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Game of Life Podcast

Game of Life Podcast

著者: Sophia Deng
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A conversation show about how the games people play and love teach us about Life, the ultimate game. Join Sophia and her guests as they discuss games-related craft, strategies and ways to think about life. Explore more GoLife content at https://gameoflifepod.substack.com/Sophia Deng
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  • 11. Bert Schepler ― Blogging about table-top games
    2023/05/29

    Bert Schepler is a hobbyist game blogger, who has reviewed over 200+ table-top games on his website ⁠bert.games.⁠ We talk about what makes a host of different board games from ⁠Tesla vs. Edison⁠ to ⁠Wingspan⁠ to ⁠Alice is Missing⁠ fun. Bert also gives insight into the games he's designing, and advice for how to start making games yourself.

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    If you liked the episode, please like & subscribe to the show!

    Substack: https://gameoflifepod.substack.com/

    Twitter: https://twitter.com/sophdeng

    Email: golifepod@gmail.com

    "Game of Life Podcast" is produced by ⁠⁠⁠⁠Sophia Deng⁠⁠⁠⁠; visuals by ⁠⁠⁠Alonzo Felix⁠⁠⁠; music is from Anchor.

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    Timestamps

    (01:10) How bert.games started

    (03:53) What makes a table-top game good or fun

    (07:39) Popular board games

    (10:38) Game mechanics

    (17:01) How to casually make games

    (18:57) Evolution of table-top games and predictions

    (23:04) Quick-fire round: Strangest, most creative, GOAT games

    (26:25) 2 final questions

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    Bert's recommendations - Board games

    Fire Tower

    The Fog: Escape from Paradise

    Tesla vs. Edison (Bert's GOAT indie game pick)

    Gloomhaven (Bert's GOAT overall game pick)

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    29 分
  • 10. Alex Mullen ― Memory athleticism
    2023/05/12

    Alex Mullen is a 3-time world memory champion, doctor and co-founder of Mullen Memory. To give you a sense of what being a memory athlete means: Alex is the first person to memorize the order of a deck of playing cards in under 20 seconds and the first to memorize more than 3,000 decimal digits in one hour.

    We talk about memory palaces, Alex’s brain, and Mullen Memory, a company he started with his wife Cathy to teach people memory techniques for everyday use. By picking apart how Alex memorizes things, I got a deeper sense of how important visualization and stories are to remembering. At multiple times in the conversation, Alex mentions that he didn't have a good memory before being a memory athlete -- that his success is attributable to his growth mindset and hard work. It's a reminder for us all that we're capable of things we may not be able to imagine.

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    If you liked the episode, please like & subscribe to the show!

    Substack: https://gameoflifepod.substack.com/

    Twitter: https://twitter.com/sophdeng

    Email: golifepod@gmail.com

    "Game of Life Podcast" is produced by ⁠⁠⁠Sophia Deng⁠⁠⁠; visuals by ⁠⁠Alonzo Felix⁠⁠; music is from Anchor.

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    Timestamps

    (01:02) How Alex got into memory competitions

    (06:28) Memory palaces and other memory systems used

    (21:38) Training for memory competitions

    (26:04) Drawing from psychology vs. neuroscience with Alex's practice: deliberate practice, growth mindset

    (35:41) Why start Mullen Memory?

    (43:25) 2 final questions

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    Alex's recommendations

    "⁠Feats of memory anyone can do" (TED talk that got Alex into memory competitions)

    Moonwalking with Einstein (Book)

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    46 分
  • 9. Rebecca Power ― When identity and games collide
    2023/04/29

    Rebecca Power is the co-founder of Hoax, an interactive design studio. Hoax's flagship product is The Racket, a noir-inspired, immersive cocktail party game which can be played by groups of 15 to 250 people.

    Rebecca takes us through how she and her co-founder Justin crafted the identity-bending and empowering game that is The Racket. She also shares observations from running The Racket over 400 times -- the surprising types of people who usually win the game, and what social status dynamics emerge out of each playgroup. And if Rebecca is herself both designer and the host - the woman in the red dress - of each game, how has the The Racket changed who she is?

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    If you liked the episode, please like & subscribe to the show!

    Substack: https://gameoflifepod.substack.com/

    Twitter: https://twitter.com/sophdeng

    Email: golifepod@gmail.com

    "Game of Life Podcast" is produced by ⁠⁠Sophia Deng⁠⁠; visuals by ⁠Alonzo Felix⁠; music is from Anchor.

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    Timestamps

    (04:26) The Racket's origin story and starting Hoax

    (13:34) Design philosophy of The Racket

    (24:46) Observations about social status and social dynamics from The Racket

    (40:30) Impact of the game on Rebecca's personal identity - perception, success, feminism

    (59:59) 2 final questions

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    Rebecca's recommendations

    Race for the Galaxy (board game)

    Hearts (card game)

    Brick (film)

    Noir: A Novel (book)

    Finite and Infinite Games (book)


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