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Bookwarm Games

Bookwarm Games plays on the connection between games, books, and life: O, she"s warm! If this be magic, let it be an art Lawful as eating. - The Winter"s Tale You"re back! Don"t bother yourself with talking now, you look too tired. Mothers understand these things. Eat some [favorite food] and scoot up to bed. - EarthBound Deep dives into video games and books, including a trove of audio for the Video Game Academy, co-hosted with Ben Kozlowski. Get involved at

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01:05:52

Side Quests: FFVIII - Ep 2: Draw Me a Sheep--er, GF

Bookwarm Games ·

2025/02/14

That's pronounced gee ef. The Little Prince > FFVIII (but then again, The Little Prince > almost everything else, n'estc-ce pas?With Alexander Schmid, replaying and reflecting on Final Fantasy VIII.A few more preliminaries this time: guides, versions, whys and wherefores... Storywise, we're through Fire Cavern and SeeD exam, respectively.For more FFVIII study resources : https://videogameacademia.org/courses/current-semester/final-fantasy-viii/Thanks for listening!

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01:05:52

Side Quests: FFVIII - Ep 1: Garden Salad Days

Bookwarm Games ·

2025/02/07

That's pronounced ef ef vee ay ay ay. With Alexander Schmid, replaying and reflecting on Final Fantasy VIII. Apologies for dog- and cat-related interruptions. For more FFVIII study resources : https://videogameacademia.org/courses/current-semester/final-fantasy-viii/ Thanks for listening!

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01:15:12

Philip Pullman's Fairy Tales: The Firework-Maker's...

Bookwarm Games ·

2025/01/31

Audio from a broadcast for Signum Academy on Twitch in Fall 2020. After the Summer of Storytelling, it was the Fall of Philip Pullman!⁠⁠⁠⁠Slides⁠⁠⁠⁠ to accompany the ⁠⁠video⁠⁠ (⁠⁠part 1⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠part 2⁠⁠). Quite a few of these are uploaded to YouTube, and there may be even more still lingering in the Twitch archives. I tried to track the project ⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠. As Signum is rebranding some of its content in the ⁠⁠⁠⁠Plaza⁠⁠⁠⁠, there may be a more polished version available someday, but I wanted to

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01:07:21

Philip Pullman's Fairy Tales: The Scarecrow and His...

Bookwarm Games ·

2025/01/24

Audio from a broadcast for Signum Academy on Twitch in Fall 2020. After the Summer of Storytelling, it was the Fall of Philip Pullman!⁠⁠⁠Slides⁠⁠⁠ to accompany the ⁠⁠video⁠⁠ (⁠part 1⁠ and ⁠part 2⁠). Quite a few of these are uploaded to YouTube, and there may be even more still lingering in the Twitch archives. I tried to track the project ⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠. As Signum is rebranding some of its content in the ⁠⁠⁠Plaza⁠⁠⁠, there may be a more polished version available someday, but I wanted to share it

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01:02:20

Philip Pullman's Fairy Tales: Clockwork

Bookwarm Games ·

2025/01/17

Audio from a broadcast for Signum Academy on Twitch in Fall 2020. After the Summer of Storytelling, it was the Fall of Philip Pullman!⁠⁠Slides⁠⁠ to accompany the ⁠⁠video⁠⁠ (part 1 and part 2). Quite a few of these are uploaded to YouTube, and there may be even more still lingering in the Twitch archives. I tried to track the project ⁠⁠here⁠⁠. As Signum is rebranding some of its content in the ⁠⁠Plaza⁠⁠, there may be a more polished version available someday, but I wanted to share it such as it

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00:46:33

Philip Pullman's Fairy Tales: From the Brothers Grimm

Bookwarm Games ·

2025/01/10

Audio from a broadcast for Signum Academy on Twitch in Fall 2020. After the Summer of Storytelling, it was the Fall of Philip Pullman!Slides to accompany the video. Quite a few of these are uploaded to YouTube, and there may be even more still lingering in the Twitch archives. I tried to track the project here. As Signum is rebranding some of its content in the Plaza, there may be a more polished version available someday, but I wanted to share it such as it is. My hope is still to incorporate

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00:44:09

Philip Pullman's Fairy Tales: Intro

Bookwarm Games ·

2025/01/03

Audio from a broadcast for Signum Academy on Twitch in Fall 2020. After the Summer of Storytelling, it was the Fall of Philip Pullman! ⁠Slides⁠ to accompany the ⁠video⁠. Quite a few of these are uploaded to YouTube, and there may be even more still lingering in the Twitch archives. I tried to track the project ⁠here⁠. As Signum is rebranding some of its content in the ⁠Plaza⁠, there may be a more polished version available someday, but I wanted to share it such as it is. My hope is still to

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00:36:18

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Harry Potter

Bookwarm Games ·

2024/12/01

The preview session for Video Game Studies in SPACE. Inviting students to share their delight in, and deepen their appreciation of, video games, we will discuss examples of the art, music, gameplay, and story from a range of influential titles. We will introduce and experiment with some of the theoretical frameworks that have been applied to video games as media objects and cultural artifacts. But mostly, we will enjoy learning more about the medium and the games we already love. Aside from links

