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Personal stories on how video games have affected our lives. Hosted by Erwin Vogelaar.

Apr 21, 2015
Adventure

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The theme for this episode is: adventure! How adventure games have set two people on their own adventures.

Niels 't Hooft is a writer from the Netherlands, who recalls how playing The Legend of Zelda: Link to the Past has set in om a journey to the person he has become. You can find out more about Niels on his website.
Music: Steve Combs - Hero

Roderick Vonhögen is a catholic priest. The imagination he had developed through playing text adventure games in his youth, has stayed with him in his work as a priest and as a creator of podcasts. You can find all of his podcasts on SQPN.com and his video's on Trideo.com. We do a podcast together about video games called PixelPlay.
Music: Josh Woodward - Swansong (instrumental)

Apr 7, 2015
Change

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The theme for this episode is: change. Change through both playing and creating video games. 

Jeroen Bourgonjon is a doctural student from Gent University. Part of his research on education and video games is called "Players' perspectives on the positive impact of video games". 
Music: Aaron Dunn - Sonata No. 1

Adriel Wallick created a new game every week for a whole year. Play all of the game on her website.
Music: Josh Woodward - Learn to Fly

Miguel Oliveira wants to talk about Portugal's history of slavery, through creating a game called Thralled.
Music: Lovira - Experiments

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