113: What makes Go a "good" game?

Do you find it hard to understand Go players because they use weird terminology like “tiger’s mouth” or T H I C K N E S S? And for some reason they all sound like they are speaking Japanese? Well, listen to this episode to educate yourself as I try to define as many top must-know Go terms that I can think of!Join the Discord⁠Support Star Point⁠The Star Point Store

It’s the 10th anniversary of the famous and historic showdown between Lee Sedol and AlphaGo. A lot has changed since then, and Go players have already been facing the first wave of the AI revolution for a decade now. What lessons from our experience with AI in Go should we bring forth into the era of ChatGPT and Gemini?Join the Discord⁠Support Star Point⁠The Star Point Store

Go is a great hobby! It’s affordable and has good vibes :D But I’m sure you know that already. Regardless, we’re going to talk about why you should take up Go as a hobby (even though you already did).Join the Discord⁠Support Star Point⁠The Star Point Store

Why isn’t Go an Olympic event? Or any other mental sport for that matter? Let’s talk about the nature of the Olympics, the World Mind Sports Games, and what a ‘Mentalympics’ might look like.https://humanbenchmark.com/Join the Discord⁠Support Star Point⁠The Star Point Store

What is a good game? What is a bad game? Is Go a good game? Well, spoiler alert, yes it is. Go is fantastic, I assure you. But why? Hmm….Overview of TGM (Tetris) TGM DocuseriesJoin the Discord⁠Support Star Point⁠The Star Point Store

1… ah ah ah… 2… ah ah ah… 3… ah ah ah… Counting in Go is an important skill! But how exactly do you count? Why should we count in the first place? Let’s talk about it!Join the Discord⁠Support Star Point⁠The Star Point Store

Let me tell you all the story of how I defeated my Arch-Rival and Nemesis (or was it Arch-Nemesis and Rival?) Akira Toya. Also, a little discussion about rivalries in Go!Join the Discord⁠Support Star Point⁠The Star Point Store

Go player! Yes, you. What kind of video games do you like? I think I might know and it involves the kind of growth that a game demands of you. In this episode, some thoughts about what kind of activities satisfy us Go players. Let’s see if I’m right in guessing what kind of video games and other activities that you Go players might enjoy…Join the Discord⁠Support Star Point⁠The Star Point Store

The eternal question: How to get good? I’m going to answer this with a slightly unorthodox approach and avoid mentioning tsumego and game review. This is truly the secret sauce of what I think leads to success in Go or in anything else you want to improve at.The Value of Cross-Expertise CollaborationJoin the Discord⁠Support Star Point⁠The Star Point Store

We’re back! Let’s talk about what Spotify Wrapped says about YOU GUYS. After that I do a reaction to my previous year’s year-in-review and get through a small portion of the listener mail backlog.Shin Jinseo Fixes StoneShin Jinseo Stops Choi Jeong's Clock-Join the Discord⁠Support Star Point⁠The Star Point Store