07.17.2018 - By Not Your Mama's Gamer
This week we are joined by TreaAndrea Russworm (Associate Professor- U Mass- Amhearst, @ProfessorTMR) and Yussef Cole (Writer and Games Critic, @youmeyou) as we talk about Quantic Dream's Detroit: Become Human.
What We're Playing:
Hollow KnightSave the DateFloor KidsState of Decay 2PaladinsEarthfallDefiance 2050Crash Bandicoot N' Sane Trilogy
What We're Reading:
No Tea, No Shade ed. E. Patrick JohnsonAn Unkindness of Ghosts by River SolomonChildren of Blood and Bone by Tomi AdeyemiTurtles All the Way Down by John Green
What We're Drinking:
Deep Eddy's Sweet Tea Vodka and lemonadeMango Tango "juice" and vodka
Links of Note:
"'Detroit' Siphons and Squanders a History of Marginalized Struggle" by Yussef ColeBlackness is Burning: Civil Rights, Popular Culture, and the Problem of Recognition by TreaAndrea Russworm"Dystopian Blackness" from Gaming Representation: Race, Gender, and Sexuality in Video Games