Podcast appearances and mentions of eric swain

This week the gang talks about Indiana Jones, Marvel films, Marco Polo,Ghostbusters, Predestination plus an Interview with Troy Bernier, Eric Swain, Edward Figueroa, Tony Feijoo, who put on The Miami International Science Fiction Film Festival. With hosts Tom Seymour, Ken Powell, James Richardson and Dave Leute. Also check out these great shorts and promos from the gang at Miscifi! The Orb, The Summoning, Mars Needs Women!  iTunes  Twitter  Google App!  Stitcher Radio  Facebook  Youtube

Our regular podcast host Mattie Brice needs a bit of extra time for her latest interview, so we've dug into our archives again for yet another heretofore unheard Critical Distance Confab episode. In this installment, Eric Swain interviews our very own founder and former head curator Ben Abraham. Part of the original games blogger boom in 2007-2008, Ben Abraham has always found himself focused on the community of critics. It led him to try and bridge many of those working unknown and segregated by the internet's distance to eventually founding a curation site (this one!) to bring all the best writing. Also in this podcast, we discuss some of his other notable projects and his obsession with Far Cry 2, the focal point of a few of those projects. SHOW NOTES SLRC Permanent Death - The Complete Saga Frank Bilders is Dead A Post-Comment World i am ben abraham Replayabilty is NOT a word Opening Theme: 'Close' by The Alpha Conspiracy Closing Theme: 'Wishing Never' by The Alpha Conspiracy

Tom and Dave chat with Troy Bernier (40 minutes in) of Journey to Planet X fame to talk about the up coming Miami International Sci-Fi Film Festival. Enter Today! Also Discussion on Rounders, American Mary and comedy specials from Joan Rivers, Jim Norton and Tom Segura. Eat Hot Cine Now! I mean listen to New York Cine Radio…that’s what I mean.   Check out Orb by Troy Bernier and Eric Swain! Miami International Sci-Fi Film Festival. Check out the Samurai Cop 2 Kickstarter Now! It is warm and ready! Also donate to Vikings VS Zombies here!  iTunes  Twitter  Google App!  Stitcher Radio  Facebook  Youtube

This month we bring you another interview from the unheard archives. A few years ago Kirk Battle, going under the pseudonym L.B. Jefferies, was one of the most prolific critics of the burgeoning amateur bloggers arising from the boom of 2007 and 2008. Now he is retired from the video game criticism game. We look back on his time as a critic and his view of criticism itself. In addition to being a personal inspiration to podcast moderator Eric Swain, Kirk Battle was named Critical Distance's 2010 Blogger of the Year. SHOW NOTES Banana Peppers Martinis PopMatters - L.B. Jefferies Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess Review Zarathusra Analysis ZA Critique: The Darkness ZA Critique: Okami Lester Bangs rant Pauline Kael - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 Samuel Johnson and Video Games Does Video Games Need a Lester Bangs? The New YouTube Video Games Criticism: An Interview with "moviebob" Does Video Games Need a Pauline Kael? On Design Centric Criticism Telling Tales in Gabriel Knight 2 Opening Theme: 'Close' by The Alpha Conspiracy Closing Theme: 'Wishing Never' by The Alpha Conspiracy

"The MiSciFi founding members have worked together on science-fiction themed independent film projects for years. We have attended sci-fi film festivals as far away as Europe, but have noted a lack of more local festivals that cater to this interest. To remedy this, we have formed the Miami International Science Fiction Film Festival, a forum for inventive and imaginative filmmakers from all over to come and showcase their work. All of us in MiSciFi work in scientific fields, and greatly respect those that want to tell a story that takes science a step beyond." For more info on MiSciFi visit our blog at www.TheSashaMarinaShow.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sashamarinamedia/message

"The MiSciFi founding members have worked together on science-fiction themed independent film projects for years. We have attended sci-fi film festivals as far away as Europe, but have noted a lack of more local festivals that cater to this interest. To remedy this, we have formed the Miami International Science Fiction Film Festival, a forum for inventive and imaginative filmmakers from all over to come and showcase their work. All of us in MiSciFi work in scientific fields, and greatly respect those that want to tell a story that takes science a step beyond." For more info on MiSciFi visit our blog at www.TheSashaMarinaShow.com

Known for innovation in mechanics and storytelling, an interest in games that ally themselves with the language and beats of cinema, and a sometimes greater commitment to artistic ambition than to perfect execution, David Cage and Quantic Dream have returned with another somewhat controversial title built on their vision of the modern adventure game, Beyond: Two Souls.   This episode Nick Dinicola, Eric Swain, and Jorge Albor discuss the game and how it might be "an evolution of of the point-and-click adventure game that never happened".

