A podcast exploring the impact of poetic imagination on videogame design and criticism.
Deltahead
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6 episodes
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A podcast exploring the impact of poetic imagination on videogame design and criticism.
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Publishing Since
12/17/2019
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Recent Episodes
September 15, 2021
Episode 5: Stardew Valley & Animal Crossing—With Sheepherder's Hands
<p> </p> <p>Cookie Hiponia — author, poet, and former lead editor of Destiny 2 and Mass Effect — joins to discuss the social simulation games Stardew Valley & Animal Crossing through the lens of poems about making and giving.</p> <p>Barbara Jane Reyes, "<a href= "https://www.amazon.com/Letters-Young-Brown-American-Continuum/dp/1950774171" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Track: 'Dahil Sa Iyo,' Pinay (1998)</a>"<br /> Pablo Neruda, "<a href="https://poets.org/poem/ode-my-socks" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ode to My Socks</a>"</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/titacookie1974" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Cookie Hiponia</a><br /> <a href= "https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/645848/we-belong-by-cookie-hiponia-everman/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">We Belong</a> at Penguin Random House<br /> <a href="https://www.thirdplacebooks.com/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Third Place Books</a> and <a href= "https://www.elliottbaybook.com/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Elliot Bay Book Company</a></p> <p>Music copyright by <a href="http://errnum.co/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">James Chandler Jr.</a></p> <p> </p>
July 20, 2021
Episode 4: Gone Home—Descending to the Traveller
<p>Game critic and narrative designer Michael Lutz joins to discuss Gone Home (Fullbright Games 2013) through the lens of poems about dilapidated homes and their mystique.</p> <p>Walter de la Mare, "<a href= "https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/47546/the-listeners">The Listeners</a>"<br /> Æmilia Lanyer, "<a href= "https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/50661/the-description-of-cooke-ham">The Description of Cooke-ham</a>"<br /> <a href= "http://adilegian.com/DeltaheadPodcastPoems_Episode4.pdf">Downloadable PDF</a></p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/WarrenIsDead">Michael Lutz</a><br /> Ranged Touch <a href="https://twitter.com/rangedtouch">Twitter</a> & <a href="https://patreon.com/rangedtouch">Patreon</a></p> <p><a href="https://correlatedcontents.com/?p=1532">Michael's 2013 Blog about Gone Home</a><br /> <span class= "css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0"><a href= "https://camouflajradio.libsyn.com/camouflaj-radio-tape-39">Camouflaj Radio #39</a> (feat. Fullbright & James Howell)</span></p> <p>Music copyright by <a href="http://errnum.co/">James Chandler Jr.</a></p>
December 19, 2020
Episode 3: Contra III—Hanging on Like Death
<p>Game developer and poet Shonté Daniels joins to discuss Contra III: The Alien Wars (KONAMI 1992) through the lens of poems about failure, loss, and love under tense circumstances.</p> <p>Theodore Roethke, "<a href= "https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43330/my-papas-waltz">My Papa's Waltz</a>"<br /> Elizabeth Bishop, "<a href= "https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/47536/one-art">One Art</a>"</p> <p><a href="http://shonte-daniels.com/">Shonté Daniels</a></p> <p>Music copyright by <a href="http://errnum.co/" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">James Chandler Jr</a></p> <p>The specialest of thanks to Josh Trevett for editing and assembling the audio on this episode. It would still be in Audio Editing Hell without his efforts. Thanks, Josh!</p>
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