Best Videogames E Podcasts (2025)

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Marco Arnaudo, "The Tabletop Revolution: Gaming Reimagined in the 21st Century" (McFarland, 2023) 27:19

2h ago27:19

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The Tabletop Revolution: Gaming Reimagined in the 21st Century (McFarland, 2023) is an overview of the ongoing revolution in tabletop gaming design and culture, which exploded to unprecedented levels of vitality in the 21st century, leading to new ways of creating, marketing, and experiencing a game. Designers have become superstars, publishers hav…

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Episode 94: Gotta go fast with Creativity, Science, and the Sonic Cinematic Saga 1:12:04

4h ago1:12:04

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Click Here to send in your random question to have a chance to win! Ever wondered how a quirky podcast name like "Deep Space and Dragons" came to be? Richard and Karl share the humorous backstory of their show's branding journey and why creativity matters in crafting an identity. They dive headfirst into personal projects, from Richard's DIY graphi…

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Jesper Juul, "Too Much Fun: The Five Lives of the Commodore 64 Computer" (MIT Press, 2024) 36:40

7h ago36:40

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The surprising history of the Commodore 64, the best-selling home computer of the 1980s—the machine that taught the world that computing should be fun. The Commodore 64 (C64) is officially the best-selling desktop computer model of all time, according to The Guinness Book of World Records. It was also, from 1985 to 1993, the platform for which most…

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Café com Videogames #176 - Expectativas de 2025! 1:56:45

20h ago1:56:45

1:56:45

Estamos de volta com o Café com Videogames no seu feed!Talvez você tenha notado alguns números faltando.......... o fim do ano passado foi bem complicado, mas que tal não pensarmos nisso e olharmos pro futuro?O Café com Videogames é gravado geralmente às segundas, 10h da manhã, lá na twitch.tv/nautiluslink e agora também no YouTube! Você também pod…

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James Malazita, "Enacting Platforms: Feminist Technoscience and the Unreal Engine" (MIT Press, 2024) 40:01

5d ago40:01

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An analysis of the game engine Unreal through feminist, race, and queer theories of technology and media, as well as a critique of the platform studies framework itself. In this first scholarly book on the Unreal game engine, James Malazita explores one of the major contemporary game development platforms through feminist, race, and queer theories …

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Episode 93: Shonen Jump Round-up the Fourth 3rd Impact 1:18:39

7d ago1:18:39

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Click Here to send in your random question to have a chance to win! Ever wondered what makes prequels tick despite their predictable endings? Join me, Richard Arthur John Kevis the First, and my co-host Karl as we embark on a quirky exploration of the television and manga worlds in this episode of "Deep Space and Dragons." We kick off with a light-…

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TA 061 – Flow / Straume 36:29

10d ago36:29

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Cari amici, Buon Anno da Tecnica Arcana! Iniziamo l’anno con un episodio molto sentito e un po’ piu’ personale del solito. Questa volta vi racconto la storia di Straume o Flow (o Flow – Un Mondo da Salvare, what’s wrong with you, Italy?) il film di animazione Lettone che sta conquistando il mondo e facendo incetta di premi, ultimo dei quali il pres…

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Andrew S. Latham, "Hey! Listen!: Hypertext Rhetoric and The Legend of Zelda" (McFarland, 2024) 39:25

9d ago39:25

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How does analyzing video games as hypertexts expand the landscape of research for video game rhetoricians and games studies scholars? This is the first book to focus on how hypertext rhetoric impacts the five canons of rhetoric, and to apply that hypertext rhetoric to the study of video games. It also explores how ludonarrative agency is seized by …

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John Eglin, "The Gambling Century: Commercial Gaming in Britain from Restoration to Regency" (Oxford UP, 2023) 56:42

18d ago56:42

56:42

John Eglin talks with Jana Byars about The Gambling Century: Commercial Gaming in Britain from Restoration to Regency (Oxford UP, 2023). Gambling captures as nothing else the drama of the "long eighteenth century" between the age of religious wars and the age of revolutions. The society that was confronted with games of chance pursued as commercial…

