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e136. Describing 14 Films We Haven’t Seen

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November 16, 2020
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In a world where four podcasters are exhausted from the never ended horrific news cycle of politics, racial tensions, pestilence and death that has been the year 2020, these weary…

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Call For Comments: Is This The Darkest Timeline?

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October 9, 2020
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From Mav: It’s 2020, and the world is on fire. We all know how bad things have been. Some of the things are obvious, longterm, and we’ve done shows on…

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e127. Dungeons & Diversity

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September 14, 2020
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In our contemporary moment pop culture is controlled by two forces. A focus on so-called “geek culture” and a push for more inclusive diversity across media forms. While there is…

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Call for Comments: Revising Race in Dungeons and Dragons

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August 18, 2020
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From Katya: Wizards of the Coast recently announced (by recently I mean mid-June. It’s been a YEAR y’all) ways that they’re attempting to address the game’s racist characterizations of, well,…

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e113. Cartoons vs. Avatars

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June 8, 2020
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A couple of weeks ago, in order to placate the masses during a worldwide quanrantine, Facebook released their new “Avatar” system — a tool to allow users to create little…

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e105. Animal Crossing & Cozy Games in Worldwide Pandemics

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April 13, 2020
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If you’re listening to our show, chances are you live on the planet Earth (and if not, welcome!) and so that means for the last few week, you have likely…

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e104. 5 Victorian Parlour Games for Worldwide Pandemics

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April 6, 2020
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If you live anywhere on the planet Earth — and if you’re listening to this podcast, we assume you do — then you’re probably aware that we are currently in…

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Call for Comments: The Cozy Games Stress Vaccine

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April 1, 2020
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From Katya: Animal Crossing: New Horizons dropped on March 20th, much to the relief of a lot of folks gaming through the COVID-19 pandemic. In the tradition of the OG…

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e99. Pseudo-Academic Content: Listener Discretion is Advised

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March 2, 2020
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We live in a content driven world: Movies, Books, Music, TV, Comics, Video Games, and even Podcasts. “Content is king!” or so they say. But of course, different types of…

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Call for Comments: Content Ratings and Parental Ratings Guides

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February 20, 2020
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From Mav: I’ve gotten into a couple conversations recently with different people about movie ratings. Not the kind of whether they’re good and bad… stars… thumbs up and down and…