Month: November 2017

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Critical Distance Confab – Minisode 16 – Milkmaids and Vikings

This is the last minisode of the year for the Critical Distance Confab. Thank you to Angelina Bonilla, Red Angel, for sticking around after her interview to do this extra 15 minutes of recording. I’ll admit, I’m a little iffy about how well we hyped up these two games. Red Angel was trying not to spoil anything and thereby leave the mystery intact to be discovered. I was trying to explain another game where its greatness comes from the building of many details compounding on one another and is not easily reduced to pithy statements. | more

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The Moving Pixels Podcast Visits ‘Tacoma’

This week on the Moving Pixels Podcast we go to space to talk AI and workplace drama in Tacoma. This is an interesting one for us, because Gone Home at one point was our longest podcast. There was a lot to dig into and a lot of contextual stuff to talk about. So, one does kind of have some expectations going into Fullbirght’s follow up game. We don’t get as long a conversation out of it as we don’t go into as much detail about the specifics. | more

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Critical Distance Confab – Red Angel

I wrap up this series of interviews with video producers and essayists by checking out relative newbie and indie game specialist, Angelina Bonilla, better known as Red Angel. (Also, a lot easier to say apparently.) We had a long fruitful conversation in which Red Angel was able to display her enthusiasm and passion as she explained her own work. And yes, as cliche as it is, we did talk about her being a woman in this field. Together the two of us could only think of three women doing this type of work. | more

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The Moving Pixels Podcast Plays ‘Pyre’

This week, we talk about Supergiant Games’ most recent offering, the fantasy fire Basketball simulator, Pyre. Nick stated before the recording of this episode that he didn’t want it to bloat into a behemoth like our What Remains of Edith Finch episode did. It’s a fair thing to ask given that he has to edit them. As such, our discussion is mainly centered on the big picture ideas Pyre presents rather than digging down into the nitty gritty character narratives. | more