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TA 060 – 2024 Christmas & New Year’s Eve Spectacular! 1:50:16

22d ago1:50:16

1:50:16

Cari amici di Tecnica Arcana, per ringraziarvi di questo strepitoso anno di rinascita ecco un mega episodio Natalizio di quasi due ore. Grazie per averci seguito dopo piu’ di dieci anni di silenzio e un sentito ringraziamento a tutti coloro che non hanno mai rimosso il feed dai loro aggregatori nella speranza di trovare qualcosa. Tra episodi piu’ o…

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Julien Mailland, "The Game That Never Ends: How Lawyers Shape the Videogame Industry" (MIT Press, 2024) 40:39

24d ago40:39

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A guide to the fascinating legal history of the videogame industry, written for nonlawyers. Why did a judge recall FIFA 15, a nonviolent soccer game, from French shelves in 2014? Why was Vodka Drunkenski, a character in Nintendo-Japan’s Punch-Out!, renamed Soda Popinski in the US and then in Western Europe, where the pun made no sense? Why was a Du…

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Episode 92 New D&D 5.5 Plus Alteration Edition Rules 1:11:33

28d ago1:11:33

1:11:33

Click Here to send in your random question to have a chance to win! Ever wondered why D&D streamers bite the hand that feeds them? Or why new players seek complexity, only to strip it away once the dice start rolling? This episode is an entertaining rollercoaster through those dilemmas and more. Richard shares his firsthand experience running Shado…

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Matthew S. Smith, "EverQuest" (Boss Fight Books, 2024) 38:29

1M ago38:29

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“You’re in our world now.” This bold tagline led Sony’s 1999 ad blitz for EverQuest (Boss Fight Books, 2024), the year’s most anticipated massively multiplayer game. Though just five words long, it challenged players to live in a virtual world beyond anything they’d experienced before—and delivered. The game that proved the MMORPG’s potential, Ever…

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Tom Boellstorff and Braxton Soderman, "Intellivision: How a Videogame System Battled Atari and Almost Bankrupted Barbie®" (MIT Press, 2024) 35:27

1M ago35:27

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The engaging story of Intellivision, an overlooked videogame system from the late 1970s and early 1980s whose fate was shaped by Mattel, Atari, and countless others who invented the gaming industry. Astrosmash, Snafu, Star Strike, Utopia—do these names sound familiar to you? No? Maybe? They were all videogames created for the Intellivision videogam…

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TA 059 – Lost & Found 1:23:04

1M ago1:23:04

1:23:04

Non ci sono mezzi per fare upselling di questo episodio: e’ un’ora e mezza di un vecchio che si lamenta di portachiavi digitali, convinto di aver registrato uno degli episodi piu’ interessanti della sua carriera. Spoiler Alert: E’ uno speciale smart tracker / smart tags Ringrazio il mio buon amico Danilo Olivieri di All About Apple per avermi tenut…

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Episode 91 Shark Tales Jaws eats Karl, Richard laughs. 51:23

1M ago51:23

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Click Here to send in your random question to have a chance to win! Ever thought about turning a pile of discarded Magic: The Gathering cards into a brand-new game? Join us on a whimsical adventure where (K)Carl reveals his quirky journey of creating a rock-paper-scissors-style card game, complete with AI mishaps and paper cutter woes. Richard and …

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Episode 90: Unraveling the Threads of AI Art and Identity 1:18:38

2M ago1:18:38

1:18:38

Click Here to send in your random question to have a chance to win! What if the secrets to an unpredictable career path lie in drive-thru legal advice or romantic texting tips? Join us on a whimsical journey as we explore the quirks of our modern lives, from the enduring existence of podcasts across galaxies to the peculiar absence of internal mono…

