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Snippet Episode #1 (Not a Podcast)

Irish language elitism, racism and dealing with trolls

Snippet Episode #2 (Irish, Racism and Trolls)

A live talk show from games to a slice of life.

Tune in live over on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/yunitex

This episode's topics include:

- Why we play games?
- Do we connect more with gamers?
- Overly complicated puzzles in video games 
- Gatekeeping games
- Soli's advice centre
- Games we recommend to play this week

Guests:

Soli
Monster
Nevanos

Music: https://soundcloud.com/lakeyinspired (Creative Commons)

Episode 3: The ComYunity TalkShow "of nostalgia and video games"

A live talk show from games to a slice of life. Tune in live over on Twitch: www.twitch.tv/yunitex

This week Yuni, Avaelin and Solistari look at mental health. We look at the impact of isolation and social distancing on our mental wellbeing, and how we’re all going through different things together.

There’s a bit of a deep dive into the impact of social media and how that influences our own lives and the lives of the people we interact with. Then we round off by having a chat about video game research and mental health representation in video games, along with the games we play to relax
and unwind in these UNPRECEDENTED TIMES.

Here’s the stuff we talked about:

Book – So You’ve Been Publically Shamed by Jon Ronson
Book – Digital minimalism by Cal Newport

Kelli N. Dunlap, PsyD – Clinical Psychologist and Video Game Designer – @KelliNDunlap on Twitter
Kelli’s paper on mental health and video games - Dunlap, K. (2018). Representation of Mental Illness
in Video Games. Proceedings from 2019 Connected Learning Summit.

Games we mentioned this week:

Batman: Arkham Asylum – Rocksteady Studios
The Walking Dead – Telltale Games
My Time at Portia - Panthea
Tell Me Why by Dontnod Entertainment
Life is Strange – Dontnod Entertainment
If Found – DREAMFEEL
Celeste – Matt Makes Games
The Elder Scrolls Online - Bethesda
Stardew Valley – Eric Barone, Sickhead Games
Skyforce – Infinite Dreams
Mars Matrix – Takumi Corporation
Assassin’s Creed Valhalla – Ubisoft Montreal
Tetris Effect - Resonair, Monstars, Stage Games
Tetris 99 – Arika
Rez – United Game Artists
Nights Black Agents – Tabletop Roleplaying Game – Pelgrane Press
Thirteen Sentinels: Aegis Rim – Vanillaware
Steins;gate – 5pb., Nitroplus
A Short Hike - Adamgryu

Music: @lakeyinspired (Creative Commons)

Episode 5: The ComYunity Talk Show "of social media and mental health"

A live talk show from games to a slice of life. Tune in live over on Twitch: www.twitch.tv/yunitex

This week the three of us dive into one of our favourite hobbies – Dungeons & Dragons. Yuni, Avaelin and Soli look at the history of D&D, dice mechanics and our own experiencing with playing the game. We also talk about character creation (including all the fun races you can play) and the many varied ways a game of Dungeons and Dragons can play out in face-to-face and online environments.

Websites -

Meet dungeon master and dice maker Luke McIntosh of Dakota Irish
 https://weareirish.ie/entertainment/dice-luke-mcintosh-dakota-irish/
DnDBeyond – https://www.dndbeyond.com/

Games -

Nights Black Agents – Pelgrane Press
Mutant Year Zero – Modiphius 
Vaesen – Free League Publishing
Tale from the Loop – Free League Publishing, Modiphius
Alien RPG – Free League Publishing
Band of Blades – Evil Hat Productions
Powered by the Apocalypse system - http://apocalypse-world.com/pbta/
Dungeon World - Sage Kobold Productions, RNDM Games
Monster of the Week – Evil Hat Productions


Music: @lakeyinspired (Creative Commons)

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