Trying To Be Kind

Season 8, Episode 1: Something You'd Like To Have, But Didn't Know You Wanted

The Well-Played Game: A Player's Philosophy, Bernard De Koven. MIT Press, 2013.

Season 7, Episode 2: I Read Ulysses For Fun

"King Me": A Defense of King-Making in Board Game Design, Cole Wehrle, GDC, 2019.

 

Season 7, Episode 1: Manly Pride Offended

"King Me": A Defense of King-Making in Board Game Design, Cole Wehrle, GDC, 2019.

 

Season 7, Episode 0: The First TTRPG

As usual, a buffer episode to lead into the new season. In which we discuss some texts we might tackle, baseball stadiums, shame rooms, and social media.

Season 6, Episode 4: Fishsticks

With special guest, Sam Sorensen, author of Seas of Sand and Time After Time.

Critical Play: Radical Game Design, Mary Flanagan, MIT Press, 2009.

Season 6, Episode 3: According to Very Reliable Psychological Sources

There's some intermittent noise in the first few minutes of this episode, my apologies, but it clears up after a bit. Thanks for bearing with us in this difficult time.

Critical Play: Radical Game Design, Mary Flanagan, MIT Press, 2009.

Season 6, Episode 2: I'm Just Built Different

Critical Play: Radical Game Design, Mary Flanagan, MIT Press, 2009.

Raph Koster's Star Wars Galaxies Post-Mortem.

Season 6, Episode 1: Mixed Martial Argument

Critical Play: Radical Game Design, Mary Flanagan, MIT Press, 2009.

 

The audio is a little sketchy this episode, that's my bad. I'm aware, and I'm working on it for next time. Sorry! - Jared

Season 6, Episode 0: I’m Here, I’m Vibing

A buffer episode before we start the next season. Just three friends chatting about nothing, don't expect any big ideas. (And the audio is a little sketchy, forgive me.)

Season 5, Episode 6: Lesbians On Ice

Otaku: Japan's Database Animals; Hiroki Azuma, University of Minnesota Press, 2009.

With special guest, Emma Yasui.