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Episode 89? Karl and Richard Answer Random Questions? 1:16:01

2M ago1:16:01

1:16:01

Click Here to send in your random question to have a chance to win! Picture this: you’re stuck in a winter wonderland with a pile of college applications looming over you like Richard, or maybe you're living the carefree life like Karl. Either way, you're in for a treat. We've got non-traditional Christmas movies on our radar, and we're taking you …

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Gabe Durham, "Bible Adventures" (Boss Fight Books, 2015) 29:15

2M ago29:15

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In the beginning, a small unlicensed game development company was hit with divine inspiration: They could make a lot of money (and escape the wrath of Nintendo) by creating games for Christians. With the release of the 1990 NES platformer Bible Adventures, the developers saw what they had made, and it was good. Or, at least, good enough. Based on e…

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Seth E. Jenny et al., "Routledge Handbook of Esports" (Routledge, 2024) 35:37

2M ago35:37

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The Routledge Handbook of Esports (Routledge, 2024) offers the first fully comprehensive, interdisciplinary study of esports, one of the fastest growing sectors of the contemporary sports and entertainment industries. Global in coverage, the book emphasizes the multifaceted nature of esports and explores the most pressing issues defining the compet…

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Yaraslau Kot, "Central and Eastern European Histories and Heritages in Video Games" (Routledge, 2024) 35:52

2M ago35:52

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Focusing on games that examine a range of national histories and heritages from across Central and Eastern Europe, Central and Eastern European Histories and Heritages in Video Games (Routledge, 2024) looks beyond the diversity of the local histories depicted in games, and the audience reception of these histories, to show a diversity of approaches…

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Episode 88: Night of the Living Karl 1:03:55

2M ago1:03:55

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Click Here to send in your random question to have a chance to win! Prepare to embark on a thrilling journey through the worlds of horror and sci-fi as we unravel the cultural impact of "Night of the Living Dead," and discover what makes this iconic 1968 film a timeless classic. Ever wondered how black-and-white cinematography and chocolate sauce c…

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Richard Moss, "Tale of Two Halves: The History Of Football Video Games" (Bitmap Books, 2024) 37:28

3M ago37:28

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Painstakingly researched and written by football-obsessed writer and experienced game journalist, historian, and documentarian Richard Moss – author of Bitmap's own The Secret History of Mac Gaming – A Tale of Two Halves: The History Of Football Video Games stays keenly on the ball as it shares the rich and influential history of video game footbal…

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TASH 09 – Speciale Halloween 2024 – L’Oggetto di Merivälja 1:06:21

3M ago1:06:21

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Cari amici del terrore, ben ritrovati all’immancabile Speciale Halloween di Tecnica Arcana! Quest’anno abbiamo preparato un episodio decisamente speciale: dopo un excursus da brividi nelle leggende urbane legate al mondo dei videogiochi, ci tuffiamo nella prima investigazione del mistero inedita di Tecnica Arcana! Piu’ di 300 km percorsi per sposta…

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Tom Smith, "Anatomy of Game Design" (CRC Press, 2024) 28:05

3M ago28:05

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People have played games forever, but it’s only in the past few decades that people really started thinking about what games are, how they work, and how to make them better. Anatomy of Game Design (CRC Press, 2024) takes some of the most popular and beloved games of all time and dissects them to see what makes them tick. By breaking down the system…

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Episode 87: Spoiler Warnings and Manga Masterpieces 1:20:24

3M ago1:20:24

1:20:24

Click Here to send in your random question to have a chance to win! What happens when you mix the epic battles of Dragon Ball with the unpredictable charm of a "stealth nerdy" wedding? You get an episode packed with laughter, surprise, and a sprinkle of fan theory magic! Richard recounts an unforgettable wedding experience that had lightsaber cake …

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Maurice Suckling, "Paper Time Machines: Critical Game Design and Historical Board Games" (Routledge, 2024) 35:18

