A century of excellence comes to a close and we reach the end of the tale of Franz Biberkopf for the second time, but certainly not the last. We get reflective about our time adjacent to or within games culture on this episode, and then rotate some stupid Star Trek stuff for a bit.

Things Discussed: Idle Thumbs, Giant Bomb, Star Gladiator, Rival Schools, indie games, media length, Wayside Stories from Wayside School, Star Trek, Hadestown, a welcome surprise

Non-Autumn Zone: Hokuto and Kamiya's Pondering Pootan: A Podcast within a Podcast, Pondering Proctors

The opening theme this season is “Das lila Lied” sung by Ute Lemper

See the show schedule here! This’ll tell you which versions of books and which sections of those books we’re reading each week.

Niamh podcasts on Export Audio with Ghost Divers and Ornate Stairwells. Fae posts on bluesky at foxmomnia.exportaud.io and on twitter @foxmomnia

Em hosts Abnormal Mapping and Repertory Screenings on abnormalmapping.com and also is the Pokemon Master of Ceremonies on The Great Gundam Project. She posts on bluesky at polarbearsummer.online and on twitter @em_being

Autumn podcasts on on Export Audio with Coffee & Comic Books and Ornate Stairwells. They’re on bluesky at autumnalcoffee.exportaud.io

Next episode: Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980) part 14 "Mein Traum vom Traum des Franz Biberkopf von Alfred Döblin - Ein Epilog"