ÜBER DIESEN PODCAST 🔗

Aktualisierungshäufigkeit:
every 11 days
Durchschnittliche Audiolänge:
9 minutes
Englisch
Vereinigte Staaten
13 Folgen
seit 22. Oktober 2024
episodic

NEUESTE FOLGEN 🔗

Rounding out the second season of Venthuffer is the episode about the origins of “Halstrick”, my relatively recent nom de jeu, as promised back in the zine’s earliest episodes. When I began planning this episode last week, I thought it would be a memoir of my history with usernames, a meditation …

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FRÜHERE EPISODEN

11 - Neon

Through sheer luck I happened to overhear an offhand mention of a new Llamasoft game, a remake of an obscure coin-op from the 1980s with which I happen to have a peculiar history. This leads me to reflect on one of the longest still-active auteur careers in video games, and ask the question: Who ar…

10 - Resolution

“Good enough for your eyes and mine.” Applying Depression-era thinking to modern hardware upgrade cycles. Things mentioned in this episode: “Everything can can be invented has been invented.” Agmena Paneuropean Book, the typeface used by Elden Ring The $485 Volume Knob Godot, an open-sourc…

9 - Extermination

Recalling the time when House Flipper forced me to take a hard look at a real-life household crisis brewing behind the refrigerator. Things mentioned in this episode: House Flipper on Steam German cockroach (Blattella germanica) in Wikipedia Show full transcript Full transcript: A…

8 - Suspension

The Steam Deck has a one-button suspension feature that lets you safely set the console down and immediately turn your full attention to something else, at any time, even in the middle of a game. Even though this is one of the best features of the Deck, it’s in tension with another feature, one tha…

7 - Cruise

On Balatro, and my diminishing personal susceptibility to videogame addiction—even when I invite it in. Things mentioned or alluded to in this episode: The Salmon Walk in Ketchikan The Sealaska Heritage Institute in Juneau “Shipping Out” by David Foster Wallace, better known by its reprint…
Hello, dear Venthuffer listener. I am retroactively declaring that the previous six episodes constitute season one of this audio zine. One consequence of launching a weekly publication in October is that no sooner does the show start to get its legs under itself, than the wintertime holiday vortex …

6 - Ouroboros

On UFO 50 and ever-flowering cycles of the simplest game designs. Things mentioned in this episode: Spelunky UFO 50 Carl Muckenhoupt’s post The Eggplant podcast discusses Magic Garden Jim Stormdancer’s critique Wikipedia’s article on the Snake game genre Snak by Zach Gage and Neven Mrga…

5 - Permadeath

Appreciating Caves of Qud as a gymnasium for Stoic thinking. Things mentioned in this episode: Caves of Qud Jotun, Who Parts Limbs Rogue NetHack Angband A snapshot of my Stoic studies as they stood when my character “Kiyuwumar” met their end An example of the Mastodon posts I made durin…

4 - Introduction

Examining the origins and motivations of this audio project, four episodes in. Things mentioned in this episode: Jmac’s Arcade, my previous monologue series Jason Scott Talks His Way Out of It, monologues by Jason Scott Permanently Moved, monologues by Jay Springett Third Strongest Podcast…
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