Critical Distance: Keywords in Play podcast

Critical Distance: Keywords in Play

Welcome to Keywords in Play, a joint collaborative podcast between Critical Distance and the Digital Games Research Association! In this series, we deliver interviews with writers, thinkers, makers, and critics working with games in an approachable and conversational format, suitable for fans, players, and critical thinkers alike.

Welcome to Keywords in Play, a joint collaborative podcast between Critical Distance and the Digital Games Research Association! In this series, we deliver interviews with writers, thinkers, makers, and critics working with games in an approachable and conversational format, suitable for fans, players, and critical thinkers alike.

 

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Keywords in Play Episode 31 - Brendan Keogh

This episode we speak with Dr Brendan Keogh, discussing his new book The Videogame Industr... more

04 Aug 2023

46 MINS

46:31

04 Aug 2023


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Keywords in Play Episode 30 - Xavier Ho

This episode we speak with Dr. Xavier Ho, discussing his data visualisation and design res... more

27 Jul 2023

37 MINS

37:35

27 Jul 2023


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Keywords in Play Episode 29 - Stephanie Harkin

This episode we speak with Dr. Stephanie Harkin, discussing the concept of “techno-feminin... more

24 Jul 2023

28 MINS

28:09

24 Jul 2023


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Keywords in Play Episode 28 - Felania Liu

This episode we speak with Dr. Felania Liu. The episode is part 3 of a special 6-episode S... more

17 Jul 2023

33 MINS

33:56

17 Jul 2023


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Keywords in Play Episode 27 - Tingting Liu

This episode we speak with Dr. Tingting Liu, discussing her research as a cultural anthrop... more

03 Jul 2023

21 MINS

21:02

03 Jul 2023


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Keywords in Play Episode 26 - Gejun Huang

This episode marks the beginning of a special 6-episode Season of Keywords in Play, explor... more

12 Jun 2023

23 MINS

23:13

12 Jun 2023


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Keywords in Play Episode 25: Florence Smith-Nicholls

This epsiode we speak with Florence Smith-Nicholls about the paper "The Dark Souls of Arch... more

16 Dec 2022

30 MINS

30:30

16 Dec 2022


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Keywords in Play Episode 24: Mahli-Ann Butt, Amanda Cote, Emil Lunedal Hammar and Cody Mejeur

This episode we are doing something a little bit different - interviewing a group of schol... more

10 Nov 2022

29 MINS

29:46

10 Nov 2022


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Keywords in Play Ep. 23: Everest Pipkin

Everest Pipkin is a writer, game developer and software artist from Central Texas whose wo... more

26 Sep 2022

42 MINS

42:38

26 Sep 2022


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Keywords in Play Ep. 22: Alesha Serada

Alesha Serada is a PhD student and a researcher at the University of Vaasa, Finland. Their... more

15 Jul 2022

30 MINS

30:59

15 Jul 2022


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Keywords in Play Ep. 21: Gregory Whistance-Smith

In this episode we talk with Gregory Whistance-Smith, an independent scholar based in Edmo... more

17 Jun 2022

34 MINS

34:06

17 Jun 2022


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Keywords in Play Episode 20 - Jaroslav Švelch

Jaroslav Švelch is an assistant professor at Charles University, Prague. He is the author ... more

13 May 2022

25 MINS

25:24

13 May 2022


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Keywords in Play Episode 19 - Regina Seiwald and Ed Vollans - Paratexts

In this episode we speak with Regina Seiwald and Ed Vollans on paratexts and their forthco... more

22 Apr 2022

34 MINS

34:15

22 Apr 2022


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Keywords in Play Episode 18 - Esther Wright on Rockstar and History

Esther Wright is Lecturer in Digital History at Cardiff University. Her work is situated w... more

11 Mar 2022

39 MINS

39:11

11 Mar 2022


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Keywords in Play Episode 17 - April Tyack on Ordinary Player Experience

April Tyack is a postdoctoral researcher at Aalto University and vice-president of DiGRA A... more

11 Feb 2022

20 MINS

20:59

11 Feb 2022


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Keywords in Play Episode 16 - Felan Parker on Cutural Intermediaries

This episode we speak with Felan Parker about his work on cultural intermediaries and indi... more

19 Nov 2021

33 MINS

33:03

19 Nov 2021


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Keywords in Play Episode 15 - Leon Xiao

This episode we speak with Leon Xiao about the paper "What are the odds? Lower compliance ... more

15 Oct 2021

26 MINS

26:38

15 Oct 2021


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Keywords in Play Episode 14 - Adrienne Shaw

This episode we speak with Adrienne Shaw about the paper "Encoding and decoding affordance... more

17 Sep 2021

29 MINS

29:47

17 Sep 2021


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Episode 13 - Alenda Y. Chang

This episode we speak with Alenda Y. Chang about games, ecology, literature, and environme... more

11 Jun 2021

29 MINS

29:09

11 Jun 2021


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Keywords in Play Episode 12 - Aaron Trammell

This episode we talk with Aaron Trammell about challenging canonical thinkers, race, tortu... more

14 May 2021

35 MINS

35:31

14 May 2021