Episode 60: World War DDR

About this episode

The hosts discuss the hypothetical scenario of video game competitions determining the outcome of wars.

Hosts: Rob & Mike Could you defeat the Russians with a new any% Mario 1 world record? ie: what if video game competitions determined who won a war? https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41552709-the-uninhabitable-earth https://rockykanaka.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Hosts: Rob, Mike

Topics covered

• video games
• war
• competition
• philosophy
• society

Keywords

• World War DDR
• Mario 1
• video game competitions
• Rob
• Mike

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Acast, Rocky Kanaka

Books & works: The Uninhabitable Earth

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