Podcast

Game Studies Study Buddies

Leisure, Video Games

Learn all about the academic field of game studies!

Video Games chart
#69
Episodes
99
Releases
Monthly
Typical length
1 hr 54 min
On air since
2018
Latest episode
1 month ago

Episodes

99 episodes, newest first

  1. 1 hr 47 min
  2. 1 hr 54 min
  3. 2 hr 21 min
  4. 95 – Nardo – The Ludic Self in Seventeenth-Century English Literature

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    We talk about Anna Nardo’s 1991 book.

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    2 hr 2 min
  5. 1 hr 57 min
  6. 93 – Sutton-Smith – The Ambiguity of Play

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    We talk about Brian Sutton-Smith’s 1997 book.

    We talk about the 2004 documentary War Game.

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    2 hr 52 min
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  9. 90 – Crawford – The Art of Computer Game Design

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    We talk about the 1984 book The Art of Computer Game Design by Chris Crawford.

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    1 hr 4 min
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  11. 88 – Bowling For Columbine

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    We talk about the 2002 film Bowling For Columbine.

    Content warning for school shooting footage and gun violence and death footage in the film itself (and our discussion of it).

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    2 hr 10 min
  12. 2 hr 59 min
  13. 86 – Jacob Geller

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    Michael is out on family leave, so Jacob Geller comes in for an interview about making YouTube videos.

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    1 hr 21 min
  14. 85 – American Truck Simulator

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    The Summer of Simulation ends with an American Truck Simulator episode.

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    1 hr 5 min
  15. 84 – Baudrillard – Simulacra and Simulation

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    We talk about Jean Baudrillard’s Simulacra and Simulation.

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    2 hr 33 min
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  17. 82 – Gunkel – Gaming the System

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    We talk about David J. Gunkel’s Gaming the System.

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    2 hr 35 min
  18. 81 – Jørgensen – Gameworld Interfaces

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    We talk about Kristine Jørgensen’s Gameworld Interfaces.

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    1 hr 34 min
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  20. 79 – Humphreys – Manifest Destiny 2.0

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    We talk about Sara Humphreys’ Manifest Destiny 2.0: Genre Trouble in Game Worlds.

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    1 hr 45 min