Computer Games
The 22 kilobyte galaxy
Scientists recently announced they'd discovered seven earth-sized planets orbiting a nearby star, but their discovery had been predicted already - by a computer game. Audio
How Tetris can rewire your brain
A popular puzzle computer game which emerged from the Eastern Bloc has helped reveal to scientists how repeating an activity can rewire our brains. Audio
Masterpieces: James Everett of the NZ Game Developers Assn
The New Zealand game development industry is one of our fastest growing. In the year to March it grew 13 percent to earn almost 90 million dollars. Our guest on Masterpieces today is the chair of the… Audio
Nights' culture -Video Games
Do you need a goal, or is an innovative world to explore enough? Video game reviewer Andrew Todd defends "walking simulators" Gone Home, Firewatch and The Stanley Parable. Audio
Nights' Culture - Video Games
This week's cultural ambassador is 'Birth. Movies. Death' & GamePlanet reviewer Andrew Todd on the world of Virtual Reality. Audio
Augmented Reality - Paul Spain
Why has Pokemon Go been so instantly successful? Technology Commentator Paul Spain explains why augmented reality's time has come. Audio
Knowledge Games
Could games be the key to solving the some of the worlds most intractable problems? Karen Schrier's new book Knowledge Games says they could - but also warns the "gameifying" the workplace could stir… Audio
Nights' Culture - Video Games
'Birth. Movies. Death' & GamePlanet reviewer Andrew Todd on saving the planet via a myriad of gaming platforms... how playing with friends online makes gaming more fun... Audio
Cultural Ambassador - Video Games
Joystick ninja and GamePlanet editor Matt Maguire solves the riddles, beats the bad guys and saves the Earth countless times on a myriad of gaming platforms. Matt is wrapping up his segment on Nights… Audio
Video Games - Matt Maguire
Joystick ninja and GamePlanet editor Matt Maguire solves the riddles, beats the bad guys and saves the Earth countless times on a myriad of gaming platforms - Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality. Audio
Video Games
Joystick ninja and GamePlanet editor Matt Maguire solves the riddles, beats the bad guys and saves the Earth countless times on a myriad of gaming platforms... rhythm games that use special plastic… Audio
Getting The Gamers Going
Gaming magazines, from the 1980s to the nineties, were direct contributors to the development of 'gaming culture' - with Dr. Graeme Kirkpatrick, Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of… Audio
Video games
Joystick ninja and GamePlanet editor Matt Maguire solves the riddles, beats the bad guys and saves the Earth countless times on a myriad of gaming platforms. How game development is financed by… Audio
Computer Science
Prof. Mark Apperley from the University of Waikato exposes how computers switch us on, the computer science behind computer games. Audio
Call of Duty champs
Call of Duty is one of the world's most popular video games. Simon Parkin has just been at at the qualifiers for the Call of Duty World Championships at Twickenham stadium in London. Audio
Minecraft
Minecraft's the computer game where you mine for stuff and then make things out of virtual blocks. With Minecraft devotees Stella and Lukas and Gus Mastrapa of Wired. Audio
Gaming For Better Mental Health
Maru Nihoniho from Metia Interactive about the World Summit Award winning 'SPARX' collaboration with Dr Sally Merry's team from the University of Auckland, developing a video game to assist young… Audio