Enter The Miami International Science Fiction Film Festival today! This week we spend the hour with the filmmakers behind Temple of Joy and Journey to Planet X, Eric Swain, Troy Bernier, and Miles Kane. We also talk in depth about their monster film festival coming in January 17-19th, The Miami International Science Fiction Film Festival. With hosts Ken Powell, Thomas Edward Seymour and Dave Leute. Intro Music by Dirty Wings! Miami International Science Fiction Film Festival Temple of Joy Film Ginnungagap Filmwerks

Nick Dinicola and Eric Swain return this week to October 1995 to revisit a horror classic, The Dreamers Guild's expansion of Harlan Ellison's short story "I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream."   The game, co-written by Ellison himself, develops the back stories of five victims tortured for over a century by the malevolent super computer AM. Its horrors develop in the game, not so much via gore or titillating jump scares, but around what it suggests might really lurk in the human heart, a malevolence and cruelty that matches that of the horrific super computer that humanity is responsible for designing.

This week we are excited to interview Troy Bernier and Eric Swain stars of one of the best docs of the year Journey to Planet X. Also we talk about Star Trek, Comic Books and other stuff. Jam on some sweet cine! Donate to Myles Kane to get him a transplant Kelsey Web Series Trailer

Independent Sci-Fi Filmmakers Troy Bernier and Eric Swain talk about their upcoming Film "Temple of Joy." --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sashamarinamedia/message

Independent Sci-Fi Filmmakers Troy Bernier and Eric Swain talk about their upcoming Film "Temple of Joy."

Of course, we here at the Moving Pixels blog are fans of the work done over at the Critical Distance web site, a site interested in serving in a curatorial role in highlighting and maintaining various discussions in video game criticism. Conceived by Ben Abraham and launched in 2009, Critical Distance provides a weekly update of some of the best video game criticism published around the internet. Additionally, they provide a number of critical compilations of writings done by various critics, journalists, and academics on significant game titles.   We wanted to sit down and talk with Ben and fellow Critical Distance contributor, Eric Swain, to talk a little bit about the site, what purpose they see it serving in the emerging conversation about games, and how they manage the Herculean task of locating and managing such a vast array of voices.

The podcast branches out, with a critical discussion of Bioshock recorded during a simultaneous play session! Let us know what you think of this new format.(Podcasts 004 and 005 do exist, and may see the light of day in the future. Their content is, however, so incendiary that much care has to be taken. The preceding sentence is false.)Direct link to podcast.Featured interlocutors:Michael AbbottDavid CarltonDenis FarrEric SwainJonathan MillsMichel McBride-CharpentierRoger TravisMatters discussed:The Vintage Game ClubTragedy, anagnorisis (recognition), peripeteiaTheodor Adorno

This week on the CDC Podcast we discuss Bioshock and narrative dissonance. Join us as we attempt to wrap our heads around the subject and come up with the definitive answer to the question "How do we define narrative dissonance?" You don't need to go to GameFAQS or Youtube to discover the ending of this conundrum; we don't end up coming up with a consensus on the subject! My apologies to Roger Travis who become disconnected midway through the podcast and could not return due to prior obligations. CAST: D. Murray, Denis Farr, Travis Megill, Alex Myers, Eric Swain, Roger Travis. Show notes: Iroquois Pliskin on Bioshock Clint Hocking on Bioshock Michael Abbott on Theater and Videogames Corvus Elrod on Fabula

Welcome to Episode 1 of the Critical Distance Confab. The CDC podcast is a weekly discussion with a cast drawn from an irregular pool of videogame bloggers and contributors to the Critical Distance website. We discuss issues of design, culture, art, and the industry viewed through the lens of videogame criticism. In this, the first of a tentatively scheduled weekly podcast, we have an extended discussion about the daunting topic that is Games Criticism. Our cast for this episode includes: Ben Abraham, Randy Ma (aka demonicmurry), Travis Megill, Alex Myers, David Sahlin, and Eric Swain. I apologize for the audio quality as this is our first attempt at a podcast - rest assured that the quality of the recording will improve in subsequent episodes. With that in mind we hope you enjoy the first episode and stay tuned for more in the coming weeks. Show notes: Rock, Paper, Shotgun Sparky Clarkson's Bioshock Compilation Corvus Elrod's Man Bytes Blog String Theory: The Illusion of Videogame Interactivity Randy Balma: Municipal Abortionist You Have to Burn the Rope The Passage The Marriage