Month: August 2016

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Critical Distance Confab – The Spawn of History

This month on the Critical Distance Confab I interviewed Bob Whitaker, the man in charge of the History Respawned YouTube channel. What Bob does is not too dissimilar from what I do. Though instead of interviewing critics, he interviews academics and scholars about their field of expertise through the lens of video games that overlap with that subject matter. It’s an interesting and underutilized lens from which to approach games, so I’m glad someone is doing it. | more

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The Moving Pixels Podcast Catches ‘Em All

Last week, we discussed the summer’s hot new game, Pokémon Go. This really was the summer’s big game. It was everywhere and I don’t just mean out in the wild playing it. Culturally it seemed to have saturated the mind share for the past few months. You couldn’t go much of anywhere or read something without Pokémon Go being brought up. It’s why I felt in some way able to talk about it as a cultural event despite having never played it myself. | more

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The Moving Pixels Podcast Goes ‘Inside’

This week, we inspect PlayDead’s sophomore game, Inside. We go into a long, long discussion on the nature of purpose in art. The dichotomy being, whether it should be imbued with meaning or whether pure expression is enough. And then whether Inside succeeds or fails in regards on those merits. … (This post is lost beyond this point.) The Moving Pixels Podcast Goes 'Inside' » PopMatters "........." - There! That's my quote. Because no one says a goddamn thing in this game. | more