By Jeff Barry
Exploring the craft and impact of video games.
Jack Callan and Henry Singleton take a thoughtful look at the environmental impact of the video game industry.
Truman Chancy and Diego Saavedra explore the sounds and music of video games. They take a close examination of human-composed music in contrast to AI generated music.
Esports: How they are run, what attracts viewers, raise in popularity, and covid’s effects on Esports
The Connection between Gambling Addiction and Video Games
Allie Schwab explores the cognitive effectives that video games have on our mental health.
Bonner Kirkland examines the role of video games within the fitness and health industry.
In this episode, Jack Callan examines virtual and augmented reality gaming.
In this episode, Connor Verrett looks at the role of crypto and blockchain on video games.
In this episode, Sally Ennis talks about the ethical concerns surrounding virtual/augmented reality and potential regulations for minimizing risk factors.
Truman Chancy explores the evolution of mobile games, including the demographics of mobile gamers.
Sam Van Belle examines how video games have shifted from just playing the game into a way to socialize, entertain, and learn. Sam interviews Alexandria Cortez on using Twitch livestream to reach younger audiences.
A top 10 list of the best video games of all time: why these games succeeded and revolutionized the video game industry.
Alexis Parks looks at the marketing success of Epic Games. Alexis examines the benefits of marketing, how Fortnite generates money, Fortnite marketing strategies, how Fortnite markets other brands in a mutually benefical manner, and how Fortnite is different from other...
Ellen Dulin examines the gender gap among video game players.
Simona, Seth & Simon discuss the essence of violent video games and the way violence in a virtual space might or might not correlate with violence in real life.
Seth Chapman talks about indie games, especially roguelike games by taking a close look at Hades. Seth also talks about Steam and early access to games.
Simon Michel goes in-depth in discussing Marvel's Avengers (Square Enix & Crystal Dynamics). Also, includes an interview with Addison Powers.
Simona Radeva tackles the art-making aspect of video game development. What it is, what it isn't, what are the processes involved, and why it's important for video game development in general. To answer those questions Simona is joined by Daniela...
Sam & Beth Ann discuss the evolution of player freedom in games, examining sandbox games, open world games, and RPGs with branching narratives.
In this episode Sam Armstrong looks at how games are used to tell stories by taking a dive into the various ways that games have been used to tell stories such as in Uncharted, Undertale, and the Persona series which...
Video games are bringing new life to folklore in their digital interactive reiterations, and games are definitely a platform that highlights folkloric aspects well (personal horror, disorienting strangeness, interpretative play, humanity-centrality). Whether or not video games are truly "saving" folklore,...
Why is a librarian making a podcast about video games? (Apologies about the audio quality of this episode.)
