Built to Play

In partnership with Radio Free Krypton we're doing two (three) episodes on toxicity in nerdom. Our episode focuses on toxic masculinity in gaming specifically. We talk to talk to Laine "Superphrenic" Yuhas about Dota 2, sexism and her organisation, Desoladies.

Later, researcher Emma Vossen, an expert on gaming and gender, gives us a run down on what it means to be a gamer, and why that sucks for everyone.

PLUS: It's CJRU 1280 AM Fund Drive time! Together with Radio Free Krypton, we have a group goal of $140. If we can pull that off, we’ll do a full bonus episode together! In it, we’ll recap and analyse the new Spider-Man video game. It’ll be a blast, and we really want to do this.

Are Syrian refugees and a love of Spider-Man not good enough? Well, don’t worry, we have a few more incentives.

If you donate $5 you’ll be entered into a draw to win a copy of Monster Hunter World on a platform of your choice. So Xbox One. PS4. PC. You name it.

At $10 we’ll steal a formatting idea from War Rocket Ajax, and rank 7 of your video games of choice. So send us some names, and we’ll tell you if they’re better than Shadow the Hedgehog or worse than Super Metroid. Plus, you get a raffle ticket for Monster Hunter.

At $20 you’ll get all of that, and we’ll read a message of your choice on air.

This ONLY works if you use the B2P offer code. Visit store.cjru.ca to learn more about the program, and make a pledge!

Phoenix Sims of Third Person Space joins us to talk about spec work, women in games, and politics. Plus, everything we actually liked from this year's show.

Here's the games we might recommend you check out following this year's E3:

• Bravery Network*
• Cyberpunk 2077
• Ghosts of Tsushima
• Beyond Good and Evil 2
• Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
• Wolfenstein: The Young Blood
• Tunic*

*Both of these are Canadian productions! Part of Beyond Good and Evil 2 will likely be made in Canada, but it's Ubisoft. Everything is made everywhere.

Thanks to the Free Music Archive for "My Sound" by Drum Kid and "Button" by Chad Crouch. Plus, OCRemix for "Incognito" by DjjD and "Smash and Burn" by WillRock.

Built to Play is a product of Met Radio in the heart of downtown Toronto. It was produced by Arman Aghbali and Danielle Rosen.

If you like the show please subscribe and rate us online. It helps more people find the show and gives us an idea how we're doing.

By suing two media organizations, Quantic Dream has done something unprecedented. When it comes to their work environment though, it's distressingly average -- with sexual misconduct, shady contracts, and a disregard for the rules. We talk to journalists and a critic who have dove deep into what makes Detroit Become Human tick.

• Mediapart
• Canard PC
• Le Monde
• Mashable's Detroit Become Human review

Thanks to the Free Music Archive for "silent eyes," "building stories," " and "unexplored corridor" by 2 Mello, and "Dream," by Chan Wai Fat, "Button" by Chad Crouch and "Sono Tranquile" by Obsibilo.

Built to Play is a product of CJRU in the heart of downtown Toronto. It was produced by Arman Aghbali and Danielle Rosen.
If you like the show please subscribe and rate us online. It helps more people find the show and gives us an idea how we're doing. Feel free to comment down below.

This episode contains the following segments:

• Our understanding of history can change how we depict it, and who gets to play the hero. We look at Kingdom Come: Deliverance as a case study. We talk to David Perry and Reid McCarter.
• Here's Reid's original article in Unwinnable, and Geraldine Heng's book on race in medieval Europe.
• Danielle Rosen gives us a look into Yakuza 6, the new adventure of the affable criminal Kazuma Kiryu, and why he's loved exploring its version of Japan.

Thanks to the Free Music Archive for "If(you>us)" and "Snooze" by Yaul, and "What Does Anybody Know About Anything," and "Out of the Skies, Under the Earth," by Chris Zabriskie, and "Holy Enough" by Steve Coombs. Also "過去の思い出" by Mewmore.

Built to Play is a product of Met Radio in the heart of downtown Toronto. It was produced by Arman Aghbali and Danielle Rosen.

If you like the show please subscribe and rate us online. It helps more people find the show and gives us an idea how we're doing.

We talk about what to call imperfection and we play some co-operative storytelling karaoke.