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oh man not another alien invasion this is totally gonna ruin my commute
whoa sweet headband alien invasion's got style wonder what else it can do
looks like somebody didn't skip a leg day or arm day or any day
over corrected
now that's commute music best alien invasion ever
hello internet welcome to game theory the show that dances to the beat of its own drum
the drumming of your clicks on the subscribe button today's episode is sponsored by the new
mobile game dislight a tactical turn-based rpg set in the year 2027 and hey if five years from now
society has turned itself into a lavender urban playground i am all for it this game is a vibe
it feels like the beats a friday night funk and got mixed with the aesthetics of a thor
movie poster and everyone is dressed to go to a club that is way too cool for me i mean you know
that i love me some stylish jackets but look at these guys half of them are wearing jackets
without a shirt underneath i always wear a shirt underneath clearly i have missed a memo the
general premise is that the world's been invaded by mysterious alien obelisks called miracles which
bring with them destructive monsters known as the miramon not too much of a miracle if you ask me
fortunately the world is also filled with espers heroes who take on the powers of various gods
from four real world ancient mythologies you've got characters like hades from greek myth anubis
from egyptian myth new job from chinese myth and odin from norsmith i guess the comparison to thor
posters wasn't all that far off then since hey he's in here too even loki and again cool jacket
no shirt so i gotta admit i appreciate him repping that game theory clickbait green note to self new
merch idea neon green pimp kane but for as cool as this team of literal fashion gods is what's most
interesting to me is how they get their powers as the lore goes when the miracles arrive they output
a sonic frequency that awakened these powers inside of individuals who were quote attuned
to the frequency suddenly unassuming bartender melanie had medusa snakes erupting from her hair
or butler drew turned into the main character for season two of moon knight all through the
power of sound so it got me to wondering can sound give people super powers like we see in dislikes
maybe not sprout a giant ghost cerberus to take down an army of glowing alien rocks but you know
stuff like increased speed strength maybe focus 2027 ain't that far away after all we gotta be
ready for those miramon could you improve your skills maybe even get superpowers just from
listening to the right sounds and if so then what sounds are we talking about spoiler alert we don't
talk about bruno is not on the list gotta say it's bummer cause if it was i would be so op right now
since music is such a huge part of dislight let's start there you see listening to music does a lot
of good for our brains specifically it releases the neurotransmitter dopamine a hormone that's
responsible for a lot of things but is primarily linked to our internal reward systems when we
do things that help our overall survival it gives us a russia dopamine to make us feel good this in
turn encourages us to do more of that activity in the future eat good food dopamine engage in some
retail therapy dopamine unlock a new five-star esperantist light dopamine and music is absolutely
on that list now just having good vibes may not seem like it's gonna help all that much
but the research actually says otherwise dopamine isn't just responsible for your mood but also for
your cognition meaning that if you're getting a subconscious shot of dopamine from listening
to music you're gonna be able to take in your surroundings better and make better decisions
there's a reason lo-fi girl has herself a diamond play button these days chill music helps you focus
more and work more efficiently and it's not just when you're sitting at a desk this effect has also
been shown to be true with things like driving researchers found that when people didn't listen
to music or were given negative music to listen to their performance and concentration on the
roadways were impacted negatively on the other hand test subjects listening to more positive
music swerved less had more positive moods and were more relaxed allowing them to concentrate
and perform more favorably on the roadways so is it any wonder that gaia a legendary support
character from dislight comes with a track like this add that one to your lo-fi beats playlist the
chill vibes helps her support the other espers on the team allowing someone like the dps character
mona to better land that critical hit with her bow and arrow the dopamine hit that comes with
music has also been shown to override signals of fatigue which again is going to be helpful
if you're constantly fighting an army of oncoming miramon but being a support isn't just about buffs
it's about healing and music is there too music therapy is something that's started to become
popular over the last 15 years using music to regain brain function for people suffering from
conditions like parkinson's and dementia a great example of this was uploaded by med rhythms here
on youtube where we see a patient re-learning to walk after having a stroke at first they started
him on normal physical therapy and he managed to walk a bit using a cane but once they started to
add music his body naturally matched his steps to the rhythm allowing him to walk faster and more
evenly and the effects of music therapy get even cooler there was a viral video back in 2019 that
showed a former ballerina from the 1960s marta saldana dancing to swan lake in her wheelchair
what made this so special though was that this was a patient living with alzheimer's a disease that
causes the brain to degrade and lose memory will marta struggled to remember most of the things
in her life swan lake suddenly caused her memory to re-awaken sure it may not be refilling your hp
bar but it's doing something much deeper and it does apply to dislight in a world where normal
people are suddenly bestowed with the abilities of ancient gods thanks to a supersonic frequency
makes me think that maybe some of these memories and abilities were buried inside of their bodies
