EXP Podcast #797: Future and Ancient Consoles

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This week, we talk about Microsoft's rumblings about their next console and how Sony is rumored to be staying far away from those tremors.  But what will it all mean in thousands of years?  Perhaps some far-future technology will be able to piece together our console war in the way that we piece together Roman board games today.

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Show Notes:

- Run time: 37 min 12 sec

- "Xbox confirms its next console will run PC games and is codenamed ‘Project Helix'," by Andy Robinson via Video Games Chronicle 

- "PlayStation’s strategy of releasing its single-player games on PC is reportedly stopping," by Chris Scullion via Video Games Chronicle

- "This Ancient Roman Game Board Was a Mystery. Researchers Used A.I. to Figure Out How to Play," by Sonja Anderson via Smithsonian Magazine 

- Music by Brad Sucks