Episode 155: Rebooting Boyhood and Playing Games For Girls: A Conversation with Carly Kocurek

Episode 155: Rebooting Boyhood and Playing Games For Girls: A Conversation with Carly Kocurek (Right click and save as to download, or find us on iTunes, BlogTalk RadioStitcher, Google Play, or TuneIn).

This week we have a conversation with Carly Kocurek, author of Coin-Operated Americans: Rebooting Boyhood at the Video Game Arcade (2015) and Brenda Laurel: Pioneering Games for Girls (2017) and developer of games like Choice Texas. We chat about Al Capone and money laundering, Disney and film preservation, video games (of course), and much more.

What We’re Playing:

  • Overwatch
  • Ever Oasis
  • Perception
  • Lego Dimensions

What We’re Reading

What We’re Drinking

  • Dogfish Head Namaste White
  • Cider Boys Peach County

Featured photo credit: Timeline: The Golden Age of Video Arcades