Latest Episodes of Reality Check
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00:04:1633 29Reality Check - Increasing Your Real Life Stats
A new year is upon us and you probably have some resolutions to work on, but is there a way to level up your life instantly like you’re in a game? Dave investigates on this week’s Reality Check.
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00:05:416 23Best Science In Games 2015 - Reality Check
As we wrap up 2015, Reality Check takes a look back at some of the best science in games this year.
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00:05:5925 50Reality Check - How The Heck Does Virtual Reality Work?
With consumer versions of the PlayStation VR, HTC Vive and Oculus Rift set to hit shelves in 2016, Lucy investigates how virtual reality headsets actually work.
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00:06:13160 57Why Do We Love Difficult Games? - Reality Check
Lucy investigates why we persevere with really hard games like Dark Souls. No controllers were harmed in the making of this episode.
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00:06:4740 99Reality Check - How to Survive Fallout 4's Nuclear Blast
Lucy took a break from Fallout 4 to investigate some old and new theories on how to survive nuclear war.
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00:05:2616 24Reality Check - How Lara Croft Became a Badass Warrior
With the release of Rise of the Tomb Raider this week, Lucy takes a look at what exactly makes Lara Croft such a badass.
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00:05:2325 20Reality Check - Could We Make Master Chief's Armour?
This week on Reality Check, Lucy investigates cutting-edge military tech to ask whether it could be used to make Halo's ultimate armoured suit.
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00:05:2562 45Reality Check - Fallout Nuclear Armageddon: What Would Really Happen?
Would we be able to survive the Wasteland if the bombs really fell? Lucy investigates.
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00:05:0674 32Reality Check - How MMOs Can Improve Your Life
This week on Reality Check, Lucy takes a look at the positive effect MMOs can have on us.
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00:06:0824 39Reality Check - Metal Gear Solid Technology In Real Life
Lucy investigates how realistic Metal Gear Solid V's technology is. Nanomachines, son.
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00:06:5372 31Reality Check - Do Video Games Make Us Violent? (Part 2)
This week on Reality Check, Lucy tackles the minefield that is violent video game research, and asks if it can really be measured in the lab.
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00:08:22268 63Reality Check - Do Video Games Make Us Violent? (Part 1)
The latest psychological research seems to indicate a link between violent video game use and aggressive behaviour. But what led scientists to this conclusion?
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00:06:4878 54Reality Check - You Can Play XCOM 2 Forever
Lucy speaks to the guys from Firaxis to find out how they've implemented procedural generation into XCOM 2 to make it never ending.
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00:07:38613 84Reality Check - The Problem With PC Ports
After Arkham Knight's tumultuous turn on PC, Lucy investigates why PC ports are trickier to develop than their console counterparts.
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00:05:2056 63Reality Check - The Magic Of Middleware (Part 2): Game Physics
This week on Reality Check, Lucy investigates how developers use physics engines to create collision, destruction and death in games.
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00:05:1983 90Reality Check - The Magic of Middleware (Part 1)
This week on Reality Check, Lucy investigates how developers use middleware like SpeedTree and Umbra to create video games.
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00:04:36314 184Reality Check - How Is The Witcher 3 So Huge?
Impressed by the minimal number of loading screens in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Lucy investigates how games developers use tech and brain smarts to make open-world games.
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00:05:06194 58Reality Check - Why do we feel sad when we finish games?
In Cam's final episode of Reality Check, he investigates why we get sad when we complete games with characters we like.
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00:04:3648 22Reality Check - Why Do We Love Skylanders?
This week on Reality check, Cam investigates the psychology behind the immense popularity of the Skylanders franchise.
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00:06:04182 55Reality Check - Are Spoilers Really Bad?
Cam investigates the psychology of spoilers to find out if we should love them, or hate them.
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00:08:05497 97Reality Check - 64% of People CAN'T Tell the Difference Between PS4, PC, and XONE
Cam reveals the results of his graphics test, and it appears that we might not be so great at identifying PC, PS4, and Xbox One based on looks alone.
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00:05:0933 25Reality Check - 3 Scientific Ways To Become a Video Game Superhero! (Sort Of)
Sick of your non-superpowered life? Perhaps science can help you achieve the capabilities of your favourite video game superheroes! Cam investigates on Reality Check.
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00:10:531 19Reality Check - Can You Tell The Difference Between PS4, XONE and PC?
Cam undertakes the mother of all console war experiments: Can people REALLY tell the difference between PS4, XONE and PC based on graphics alone? Link to vote on the clips - tinyurl.com/RCGFXTEST Link to download the video file - tinyurl.com/RCGFXBLOG
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00:04:4977 1Reality Check - HoloLens VS Oculus RIft and the Future of Gaming
Cam brings you an augmented Reality Check this week, delving into the technology and gaming promise of Microsoft's brand new AR headset, HoloLens.
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