Character Creator

Character Creator episodes:

• 03.10.2018

  Side Quest – The Gun Show

  Do violent video games cause violence? No. But some video games support the weapons industry through licensing fees and advertising revenue. If it's time to get gun money out of politics, it should also be time to get gun money...

  
• 02.06.2018

  Episode 04 - Going Home

  In this episode, I talk with Beth LaPensée, an Anishinaabe and Métis deisgner, Don Saas, a games journalist, and Brontë Mansfield, a lifelong Sims fan, about the ways in which video games and 'home' intersect. Can games help us reclaim...

  
• 01.01.2018

  Episode 03 - Gotcha!

  Pokemon is one of the most famous video games in the world. This month, I talk with art historian Daisy Charles and writer Omari Akil about the influence of Pokemon Go on public space, and find out what happened to...

  
• 12.04.2017

  Episode 02 - Patriot Games

  War and gaming have a long and complex living history. In Level One, Brian talks with combat veterans who use video games to treat their PTSD. In Level Two, Robertson Allen talks about 'America's Army', and online FPS developed by...

  
• 11.20.2017

  Side Quest: Cuphead's Racist Grandparents

  Samantha Blackmon and Yussef Cole dig up the troubled history of Fleischer and Disney animation and hold 'Cuphead' accountable for its racist ancestors.

  
• 11.06.2017

  Episode 01 - Origin Story

  In the very first episode, Brian tells the story of how he got here and why this podcast was created. It started with him on the couch playing video games and ended all the way in his office recording the...

  
• 10.26.2017

  Side Quest: Interview with Gabby DaRienzo

  Our first episode is due out in the beginning of November, but here's a little glimpse of what's to come!  Side Quests are interviews or short pieces that didn't fit into any specific episode, but that I still wanted to explore and...