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8 Bit Test Pit - Episode 0
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8Bit Test Pit is here to put Archaeogaming on the map. Hosted by key players in the archaeogaming world, 8Bit Test Pit sets out to explain the weird and wonderful connections between the study of our past and the virtual worlds we like to explore.
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Introduction to 8-Bit Test Pit
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You are listening to the Archaeology Podcast Network. 8-Bit Test Pit is here to put archaeo gaming on the map. Hosted by key players of the archaeo gaming world, 8-Bit Test Pit sets to explain the weird and wonderful connections between the study of our past and the virtual world we like to explore.
Podcast Formats and Themes
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8-bit test pit breaks the field of archaeo gaming down into three accessible formats. The main campaign is the monthly show featuring a panel discussion led by Andrew Reinhardt, Megan Dennis, and Tara Copplestone on a number of issues and topics, all of which revolve around the intersection of archaeology and gaming.
Monthly Panel Discussions
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Everything from coding practices to ethics in and about the game reality. Dug-up content is bite-sized 15-minute episodes released every six weeks,
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Fill to the brim with information, covering key terms and concepts in and about the field of archaeogaming. These will inform and educate in the time it takes to load your saved game. Archaeo deathmatch. Two archaeogamers enter, one archaeogamer leaves. When a field is new, disagreements are going to happen.
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Here in the virtual arena, two archaeologists debate a topic related to archaeogaming, hosted every five weeks, or is
Exploring Archaeology in Gaming
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needed. Archaeogaming covers not only the study of archaeology in video games, but also the study of games as material culture. Some of our hosts you already may know. Andrew Reinhardt, who was featured in the documentary Atari Game Over. Tara Koppelstone, who studies how games are made through an archaeological lens. And Megan Dennis, a PhD candidate at the University of York who is studying ethics in video games.
Production and Expert Collaboration
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plus many more interested and insightful players in the archaeogaming world are ready to load. The show is hosted and produced by Sarah Head of Archaeofantasy Spain and Tristan Boyle, content creator of the Archaeology Podcast Network.
Contact Information and Resources
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This has been a presentation of the Archaeology Podcast Network. Visit us on the web for show notes and other podcasts at www.archaeologypodcastnetwork.com Contact us at chrisatarchaeologypodcastnetwork.com