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Episode 251 — May 12th, 2025
Book Club: Playing Oppression by Mary Flanagan and Mikael Jakobsson
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1:26
Pickle Corner Returns
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5:15
First impressions of Playing Oppression
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11:05
On the format of the book and whether it’s the best means to convey the message
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16:28
Getting on board with the core conceit of Playing Oppression
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19:41
Are games descriptive or prescriptive of our culture?
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25:07
What is a “Goose Game”
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30:42
Are video games to blame for gun violence?'
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37:02
The German Colony Game and why rehearsing violence is perhaps more visceral than witnessing it
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42:23
How are colonial and violent values baked into games that don’t have explicitly colonial flavor?
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45:26
How post-war Germany gave rise to the modern Eurogame
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52:22
How do you subvert these colonial themes in game design?
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57:14
Our experience playing the ‘anticolonialist’ games mentioned in Playing Oppression
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1:15:01
Fascism as colonialism and imperialism turned inward
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1:16:29
How does all of this relate to Magic
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1:20:42
Polytopia and whether or not a better skin would make a difference
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