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Cosmic Game Connections

Cosmic Game Connections: Black Hole Influencers and On Tour

Posted onSeptember 3, 2019

A group of researchers recently reported that they were able to determine the mass of a supermassive black hole by mapping out a disk of gas swirling around it. In this video I discuss this result and how it connects to the game On Tour.

A to Z Gaming, Reviews

A to Z Gaming: Junk Art

Posted onAugust 31, 2019August 26, 2019

We created beautiful sculptures by stacking pieces of junk in Junk Art, the next game in our A-Z game shelf play-through.

Science in Games

A Side of Science: The Periodic Table

Posted onAugust 20, 2019January 6, 2023

Why is Mendeleev’s table the one we credit for finally bringing the elements together? He wasn’t the first to try, so what was different about his attempt?

A to Z Gaming, Reviews

A to Z Gaming: Jenga

Posted onAugust 17, 2019August 11, 2019

We carefully pulled blocks from an unsteady stack in Jenga, the next game in our A-Z game shelf play-through.

A to Z Gaming, Reviews

A to Z Gaming: Isolate

Posted onAugust 10, 2019July 30, 2019

We tried to break tiles out of the pack in order to get ours off the board in Isolate, the next game in our A-Z game shelf play-through.

Science in Games

Should space-themed games get the science right?

Posted onAugust 6, 2019July 30, 2019

A little while ago I wrote about space as a theme in games, and how one compelling reason to use it as a them is […] Read More

A to Z Gaming, Reviews

A to Z Gaming: Ingenious

Posted onAugust 3, 2019July 30, 2019

We laid tiles to create strings of symbols in Ingenious, the next game in our A-Z game shelf play-through.

Cosmic Game Connections

Cosmic Game Connections: The Periodic Table and Century: Golem Edition

Posted onJuly 25, 2019

This year – 2019 – has been named the International Year of the Periodic Table to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the development of this tool that is used across the sciences. I discuss how an astronomer sees the periodic table and how it connects to the game Century: Golem Edition (or Century Spice Road).

A to Z Gaming, Reviews

A to Z Gaming: Imaginarium

Posted onJuly 9, 2019July 8, 2019

We repaired, combined, and deconstructed crazy machines in a dream factory in Imaginarium, the next game in our A-Z game shelf play-through.

A to Z Gaming, Reviews

A to Z Gaming: How to Serve Man

Posted onJune 29, 2019June 24, 2019

We perfected our recipes for humans in an intergalactic cooking competition in How to Serve Man, the next game in our A-Z game shelf play-through.

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I’ve been a lifelong gamer and an astronomer — I see the universe in everything I do.

Here I’ll be posting a collection of reviews, game night re-caps, and anything gaming I feel like writing about. I also create content for a YouTube channel, including videos where I connect astronomy and board games.

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