Sky, one of the hosts of a men’s mental health podcast called Hey Man; It’s Ok, joins Ben this week to have a discussion about the word growth. After talking about the games they have been playing recently, they each open up a little bit and share their experiences with managing various mental health challenges and utilizing therapy. Next, they shift their focus to an exploration of how growing is handled in video games. Finally, they wrap it all up with some parting words of advice. Games mentioned by the hosts in the episode include Star Wars: Outlaws, Ghost of Tsushima, Ender Magnolia: Bloom in the Mist, the Assassin’s Creed franchise, Baldur’s Gate 3, Split Fiction, Odin Sphere: Leifthrasir, 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim, Katamari Damacy, DORONKO WANKO, and the GROW series of Flash games.
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00:00:20 - Cheyenne’s sibling, electric ukuleles, Hey Man; It’s OK guests, and a feline spoiler 00:04:38 - Personality Tests, Ben’s personality type, “Sucky Assassin’s Creed,” and climbing 00:10:07 - An empty open world, laser-proof animals, and playing Binary Haze’s masterpiece 00:13:12 - Sky the multi-tasking gamer, Kessel Sabacc, console exclusives, and more games 00:17:00 - Getting into the definition, Ben’s Arnold Schwarzenegger impression, and maturing 00:20:31 - Not the gross one, Sky’s connection, navigating the negatives, and processing 00:22:33 - Mostly mental, panic and anxiety, Ben’s gaggle of therapists, and new perspectives 00:25:11 - Therapy relationship dynamics, testing the connection, and a seeker of knowledge 00:28:51 - The importance of research, the relationship between Sky and math, and learning 00:30:50 - Ideas, more on personality tests, being a helper, discovering, complexity, and love 00:34:35 - Growth mechanics, Ben’s exploration, adding by subtraction, and point reallocation 00:38:01 - The re-spectre, experience points from eating food, video game logic, and the right 00:41:53 - Balls of stuff, making constellations, earworm theme song, and game experiments 00:43:52 - The spirit of clumping, Namco student development, and finding nostalgic novelty 00:45:52 - Literally in the title, Flash games from the past, growing your brain, and final words
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References, Links, and Tags
Check out the The ART of Growth website to learn about Enneagrams… https://www.theartofgrowth.org/
For information on Ender Magnolia: Bloom in the Mist, follow the link below! http://www.endermagnolia.com/en/
Find out about the amazing games from Binary Haze Interactive here… https://bhaze.com/
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