The Serious Problem With Every Gaming Podcast

Are all video game podcasts, reviews, and essays basically the same? This week we ask why games coverage keeps repeating itself and what it would take to say something new.

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00:00 Every Game Podcast Ever

00:35 Is All Video Game Coverage the Same?

02:47 Overviews as Analysis

07:00 The Intentional Fallacy

10:57 Ocarina of Time and the Remake Discourse

13:55 The Problem With Video Game Essays

18:50 Why Are All Gaming Podcasts the Same?

22:47 A Podcast Should Be More Than Its Hosts

24:35 Going Independent Just to Make the Same Thing

28:57 Is Games Media Becoming Irrelevant?

32:31 Games Media Hasn't Adapted to the Internet

33:29 What Is a Video Game Critic Actually For?

35:24 The Problem With Games News Podcasts

37:59 Being Sad About Layoffs Is Not a Position

40:22 Cruel Optimism and the Games Industry

44:09 Longer Doesn't Mean Deeper

45:41 What Does It Mean to Closely Read a Game?

47:52 How Much Plot Summary Is Too Much?

52:37 The Worst Video Essay Writing Trend

55:36 Critical Error Royalty

56:31 Peter's Prepared Segment

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