In the Academic Gamer Podcast Episode #6, we take a look at Northgard by Shiro Games, a Norse-themed, real-time strategy game that breaks some of our expectations. Twitter: https://twitter.com/AcademicGamer Email: [email protected] Guests: Jared Newton (@JaredDNewton) https://twitter.com/jareddnewton Timothy Day (@TheTDay) https://twitter.com/thetday Papers: - T. Fullerton. Game Design Workshop: a playcentric approach to creating innovative games. AK Peters/CRC Press, 2018. Intro/Outro music by Ozzed (https://ozzed.net)

In the Academic Gamer Podcast Episode #5, we consider the community activity surrounding the Game of Thrones series finale and discuss the relationship between creators and consumers of media. Twitter: https://twitter.com/AcademicGamer Email: [email protected] Guests: Timothy Day (@TheTDay) https://twitter.com/thetday Papers: - R. Barthes. The death of the author. Aspen 5-6, 1967. - K. Bebbington, C. MacLeod, T. M. Ellison, and N. Fay. The sky is falling: evidence of a negativity bias in the social transmission of information. Evolution and Human Behavior, 38(1):92-101, 2017. - C. J. Walker and B. Blaine. The virulence of dread rumors: A field experiment. Language and Communication, 1991. - D. M. T. Fessler, A. C. Pisor, and C. D. Navarrette. Negatively-biased credulity and the cultural evolution of beliefs. PloS one, 9(4), 2014. - M. E. Rosenbaum and I. P. Levin. Impression formation as a function of source credibility and the polarity of information. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 12(1):34-37, 1969. Intro/Outro music by Ozzed (https://ozzed.net)

In the Academic Gamer Podcast Episode #4, we discuss a set of games that we are expecting and excited about in 2019. Twitter: https://twitter.com/AcademicGamer Email: [email protected] Guests: Timothy Day (@TheTDay) https://twitter.com/thetday Troy Edwards (@TroyEdwards) https://twitter.com/troyedwards Jared Newton (@JaredDNewton) https://twitter.com/jareddnewton Games List: - Subnautica: Below Zero - Kingdom Hearts 3 - Ori and the Will of the Wisps - Apex Legends - Doom Eternal - Void Bastards - Untitled Pokemon Game - Among Trees - Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice - The Outer Worlds Intro/Outro music is by Ozzed (https://ozzed.net)

In the Academic Gamer Podcast Episode #3, we continue coverage of our nominees for Game of the Year 2018. Four our purposes, nominees include not only games released officially in 2018 but also the games that were meaningful to us this year. Stay tuned for the next episode where we begin deliberations to determine our Game of the Year! Twitter: https://twitter.com/AcademicGamer Email: [email protected] Guests: Timothy Day (@TheTDay) https://twitter.com/thetday Troy Edwards (@TroyEdwards) https://twitter.com/troyedwards Jared Newton (@JaredDNewton) https://twitter.com/jareddnewton Games List (Part 2): (00:02:37) Slay the Spire (00:06:45) Octopath Traveler (00:12:29) Celeste (00:15:21) Prey (00:18:36) Destiny 2 (00:35:00) Zelda: Breath of the Wild (00:43:49) Hitman 2 (00:49:18) Into the Breach (00:53:25) Subterfuge (00:57:36) Heroes of the Storm (01:10:50) Banner Saga (01:14:13) Marvel's Spider-Man Intro/Outro music by Ozzed (https://ozzed.net)

In the Academic Gamer Podcast Episode #2, we begin coverage of our nominees for Game of the Year 2018. Four our purposes, nominees include not only games released officially in 2018 but also the games that were meaningful to us this year. Stay tuned for Part 2 where we address the second half of our list and begin deliberations to determine our Game of the Year! Twitter: https://twitter.com/AcademicGamer Email: [email protected] Guests: Timothy Day (@TheTDay) https://twitter.com/thetday Troy Edwards (@TroyEdwards) https://twitter.com/troyedwards Jared Newton (@JaredDNewton) https://twitter.com/jareddnewton Games List (Part 1): (00:06:23) Monster Hunter World (00:12:22) The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (00:18:55) Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 (00:27:03) Red Dead Redemption 2 (00:30:40) World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth (00:34:59) Super Mario Odyssey (00:41:43) Rocket League (00:48:07) Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (00:52:33) Dead Cells (00:58:35) God of War (01:05:00) 7 Days to Die (01:11:36) Fez Intro/Outro music by Ozzed (https://ozzed.net)

In this first episode of AGP, we discuss the recent news from Blizzard regarding the cancellation of HGC and ramping down of developer resources for Heroes of the Storm. Twitter: https://twitter.com/AcademicGamer Email: [email protected] Intro/Outro music by Ozzed (https://ozzed.net)