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Videogames have always prized themselves on letting you, no matter who you are, experience something totally different from reality. They're marketed as something something separate from our real lives, and instead, a sandbox for us to play in. But we have to wonder, is what we're doing, and who we're playing as in those games, affecting how we act or think in real life? Join Jamin on this week's episode of Game/Show as we ask if your Avatar's appearance and race changes your behavior!

Mike's Idea Channel episode: Controlling vs. Being Your Avatar:
youtube.com/watch?v=dLkyNzFmlHA

Sources:
escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/9.872877-Rust-forces-random-race-and-look-on-the-player-then-locks-it

steamed.kotaku.com/rust-chooses-players-race-for-them-things-get-messy-1693426299

slate.com/articles/technology/future_tense/2014/01/proteus_effect_world_of_warcraft_nsa_virtual_worlds_have_real_effects.html

sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0747563214004968

http://news.ucdavis.edu/search/news_detail.lasso?id=11145

thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/09/17/will-america-s-fear-of-black-men-ever-go-away.html

tandfonline.com/loi/rcrr20

http://researchnews.osu.edu/archive/raceavatar.htm

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ASSET LINKS:

01:11
youtube.com/watch?v=xL2oamBrOiQ

01:19
youtube.com/watch?v=0nexU4APLY0

01:30
youtube.com/watch?v=0AFFWPkcOmE

1:56
youtube.com/watch?v=9CSWuVnjKoc

2:12
youtube.com/watch?v=O4rjOShQ9o8

2:35
youtube.com/watch?v=XIfKy2RjtAs

3:18
youtube.com/watch?v=OOLkVCTCIoI

3:21
youtube.com/watch?v=IJ3getGs3Gc

4:44
youtube.com/watch?v=JPkX5zm1GNc

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COMMENT LINKS:

notoriouswhitemoth
youtube.com/watch?v=-MfUEy7biJc&lc=z12jwfpz3vapvbymd22ztv2r4zm1gbci504

eRR0Rq
youtube.com/watch?v=-MfUEy7biJc&lc=z13geb35srahwxv4k04cc12imoultdsrljc

Neko Vermillion
youtube.com/watch?v=-MfUEy7biJc&lc=z13iglhgozbnzt0eu22rspnzssurwtqq004

Scrotie McBoogerballs
youtube.com/watch?v=-MfUEy7biJc&lc=z12uj5c4mpzii3oop04cgliwky2vuvnobao

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MUSIC:

"Oh Damn!" by CJVSO
soundcloud.com/downpitched/cjvso-oh-damn

"Digital Sonar" by Brink

"Mindphuck" by Known To Be Lethal
youtube.com/watch?v=B-cyr7l9yBw

"After Hours"

"Lakes" by Chooga
youtube.com/watch?v=E8hnsQc9ST0

"Beautiful Days" by Extan
soundcloud.com/extandnb/beautiful-days

"Spectrum Subdiffusion Mix" by Foniqz
soundcloud.com/subdiffusion/foniqz-spectrum-subdiffusion

"Good Way Song" by Electronic Rescue

"Alice y Bob" by Javier Rubio and Parsec
archive.org/details/escala19_vvaa_escala_no_uniforme

"Sleet" by Kubbi
soundcloud.com/kubbi/kubbi-sleet

"Toaster" by Kubbi
soundcloud.com/kubbi/toaster

"Patriotic Songs of America" by New York Military Band and the American Quartet
freemusicarchive.org/music/New_York_Military_Band_and_the_American_Quartet/Edison_Amberol_457/cusb-cyl3890d

"Lets Go Back To The Rock" by Outsider
jamendo.com/en/artist/4402/outsider

"Run" by Outsider
jamendo.com/en/artist/4402/outsider

"Fame" by Statue of Diveo
jamendo.com/en/artist/352814/statueofdiveo

"Freedom Weekends" by Statue of Diveo
jamendo.com/en/artist/352814/statueofdiveo

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