3M ago35:18

35:18

James Dunnigan’s memorable phrase serves as the first part of a title for this book, where it seeks to be applicable not just to analog wargames, but also to board games exploring non-expressly military history, that is, to political, diplomatic, social, economic, or other forms of history. Don’t board games about history, made predominantly out of…

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Episode 86: Weddings, Wizards, and Writing. 1:18:38

4M ago1:18:38

1:18:38

Click Here to send in your random question to have a chance to win! Can a horror movie tradition ignite romance and suspense all at once? Join us on "Deep Space and Dragons" as Richard and Karl usher in October with spine-chilling tales and heartwarming anecdotes. Karl surprises Richard by revealing his passion for horror flicks, a shared tradition…

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Jordan Minor, "Video Game of the Year: A Year-By-Year Guide to the Best, Boldest, and Most Bizarre Games from Every Year Since 1977" (Abrams, 2023) 17:07

4M ago17:07

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Pong. The Legend of Zelda. Final Fantasy VII. Rock Band. Fortnite. Animal Crossing: New Horizons. For each of the 40 years of video game history, there is a defining game, a game that captured the zeitgeist and left a legacy for all games that followed. Through a series of entertaining, informative, and opinionated critical essays, author and tech …

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Marta Fijak and Artur Ganszyniec, "How and Why We Make Games" (CRC Press, 2024) 32:51

4M ago32:51

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How and Why We Make Games (CRC Press, 2024) delves into the intricate realms of games and their creation, examining them through cultural, systemic, and, most notably, human lenses. It explores diverse themes such as authorship, creative responsibility, the tension between games as a product and games as a form of cultural expression, and the myth …

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Hey, Robot! 28:34

4M ago28:34

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Today, we’re playing with voice assistants and thinking about the role of voices in gaming with our guest, game designer and NYU professor Frank Lantz. Over the past nightmare year of the coronavirus, many of us have been hunkered down, trying to figure out how to pass the time with our families. Board game sales on Amazon were up 4,000% percent in…

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Episode 85: Purple Ninja;, Cyber Noir 1:08:07

4M ago1:08:07

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Click Here to send in your random question to have a chance to win! What do you do when a purple ninja wielding a shotgun crosses your path in broad daylight? Join us as Richard and Karl tackle this wild encounter, laugh through the absurdity of it, and provide some real-life safety tips along the way. Karl also gives a quirky yet critical review o…

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Periscópio #129 - Star Wars Outlaws | Space Marine 2 | Visions of Mana 1:52:46

4M ago1:52:46

1:52:46

O Periscópio é gravado quinzenalmente na quinta, às 10h, lá na twitch.tv/nautiluslinkParticipantes:Host: Lucas Zavadil | @lucaszavadil.bsky.socialMesa: Ricardo Régis | @ricardonauts.bsky.socialApoie o projeto e permita que ele continue: apoia.se/nautilusEncontre-nos também nas redes sociais:Discord: bit.ly/DiscordNautilusTwitter: twitter.com/nautil…

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Café com Videogames #171 - Gamescom, Directs e o fim do Twitter 1:32:24

4M ago1:32:24

1:32:24

O Café com Videogames é gravado às segundas, 10h da manhã, lá na twitch.tv/nautiluslinkParticipantes:Host: Lucas Zavadil | @lucaszavadil.bsky.socialMesa: Ricardo Régis | @ricardonauts.bsky.socialApoie o projeto e permita que ele continue: apoia.se/nautilusEncontre-nos também nas redes sociais:Discord: bit.ly/DiscordNautilusTwitter: twitter.com/naut…

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Satsui no Rádio #01 - Uma nova era de ouro dos jogos de luta? feat. @CalibreLordal 1:46:54

