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EPISODE · Jun 25, 2019 · 56 MIN

#73: Second Chances

from So Very Wrong About Games · host Pickaxe

Knowing when to give up is a valuable skill. As children we are told to stick with painful and unpleasant things, and while that is often wise, sometimes it just results in more pain. Discerning the difference between choking down one's vegetables--good!--and pursuing a hobby merely for the sake of it--bad!--is a tricky bit of prudence that many adults can't quite seem to get. The notion of an "acquired taste" is somewhat related. Eating chocolate is something you can nail the first time and every time, so acquiring a taste for expensive Scotch whisky that tastes of dirt seems a little off. But sometimes... sometimes! You should try that thing again.AYURIS: Crisis at Steamfall 4m16s (Tom Stasiak, Beautiful Disaster Games, 2019)Games Played Last Week: -Just One 6m04s (Ludovic Roudy & Bruno Sautter, Repos Productions)-Isle of Skye: From Chieftain to King 9m06s (Andreas Pelikan & Alexander Pfister, Lookout Games, 2015)-Up Front 10m49s (Courtney F. Allen, Avalon Hill, 1983)-Sol: Last Days of a Star 14m45s (Ryan Spangler & Sean Spangler, Elephant Laboratories, 2017) -Bunny Kingdom 20m41s (Richard Garfield, IELLO, 2017)-Rangers of Shadow Deep 25m25s (Joseph McCullough, Self-published, 2019)News (and why it doesn't matter):-More Middara 29m28s-Starfarers of Catan Returns 30m32s-Bloomberg Doesn't Understand 32m03s-Pronunciation Legends from CMON 35m13sTopic: Second Chances 36m14sAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Knowing when to give up is a valuable skill. As children we are told to stick with painful and unpleasant things, and while that is often wise, sometimes it just results in more pain. Discerning the difference between choking down one's vegetables--good!--and pursuing a hobby merely for the sake of it--bad!--is a tricky bit of prudence that many adults can't quite seem to get. The notion of an "acquired taste" is somewhat related. Eating chocolate is something you can nail the first time and every time, so acquiring a taste for expensive Scotch whisky that tastes of dirt seems a little off. But sometimes... sometimes! You should try that thing again.AYURIS: Crisis at Steamfall 4m16s (Tom Stasiak, Beautiful Disaster Games, 2019)Games Played Last Week: -Just One 6m04s (Ludovic Roudy & Bruno Sautter, Repos Productions)-Isle of Skye: From Chieftain to King 9m06s (Andreas Pelikan & Alexander Pfister, Lookout Games, 2015)-Up Front 10m49s (Courtney F. Allen, Avalon Hill, 1983)-Sol: Last Days of a Star 14m45s (Ryan Spangler & Sean Spangler, Elephant Laboratories, 2017) -Bunny Kingdom 20m41s (Richard Garfield, IELLO, 2017)-Rangers of Shadow Deep 25m25s (Joseph McCullough, Self-published, 2019)News (and why it doesn't matter):-More Middara 29m28s-Starfarers of Catan Returns 30m32s-Bloomberg Doesn't Understand 32m03s-Pronunciation Legends from CMON 35m13sTopic: Second Chances 36m14sAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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