Bookwarm Games

  • Author: Vários
  • Narrator: Vários
  • Publisher: Podcast
  • Duration: 239:30:04
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Synopsis

Bookwarm Games plays on the connection between games, books, and life:O, she's warm!If this be magic, let it be an artLawful as eating.- The Winter's TaleFor more, check out newschoolnotes.blogspot.com

Episodes

  • Side Quests: FFVIII - Ep 1: Garden Salad Days

    07/02/2025 Duration: 01h05min

    That's pronounced ef ef vee ay ay ay. With Alexander Schmid, replaying and reflecting on Final Fantasy VIII. Apologies for dog- and cat-related interruptions. For more FFVIII study resources : https://videogameacademia.org/courses/current-semester/final-fantasy-viii/ Thanks for listening!

  • Philip Pullman's Fairy Tales: The Firework-Maker's Daughter

    31/01/2025 Duration: 01h15min

    Audio from a broadcast for Signum Academy on Twitch in Fall 2020. After the Summer of Storytelling, it was the Fall of Philip Pullman! ⁠⁠⁠⁠Slides⁠⁠⁠⁠ to accompany the ⁠⁠video⁠⁠ (⁠⁠part 1⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠part 2⁠⁠). Quite a few of these are uploaded to YouTube, and there may be even more still lingering in the Twitch archives. I tried to track the project ⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠. As Signum is rebranding some of its content in the ⁠⁠⁠⁠Plaza⁠⁠⁠⁠, there may be a more polished version available someday, but I wanted to share it such as it is. My hope is still to incorporate this material into a book about Pullman, which I'm ⁠⁠⁠⁠envisioning⁠⁠⁠⁠ as more of an intellectual biography than the commentaries and analyses I've released so far. Collaborators welcome! Thanks to the team at Signum for lending me the platform for these experiments in reading video games and playing books on Twitch, and thank you for listening.

  • Philip Pullman's Fairy Tales: The Scarecrow and His Servant

    24/01/2025 Duration: 01h07min

    Audio from a broadcast for Signum Academy on Twitch in Fall 2020. After the Summer of Storytelling, it was the Fall of Philip Pullman! ⁠⁠⁠Slides⁠⁠⁠ to accompany the ⁠⁠video⁠⁠ (⁠part 1⁠ and ⁠part 2⁠). Quite a few of these are uploaded to YouTube, and there may be even more still lingering in the Twitch archives. I tried to track the project ⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠. As Signum is rebranding some of its content in the ⁠⁠⁠Plaza⁠⁠⁠, there may be a more polished version available someday, but I wanted to share it such as it is. My hope is still to incorporate this material into a book about Pullman, which I'm ⁠⁠⁠envisioning⁠⁠⁠ as more of an intellectual biography than the commentaries and analyses I've released so far. Collaborators welcome! Thanks to the team at Signum for lending me the platform for these experiments in reading video games and playing books on Twitch, and thank you for listening.

  • Philip Pullman's Fairy Tales: Clockwork

    17/01/2025 Duration: 01h02min

    Audio from a broadcast for Signum Academy on Twitch in Fall 2020. After the Summer of Storytelling, it was the Fall of Philip Pullman! ⁠⁠Slides⁠⁠ to accompany the ⁠⁠video⁠⁠ (part 1 and part 2). Quite a few of these are uploaded to YouTube, and there may be even more still lingering in the Twitch archives. I tried to track the project ⁠⁠here⁠⁠. As Signum is rebranding some of its content in the ⁠⁠Plaza⁠⁠, there may be a more polished version available someday, but I wanted to share it such as it is. My hope is still to incorporate this material into a book about Pullman, which I'm ⁠⁠envisioning⁠⁠ as more of an intellectual biography than the commentaries and analyses I've released so far. Collaborators welcome! Thanks to the team at Signum for lending me the platform for these experiments in reading video games and playing books on Twitch, and thank you for listening.

  • Philip Pullman's Fairy Tales: From the Brothers Grimm

    10/01/2025 Duration: 46min

    Audio from a broadcast for Signum Academy on Twitch in Fall 2020. After the Summer of Storytelling, it was the Fall of Philip Pullman! Slides to accompany the video. Quite a few of these are uploaded to YouTube, and there may be even more still lingering in the Twitch archives. I tried to track the project here. As Signum is rebranding some of its content in the Plaza, there may be a more polished version available someday, but I wanted to share it such as it is. My hope is still to incorporate this material into a book about Pullman, which I'm envisioning as more of an intellectual biography than the commentaries and analyses I've released so far. Collaborators welcome! Thanks to the team at Signum for lending me the platform for these experiments in reading video games and playing books on Twitch, and thank you for listening.

