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Season 1 Ep 5: Colonialism in Games


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This month, we discuss our playthrough of Dog Eat Dog and the wider theme of colonialism in games.

Dog Eat Dog Characters: The Colonisers (Sean) Sapro (Milos) Glucks (Pix)

The Dog Eat Dog Rules:

1. The Islanders are inferior to Diogenians

2. Islanders must not get in the way of the dogs

3. Islanders must use Diogenian technology

4. Islanders must not act uncivilised in the presence of Diogenians

5. Islanders must not congregate outside of the town square

6. Islanders must answer all questions from the Diogenians in full

Today's games (in order of appearance):

Dog Eat Dog (Liam Liwanag Burke)

Settlers of Catan (Klaus Teuber)

Unsettling Settlers of Catan (Golboo Armani)

Archipelago (Christophe Boelinger)

Spirit Island (R. Eric Rauss)

The Last of Us (Naughty Dog)

Freedom: The Underground Railroad (Brian Mayer)

Europa Universalis IV (Paradox Interactive)

The Shooting of an Elephant (George Orwell): https://www.theshortstory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Short-stories-George-Orwell-The-Shooting-of-an-Elephant.pdf

Shut Up & Sit Down's Review of Dog Eat Dog: https://www.shutupandsitdown.com/review-dog-eat-dog/

Review of Spirit Island: https://www.shutupandsitdown.com/review-spirit-island/

This was a really heavy series of episodes. If you have any questions or comments for us, please get in touch! Contact us at [email protected]

 

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