in their cells and the sound just brought it out to the surface just like how swan lake
brought those long lost dance moves back to the surface in marta's body but this is all music as a
support character now let's talk about real super powers i want to be as strong as njord or as fast
as hermes but believe it or not but music can help unlock those abilities in humans let's talk about
the speed first a 2012 study showed that cyclists who listened to music required seven percent less
oxygen to do the same work as those who cycled in silence which demonstrated that music allowed
them to use their body's energy more efficiently this in turn allowed them to do more exercise
for longer periods of time so that's speed and endurance but what about building a stronger body
well sound might be able to help you out there too for years scientists have been desperately trying
to find ways of mass producing bone and muscle cells but the process is usually too long and
expensive to be a viable treatment option that was until the royal melbourne institute of technology
managed to do something incredible they managed to convert stem cells into bone cells using
sound waves which is just mind-blowing professor leslie yo explained quote we can use the sound
waves to apply just the right amount of pressure in the right places to the stem cells to trigger
the change process this is brand new stuff it was just reported back in february of 2022 so don't
expect this technology to be widely available anytime soon right now you're still gonna need
that gym membership but still it opens up some really cool possibilities a new way of changing
stem cells into basically any cell that you want and applying this logic to dislike maybe
that's what the ultrasonic sound did inside the bodies of our espers cells in their bodies were
lying dormant until they were activated by a new frequency of sound an alien frequency that
suddenly unlocked the potential of the human body so from a scientific standpoint the idea
of espers being awakened and then given powers just through sound alone is actually possible
certain music can revive long-lost memories certain sounds can transform ourselves into
pretty much anything we want it means that when the miracles do show up and bring those miramon
with them we should be a-okay with our espers at the ready however if we continue to follow
the science not only does it spell bad things for us but also for the lore of dislight itself it's
very cool that these espers have awakened ready to protect the world and save us thanks to the power
of sound and all that stuff however music and sound can also be used for evil there's another
field of study involving the use of ultrasound on the human body called sonogenetics one area
of focus has been the impact of ultrasound of the neurons in the brain by targeting sound sensitive
cells scientists have been able to send ultrasonic pulses to specific neurons flooding them with ions
thereby activating them it was basically like giving the neurons in the brain an on off switch
but why would that be a bad thing well whoever is in control of the sound basically has the ability
to control your brain these scientists manage to control the movement of a microscopic worm make
it move forwards backwards left right and even increase its speed after that they went on to do
a very similar experiment with mice activating its front and back legs to get it to move
obviously these scientists are trying to use it for good but as we've seen time and time again
this kind of power in the wrong hands could wind up catastrophic a wrong force like say i don't
know a mysterious alien invader hey lilithgames maker's a dislight i know you're watching this
since this is a brand deal and all you're gonna review this i'm not sure if you've considered
putting this into your narrative i'm still working my way through level six three in single player
purgatory mode just putting it out there as a scientific possibility feel free to take it or
leave it so there you have it friends the power of sound through the lens of dislight if you're
looking for fashion tips chill beats or a chance to brush up on your ancient mythology this is the
game for you now if you'll excuse me i'm going to try to go back to unlocking my secret powers
looks like i've got a few genres left to try but hey i just gotta say thank you one more time to
today's sponsor dislight it is so great when we get to partner with and cover games prior to their
official release really makes me feel special plus it meant that i actually got extra time to
play the game which is always a win i gotta admit i love the style of this thing seeing reimagined
gods of ancient mythology looking like this so cool one day i'm gonna go to the met gala dressed
like anubis i swear look at that fit his elegance on the battlefield paired with his super powerful
dark attacks what's not to love and like i said loki not only has a killer look but he carves
through waves of enemies as a solid dps and with over 70 espers to choose from you can absolutely
find the team that's going to be perfect for you at least before we all end up turning on each
other because of that whole sonic mind control thing designed for a vertical screen you can play
dislight in any scenario heck you don't even have to play it if you want to just grind and level up
for a while you can automate battles obtain loot that way during automatic battles by the way you
can minimize and play other modes peak efficiency anyway if you want to check out dislight for
yourself it's free and it's available right now via the download link in my description the game
literally just came out so there's gonna be plenty more secrets to find in fact like i said i'm
digging through purgatory mode and the lore right now so who knows you might see this one show up
again someday help me with my research by heading on down to the description to download the game on
ios and android for free not only are you getting an awesome gaming experience but i could honestly
just listen to the game's music all day forget paying for spotify dislike that's where it's at
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