We made it past episode 0, and here we are two weeks later with episode 1! Within: chirping birds, glitchy voice chat, and Very Serious Talk ™. Also, games! And a heavy dose of board games, at that.
Keep your ears peeled for goodies in the next few weeks, and for our next episode at the end of August. Enjoy!
Annotated Episode Guide
General mentions:
- Play This Thing (dead link) – more info
- Greg Costikyan
- Scratchware Manifesto
- Select Button
- Dawes Act – See also this piece from Indian Country Today
- Interview with Alexander Pfister (designer of Great Western Trail)
- Bruno Faidutti on Boardgames and Postcolonialism – In which a seemingly erudite man espouses the virtues of being lazy, and it shows
- Can the Subaltern Speak? – Classic essay in postcolonial studies on the subjection of the Other in Western discourse
- Thoughtful Gamer, Episode 33 – Interview with Eric Reuss, creator of Spirit Island
- Sergei Eisenstein – Early Soviet Film-maker, credited with popularising montage as a technique, and known for his interest in extending cinematic experience beyond the film screen. See Tom Gunning – The Cinema of Attraction[s]: Early Film, Its Spectator and the Avant-Garde: ‘Both Eisenstein and Marinetti planned to exaggerate the impact on the spectator[s], Marinetti proposing to literally glue them to their seats (ruined garments paid for after the performance) and Eisenstein setting firecrackers off beneath them.’
- Analog Game Studies – See here for extended analysis of Loy Loy
- Towards an Art History for Video Games
- Sorry to Bother You – Film by Boots Riley
- Cyberpunk Manifesto
- Foxconn factory Suicides
- China on Strike
- The Toolbox for Education and Social Action (TESA)
- Paolo Pedercini (La Molle Industria)
- Pun Ngai – Opening a Minor Genre of Resistance in Reform China: Scream, Dream, and Transgression in a Workplace
Video games:
Yakuza Kiwami, The Lion’s Song, Heavy Rain, Detroit: Become Human, Breath of the Wild, Octopath Traveler, Hollow Knight, Snake Pass, Banjo-Kazooie, Super Mario 64, , Mario Tennis Aces, Daikatana
Board games:
Great Western Trail, Five Tribes, Spirit Island, Freedom: the Underground Railroad, Fog of Love, Cards Against Humanity
Music sample:
Casino (Dragon Quest VI track)
Under the Sea (The Little Mermaid NES track)
Play These Things 