{"id":969,"date":"2016-09-14T21:04:40","date_gmt":"2016-09-14T21:04:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.horsetailnebula.com\/?p=969"},"modified":"2016-09-14T21:10:06","modified_gmt":"2016-09-14T21:10:06","slug":"my-favorite-game-reviewers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.horsetailnebula.com\/?p=969","title":{"rendered":"My Favorite Game Reviewers"},"content":{"rendered":"

There are several game reviewers who are responsible for getting this 50+ year old mom into the world of gaming. One is Alex Shaw (and his team of merry friends) who create fascinating, often hilarious podcasts. I LOVE their discussions of the Mass Effect<\/strong> series. Thank you so much Alex, Sharon, and friends for hours of enjoyment.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/digitaldrift.podbean.com\/category\/mass-effect\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Dan Floyd of Extra Credits<\/a> teamed up with James Portnow to give the infamously difficult Dark Souls<\/strong> games a try. Dan’s series, informally known as Dan Sucks at Dark Souls<\/a>, gave me the courage to try the game myself. I mean really, could I do any worse than this?<\/p>\n

Dark Souls # 10 — Loot Runs<\/a><\/p>\n

Thank you Dan and James for hours and hours of pain<\/del> despair<\/del> fun.<\/p>\n

And finally, there’s Noah Caldwell-Gervais<\/a>.<\/p>\n

When I was in high school I had a class called “The Rise and Fall of Practically Everything”. The class met for two hours a day and combined history, art, and literature. We wrote essays and term papers and created art projects; in my case I learned calligraphy and made my own illuminated manuscript!<\/p>\n

Imagine if the smartest guy in the Rise and Fall class spent hours writing an eloquent, well-thought-out essay, and then used the essay as narration for a video. A video about gaming. That’s what Noah’s videos are like. I feel my brain expanding every time I listen to one. (I treat Noah’s long videos like podcasts, and have them playing while I do something else.)<\/p>\n

Thanks Noah for expanding my brain, and challenging me to be a better writer.<\/p>\n

Here’s the most recent of Noah’s videos —<\/p>\n