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00:41:42

EarthBound and The Golden Compass, revisited

Bookwarm Games ·

2024/11/23

A talk given at Cascade Moot (August 31, 2024) on the theme: "From the Fringe: The Importance of Secondary and Tertiary Characters" A Tale of Two Tonys: Loss and Recovery in The Golden Compass and EarthBound Presentation slides - essential for playing Name That Tony! with us and reading text boxes from EarthBound Reflecting on two secondary characters, Tony from Snow Wood and Tony Makarios, respectively appearing in EarthBound, a video game released for the Super Nintendo in 1995, and The Golden

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00:43:37

Teaching Video Games

Bookwarm Games ·

2024/11/11

The audio from a discussion held at TexMoot 2024. Among the voices you'll hear is that of Corey Olsen, the host of the event and president of Signum University. This one proved more engaging than my talk on Final Fantasy and King Arthur. I don't know if that was because it was more open-ended and participatory, of if it was because the other was at the end of a long day of talks. For more on the presentations: videogameacademia.org Thanks for listening.

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00:37:10

Final Fantasy and the Once and Future King

Bookwarm Games ·

2024/11/03

Inspired by Prof Kozlowski's recent post on FFVIII and IX, I'm sharing the audio from my talk on a not-too-dissimilar essay, Rat Tail and Knights of the Round: Summoning King Arthur in Final Fantasy IV and VII. Abstract: Video games play a significant role in transmitting images of heroism in contemporary culture. This talk concerns allusions to King Arthur in the Final Fantasy video game series, read in the light of mythic narratives present in the role-playing game genre. I focus on

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00:52:33

Danganronpa 2 ch 6 (and 0) - Video Game Academy

Bookwarm Games ·

2024/10/20

Resolving everything, including seemingly arbitrary AU retelling material, up to the end of Danganronpa 2. https://videogameacademia.org/courses/current-semester/danganronpa/ Thanks for listening!

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00:50:55

Danganronpa 2 ch 5 - Video Game Academy

Bookwarm Games ·

2024/10/20

Exploring the final island and the limits of luck. https://videogameacademia.org/courses/current-semester/danganronpa/ Thanks for listening.

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00:39:00

Danganronpa 2 ch 4 - Video Game Academy

Bookwarm Games ·

2024/09/22

Lost in the Funhouse that is Danganronpa 2... https://videogameacademia.org/courses/current-semester/danganronpa/ Apologies for the abrupt cessation of audio. Such are the vicissitudes of the killing game. Thanks for listening!

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00:58:59

Danganronpa 2 ch 1-3 - Video Game Academy

Bookwarm Games ·

2024/09/22

Somewhere in the ocean, an island paradise named after the Lewis Carroll poem "Jabberwocky" hosts the sequel to Danganronpa. https://videogameacademia.org/courses/current-semester/danganronpa/ Between our last release and this, a few discussions went unrecorded, but we're carrying on undeterred. Thanks for listening!

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00:44:52

Westworld and The Divine Comedy with Alexander Schmid

Bookwarm Games ·

2024/08/28

Just published in the journal Humanities, Contrapasso, Violence, and Madness in Dante’s The Divine Comedy and Westworld, by Alexander E Schmid, is freely available to read: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0787/13/5/109 We discuss reveries and memory, freedom and madness, truth and representation, and how they connect these medieval and contemporary works of art. For a related project touching on FF6 and Dante, see Gamelogica's video series: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TdWFirsgHc Thanks for

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00:58:14

Outer Space and Donuts - Danganronpa Chapter 2 - VGA...

Bookwarm Games ·

2024/07/04

The Ultimate Summer School Discussion treads carefully though intrepidly through the manly bonds and broken promises of Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc Chapter 2 - Boys Life of Despair. https://videogameacademia.org/courses/current-semester/danganronpa/ Spoilers and CW: be ready to talk about gender, sexuality, jealousy, transphobia, and "Gentleman" Genocide Jack. Thanks for listening!

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00:52:22

Ultimate Summer School - Danganronpa Prologue &...

Bookwarm Games ·

2024/06/28

A discussion of the opening case of Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc, with appropriate levels of hope and despair foreshadowing major philosophical stakes ahead. https://videogameacademia.org/courses/current-semester/danganronpa/ Spoilers and CW: see the M rating on the game. Thanks for listening!

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01:06:22

Red and The Green Knight

Bookwarm Games ·

2024/03/21

Sorry, no Tom Bombadil here. Well, a brief mention... Moses Norton, aka the Well-Red Mage, joins me to dig into the recent film adaptation of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. Tolkien, Dune 2, Dragonslayer, and lots of Gamelogica references round out our discussion of the film's visuals, characters, story, and themes. Enjoy!Gamelogica youtube channel The Pixels We're still hoping for a Criterion Collection of video games, but in the meantime, we'll do our part to bring you thoughtful

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