4M ago1:46:54

1:46:54

Esse é o piloto do Satsui no Rádio, um podcast sobre jogos de luta, em parceria com o Saga do @CalibreLordal Gravado lá na twitch.tv/nautiluslink, e disponível no nosso feed de podcasts (Nautilus Link no Spotify ou no seu agregador de podcasts favorito)Participantes:Henrique | @hernique.bsky.socialRicardo Nauts | @ricardonauts.bsky.socialSaga Kazam…

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Café com Videogames #170 - Um Tango com a Krafton, STALKER 2, e mais! 1:31:04

4M ago1:31:04

1:31:04

O Café com Videogames é gravado às segundas, 10h da manhã, lá na twitch.tv/nautiluslinkParticipantes:Host: hernique | @hernique.bsky.socialMesa: Lucas Zavadil | @lucaszavadil.bsky.socialApoie o projeto e permita que ele continue: apoia.se/nautilusEncontre-nos também nas redes sociais:Discord: bit.ly/DiscordNautilusTwitter: twitter.com/nautiluslink…

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Periscópio #128 - Dungeons of Hinterberg | Nobody Wants to Die | CONSCRIPT | Cataclismo 1:31:10

4M ago1:31:10

1:31:10

O Periscópio é gravado quinzenalmente na quinta, às 10h, lá na twitch.tv/nautiluslinkParticipantes:Host: Lucas Zavadil | @lucaszavadil.bsky.socialMesa: Ricardo Régis | @ricardonauts.bsky.socialApoie o projeto e permita que ele continue: apoia.se/nautilusEncontre-nos também nas redes sociais:Discord: bit.ly/DiscordNautilusTwitter: twitter.com/nautil…

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Episode 84: Anime Squad Dynamics, Comic-Con Adventures, and The Fly(for some reason) 1:22:06

5M ago1:22:06

1:22:06

Click Here to send in your random question to have a chance to win! Have you ever wondered how your favorite Halloween traditions stack up against ours? Join us as we kick off this episode with a hilarious chat about ignoring phone calls and dive into the excitement of fall, a season Karl’s girlfriend is especially fond of for Halloween preparation…

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Especial QGL #02 - Railander Games, Frecheirinha-CE 12:51

4M ago12:51

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eu conversei com o seu vicente, também conhecido como railander, dono de uma locadora em frecheirinha, no cearáele criou uma espécie de “vale games” para as crianças do bairro — elas podem jogar de graça, contanto que estejam se esforçando na escolamas pra isso, ele depende de doações, principalmente enquanto o twitter não voltaencontre railander g…

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Jordan Magnuson, "Game Poems: Videogame Design as Lyric Practice" (Amherst College Press, 2023) 35:18

5M ago35:18

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Scholars, critics, and creators describe certain videogames as being “poetic,” yet what that means or why it matters is rarely discussed. In Game Poems: Videogame Design as Lyric Practice (Amherst College Press, 2023), independent game designer Jordan Magnuson explores the convergences between game making and lyric poetry and makes the surprising p…

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Sarah Malanowski and Nicholas R. Baima, "Why It's Ok to Be a Gamer" (Routledge, 2024) 24:39

5M ago24:39

24:39

If you enjoy video games as a pastime, you are certainly not alone—billions of people worldwide now play video games. However, you may still find yourself reluctant to tell others this fact about yourself. After all, we are routinely warned that video games have the potential to cause addiction and violence. And when we aren’t being warned of their…

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Christopher B. Patterson and Tara Fickle, "Made in Asia/America: Why Video Games Were Never (Really) about Us" (Duke UP, 2024) 40:34

5M ago40:34

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Made in Asia/America: Why Video Games Were Never (Really) about Us (Duke UP, 2024) explores the key role video games play within the race makings of Asia/America. Its fourteen critical essays on games, ranging from Death Stranding to Animal Crossing, and five roundtables with twenty Asian/American game makers examine the historical entanglements of…

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Café com Videogames #168 feat. Breno Mancini - Monotonia, Game Design Hub e notícias da semana 1:47:54

