13 May 2014
By StephenTorrence
In Podcast
Is the Star Wars franchise at risk of inbreeding under Disney’s command? This Star Wars Day, Kevin and I share our latest musings on the beloved cultural force.
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Alex Cox, Cheers, Community, Disney, Epic Mickey, Game of Thrones, Gene Roddenberry, George Lucas, Grand Budapest Hotel, gravity, Harry Potter, HBO, income inequality, J. J. Abrams, Joseph Campbell, Kevin, Kingdom Hearts, long tail, Marvel, May the Fourth, Mystery Science Theater 3000, narrative, Nate Silver, Nintendo, Patreon, Playboy, plutocracy, Roger Rabbit, Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis, Star Trek, Star Wars, Star Wars Day, Stephen, storytelling, television, The Guild, Transformers, Veronica Mars, VHX, Wes Anderson, Wookiepedia
14 September 2012
By StephenTorrence
In Podcast
Newcomer Adam Easterling joins Britton, Kevin, and Stephen on a leap of faith into the philosophy of Braid and many other video games.
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Achron, Adam, Braid, Brink, Britton, Citizen Kane, Commander Kean, Dallas Morning News, Dark Souls, economics, film noir, game design, Gamespot, Guild Wars 2, heaven and hell, Humble Bundle, indie games, InfoCom, Jazz Jackrabbit, Johann Sebastian Joust, John Carmack, Jonathan Blow, Joystiq, Just Cause 2, Kevin, LiMBO, Megaman, Memento, Myst, Mystery Men, Narbacular Drop, Ninja Gaiden, Papa y Yo, plants vs zombies, PlayStation Move, Portal, Prince of Persia, Project Greenlight, QuakeCon, Quantum Conundrum, Retro Computing Roundtable, Riven, SimCity 2000, Skyrim, Spec Ops: The Line, Steam, Stephen, storytelling, Super Mario 3D Land, Tag, The Sixth Sense, The Walking Dead, time, Uncharted, University of Texas, video games, Wolfenstein, Zork
30 December 2011
By StephenTorrence
In Podcast
One of BF’s largest panels ever dives into the moral choices in contemporary video games like The Old Republic and Skyrim.
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2012 Election, 2012 Olympics, Aaron Sorkin, Arrested Development, beer pong, Beyond Good and Evil, Blackberry, Britton, consequentialism, darts, debate, deontology, dreidel, ethics, Fatal Frame, GameBoy, games, golf, Humble Bundle, Jedi, Joss Whedon, Kevin, Kiki, Kindle, Knights of the Old Republic, KOTOR, Laughing Squid, law, Major League Dreidel, masturbation, Microsoft, Mists of Pandaria, MMORPG, morality, Pokemon, Pokemon Snap, Quidditch, racism, Runescape, Simon, Sith, Skyrim, soccer, sports, Sports Night, Star Wars, Star Wars: The Old Republic, Stephen, storytelling, video games, witches, World of Warcraft, WoW
