Not Your Mama's Gamer

Episode 172: Regular People in Irregular Circumstances: A Conversation with Undead Labs (Click to download, or find us on iTunes, BlogTalk Radio, Stitcher, Google Play, or TuneIn). This week we are joined by Brant Fitzgerald and Geoffrey Card of Undead Labs as we talk about the zombie survival game, State of Decay 2. This time around we talk about mechanics, weapons, […]

This week we are joined by Brant Fitzgerald and Geoffrey Card of Undead Labs as we talk about the zombie survival game, State of Decay 2. This time around we talk about mechanics, weapons, diversity, narratives, and surviving the apocalypse. State of Decay 2 launches May 22, 2018 so get out there and save the world!

What We’re Playing:

State of Decay 2FrostpunkFar: Lone SailsYonder: The Cloud Catcher Chronicles

What We’re Reading:

Broken Earth Trilogy by N.K. JemisinJack Reacher novelsNikola Tesla biography

What We’re Drinking:

Grapefruit ShandyAce Pear Cider

Episode 171: Take the Cannoli: How Mafia (the game) Can Serve As a Model for Video Game Design (Click to download, or find us on iTunes, BlogTalk Radio, Stitcher, Google Play, or TuneIn).  This week we have a conversation with Alisha Karabinus and Rachel Atherton (@wrathertweets) about their research on how analog games, like the forum based social deception game […]

This week we have a conversation with Alisha Karabinus and Rachel Atherton (@wrathertweets) about their research on how analog games, like the forum based social deception game Mafia, can serve as a model for video game design. Thus the episode title that pulls from The Godfather quote, "Leave the gun, take the cannoli." that hints at leaving the forum and taking the design practices to make video games. So grab a glass of vino (or an espresso) and join us for another fun conversation because (surprise) Sam and Alisha get salty this week about Nintendo and Mojang making it near impossible to play co-op with our kids.

What We're Playing:

-Animal Crossing Pocket Camp

-Pokemon Super Mystery Dungeon

-Slay the Spire

-Overwatch

-Darwin Project

-Splatoon 2

What We're Reading:

-Children of Blood and Bone (also the selection for the book group in Sam's Mixer community)

-Diversifying Barbie and Kombat

-The Toxic Meritocracy of Video Games

What We're Drinking:

-Raspberry Seltzer Water

-Sweet Water 420 Extra Pale Ale

-Bourbon and Peach Tea

-Diet Coke

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This week we talked with Edgar Serrano (@EdgarLunarcito), Co-Founder and Director of Lienzo Studios, maker of Mulaka, a 3D action game based on the Tarhumara, an indigenous people living in the Chihuahua region of Mexico. This week we talk about the importance of integrating narratives, cultures, and histories into video games. Mulaka is a beautiful game and well worth playing. It's available on Xbox, Switch, PS4, and Steam.

What We’re Playing:

Super Mario OdysseyA Way OutNorthWhere Are My FriendsMulakaSlay the Spire

What We're Reading

Radical CandorI Kill GiantsAlgorithms of OppressionJust Mercy

What We’re Drinking

CoffeeAngry Orchard Rose

Links of Note

Mulaka Cultural VideosMulaka SoundtrackWorldwinner (this week's sponsor)

Episode 169: The Stories of The Station: A Conversation with Kevin Harwood (Right click and save as to download, or find us on iTunes, BlogTalk Radio, Stitcher, Google Play, or TuneIn). This week we talked with Kevin Harwood, the Creative Director & Producer of The Station Games (The Station). We had a great conversation about […]

This week we talked with Kevin Harwood, the Creative Director & Producer of The Station Games (The Station). We had a great conversation about narrative and storytelling. We talk about the narrative experience of The Station and how it all came to be.

What We’re Playing:

?- PUBG??

- One Eyed Kutkh

- The Station

- Mulaka

- Slay the Spire

What We're Reading

?-Algorithms of Oppression

-Art of War

-Rise and Fall of the Third Reich

-Jordan Peterson

What We’re Drinking

-All of the German Beer 

-Fever-Tree Ginger Beer and Jack Daniels

Links Of Note

S. Gordon Harwood's Gallery page (Art from Silas's room in The Station)

Episode 168: She Came to Slay: A Conversation on Community Building and Video Games (Right click and save as to download, or find us on iTunes, BlogTalk Radio, Stitcher, Google Play, or TuneIn). This week we are joined by NYMG and Mixer community member Nicole Kirchoff (@NKirc) as we talk about gaming, building community around games, and slaying monsters with friends. We […]

This week we are joined by NYMG and Mixer community member Nicole Kirchoff (@NKirc) as we talk about gaming, building community around games, and slaying monsters with friends. We had a great conversation and the salt flowed freely. For you Breath of the Wild fans you might say there was lots of Salt Grilled Fish!

What We’re Playing:

Monster Hunter: WorldMinecraftKingdom Come: DeliveranceMy Time at PortiaRock Band RivalsSlay the SpireThe Long Dark

What We're Reading

Just Mercy by Bryan StevensonSnow Crash by Neal Stephenson 

What We’re Drinking

2 Towns Bright CiderVodka and SeltzerHomemade Cranberry MalbecFever-Tree Ginger Ale and Jack Daniels

Links of Note:

Sam's Mixer Channel"Me at 3 am" video (YouTube)

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Episode 167: No Such Thing As A Stupid Question: Taking On Your Questions (Right click and save as to download, or find us on iTunes, BlogTalk Radio, Stitcher, Google Play, or TuneIn). This week Alisha and Sam answer questions submitted to the show and throw in one (each) of their own. It was a shorter episode, but it was a blast. Send […]