Podcast appearances and mentions of roger travis

This week special guest Roger Travis is joined by Allen, Lara and Julian to talk about romantic relationships in games.

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

The Summer of Confabs continues with a conversation featuring game writer and narrative designer Sande Chen (The Witcher); Justin Keverne from Groping the Elephant; and Roger Travis from Living Epic and the Video Games and Human Values Initiative. We discuss the shifting sands of gameplay, game difficulty, and the "vernacular of games"; and we cast a quizzical glance at game pricing. Stay tuned, as I'll be releasing 2 more Confabs in the days ahead. I hope you enjoy them. Listen to any episode of the podcast directly from this page by clicking the yellow "Listen Now" button on the right. Subscribe to the podcast via iTunes here.Subscribe to the podcast feed here. Download the podcast directly here. Show links: Game Design Aspect of the Month - edited by Sande ChenGamasutra article on Denis Dyack and gameplayGroping the Elephant - Justin Keverne's blogLiving Epic - Roger Travis' blogVideo Games and Human Values Initiative

VGHVI Latest Thoughts Podcast with Roger Travis and Mike Young, professor of Educational Psychology at the University of Connecticut’s Neag School of Education and director of UConn’s educational technology program. Roger and Mike discuss the problem of fun as it relates to learning. When you co-opt a game for learning, is it possible to keep the fun? Produced by Randy Ma.(Here's a direct link to the podcast.)Mike Young’s information at UConn Mike's thread on co-opting games for learningSituated cognition on Wikipedia, as edited by one of Mike’s classes Mihály Csíkszentmihályi on Wikipedia, and his concept “flow” John Seely Brown on Wikipedia, and at his own very nice website; his piece on the potential of World of Warcraft.

VGHVI Latest Thoughts Podcast with Roger Travis and Jeff Howard, author of Quests: Design, Theory, and History in Games and Narratives. Roger and Jeff discuss the meaning of magic systems in games, and Jeff's work on his forthcoming game, Arcana Manor. Produced (heroically) by Randy Ma.(Here's a direct link to the podcast.)Jeff's Howard's Designing Quests site, with information on Arcana Manor here.I'll try to have more detailed show notes up later this week, but I'm headed to Pittsburgh early tomorrow and I wanted to get the podcast up before I left. Enjoy!

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

Volume 1 of the Brainy Gamer Podcast Holiday edition features two segments:Segment 1: Leigh Alexander from Sexy Videogameland; Kirk Battle (aka L.B. Jeffries) from Banana Pepper Martinis; Mike Schiller from PopMatters; and Roger Travis from the Video Games and Human Values Initiative. Segment 2: Daniel Purvis from Graffiti Gamer; Ben Abraham from SLRC; Trevor Dodge from Male Hipster Leering and the First Wall Rebate Podcast; and David Carlton from Malvasia Bianca.