Ars Lingua – Page 3 – Nathan Blades on Games Design & Show Production

January 17, 2020 0 Comments Video

Cyberpunk Book Club: Transistor

Welcome to Cyberpunk Book Club, where we look at the wide range of video games in the genre, play through a short slice and discuss the themes and ideas it presents. All art is political, and cyberpunk is one of the most …

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December 27, 2019 0 Comments Podcasts

Passion Project #24 (Final): Nathan Blades

Click here to listen to this episode on Mixcloud. Catch up with Passion Project weekly on Bunkazilla Radio. Colliding international culture and impossibly big ideas; host Nathan Blades speaks to LGBTQ artists from across the world and across genre about their work, …

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November 27, 2019 0 Comments Podcasts

Passion Project #23: Sacha Coward

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November 4, 2019 0 Comments Video

The Sprawl – Shadowcasters Live: Episode 8

I have joined The Shadowcasters Network livestream channel for an actual play series of The Sprawl. The Sprawl is a PbtA cyberpunk adventure set in a future-Earth city built collaboratively by the cast and the audience on Twitch. Welcome to the Miami …

Passion Project #22: Vaneet Mehta

The Queer Cyberpunk’s Guide to Tabletop RPGs

At the start of 2019 I made a resolution – this would be the year I make and publish a zine. The self-publishing practice of zine-making has been a major part of minority communities since the 90s, and has seen a revival …

Cyberpunk Book Club – System Shock 2

Welcome to a SpoOoOoOoky episode of Cyberpunk Book Club, where we dissect the themes behind video games in my favourite genre and dissect the still-beating hearts of our enemies! Muahahaha! All art is political, and cyberpunk is one of the most commentary-heavy …

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October 11, 2019 0 Comments Podcasts

Passion Project #21: Robin French

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October 4, 2019 0 Comments Video

The Sprawl – Shadowcasters Live: Episode 7

Cyberpunk Book Club – AI: The Somnium Files

Welcome to Cyberpunk Book Club, where we look at the wide range of video games in the genre, play through a 3-hour slice and discuss the themes and ideas it presents. All art is political, and cyberpunk is one of the most …

Urban Fantasy Book Club – Sayonara Wild Hearts

It’s a weird world out there… welcome to Urban Fantasy Book Club, where we discuss the themes and ideas of games in one of my favourite genres. Sayonara Wild Hearts is a ‘pop music video game’, turning an album that is equal …

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September 19, 2019 0 Comments Video

Cast the Dice – Mystic Lilies

Cast the Dice is our Tabletop RPG show where we play a variety of unusual RPGs as one-shots. This time we play Mystic Lilies, a card-based RPG written by Will Uhl. Laconically it’s about ‘witches backstabbing each other’, but Mystic Lilies is …

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