Re-Rolling the Design of Role-Playing Games
The world of tabletop role-playing games is much broader than Dungeons & Dragons, and there’s been a boom of DIY tabletop RPGs in the last decade. But as new players are coming on to the scene, they’r...
11 Nov 202131min
Did A French Theater Invent Modern Horror?
Many elements of modern horror movies and TV shows came from an unlikely source, a theater in Paris called The Grand Guignol. Beginning in the late 19th century, The Grand Guignol was inventing staple...
28 Okt 202129min
The Ecology of Dune
Frank Herbert’s Dune has been hailed as a pioneer of environmental science fiction, where the Fremen on the planet of Arakkis, have had to adapt to extreme weather conditions through technology and cu...
14 Okt 202132min
Why '70s Office Decor Holds the MCU Together
Kasra Farahani has done concept art on a lot of big sci-fi fantasy films, and this year he took on his biggest job yet as the production designer for the Disney+ series Loki. Kasra’s sets became fan f...
30 Sep 202130min
The Video Game Industry Adapts to Blind Players
Video games are an inherently visual medium that traditionally haven’t been very accessible to blind people. But there are plenty of blind players who enjoy games and want to lower the barriers to ent...
16 Sep 202131min
The Hidden Queerness of Sailor Moon and Disney Villains
Queer representation in children’s cartoons has never been better, but the road to get here has been fraught. I talk with podcaster Dawn H and journalist Sara Century about how the first type of queer...
2 Sep 202132min
Samurai to Star Wars: The Legend of Musashi
An entire subgenre of samurai films, shows, manga, anime and games can be traced back to one person – a real life samurai named Miyamoto Musashi. He was not the first samurai to achieve fame, but his ...
19 Aug 202131min
Giving Imaginary Advice
If you’ve ever searched for my podcast, you probably came across a show with a similar title: Imaginary Advice. I quickly became a fan of Imaginary Advice because the host Ross Sutherland walks the li...
5 Aug 202138min
