ABOUT THIS EPISODE
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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