A while back we thought out loud about how much fun it would be to do a group play-through of a section of a game and just chat about it while it happened. And then Nicole moved away and things got a bit more tricky. Well, we finally finagled something and so we are bringing [...]
Posts Tagged ‘zombies’
Episode 27: Brains! Making, Using, and Eating Them: On Countdowns and Cognition in Video Games
January 27th, 2012 
dr. b. Episode 27 : Brains! Making, Using, and Eating Them: On Countdowns and Cognition in Video Games (“Save As” to download or head over to iTunes to subscribe) This week we talk about the games that we are anticipating most in 2012. 2011 gave us a lot of solid games to play. Will 2012 do the [...]
Zombies Might Just Save the World
October 24th, 2011 dr. b. In our last podcast we talked about just what zombies mean in a larger cultural context. A new government publication brought it back to light for me this week so I thought I’d take a minute to throw out a few final ideas before some strange dude comes and eats my brains. Zombies first hit [...]
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Tags: cultural critique, games and education, survival horror, zombies 
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Episode 21: Blood is Thicker Than VooDoo: Time Capsule 1: Zombies
October 21st, 2011 dr. b. Episode 21: Blood is Thicker Than VooDoo: Time Capsule 1: Zombies (“Save As” to download or head over to iTunes to subscribe) Just in time for Halloween. This week we talk about zombie games as social critique. Links of Note: Isamu Kamikokuryo thinks that f*ckability is more important than playability? CCP cuts 20% of staff. [...]
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