You’ve read Ash Brandin’s words on Crossplay, now hear from “The Gamer Educator'' in their own voice, as well. Ash joins Patrick to discuss what prompted Ash to start an Instagram account about helping parents navigate games, screen time, and technology, and in-between dodging school bell noises, the two discuss establishing digital literacy for young kids.

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Timestamps:

* 00:02:00 — How Patrick and Ash Met

* 00:06:20 — The Gamer Educator Origins

* 00:09:33 — Gamification in the Classroom

* 00:23:11 — The Morality of Screen Time

* 00:33:50 — The Old Internet

* 00:39:00 — Screen Anxiety

* 00:54:39 — Ash Is Writing a Book!

Spawnpoint is excited to welcome actor Abubakar Salim (Raised By Wolves, House of the Dragon, Assassin’s Creed Origins) for a touching conversation about Tales of Kenzera: Zau, a video game about processing the grief associated with the death of Abubakar’s father. A little more than a decade ago, Patrick Klepek’s own father died of a heart attack, and the two find common ground on the often lonely path to understanding what to make of such sadness.

Timestamps:

* 00:00:43 - What is Tales of Kenzera: Zau?

* 00:03:57 - Fathers and Video Games

* 00:08:75 - Why a Video Game?

* 00:16:45 - Grief as Game Design

* 00:22:30 - What Would Father Think?

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Welcome to another episode of Spawnpoint, a podcast hosted by Patrick Klepek and Keza MacDonald, two parents trying to navigate the increasingly complex world of raising children and gaming. On this episode, we unpack navigating theme parks with children, after Patrick’s trip to Disneyland and Super Nintendo World, while Keza recounts visiting the Pokémon International Championships with her family and uncovers an old Pokémon childhood trauma. Lastly, we chat through our collective experiences dealing with the world of parental controls.

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Timestamps:

* 00:01:03 — British Accents

* 00:09:20 — Kids and Theme Parks (Disney/Nintendo)

* 00:27:23 — Pokémon International Championship

* 00:36:36 — Parental Controls

* 00:51:34 — Dragon’s Dogma 2

* 01:01:45 — More Spawnpoint?