{"id":8235,"date":"2014-12-08T13:53:11","date_gmt":"2014-12-08T13:53:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bothersbar.co.uk\/?p=8235"},"modified":"2014-12-08T14:04:15","modified_gmt":"2014-12-08T14:04:15","slug":"gaming-and-that","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bothersbar.co.uk\/?p=8235","title":{"rendered":"Gaming and that"},"content":{"rendered":"

OK, something you might have missed over the weekend (I suppose I sort of gave it a soft launch), the Bother’s Bar Wie is De Mol 2015<\/strong><\/a> page is live, and it sounds like there’s a good chance we’ll be getting English subs this year from a different source to last time. Go and have a look.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile I can say without any hyperbole that The Genius<\/strong> is, right now, the most exciting show on television<\/a>. There’s two episodes until the final so hurry up and catch up. This week’s episode ends in a way you wouldn’t believe.<\/p>\n

We’ve been getting into board gaming recently in a massive way – I used to love it, then sort of stopped, and now started again (thanks mainly to Shut Up and Sit Down<\/a>, The Dice Tower<\/a> et al), it’s interesting to note that there seems to have been a tonal shift in the games that people like away from the puzzly and mechanical towards the social and shrewd and funny. I wonder if and how reality games on television have affected this. Could The Genius<\/em> exist without the recent resurgence, and could it fuel a new audience for gaming?<\/p>\n

That was a bit clumsy. Still, I’ve got a Wii U now, so feel free to add me (BrigBother) and I’ll set up a Bother’s Bar Mario Kart\/Smash Bros tourney in the near future. I’m BrigBother on PSN as well, so feel free to add me there.<\/p>\n

Also Miranda’s Non-Generation Game Generation Game<\/strong><\/a> films on Friday!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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