About this episode

The episode discusses how to cope with negative gaming news and suggests alternative activities.

Every day, every week, gaming headlines seem to hit us with yet another gut punch of terrible news. So...what should we do instead of spending our energy angry and sad while constantly taking in those headlines? MORE PLACES TO FIND US Crubscribe ► https://bit.ly/Crubcast Get the show early and get exclusive content at our Patreon ► https://www.patreon.com/crub Our Crubcasts are recorded LIVE at https://www.twitch.tv/crub_official every Tuesday at 7pm Eastern, with EXCLUSIVE Pre- and Post-Shows Join our Discord ► https://crub.org/join BlueSky ► https://bsky.app/profile/crub.org Come join our Steam group ► https://steamcommunity.com/groups/crubclub Podcasts are available on Apple, Google, Spotify, and other platforms are available at ► https://crub.org SHOW NOTES Ethan Kairos https://timehollow.fandom.com/wiki/Ethan_Kairos Chris finally released a new video, talking about Yakuza and Kamurocho as a location. Go watch! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9OTTzTaEzA TODAY'S CRUBCAST HOSTS Brody: https://www.youtube.com/@RACROX Chris: https://www.youtube.com/@MykonosFan Nicco: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCl56kbl3tb-KiGEHT7MUGUg CHAPTERS 00:00 Come in, the water is fine 08:15 The…

People in this episode

Hosts: Brody, Chris, Nicco

Topics covered

• gaming news
• emotional response
• alternative hobbies
• creativity
• indie games

Keywords

• gaming headlines
• emotional coping
• indie games
• hobbies
• creativity

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Yakuza

Places: Kamurocho

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