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Ep 22: Streaming, content, and sailing the high seas (Year in review with Nerds Talking The Podcast)
In this special summer edition Year in Review episode, we are joined by our friends Lafayette and Carlos from the Nerds Talking Podcast (https://www.nerdstalkingthepodcast.com/). We take a take a look back at the critical issues of 2023: streaming services, the rise of 'content', and the potential return of sailing the high seas for Australians.
This episode we take a deep dive into what worked and didn't work for us this year. From poor adaptations of IP, to pumped up series that fell flat, to new games that we loved. We take on studio amalgamations, the loss of mid budget films, discuss the rise of 'content', let our American friends know about the Australian Office of Film and Literature Classification and how they censor and ban games and films, and fill them in on the friendly Australian and New Zealand rivalry.
Then we turn our gaze to take a bit of a look at what is ahead in 2024, and what we are looking forward to in gaming, tv, and film and (in one notable case) in literature.
For detailed show notes and more information about the books, tv shows, movies, roleplaying games and computer games we discuss in this episode, check out the podcast website, podcultureoz.com (https://podcultureoz.com/).
31 Oct 2023
Ep 21: Women in white – Gothic Halloween special
This year's Halloween special sees us joined by Australian horror author Kyla Ward as we talk all about the women in white: gothic fiction - what is is, and is it still relevant after nearly 300 years.
In this episode, Kyla provides us with an overview of the history of gothic fiction, including the infamous 'women in white'. Then we look at the narrative elements of the gothic genre, and how these have spilled over into other forms of genre fiction. Next we do a deep diver into the character archetypes that appear in gothic fiction, and the roles they play in the stories via Gail Carriger's text 'The Heroine's Journey'.
We also explore the politics (of course!) of gothic tropes, and the connection between gothic and noir. Finally, we explore how gothic fiction is used today and if the archetypes are still relevant.
For detailed show notes and more information about the books, tv shows, movies, roleplaying games and computer games we discuss in this episode, check out the podcast website, podcultureoz.com (https://podcultureoz.com/).
30 Jul 2023
Ep 20: All about Adaptations – from good to terrible
This episode we are joined by podcaster Andrea Martucci from Shelf Love while we talk all about adaptations.
This time, we each nominate a text or texts that have been adapted from one media into another. Some have worked, some have failed dismally – some are radically different from their source material but stand up in their own right.
We discuss the good, the bad and the terrible of adaptations, and look at why some texts are lost in translation...
For detailed show notes and more information about the books, tv shows, movies, roleplaying games and computer games we discuss in this episode, check out the podcast website, podcultureoz.com (https://podcultureoz.com/).
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