Black Lives Matter: What We're Learning - What's Good Games (Ep. 163 )

This week we begin the show with a discussion led by Riana Manuel on the protests taking place in the United States and the Black Lives Matter movement. In the second segment we chat about news including the Kingdoms of Amalur remaster, Sega's new console announcement, and what Infinity Ward is doing to combat racism in Call of Duty...plus...Brittney has info about a very important Sims 4 update. Riana then chats about her time in Apex Legends while Britt decided to investigate what Telling Lies is all about. 

Resources from our Black Lives Matter discussion:
Riana's recommended books from black female writers:
Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi
Kindred by Octavia Butler
Follow Kahlief Adams: http://www.twitter.com/kahjahkins
Follow Parris Lilly: http://www.twitter.com/vicious696
To learn about black video game creators, follow http://www.twitter.com/blackgamedev
Educational material for June Justice: http://www.bit.ly/junejustice
Educational Twitter thread: http://www.twitter.com/clairewillett

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• Chewy’s Godson
• Alex Rigopulos
• Faris Attieh
• Mohammed Mohammed
• Marcus Brown
• Molly Bittner
• Punkdefied

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Timestamps:
Segment One: Let’s Talk about BLM & Current Events
:00 A statement from WGG
2:52 Welcome to the show!
8:00 A message from Ri
9:16: What has stood out to you this week? Surprised you?
21:12 What didn’t you expect to be mad at?
37:13: Ri, how are you so amazing all the time? – Wout
38:14 Can you recommend black video game creators, and sci-fi or fantasy writers? - Siân
52:15 Are companies being sincere right now? -Hugo
57:45 Thank you Ri! -Marcus Brown
58:43 Homework from Ri 

Segment Two: Part 1 - News
1:00:09 Welcome back!
1:00:38 Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning
1:09:19 Sega announces Game Gear Micro
1:16:07 CoD will get better at flagging racist usernames
1:18:36 Summer of Pride
1:21:48 Destiny 2: Year 4 reveal coming next week!
1:24:55 Cyberpunk’s, Sony, PC Gaming Show and Future Games Show showcases delayed
1:29:17 Has the new Xbox dashboard leaked?!
1:32:36 Sims are literally peeing fire 

Segment Two: Part 2 – Hands-On
1:37:15 Apex Legends
1:41:25 Telling Lies

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