Creeks aren't the only types of mountain streams in Appalachia. We also have video game streamers! This week we're joined by Renee Hill, a pastry chef, gamer, and video game streamer known as "The Caked Crusader". Renee currently lives in Madison County, the same county in Western North Carolina where JD (the host) grew up. For…Read more Ep. 23: The Streamers of Madison County
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Ep. 15: Grief, Game Development, and the Emotional Significance of Oatmeal
Andrea Ayres, creator of The Average Everyday Adventures of Samantha Browne, makes me feel a lot of things about hot cereal. The making of the Average Everyday Adventures of Samantha Browne shows that oatmeal has more to do with grief and game development than you might expect. Born on the heels of grief at the loss…Read more Ep. 15: Grief, Game Development, and the Emotional Significance of Oatmeal
Ep. 13: The Unbearable Anxiety of Tweeting
Subtweeting is all the rage these days. And no, we don't mean tweeting from a Subway. Rae Sterling, writer and twitter role-player, joins us this week to talk about how (and why) passive-aggressiveness crops up in online gaming spaces. Join us this week to learn more about Twitter roleplay, the benefit and detriment of anonymity on…Read more Ep. 13: The Unbearable Anxiety of Tweeting
Ep. 06: Crying in a Closet
This week JD goes solo, interviewing Bailey Morrison as part of a new series of interviews about video games with people who don't like playing video games. Inspired by Brie Code and a panel from SXSW (titled "Video Games for People Who Don't Like Video Games"), JD delves deep into the reasons Bailey finds video…Read more Ep. 06: Crying in a Closet