Advancing to the Next Level: The Science of Video Games (Part 1)

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🗓️ 28 March 2013

⏱️ 37 minutes

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How dangerous are video games? Do they provide value beyond entertainment? Neil finds out from video game expert Jeffrey Ryan and Sims designer Will Wright.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Star Talk, your place in the universe where science and pop culture collide.
0:10.6	Star Talk begins right now.
0:22.7	Welcome to Star Talk, I'm Neil deGrasse Tyson, an astrophysicist with the American Museum
0:27.6	of Natural History here in New York City, where I also serve as the director of the Hayden
0:32.2	Planetarium.
0:33.2	And on this episode, I've got with me my co-host, Eugene Merman, Eugene.
0:37.5	Hello.
0:38.5	Welcome back to Star Talk, we've been running the world with you doing the Eugene Merman
0:42.6	comedy tour.
0:43.6	Yes.
0:44.6	And now I got you in my shop right here, right here, in your home.
0:47.8	For today, we've got a special topic, I think, and it's going to be the science of video
0:52.1	games.
0:53.1	So?
0:54.1	Video games.
0:55.1	We're going to be rolling forces that operate on children and adults alike, and you know
1:00.4	it's going to help me do this.
1:01.8	I would hope it's the person right over us.
1:04.0	I know it would hope you can see him as well.
1:06.8	Jeffrey Ryan, Jeff, welcome to Star Talk.
1:09.0	Thank you, and I have to say, I really enjoyed your 1980s video game, Neil deGrasse Tyson's
1:12.8	Punch Out.
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