Play Noggin

Season 1
Play Noggin is a weekly series exploring the scientific concepts behind your favorite video games.
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  1. S1 E1 - Could We Create A Wormhole Through Space! Portal Science Explained?

    May 20, 2018
    2min
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    Portals are two sides of the same door, but unlike normal doors, they don't have to be in the same place.
  2. What Would Happen If You Stopped Time! Science of Superhot?

    May 20, 2018
    3min
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    Superhot operates under the idea where time only moves when you do. What would it look like if time stood still!
  3. Could You Move In The 4th Dimension? Overwatch Science Explained

    May 20, 2018
    3min
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    Tracer from Overwatch has two special abilities: Blink and Recall. Is it possible to bend space and time?
  4. What Are The Consequences Of Time Travel? Life Is Strange Science Deconstructed

    May 20, 2018
    6min
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    Traveling through time might seem incredible, but there are consequences, and it's incredibly difficult to pull off. Let's discuss Life Is Strange!
  5. Could Humans Survive A Nuclear Apocalypse? Fallout Science Deconstructed

    May 20, 2018
    6min
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    In Fallout 4, we explore surviving a nuclear war. What would it take to actually survive one?
  6. Why Do Deep Sea Fish Look So Scary In Subnautica?

    May 20, 2018
    6min
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    Deep sea creatures look so odd? But why?
  7. Regrowing Limbs Is Terrifying

    May 20, 2018
    6min
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    If you shoot off the arm of let's say, a zombie, how are some of them able to grow it back?
  8. Suck at Players Unknown Battle Grounds? Blame Science

    May 20, 2018
    6min
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    Humans developed the Fight-or-Flight response thousands of years ago to survive life-threatening dangers in the wild. Now, it helps you to become the last man standing in PlayerUnkown's Battlegrounds. Winner winner chicken dinner!
  9. Top 4 Deadliest! Pokemon In Pokken Tournament!

    May 20, 2018
    7min
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    In today's video, we will show you the top 4 deadliest pokemon In pokken tournament!
  10. Cuphead! Why This Game Is Lying To You!

    May 20, 2018
    6min
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    With Cuphead, rage quits never looked so good! Inspired by cartoons of the 1930s, the visuals and audio of Cuphead were painstakingly created with the same techniques of the era, i.e. traditional hand drawn animation and watercolor backgrounds.
  11. Can Jason Kill You With Fear! Friday The 13th The Game!

    May 20, 2018
    5min
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    We love Friday the 13th: The Game! You can be Jason Voorhees, stalking camp counselors, slaughtering them with gruesome take downs. Or you can play as a helpless camper and attempt to survive the night. But playing this fear-inducing game made us wonder can you be scared to death?
  12. What Happened To Earth After Infinity War?

    May 20, 2018
    8min
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    Let's take a look back at the events of Avengers Infinity War. At the conclusion of that film, we see our heroes lose their battle against Thanos, who uses the Infinity Gauntlet to rid the universe of half of all life. Not just humans or advanced beings, we're talking about half of all plants and animals.
  13. Super Mario Odyssey Hides A Dark Secret

    May 20, 2018
    6min
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    In Super Mario Odyssey, we get to use new abilities like the power to capture and control enemies to aid Mario on his mission to save Princess Peach. Capturing and controlling objects?!? Doesn't that seem, a little creepy?
  14. How Were The Pyramids Really Built? Assassin's Creed Origins.

    May 20, 2018
    7min
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    Exploring The Great Pyramids of Giza in Assassin's Creed Origins made us curious, how were these mysterious ancient structures built?
  15. What If We Built A Halo Ringworld?

    May 19, 2018
    5min
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    How could we build a ringworld similar to those depicted in the legendary Halo franchise?
  16. Why Batman Will Never Save Gotham Batman Arkham Asylum

    May 20, 2018
    5min
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    Justice League and Batman Versus Superman, but at least Batman: Arkham Asylum is still a nice game. Too bad Arkham Asylum is just making all the Super-Villains ever crazier.
  17. This Is Why You Are Addicted To Love Featuring Reina Scully

    May 20, 2018
    5min
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    Dating Sim Senpai Reina Scully educates us on the science of love.
  18. What Would A Star Wars Space Battle Look Like?

    May 20, 2018
    7min
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    Star Wars Battlefront II has some pretty awesome space battles, but are they accurate?
  19. Could You Be Living Next To A Murderer?

    May 20, 2018
    6min
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    Hello Neighbor is now officially released! This game's creepy (and definitely a killer) antagonist made us curious. What are the chances that our own friends and neighbors are murderers too?
  20. Are You A Bad Person If You Hurt Your Sims?

    May 20, 2018
    6min
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    We think your Sims game play style can say a lot about you. But we looked to science to see if there was any proof whether or not people are born inherently good or evil.
  21. Are We Close To Cloning A Dinosaur?

    May 20, 2018
    7min
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    Ark: Survival Evolved is an action-adventure survival video game and ohmygosh it's full of dinosaurs. It's basically an open world Jurassic Park, with grinding and crafting and base building. We love it.
  22. What If We Built Bioshocks Underwater City Rapture?

    May 20, 2018
    7min
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    Bioshock is an incredible game for many reasons. One of them, is the game's infamous underwater setting, the City of Rapture. Could we recreate Rapture in real life?
  23. Why Mercys Resurrection Is Wrong In Overwatch

    May 20, 2018
    5min
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    Overwatch healer Mercy was recently given a massive overhaul. Whether you love or hate the changes, her resurrection ability is still miraculous when you compare it to how successful we usually are at trying to resuscitate people irl.
  24. Pet Sematary 2019 Review Is It That Scary?

    May 20, 2018
    18min
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    In this film, we see the Creed family relocate from Boston to rural Maine and encounter a supernatural burial site that brings things back to life. Could this iteration be the perfect Stephen King adaption? Is it worth seeing in theaters? How does it compare to the novel and the previous film adaptions?
  25. Could We Build Indestructible Armor?

    May 20, 2018
    6min
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    Video game armor has helped make some pretty recognizable protagonists, like Master Chief & Solid Snake. But armor can't just look good, it has to protect all your squishy bits too. How close are we to making our armor indestructible?

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Patrick Graziosi

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Patrick Graziosi

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