Video Games For Noobs

Nerdette Recaps With Peter Sagal

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4.6 • 924 Ratings

🗓️ 25 May 2020

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

There are so many video game options that it can be hard to know where to begin. Which is why Nerdette host Greta Johnsen enlisted the assistance of Samantha Nelson, who writes about video games for The A.V. Club and Polygon. From simple task-oriented games to elaborate explorations, she’s got you covered. Plus, of course, we get plenty of recommendations from YOU.

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0:00.0	I'm Natalie Moore. I fell in love with soap operas when I was just five years old, and I still
0:06.1	watch them. Their television's longest scripted series and have zero reruns. Now let me tell you,
0:12.7	soap operas aren't just some silly art form. They are significant. In this season of making,
0:18.0	Stories Without End from WBEZ Chicago.
0:25.7	Join me as I share how the genre began, their social impact, and why these stories endure.
0:28.3	Listen wherever you get your podcast.
0:35.5	From WBEZ Chicago, this is Nerdette.
0:36.2	I'm Greta Johnson.
0:39.3	It is Memorial Day, and I am celebrating by talking to you from the floor of my bedroom
0:41.4	closet, which means this is another edition
0:43.3	of NERDET's introverts guide to the good
0:45.3	life. Today,
0:47.6	our topic for things to do
0:49.4	or enjoy to help enrich your time
0:51.4	at home is video games.
0:57.3	Now, obviously, this is a show for nerds.
1:00.0	Spoiler alert, right?
1:01.2	Like nerd is literally in the name of this podcast.
1:05.3	And as a result, I would guess that a lot of you are already pretty serious gamers.
1:09.2	But as a person who hasn't played a video game
1:12.5	since the Sega Genesis in approximately 1994, and when I started hearing about Minecraft,
1:24.2	I thought for a really long time that people were actually talking about the very boring Windows game, Mind Sweeper.
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