

The Impact Factor Ep. 93: Did Dark Souls Invent A New Genre?
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Welcome to the 93rd 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 Steam Direct, Zelda Breath of the Wild DLC, the Freedom Humble Bundle, Twitch, Hearthstone, Shadowverse, Let It Die, and whether or not Nioh proves that Dark Souls invented a new video game genre!

“Nioh Suggests That Dark Souls Actually Invented a New Genre” by Patrick Klepek, Waypoint

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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:
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