A Green Mushroom

The Genius Game is the best gameshow I've seen in a very very long time.  I hesitated to check it out after reading about it since it's in Korean and you have to read subtitles the whole time but... oh man, I'm so glad I pulled the trigger and watched it. They take a ton of modern game design and board game design principles, mix them with social situations, and do amazing things with them.  I can't recommend this show highly enough. The first season is on YouTube:

I've been watching and listening to a lot of live play D&D campaigns lately.  While my favorite are still The Adventure Zone podcast and Acquisitions Incorporated live games I branched out and checked out Force Grey: Giant Hunters. And you know what?  It was pretty good, and worth my time to watch through at least once.  And it's free on YouTube which is always nice. The DM is fantastic although a few of the players are kinda annoying.  If a few of the players were switched out it would take this production from pretty good to great. It's also obvious that since this was partially funded or supported by Wizards of the Coast (the makers of D&D) this show actually ties into some of the story hooks from Storm King's Thunder.  I think that's really cool. Anyway, I recommend you give it a shot.  They're edited down to 20-30 minute episodes instead of being massive multi-hour productions like a lot of live play games.  At least check out...

Video Game High School (VGHS) is a YouTube series by Freddie Wong.  He's a creator that I've followed for awhile because he does tons of videos about film making and special effects.  Since that was my profession for the first ten years of my career I've always been interested in his videos. VGHS is his first long form show.  It's structured like traditional TV shows into longer episodes.  It's all about a group of kids that enter into a high school specifically for gamers.  Everything in the school revolves around gaming. As a gamer I find so much enjoyment in this show, even though it's often rough around the edges.  I've been watching it since season one but I hadn't realized until last week that the third and final season was finally out.  I got to binge watch it over the holiday break and it was a fun diversion. If you're a gamer and you've never heard of it I would definitely check it out.  There are three seasons and each one is bett...