Episode 196: The Games and Sh*t Episode: Talking #30Games90Days and the Struggle of Game Studies

Episode 196: The Games and Sh*t Episode: Talking #30Games90Days and the Struggle of Game Studies (Click to download, or find us on iTunesSpreakerStitcherGoogle PlayTuneIn, iHeartRadio, and Spotify).

This week we had a conversation with TreaAndrea Russworm (@ProfessorTMR UMass-Amhearst), Amanda Phillips (@NazcaTheMad Georgetown University), and Angela Rain Kim (@angelarainkim UMass-Amhearst) about the #30Games90Days (@30games90days) project and the struggle of playing video games as a scholar. Settle in for an amazing conversation as we talk about games and shit (quite literally).

What We’re Playing:

  • Injustice: Gods Among Us
  • Dream Daddies
  • Project High Rise
  • Dandara
  • Binding of Isaac
  • Phoenix Wright: Dual Destinies
  • Life is Strange Before the Storm
  • Azul
  • Emily is Away
  • Halo
  • Gears 5 Tech Test
  • Dragon Quest Builders 2

What We’re Reading

  • Rainbow Arcade Collection
  • How to Play Video Games ed. by Matthew Thomas Payneand Nina B. Huntemann
  • The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
  • Lola by Melisa by Scrivener Love
  • The Erotic Life of Racism by Sharon Patricia Holland
  • The Mad Man by Samuel R. Delany
  • Babel-17 by Samuel R. Delany
  • 7 1/2 deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton
  • Saga comics
  • The Obelisk Gate by N.K. Jemison

What We’re Drinking:

  • Grapefruit Radler
  • Glenlivet
  • New City Mule Ginger Beer
  • Kirkland Tequila