Playing Valheim With The Boys

The Garrett Ashley Mullet Show – Playing Valheim With The Boys

Let’s talk about playing Valheim – the new Viking survival game I have been enjoying with my sons and an assortment of friends and family.

We have learned some important life lessons so far. Team work, strategic thinking skills, and how to fell trees without them dropping on your head – it’s all here, folks.

The graphics may not be anything to write home about. As many have pointed out, the game has a very Minecraft feel to it where textures are concerned. But the map to explore is huge and randomly generated. The score is relaxing and appropriately themed. And the lighting effects and scope of vision are downright breathtaking sometimes. Not only that, but the building, crafting, and requisite resource collection mechanics are deeply satisfying and engaging.

Also, more broadly, how do we think about videogames and computer games? As I have argued before, play can be more than entertainment. If we choose to utilize them this way, playing videogames can be an excellent medium for learning. But we have to be intentional and strategic about what games we play, as well as how and why we play them.

Listen to this episode of The Garrett Ashley Mullet Show to hear all about it.

Might May Not Make Right, but Neither Does Weakness – The Garrett Ashley Mullet Show

And Solomon sent word to Hiram the king of Tyre: “As you dealt with David my father and sent him cedar to build himself a house to dwell in, so deal with me.” – 2 Chronicles 2:3   This Episode’s Links and Timestamps: 00:24 – Scripture Reading 03:54 – Thoughts on the Reading 27:12 – Politico uncovers a terrifying plot of the Right: "MAKING BABIES" – Peter Heck, NTB 37:18 – New CNN Poll Spells Likely Disaster For Biden As Election Looms Nearer – Virginia Kruta, DW 42:53 – Elon Musk posted about the West's Achilles heel and man oh man did it make a lot of people angry – Joel Abbott, NTB 48:23 – Virginia University Issues Shelter-in-Place Alert as Pro-Palestinian Protesters Clash With Police – Stephen Katte, The Epoch Times 1:02:12 – Columbia Students Take Over Hamilton Hall as Deadline to Disperse Passes – Katabella Roberts, The Epoch Times 1:13:47 – Kant’s Imperative – Eva Brann, The Imaginative Conservative — Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/garrett-ashley-mullet/message

1. Might May Not Make Right, but Neither Does Weakness 01:25:04
2. Asking God for Wisdom, Kant's Imperative, and a Critique of Universalized Selfishness 02:11:55
3. If You Want to Be Truly Compassionate, Imitate the Compassion of God 01:32:18
4. Providing Things Honest in the Sight of All Men 02:06:03
5. Division as a Good Thing Relative Cultivating Excellence and Masculine Virtue 02:22:35