Game Studies Study Buddies

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Game Studies Study Buddies episodes

February 01, 2025 78 – Dibbell – My Tiny Life
We talk about Julian Dibbell’s My Tiny Life.
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2 hr 8 min
December 31, 2024 77 – Flanagan and Jakobsson – Playing Oppression
We talk about Mary Flanagan and Mikael Jakobsson’s Playing Oppression.
You can read the book open access on The MIT Press website: https://direct.mit.edu/books/oa-monograph/5547/Playing-OppressionThe-Legacy-of-Conquest-and
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2 hr 14 min
December 01, 2024 76 – Trammell – Repairing Play
We talk about Aaron Trammell’s Repairing Play. It is open access on The MIT Press’s website: https://direct.mit.edu/books/oa-monograph/5530/Repairing-PlayA-Black-Phenomenology
Note: Did one last final check — Riven did eventually release for the Sega Saturn.
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1 hr 46 min
October 31, 2024 75 – Jameson – Postmodernism
We talk about Fredric Jameson’s “Postmodernism, or The Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism” which was originally published in New Left Review in 1984.
Note: Checked one more time — Riven did eventually release for the Sega Saturn.
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2 hr 31 min
September 30, 2024 74 – Guerra – Slantwise Moves
We talk about Douglas Guerra’s Slantwise Moves: Games, Literature, and Social Invention in Nineteenth-Century America.
Note: Checked again — Riven did eventually release for the Sega Saturn.
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1 hr 34 min
August 31, 2024 73 – Wardrip-Fruin – How Pac-Man Eats
We talk about Noah Wardrip-Fruin’s How Pac-Man Eats.
Note: Still confirming that Riven eventually released for the Sega Saturn.
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2 hr 23 min
July 30, 2024 72 – Myst: Masterpiece Edition
We talk about Cyan’s Myst.
Note: Riven did eventually come out for the Sega Saturn.
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2 hr 1 min
July 01, 2024 71 – Pinchbeck – Doom: Scarydarkfast
We talk about Dan Pinchbeck’s Doom: Scarydarkfast.
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1 hr 27 min
May 31, 2024 70 – De Koven – The Well-Played Game
We talk about Bernard De Koven’s The Well-Played Game.
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2 hr 17 min
April 30, 2024 69 – Hunter – Playing Real
We talk about Lindsay Brandon Hunter’s Playing Real: Mimesis, Media, and Mischief.
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1 hr 59 min