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A narrative podcast about video games and the virtual worlds that power culture and community.
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Becoming Master Chief
For 20 years, Steve Downes has portrayed Master Chief, appearing in each
mainline game of the Halo series to date.…
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Final Symphony
Music plays an important role in many games, and even in the early days, the
best composers were able to…
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Mind Games
For all the negative coverage and misrepresentation that video games receive,
the reality is very different. For most of us,…
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Photo Mode
Image credit: Megan Reims [https://www.instagram.com/midnight.hyp3] / Ubisoft
Montréal ™ (Assassin's Creed: Valhalla)
Do you ever…
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Augment Your Reality
In 2016, Pokémon GO was a global phenomenon. Millions of players around the
world lived out their fantasies of being…
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Play & Preserve
A whole generation of games are at risk of being lost forever. Physical media
like floppy disks and optical discs…
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