  • Philip Pullman's Fairy Tales: Intro

    03/01/2025 Duration: 44min

    Audio from a broadcast for Signum Academy on Twitch in Fall 2020. After the Summer of Storytelling, it was the Fall of Philip Pullman! ⁠Slides⁠ to accompany the ⁠video⁠. Quite a few of these are uploaded to YouTube, and there may be even more still lingering in the Twitch archives. I tried to track the project ⁠here⁠. As Signum is rebranding some of its content in the ⁠Plaza⁠, there may be a more polished version available someday, but I wanted to share it such as it is. My hope is still to incorporate this material into a book about Pullman, which I'm ⁠envisioning⁠ as more of an intellectual biography than the commentaries and analyses I've released so far. Collaborators welcome! Thanks to the team at Signum for lending me the platform for these experiments in reading video games and playing books on Twitch, and thank you for listening.

  • Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Harry Potter

    01/12/2024 Duration: 36min

    The preview session for Video Game Studies in SPACE. Inviting students to share their delight in, and deepen their appreciation of, video games, we will discuss examples of the art, music, gameplay, and story from a range of influential titles. We will introduce and experiment with some of the theoretical frameworks that have been applied to video games as media objects and cultural artifacts. But mostly, we will enjoy learning more about the medium and the games we already love. Aside from links and selections shared throughout the module, Gabrielle Zevin’s novel Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow will be the only required reading. And for a true expelliarmus from the past, here's some audio recorded at Norwescon 42 with Sarah Miller, for a podcast created by Alexander Schmid, discussing the Harry Potter books. Thanks to Signum U for hosting my course, to the organizers at Norwescon, and you for listening!

  • EarthBound and The Golden Compass, revisited

    23/11/2024 Duration: 41min

    A talk given at Cascade Moot (August 31, 2024) on the theme: "From the Fringe: The Importance of Secondary and Tertiary Characters" A Tale of Two Tonys: Loss and Recovery in The Golden Compass and EarthBound Presentation slides - essential for playing Name That Tony! with us and reading text boxes from EarthBound Reflecting on two secondary characters, Tony from Snow Wood and Tony Makarios, respectively appearing in EarthBound, a video game released for the Super Nintendo in 1995, and The Golden Compass, a book by Philip Pullman published that same year, players and readers of all ages are invited to consider themes of loss and recovery from a new perspective. Both characters are kidnapped, one at the start and one near the end of the adventures in which they figure; both characters have someone important taken away from them in turn. Their responses provide significant symbolic images and gameplay mechanics that draw us closer to the heart of these stories. Thanks to the team at Signum U for hosting, an

  • Teaching Video Games

    11/11/2024 Duration: 43min

    The audio from a discussion held at TexMoot 2024. Among the voices you'll hear is that of Corey Olsen, the host of the event and president of Signum University. This one proved more engaging than my talk on Final Fantasy and King Arthur. I don't know if that was because it was more open-ended and participatory, of if it was because the other was at the end of a long day of talks. For more on the presentations: videogameacademia.org Thanks for listening.

  • Final Fantasy and the Once and Future King

    03/11/2024 Duration: 37min

    Inspired by Prof Kozlowski's recent post on FFVIII and IX, I'm sharing the audio from my talk on a not-too-dissimilar essay, Rat Tail and Knights of the Round: Summoning King Arthur in Final Fantasy IV and VII. Abstract: Video games play a significant role in transmitting images of heroism in contemporary culture. This talk concerns allusions to King Arthur in the Final Fantasy video game series, read in the light of mythic narratives present in the role-playing game genre. I focus on representative Arthuriana in Final Fantasy IV and Final Fantasy VII, which I take to be illustrative of the tension between crystalizing and splintering tendencies at work in the series. I draw comparisons between two major examples, the Excalibur weapon and Knights of the Round summon magic. For a tentative framework of theory, I make reference to Tolkien’s imagery of light as refracted by Verlyn Flieger’s analysis in Splintered Light. Referenced slides. For more about my presentations at Signum U's TexMoot: videogameacademia.

