Gaming with Science

#Chemistry #Bonds #Scientists #LabWork #ScienceGamesIt's time to grab some atoms and make some bonds! In this episode we cover Compounded: The Peer-Reviewed Edition by Greater Than Games. We'll cover chemistry basics, how bonds work, a bit of what it's like in an actual research lab, and why sabotaging others is fun in games but not so much in real life. Timestamps: 00:53 - Corn diversity for humans 05:05 - Basics of the game 11:30 - Basics of atoms & electrons 17:00 - Making bonds 22:17 -

#SpaceExploration #StellarHorizons #Space #CompassGames Find our socials at https://gamingwithscience.net This month we head to the final frontier, with Stellar Horizons from Compass Games. We also have our very first guest host, Christoph Wagner from Kennedy Space Center. We talk about near-future space exploration, colonization, asteroids, launch failures, space pirates, and more. Timestamps: 00:44 - Meet Christoph Wagner 03:19 - Science facts - Rusty Mars and poisonous oxygen 05:26 - Stellar

Let's talk birds! In this episode we cover Wingspan, an amazing game by Elizabeth Hargrave and published by Stonemaier games. Also, Jason just got back from a conference and has tons of fun science facts to share.One note: we had an audio glitch that resulted in lower audio quality than normal, which we didn't realize until after the recording. Quality will be back to normal next episode. Timestamps: 00:33 - Conference news about hemp, COVID evolution, and bird pangenomes 07:58 - Wingspan

We dive into one of Jason's all-time favorite games: Robo Rally, where you program little robots to play capture the flag while shooting each other with lasers and avoiding deathtraps. Also, some stuff about remote-controlled bacteria and computers destroying the world with paperclips.TImestamps: 0:04 - Remote-controlled bacteria 2:18 - Robo Rally background 7:54 - Game mechanics and updates 12:07 - CPUs, GPUs, and computing 17:32 - Machine learning 22:12 - Factory automation 25:38 - Grades and

Our very first episode. We start with bio-inspired (or just plain biological) sensors, and move on to the game Photosynthesis, which is about growing trees until you harvest them for victory points. Timestamps: 1:09 - Artificial maple seed sensors 3:30 - Plants as land mine sensors 5:45 - Introduction to Photosynthesis 8:50 - Ecological Succession (or maybe Forestry) 14:19 - How seeds move around 16:24 - Not that much photosynthesis in Photosynthesis 18:12 - Soil fertility 24:14 - Gameplay