Episode 57: Video Games Special with Keith Stuart

The Scummy Mummies Podcast

Ellie Gibson and Helen Thorn

Kids & Family, Self-improvement, Parenting, Education

4.8 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 6 October 2015

⏱️ 66 minutes

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What are the best video games to play with kids? How much screen time should they have? Which celebrity would Helen most like to have it off with in a virtual reality environment? All these questions and more are answered in our Video Games Special! Our guest is Keith Stuart, games editor of The Guardian. He's also writing a novel about a dad who connects with his son who has autism via Minecraft, so there's some chat about that. Keith gives us his top tips for writing a book, and reveals what will be the hot games this Christmas. We tackle tricky topics like age ratings, how to police what your kids play at other people's houses, and Helen's laughable knowledge of Street Fighter II. You can follow Keith on Twitter - @keefstuart. His first novel, A Boy Made of Blocks, is out next autumn, but you can pre-order the Kindle version via Amazon. We're on Twitter (@scummymummies), Instagram, and Facebook. Please send your confessions to [email protected] and visit us at ScummyMummies.com. If you like the podcast, please tell your friends!Thank you for listening!

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0:00.0	This is a passenger announcement. You can now book your train on Uber and get 10% back in credits to spend on Uber eats.
0:11.0	So you can order your own fries instead of eating everyone else's.
0:15.0	Trains now on Uber. T's and C's apply. Check the Uber app.
0:22.0	Hello there, this episode is brought to you by the Pokemon Trading Card game
0:26.1	and their brand new product My First Battle. That's right Helen. I love a bit of
0:30.3	Pokemon and My First Battle is a great way to get your family playing together for the first time.
0:35.0	Oh mate, anything that gets the kids off the screens for a bit, hey?
0:38.0	And it's very reasonably priced.
0:40.0	There are two boxed My First Battle sets and each includes two decks for one-on-one battling.
0:44.8	One deck comes with Bulbersaw and Pikachu and the other one comes with Charmander and Squirtle.
0:49.5	Ooh, I'll take the one with Pikachu, please. What a legend.
0:52.4	Serious voice, product is sold separately. I'll take the one with Pikachu please what a legend serious voice
0:53.4	product is sold separately you can mind out more information on my first battle
0:57.2	at pukamom.com forward slash my first battle
1:00.4	got to catch them all you talking about you talking about Pokemon or men on tender?
1:03.6	Shh!
1:04.6	Hmm.
1:05.6	This is the Scummymy's podcast. Hello and welcome to the scummy mummies podcast. I'm Ina Gibson and I'm
1:21.9	Helen Thorn and today we're joined by
1:23.9	Keith Stewart hello Keith. Hello, hi. Now Keith you are a dad a gamer an
1:28.8	award-winning video games journalist and now a novelist. That's well almost a
1:34.2	novelist I've written three quarters of a novel. Well that's that's more than
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