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A long-form interview podcast where we talk about everything, by talking about games. Hosted by @drewmm.com
And speaking of inaugural episodes, it should be noted that @nathangrayson.bsky.social at @aftermath.site covered the game *before* this trend started, in his great interview with @ramiismail.com.
Introducing: You Are Error, Our Podcast About Gaming’s Greatest Misconceptions - Aftermath
Learning from video games' mistakes
aftermath.site
January 11, 2025 at 12:21 AM
And we're immensely excited to check out @doougle.net and @chadtoprak.bsky.social's new show!
January 11, 2025 at 12:19 AM
The same day our episode went live, @polygon.com ran a piece that seems to have gotten the ball rolling.
Dreams on a Pillow, a game about the 1948 Nakba, is the latest from a daring dev
The stealth adventure game is about people displaced by Zionist occupation
www.polygon.com
January 11, 2025 at 12:17 AM
It's been amazing to see more coverage, and *good* coverage besides, for Dreams on a Pillow!
January 11, 2025 at 12:10 AM
And if you want some bonus essays on Lies of P nd the Super Mario RPG remake, as well as some cut interview material with Bryant Cannon talking about Disco Elysium, then you'll find those very things on our Patreon. www.patreon.com/etao
April 3, 2024 at 2:16 PM
And then there was our most WNYC-ass episode so far. It's about Dragon's Dogma II and the moral hazard of meaningfully uncomfortable games that sell comfort-based microtransactions.

But also about how the game is like a DnD campaign where the other players are dogs.

Also opera.

Also, um, death.
Dragon’s Dogma II, Chaos, and Dogs
ETAO PODCAST, EPISODE 180. Dragon's Dogma II is full of inventive, quirky flourishes, meaningful frictions, and... shameless micro-transactions that capitalize on those exact quirks and frictions. We ...
etao.blog
April 3, 2024 at 2:12 PM
Next up was Helldivers II, and the question of how to make art about fascism without making art that's useful to fascists. (The game is somewhere between Starship Troopers and The Producers in its approach to that goal, as the QAA podcast recently, synchronistically pointed out).
Helldivers II and Making Art about Fascism without Making Fascist Art
ETAO PODCAST, EPISODE 179. Helldivers II is a wildly popular co-op shooter. It's also extremely funny. It's also very much about fascism, both in the sense that its satirical lens is aimed at fascist ...
etao.blog
April 3, 2024 at 2:10 PM
First, he talked about Palworld, giving the game a ludic reading (as in, what's it actually like to play it?) and a Luddite reading (as in, what's potentially fucked up about it, production-wise?)
Palworld: A Ludic Reading and a Luddite Reading
ETAO PODCAST, EPISODE 178. While the show was taking a break, Drew started putting together some essays on the growing list of recent recent surprise hits—games that, for whatever reason, have been do...
etao.blog
April 3, 2024 at 2:07 PM