5M ago1:47:54

1:47:54

O convidado de hj é Breno Mancini! Siga ele e o GDH: https://twitter.com/gamedesign_hub | https://twitter.com/brenomanciniO Café com Videogames é gravado às segundas, 10h da manhã, lá na twitch.tv/nautiluslinkParticipantes:Host: Lucas Zavadil | @lucaseduardrzConvidado: Breno Mancini | @brenomanciniConvidado: hernique | @hernique777Apoie o projeto e…

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Episode 83: Unpacking Deadpool's & Wolverine, it was less a movie and more an experience? 1:13:33

6M ago1:13:33

1:13:33

Click Here to send in your random question to have a chance to win! Magic: The Gathering enthusiasts, ever wonder what it’s like to hunt down that elusive card? Join us as Karl dives into the intricate world of Magic with his “only goblins” deck, embarking on a thrilling hunt for a specific uncommon goblin card from the Lost Caverns of Ixalan set. …

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Tore C. Olsson, "Red Dead's History: A Video Game, an Obsession, and America's Violent Past" (St. Martin's Press, 2024) 1:15:43

6M ago1:15:43

1:15:43

Red Dead Redemption and Red Dead Redemption II, set in 1911 and 1899, are the most-played American history video games since The Oregon Trail. Beloved by millions, they’ve been widely acclaimed for their realism and attention to detail. But how do they fare as re-creations of history? In Red Dead's History: A Video Game, an Obsession, and America's…

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Café com Videogames #167 - Sucessor espiritual de Parasite Eve, EVO 2024 e MAIS 1:02:13

6M ago1:02:13

1:02:13

O Café com Videogames é gravado às segundas, 10h00 da manhã, lá na twitch.tv/nautiluslinkParticipantes:Host: Lucas Zavadil | @lucaseduardrzConvidado: hernique | @hernique777Apoie o projeto e permita que ele continue: apoia.se/nautilusEncontre-nos também nas redes sociais:Discord: bit.ly/DiscordNautilusTwitter: twitter.com/nautiluslink…

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Episode 82: The Surprising World of the Red Stapler, is it Karl's phylactery? 1:24:54

6M ago1:24:54

1:24:54

Click Here to send in your random question to have a chance to win! Ever wondered what happens when you blend humor, nostalgia, and the intricate world of gaming? Buckle up for a rollercoaster ride as we kick off with a light-hearted misunderstanding about Amazon, leading into Karl's passionate rant about the iconic red Swingline stapler from "Offi…

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Sören Schoppmeier, "Playing American: Open-World Videogames and the Reproduction of American Culture" (De Gruyter, 2023) 25:08

6M ago25:08

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Videogames have always depicted representations of American culture, but how exactly they feed back into this culture is less obvious. Advocating an action-based understanding of both videogames and culture, this book delineates how aspects of American culture are reproduced transnationally through popular open-world videogames. Playing American: O…

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Especial QGL - Ratos, Jacarés, e a Evo Japão 2024 1:06:49

6M ago1:06:49

1:06:49

entrevistei o rang13, top 8 na evo japão 2024, e o zatefgc, o maior organizador de torneios de anime fighters no Brasilo 'que gráfico lixo' é um podcast exclusivo sobre assuntos variados para apoiadores do Nautilus, mas esse episódio está disponível para todos se quer ouvir os outros episódios, considere nos apoiar em apoia.se/nautilus ou através d…

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Café com Videogames #166 - MUDANÇAS chegando para o Game Pass 1:05:56

6M ago1:05:56

1:05:56

O Café com Videogames é gravado às segundas, 9h30 da manhã, lá na twitch.tv/nautiluslinkParticipantes:Host: Lucas Zavadil | @lucaseduardrzConvidado: Ricardo Régis | @RicardoNautsApoie o projeto e permita que ele continue: apoia.se/nautilusEncontre-nos também nas redes sociais:Discord: bit.ly/DiscordNautilusTwitter: twitter.com/nautiluslink…

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