Gamescon 2025

About this episode

The episode discusses new digital therapies, Nintendo's recent legal victory, and highlights from Gamescon 2025.

Show Notes ... We'll take a look at a new wave of evidence-backed digital therapies. Nintendo is doing Nintendo things and we'll take a look at everything that was announced at Gamescon.http://www.joystickandmouse.comhttp://shop.joystickandmouse.comYour therapist might not be a person anymore—or at least, not only a person. It could be a smartwatch that vibrates just before a nightmare consumes your sleep. It could be a video game that rewires your attention span. It might even be a headset that helps you rehearse exposure therapy in a controlled virtual environment.https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/your-next-therapist-could-be-a-video-game-or-a-wearable-and-it-might-actually-work/ Nintendo has secured another payout from a lawsuit it pursued against a producer of products designed to help pirate Switch games. Already notorious for its hardline approach to piracy, modding, and emulation, Nintendo has been granted a monetary judgment against Ryan Michael Daly by a Washington district court.https://www.gamespot.com/articles/court-orders-man-to-pay-nintendo-2-million-to-settle-modding-and-piracy-lawsuit/1100-6534548/ While we were away Europes largest gaming convention…

Topics covered

• digital therapies
• Nintendo
• Gamescon 2025
• gaming convention highlights

Keywords

• video games
• piracy
• modding
• emulation

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Switch, Nintendo Switch, video games, smartwatch, headset

Places: Washington, Europes, Tokyo

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