Oculus Rift & Gabriel Winslow-Yost: What I Play - Shall We Play a Game?




Shall We Play a Game? show

Summary: We pre-ordered Rifts in February. They’re both finally here. We talk about “Lucky’s Tale” and compare the hardware to the HTC Vive. Then, Chris talks to Gabriel Winslow-Yost, an editor at the New York Review of Books, about why he plays video games, even when he’s a little ashamed of it.<br> NEXT WEEK, WE HOPE:<br> “Inside”<br> SHOW NOTES:<br> <a href="http://nymag.com/thecut/2016/05/why-would-an-adult-man-play-video-games.html">“Why Would an Adult Man Play Video Games?” by Gabriel Winslow-Yost</a><br> <a href="http://www.nybooks.com/articles/2012/06/21/stalker-game/">Gabriel’s review of “S.T.A.L.K.E.R.” in the New York Review of Books</a><br> <a href="http://www.nybooks.com/articles/2015/10/08/video-games-secret-life/">His NYRB review of Michael W. Clune’s “Gamelife” and Liel Leibovitz’s “God in the Machine”</a><br> <a href="https://nplusonemag.com/online-only/online-only/purpose-driven-life/">His N+1 essay on video games</a><br>  <br> <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/shall-we-play-a-game/id1003517163?mt=2">Review us on iTunes</a><br> <a href="http://facebook.com/shallweshow">Like us on Facebook</a><br> <a href="mailto:shallweshow@gmail.com">Email us at shallweshow at gmail</a><br> <a href="http://steamcommunity.com/groups/shallweshow">Join the “Shall We Play a Game?” Steam community</a><br> <a href="http://store.steampowered.com/curator/12047454/">Follow the “Shall We Play a Game?” Steam Curators page</a><br> <a href="https://twitter.com/shallweshow">Follow us on Twitter</a><br>