Summary: <p>Your nice hosts recorded this episode on an especially-timely Tuesday evening. It turns out that recording on an "off" day does goofy things to a podcaster's brain. Can you improve upon the game of "rock, paper, scissors"? How common are red stop signs across the globe? What noises does a wind serpent make? Do video games really give us choices? How many Kirby plushies does Stephen have? We're asking the tough questions here on Nice Games Club. </p> <ul> <li> <a href="https://www.handeyesociety.com/wordplay/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Wordplay: Celebrating Writing in Contemporary Games</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/nickelodeon-all-star-brawl-switch/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl for Nintendo Switch</a> - <a href="/publication/nintendocom" hreflang="en">Nintendo.com</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/metroid-dread-switch/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Metroid: Dread</a> - <a href="/publication/nintendocom" hreflang="en">Nintendo.com</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://www.botanicgardens.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Denver Botanical Gardens</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://www.nps.gov/romo/index.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Rocky Mountain National Park</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://www.luciles.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Lucile's Creole Cafe (has a GREAT breakfast!)</a> </li> </ul> Deluxe Editions 10:04 <a href="/person/ellen-burns-johnson" hreflang="en">Ellen Burns-Johnson</a> <a href="/topics/gaming" hreflang="en">Gaming</a> <a href="/topics/marketing" hreflang="en">Marketing</a> <a href="/topics/physical-games" hreflang="en">Physical Games</a> <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/thedragonstomb/rock-paper-scissors-deluxe-edition" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Rock, Paper, Scissors: Deluxe Edition (on Kickstarter)</a> <a href="https://dayofdragons.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Day of Dragons (in early access)</a> Illusions of Choice 37:28 <a href="/person/mark-lacroix" hreflang="en">Mark LaCroix</a> <a href="/topics/game-design" hreflang="en">Game Design</a> <a href="https://www.jellyvision.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jellyvision Labs</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jellyvision" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jellyvision (history) </a> - <a href="/publication/wikipedia-1" hreflang="en">Wikipedia</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stop_sign" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Stop signs</a> - <a href="/publication/wikipedia-1" hreflang="en">Wikipedia</a> <a href="https://oli.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Operation Lifesaver</a> <a href="http://ontologicalgeek.com/clementine-will-remember-all-of-that/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Illusion of Choice in Telltale Games' The Walking Dead</a> - <a href="/author/adrian-froschauer" hreflang="en">Adrian Froschauer</a>, <a href="/publication/ontological-geek" hreflang="en">Ontological Geek</a>
