podcast – NYMG

Episode 102: Elfroot, Bells, and Potato Crops, or Pick, Plant, Repeat Forever: Tedium in Games (Right click and save as to download, or hit us up on iTunes or Stitcher) Long title, for extra tedium. In this episode, featuring special guest Tanya D., AKA @cypheroftyr, AKA “the spawn point of #INeedDiverseGames,” we talk tedium in […]

Episode 101: Rage On Fleek: On Choice Feminism and Diverse Identities (Right click and save as to download, or hit us up on iTunes or Stitcher) The episode where we talk about “Choice Feminism” and how we understand what it means and what the implications of it are. Discussions of the personal as political and where […]

Episode 100 (Part the Second): From Diversity to Dialogue Trees: A Conversation with Brianna Wu (Right click and save as to download, or hit us up on iTunes or Stitcher) So it wasn’t all parties and mayhem in our celebration of our 100th podcast episode; we also sat down for a very serious conversation with developer Brianna […]

Episode 100 (Part the First): Come Play With Us; Or, “You Had One Job!” (Right click and save as to download, or hit us up on iTunes or Stitcher) What a milestone: 100 episodes! And to celebrate, not one but two episodes, not at all alike in dignity: in the first, we took the core […]

Episode 99: August and Everything After: An Actual Discussion on Ethics and Gamers (Right click and save as to download, or hit us up on iTunes or Stitcher) This week, Alex, Alisha, and Sam talked GamerGate, the continuing, shifting mass that continues to dominate so much of the discussion of culture around gaming trends and […]

Get the new episode! (Right click and save as to download, or hit us up on iTunes or Stitcher) This week, we talked games and mental illness with Philippe A. Ménard, a scriptwriter at Ubisoft Montreal, among other things, who recently held forth on anxiety and depression in gamers at PAX East. Phil snarked back […]

Episode 97: Let’s Talk About Let’s Plays  (“Save As” to download or head over to iTunes to subscribe) This week we talk about Let’s Plays and their potential as critical media.

Episode 96: It’s All About Community: A Chat with Dave Hulegaard  (“Save As” to download or head over to iTunes to subscribe) This week we talk about games and narrative with sci-fi/paranormal author and Bioware Canada Community Manager, David Hulegaard (davidhulegaard.com).

Episode 95: Strange Choices: Discussion of Life is Strange (Episode One)  (“Save As” to download or head over to iTunes to subscribe) This week we talk about the first installment of DontNod’s episode game, Life is Strange. Spoiler alert, we talk about the entire episode.

Episode 94: #gamingconfessions: The Deep Dark Secrets of NYMG  (“Save As” to download or head over to iTunes to subscribe) The episode where we divulge our deepest, darkest #gamingconfessions. Come and listen to ours and then feel free to share yours in the comments.

Episode 93: We’ve Got Nothing But Time: On Finding Time to Play Games for Fun and Research (“Save As” to download or head over to iTunes to subscribe) The episode where we talk about finding time to play games as gamers, researchers, and parents. We are joined this week by guest and NYMG community member, Patrick Love.

Episode 92: It Was the Best of Games, It Was the Worst of Games (“Save As” to download or head over to iTunes to subscribe) Welcome to 2015 and we start with a discussion of our best and worst games of 2014. We are joined this week by guest and NYMG community member, Ashley Barry.

Episode 91: The Happy Meal Argument: No Such Thing as a Boy/Girl Toy (“Save As” to download or head over to iTunes to subscribe) This week we talk about gendered marketing of new toys (and the toys themselves) and wax nostalgic on toys in our own past. Join us as we talk about everything from the […]

Episode 90: Girls and Their Toys: On Toys Done Right (“Save As” to download or head over to iTunes to subscribe) As we get closer to Christmas we hope to turn to happier things…like toys. In this episode we wanted to talk about toys and the ones that we think get it right in terms of the […]

Episode 89: Spirits of Spring: A Case for Diversity in Games (“Save As” to download or head over to iTunes to subscribe) In this episode we talk about the Spirits of Spring, the new game that looks at bullying from Minority Media. Stay tuned after the closing for a ending spoiling chat between Sam and Charlotte.

Episode 88: Legos and Lady Parts: On Gamer Anticipation and Participation (“Save As” to download or head over to iTunes to subscribe) In this episode we talk about the games that we are most looking forward to in the coming months and why as well as discussions on the latest goings on in #gamergate.

Episode 87: On Guilty Pleasure Games; Or, It was Destin(y)ed to Happen (“Save As” to download or head over to iTunes to subscribe) In this episode we talk about guilty pleasure games and what constitutes them.

A Narrative By Any Other Name: On the Importance of Narrative in Games (“Save As” to download or head over to iTunes to subscribe) In this episode we talk about the importance of narrative in games and just what narrative is.

Episode 85: Down the Rabbit Hole and Back Again: More on “Gamergate” and Women in the Gaming Community (“Save As” to download or head over to iTunes to subscribe) In this episode we talk about “gamergate” and community building among diverse gamer populations.

Episode 84: Standing Around With Your %#@& In Your Hand: On Terrorism, Zoe Quinn, and Anita Sarkeesian (“Save As” to download or head over to iTunes to subscribe) In this episode we talk about the difference between harassment and terrorism on the Internet and the goings on of the last two weeks.

Episode 83: Absent Mental Defect: HBO’s Documentary, Love Child, and the Games Addiction Defense (“Save As” to download or head over to iTunes to subscribe) In this episode HBO’s documentary, Love Child, and video game addiction scapegoating (again).

Episode 82: Tears from a Gamer: Video Games as Emotional Catalysts (“Save As” to download or head over to iTunes to subscribe) In this episode we talk about emotional game, games that have made us cry or just think more deeply about emotional issues in our own lives. Join us as we think about games as more […]

Episode 81: Chatting in the Clubhouse: A Conversation with Stacey Deddo (“Save As” to download or head over to iTunes to subscribe) While Nintendo may have it’s Treehouse (and awesome localization writer/editor, Stacey Deddo) this week she visit’s the NYMG clubhouse for a great conversation about games and breaking into the games industry. Another great show not […]

Episode 80: It’s the Sam and Wendi Show: Smart Women, Sparse Crew Talking About Upcoming Games (“Save As” to download or head over to iTunes to subscribe) With everyone else moving or traveling it’s a pretty sparse show this week, but Sam and Wendi have a good conversation about, what else? Games!

Episode 79: It’s a Damned Shame: Summer Gaming and Our Piles of Shame (“Save As” to download or head over to iTunes to subscribe) In this episode we talk about our plans for gaming this summer and share our dirty little secrets about which games are in our shameful piles of unplayed/unfinished titles.