Viewers like you help make PBS (Thank you 😃) . Support your local PBS Member Station here: https://to.pbs.org/donateidea Bullet Hell games are crazy. Their onslaught of lasers, bullets, aka DAKKA, seems overwhelming or even IMPOSSIBLE to the uninitiated. Is playing these games an elaborate and stressful mastery of patterns and strategy? Or could it instead be a form of meditation? Maybe the way to find your way through the dakka is to fall into a mental autopilot in the face of complexity, finding harmony within the haze. Is this wild overstimulation a form of modern meditation? Watch the episode and find out more! ---------------------------------------­­­­­------------------------- Project for Awesome 2013!!!!! http://www.projectforawesome.com/ ---------------------------------------­­­­­------------------------- Some shmups y'all recommended on twitter! (I definitely lost a good amount of time playing RotMG and Luftrauser) Bullet Heaven http://www.kongregate.com/games/kupo707/bullet-heaven Realm of the Mad God http://www.realmofthemadgod.com/ Frantic 2 http://www.kongregate.com/games/polymerrabbit/frantic-2 Bullet Audyssey http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/584352 Visitan http://www.kongregate.com/games/abagames/visitan rRootage http://workram.com/games/rrootage/ Noiz2sa http://workram.com/games/noiz2sa/ Upgrade Complete! http://www.kongregate.com/games/armorgames/upgrade-complete Luftrauser http://not.vlambeer.com/luftrauser/ ChoRenSha http://www.shmups.com/reviews/chorensha/index.html ---------------------------------------­­­­­------------------------- Music: "Europe" by Roglok (http://www.roglok.net/) "Carry on Carillon" by Roglok (http://www.roglok.net/) Level 5: Room for the Homeless http://bit.ly/10N0Ykm "Bouncy Castle" by Roglok (http://www.roglok.net/) ":P" by Roglok (http://www.roglok.net/) Binaerpilot "Geeks" http://bit.ly/10N0UBf "Squarehead" by Roglok (http://www.roglok.net/) Outsider "Explore" http://bit.ly/197EQnY StatueofDiveo "Final Days" http://bit.ly/GYljwI Chiptune - Kenzalol http://bit.ly/15vKwpN EatMe http://bit.ly/17ludvN ---------------------------------------­­­­­---------------------------- Come hang out in the Idea Channel IRC! http://bit.ly/138EHBh Check out the Idea Channel SubReddit! http://bit.ly/GNklUq ---------------------------------------­­­­­---------------------------- Let us know what sorts of crazy ideas you have, about this episode and otherwise: Tweet at us! @pbsideachannel (yes, the longest twitter username ever) Email us! pbsideachannel [at] gmail [dot] com Idea Channel Facebook! http://Facebook.com/pbsideachannel Hosted by Mike Rugnetta (@mikerugnetta) Made by Kornhaber Brown (http://www.kornhaberbrown.com/) _______________________________ Want some more Idea Channel? Do "Digital Natives" Exist? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WVKBAqjHiE Your Questions Answered! null. Sandwiches, Modernity, and Lyrics: A Thanksgiving Episode null.