  • Danganronpa 2 ch 6 (and 0) - Video Game Academy

    20/10/2024 Duration: 52min

    Resolving everything, including seemingly arbitrary AU retelling material, up to the end of Danganronpa 2. https://videogameacademia.org/courses/current-semester/danganronpa/ Thanks for listening!

  • Danganronpa 2 ch 5 - Video Game Academy

    20/10/2024 Duration: 50min

    Exploring the final island and the limits of luck. https://videogameacademia.org/courses/current-semester/danganronpa/ Thanks for listening.

  • Danganronpa 2 ch 4 - Video Game Academy

    22/09/2024 Duration: 39min

    Lost in the Funhouse that is Danganronpa 2... https://videogameacademia.org/courses/current-semester/danganronpa/ Apologies for the abrupt cessation of audio. Such are the vicissitudes of the killing game. Thanks for listening!

  • Danganronpa 2 ch 1-3 - Video Game Academy

    22/09/2024 Duration: 58min

    Somewhere in the ocean, an island paradise named after the Lewis Carroll poem "Jabberwocky" hosts the sequel to Danganronpa. https://videogameacademia.org/courses/current-semester/danganronpa/ Between our last release and this, a few discussions went unrecorded, but we're carrying on undeterred. Thanks for listening!

  • Westworld and The Divine Comedy with Alexander Schmid

    28/08/2024 Duration: 44min

    Just published in the journal Humanities, Contrapasso, Violence, and Madness in Dante’s The Divine Comedy and Westworld, by Alexander E Schmid, is freely available to read: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0787/13/5/109 We discuss reveries and memory, freedom and madness, truth and representation, and how they connect these medieval and contemporary works of art. For a related project touching on FF6 and Dante, see Gamelogica's video series: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TdWFirsgHc Thanks for listening!

  • Outer Space and Donuts - Danganronpa Chapter 2 - VGA Ultimate Summer School

    04/07/2024 Duration: 58min

    The Ultimate Summer School Discussion treads carefully though intrepidly through the manly bonds and broken promises of Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc Chapter 2 - Boys Life of Despair. https://videogameacademia.org/courses/current-semester/danganronpa/ Spoilers and CW: be ready to talk about gender, sexuality, jealousy, transphobia, and "Gentleman" Genocide Jack. Thanks for listening!

  • Ultimate Summer School - Danganronpa Prologue & Chapter 1 - Video Game Academy

    28/06/2024 Duration: 52min

    A discussion of the opening case of Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc, with appropriate levels of hope and despair foreshadowing major philosophical stakes ahead. https://videogameacademia.org/courses/current-semester/danganronpa/ Spoilers and CW: see the M rating on the game. Thanks for listening!

  • Red and The Green Knight

    21/03/2024 Duration: 01h06min

    Sorry, no Tom Bombadil here. Well, a brief mention... Moses Norton, aka the Well-Red Mage, joins me to dig into the recent film adaptation of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. Tolkien, Dune 2, Dragonslayer, and lots of Gamelogica references round out our discussion of the film's visuals, characters, story, and themes. Enjoy! Gamelogica youtube channel The Pixels We're still hoping for a Criterion Collection of video games, but in the meantime, we'll do our part to bring you thoughtful critique and analysis of games' deeper meaning, with a healthy dash of the ridiculous. https://videogameacademia.org/

  • Dylan Holmes, author of A Mind Forever Voyaging: A History of Storytelling in Video Games

    25/02/2024 Duration: 01h13min

    Dylan Holmes joins me to discuss his history of storytelling in video games, A Mind Forever Voyaging. Read his book if you're interested in games like FF7, MGS, Deus Ex, and Dear Esther, or in questions about cinematic technique, player choice, power and escapism. Read Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, by Gabrielle Zevin all the way to the end and you'll find it among her acknowledgments. Plus, it's translated into French as ⁠Little Big Stories: Voyage au coeur de la narration⁠ (surely not a reference to another great novel, Little, Big, by John Crowley?!) Read more from Dylan at Nightmare Mode and Augmented Vision. See my review over on ThePixels. The Secret of Monkey Island audio comes from the SCUMM Bar fansite. Thanks for reading and listening.

  • Of Podcasting Paradiso: Dante and the Digital Humanities

    12/02/2024 Duration: 54min

    We come full circle, as it were, Alex and I, discussing his recently published paper "Popularizing Paradiso: On the Difficulties of Podcasting Dante’s Most Academic Canticle" and his work bridging popular culture with the field of comparative literature.

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