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MA 1: Omnigamer on Speedrunning as Research
Manage episode 270622072 series 2453589
What's beyond simply beating a video game? Eric "Omnigamer" Koziel joins Henry to chat about speedruning as an optimization problem (code golf), game knowledge as discovery, access as a result of technology, issues of game preservation/archival, coordination issues, obscure/popular games, versioning/patches, and more! (recorded in January. Since then, Eric has a new book out, Speedrun Science). Transcript: https://hopeinsource.com/speedrunning
Eric: https://twitter.com/TheOmnigamer
Henry: https://twitter.com/left_pad
52 episodes
Manage episode 270622072 series 2453589
What's beyond simply beating a video game? Eric "Omnigamer" Koziel joins Henry to chat about speedruning as an optimization problem (code golf), game knowledge as discovery, access as a result of technology, issues of game preservation/archival, coordination issues, obscure/popular games, versioning/patches, and more! (recorded in January. Since then, Eric has a new book out, Speedrun Science). Transcript: https://hopeinsource.com/speedrunning
Eric: https://twitter.com/TheOmnigamer
Henry: https://twitter.com/left_pad
52 episodes
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