The Left Page & Here Be Media

Hello everyone!!

We kick off September with a very interesting concept episode, as we talk about Tropes, and clichés and archetypes!

A very good time as we consider not just the creation of art, especially literature, but also its very superficial and weak discourse that is mostly upheld by these building blocks of tropes.

We also go over a general engagement with art and the willingness to confront plenty of both good and bad, and even some of our personally most enjoyed and hated tropes!

Enjoy!

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Intro: "Ultralounge" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Outro: "Leve Palestina" Spartacus

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Hello everyone!!

This is a big one! We are finally talking about Baldur's Gate 3!

In our longest Left Page and Here Be Media episode to date we dive into many of the complexities involving Dungeons & Dragons, tabletop RPGs, the fantasy problems of "races" and this incredibly interesting and fun game of wish-fulfillment, adventure, and more!

We still have many critiques though, and go into ways this is a remarkable game, but could have been even more engaging and entertaining too.

We are also, of course, joined by Holly! Making this equal parts a serious, critical, and very very fun episode! Enjoy!!

As part of our question of "races" in D&D, check out the following video too:

Bioessentialism in Gaming, https://youtu.be/u2PhrI4yZXY

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Also! If you're not there already, feel free to join our Discord, as we have been more talkative than usual, and plan to do so more and more!

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Intro Music: Home, by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

Outro Music: Leve Palestina, Spartacus

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Hello everyone!!

It has been one year since, but we return to the responsible dystopia of The Expanse! Following books 4 to 6, Cibola Burn, Nemesis Games & Babylon's Ashes!

This time we dive further into the possible horrors mankind can accomplish all on its own, the difficult nature of resistance and rebellion, the looming unknowns orders of magnitude above humanity, and how this book series continues to be incredible in its commitment to the psychological the economical and the sociological!

Enjoy!

And if you missed it, check out the first part!

Episode 70 - The Expanse 1-3: Where Subtle Utopia Meets Responsible Dystopia

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Intro: "Ultralounge" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Outro: "Leve Palestina" Spartacus

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Comrades!

Lend us your ears! As one of the best to ever pod it joins us to talk about his book!

Are you tired of being alone in the dark clutches of Capital-C-Capitalism?! Then take our hand our downtrodden compatriot, and join us on a voyage of radical informational archeology, and imagination.

"If you’ve been feeling isolated or afraid, take up this book and find that the only thing hiding in the shadows is our hope for a better world that could yet be."

— Ashley Darrow

Please, enjoy!

Leon & Frank

Buy it! We are no longer asking:

https://repeaterbooks.com/product/capitalism-a-horror-story-gothic-marxism-and-the-dark-side-of-the-radical-imagination/

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Hello everyone!!

As a special treat this July, we have another Here Be Media episode! It's an X-Men deep dive, even as we talk about the latest show, and we're joined by a good friend and academic, André Kanasiro!

We talk about the many parallels that are usually established when one talks about the X-Men, the pervading liberalism of it all, and the terrible terrible notions of "evolution" at play here too! We even touch upon the early 2000s films and even some recent comics, it's an X-Men full platter!

Enjoy!

You can find Andre on Instagram, BlueSky, And Twitter at: @andrekanasiro

Mentioned:

https://revistazelota.com/ and @revistazelota in all social media.

https://spectrummagazine.org/ and @spectrummag on Twitter, and @adventistforum on Instagram.

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Intro Music: Home, by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

Outro Music: Leve Palestina, Spartacus

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Hello everyone!!

For our first episode of July we have a very special collab! We are joined by Cassidy and Charkie of the Bad Game Hall of Fame to talk about bad videogames!

Havin been interested in the subject for a while, we bring in the experts to dive into and games, and their merits!

What makes a videogame bad? Why are they still interesting? How can we talk about and make content on them? How do we engage with their history?

These are only some of the questions we go into in this episode, all while thinking about the media criticism we make and how we engage with this gripping artistic medium for us: videogames.

Do absolutely check out Bad Game Hall of Fame in all their forms!

https://www.badgamehalloffame.com/

https://www.twitch.tv/badgamehalloffame

https://www.youtube.com/@badgamehalloffame

https://www.patreon.com/badgamehalloffame

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Intro Music: Home, by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

Outro Music: Downtime, Miracle of Sound

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Hello everyone!!

For our Here Be Media episode of the month, we dive into some aspects of this horrible and conservative force we call: Canon!

To start off this new Concept series we go into some media products and franchises, their issues as "IPs", fandom and their relationship to Canon, and finally, we talk about this terrible beast we see as the Literary Canon!

Join us as we start laying the groundwork to show and elaborate on how this must necessarily be brought down.

Enjoy!

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Hello everyone!!

For this month's Left Page we turn back to China Miéville, in a weird and fascinating book about detective stories, borders, and violence, it is The City and the City!

In this episode we dive into the place of these cities, both fictionally and the real-world cultures they interact with and are a part of; we consider the detective narrative and how it interacts with this story, and the inherent violence to sustaining and upholding borders!

Enjoy!

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Intro: "Ultralounge" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Outro: "Leve Palestina" Spartacus

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Hello everyone!!

For this month's Left Page we talked about the very weird, very interesting, and very hybrid Gogmagog, by Jeff Noon and Steve Beard! And we are joined by friend and podcaster Eden, of Heavy Blog is Heavy, Death // Sentence and AnarchySF fame!

It's a thorough conversation over the weirdness present in the book, the alegory with England and the broader aspect of Hybridity in the many intersections, exchanges and differences Gogmagog presents us.

Join us as we dive into some very strange, yet damn good fantasy! Have fun!

And do check out Eden's various projects and works!

Heavy Blog is Heavy

Death // Sentence

AnarchySF

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Intro: "Ultralounge" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Outro: "Leve Palestina" Spartacus

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Hello everyone!!

For our second HBM we'll dive into an animated sci-fi series that's weird, strange and very very interesting, we talk about Scavenger's Reign! And we won't do so alone, as we invited our great friend Nate along!

Join us as we discuss the challenges of being marooned in an alien moon, the inherent horror of capitalism in space, and how we must be open to engage with the environment and the world around us, and even then, we can't escape ourselves, our traumas, and our hopes.

Enjoy!

And please support our Patreon if you're interested and want access to early content and the bonus Reading Corners!! Big things are coming! https://www.patreon.com/leftpage

Intro Music: Home, by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

Outro Music: Leve Palestina, Spartacus

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