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A podcast exploring the impact of poetic imagination on videogame design and criticism.

James Howell


    • Sep 15, 2021 LATEST EPISODE
    • monthly NEW EPISODES
    • 1h 19m AVG DURATION
    • 6 EPISODES


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    Episode 5: Stardew Valley & Animal Crossing—With Sheepherder's Hands

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2021 86:45


      Cookie Hiponia — author, poet, and former lead editor of Destiny 2 and Mass Effect — joins to discuss the social simulation games Stardew Valley & Animal Crossing through the lens of poems about making and giving. Barbara Jane Reyes, "Track: 'Dahil Sa Iyo,' Pinay (1998)" Pablo Neruda, "Ode to My Socks" Cookie Hiponia We Belong at Penguin Random House Third Place Books and Elliot Bay Book Company Music copyright by James Chandler Jr.  

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    Episode 4: Gone Home—Descending to the Traveller

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2021 111:23


    Game critic and narrative designer Michael Lutz joins to discuss Gone Home (Fullbright Games 2013) through the lens of poems about dilapidated homes and their mystique. Walter de la Mare, "The Listeners" Æmilia Lanyer, "The Description of Cooke-ham" Downloadable PDF Michael Lutz Ranged Touch Twitter & Patreon Michael's 2013 Blog about Gone Home Camouflaj Radio #39 (feat. Fullbright & James Howell) Music copyright by James Chandler Jr.

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    Episode 3: Contra III—Hanging on Like Death

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2020 125:27


    Game developer and poet Shonté Daniels joins to discuss Contra III: The Alien Wars (KONAMI 1992) through the lens of poems about failure, loss, and love under tense circumstances. Theodore Roethke, "My Papa's Waltz" Elizabeth Bishop, "One Art" Shonté Daniels Music copyright by James Chandler Jr The specialest of thanks to Josh Trevett for editing and assembling the audio on this episode. It would still be in Audio Editing Hell without his efforts. Thanks, Josh!

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    Episode 2: Bloodborne—Out of Her Chamber, the Moon

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2020 79:22


    Critic Joshua Trevett joins to discuss Bloodborne (FROM Software 2015) through the lens of poems about dreamspace, memory, and the horrors of marriage. Sylvia Plath, "The Applicant" Jorge Luis Borges, "Adrogué" (Harold Morland, trans.) Percy Bysshe Shelley, "The Waning Moon" Trucks Podcast Trucks Episode 57, featuring guest James Howell (apparently!) Joshua Trevett, YouTube. Haywire Magazine Music copyright by James Chandler Jr. NOTE: The Alastair Reid translation of “Adrogué” is unfortunately not available online. However, it can be read in a book.

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    Episode 1: Tokyo Jungle—Red in Tooth and Claw

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 2020 65:51


    Poet William Wright joins to discuss Tokyo Jungle (Sony 2012) in conjunction with two poems about extinction, ecology, and the imagination. James Dickey, "For the Last Wolverine" Mary Oliver, “Wild Geese” William Wright on Amazon James Howell, "Blood Ecology" Music copyright by James Chandler Jr.

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    Episode 0: Let Us Go Then, You and I

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 17, 2019 9:30


    A short introduction to the Deltahead podcast— its host, intentions, and format. The focus is videogames and poetry.

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