"Human, play Dom-jot?"

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"Human, play Dom-jot?" Games in Other Media; Online Play
2020.10.07
A screenshot from the Star Trek episode "Peak Performance," showing the character Kolrami with wired attachments on each of his 10 fingers, playing the fictional video game "Strategema."

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In a heavy start to a very fun episode, your nice hosts check in on each other as the COVID-19 pandemic stretches into the fall. Ellen unknowingly makes a timely West Wing reference, and Stephen only allows Mark to tell three Star Trek stories.

You can watch Mark's mini-talk at PAX Online 2020, called "People, too" It was part of a panel on animals in games called "Lovely or Lethal: Will these animals cuddle me or kill me?"

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