Games with Jo Firestone!

Do you want to play a game? Well, we sure do! We're joined by Sam's dream guest Jo Firestone, a comedian, podcaster, and game author and enthusiast to celebrate the joy (and evil) of playing games, especially the games on Tangents!
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[Truth or Fail: Express]
Researchers turned quitting smoking into competitive sport
bu.edu/sph/news/articles/2024/novel-digital-pe…
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37566442
Scientists watch a hydrogel play pong
theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/aug/22…
eurekalert.org/news-releases/1063433
Bonus: Dead salmon FMRI study
psychology.mcmaster.ca/bennett/psy710/readings…
Oregon Trail decision model
eurekalert.org/news-releases/1063290
[The Gauntlet]
Game Boy Pocket Sonar accessory
outdoorlife.com/fishing/game-boy-fishing-sonar
theguardian.com/technology/2014/apr/21/nintend…
gameboy.fandom.com/wiki/Game_Boy_Pocket_Sonar
Foldit players solve puzzles with what molecules
fold.it/about_foldit
nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/2024/press-rel…
scientificamerican.com/article/foldit-gamers-s…
AI neural network from floppy disk to electronic game
20q.net/?history
ecolloq.gsfc.nasa.gov/archive/2006-Spring/anno…
openreview.net/pdf?id=FlR4Wyubayy
Jenga name in Swahili
ox.ac.uk/news/science-blog/jenga-tale-randomne…
museumofplay.org/toys/jenga
Candy Land disease epidemic
pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/candy…
mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/history-dis…
theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2019/07/how…
Jeopardy
chicagotribune.com/2007/03/19/jeopardy-has-fir…
npr.org/2009/12/20/121664528/sing-muse-of-the-…
j-archive.com/showplayer.php?player_id=3578
jeopardy.com/jbuzz/behind-scenes/breaking-down…
100% win rate from high-speed robot
ishikawa-vision.org/fusion/Janken/index-e.html
[Ask the Science Couch]
Game replayability reasons, impacts, and areas of future research
files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED596614.pdf
firstpersonscholar.com/the-games-people-replay
research.vu.nl/ws/files/3135888/293191.pdf
sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S187…
sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S235…
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1155/2024/…
Patreon bonus: Gamification, another facet of motivation psychology
academictechnologies.it.miami.edu/support/cour…
discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1475760/1/gamifi…
sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S187…
sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877050…
online.nursing.georgetown.edu/blog/how-to-stop…
mcgraw.princeton.edu/undergraduates/resources/…
[Butt One More Thing]
Original inventor of Scrabble was named Alfred Mosher Butts
time.com/archive/6909539/scrabble
museumofplay.org/toys/scrabble

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