Can videogames be poetic? In this recorded live show, independent game designer Jordan Magnuson chats with Host Priscilla Lee ’25 and Evelyn Chi ’25 about the short, unusual videogames that he and others make—which he calls “game poems”—as a lyric practice. With a live playthrough, audience Q&A, and discussion of Magnuson’s new book, Game Poems (Amherst College Press, 2023). 

Episode notes and further reading: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1AEqD_DJU4YYCZ0g8m1xM8Sz1VKsycJbZFZNZiblRsr0/edit?usp=sharing