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First Person Podcast Episode 48

Disco Elysium The Final Cut

Kacper Szozda, Andrew Bailey, Francis Parr, and Patrick Dolan

Welcome to a very special 48th episode of the First-Person Podcast. The world is opening back up and gaming backlogs are clogging up with sweet savings from summer sales. With the regular crew on a well-deserved break, we have some fantastic guests from the FPS community to take over. This month, we’ll be taking a return trip to Disco Elysium in light of it’s recent Final Cut and we have a trio of DE-experts to a tour guide. But don’t be frightened or intimidated, these are fun and friendly fellows, and I (Patrick Dolan, Managing editor of FPS) will be here with you the whole time. Ok so, let’s let these gentlemen and scholars introduce themselves. Continue Reading →

First Person Podcast Episode 47

Queer Representation in Gaming

Giuseppe Femia, Alex Chalk, and Patrick Dolan

Welcome to the 47th episode of First-Person Podcast and Happy Pride Month everybody! This episode we are going to be looking at and talking about queer representation in gaming. Whether it be queer theming, queer performativity, or explicitly queer characters, we want to try and open up the conversation a bit more looking at the way gaming media frames queer values and narratives. Join us as we look into both mainstream and indie games and discuss our experience with them. Continue Reading →

First Person Podcast Episode 46

Player-Narrative Dissonance

Giuseppe Femia, Sabrina Sgandurra, Alex Chalk, and Patrick Dolan

Welcome to the 46th episode of the First-Person Podcast. This month we aren’t going to be talking about the Ludonarrative Dissonance but focusing on the Player-Narrative Dissonance. How do we ourselves legitimize doing something in a video game world that we are morally opposed to in the meatspace?
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First Person Podcast Episode 45

Content Gaming Videos

Giuseppe Femia, Sabrina Sgandurra, Alex Chalk, and Patrick Dolan

Welcome to the 45th episode of First-Person Podcast. This is the final part of our three-part series that we are doing to examine how games are introduced to us and played with on YouTube. For part three, we are going to be looking at the Content videos that we see comic youtubers and casual gamers making for us. We can see what’s new on Twitch and where the YouTube community can go from here. Continue Reading →

First Person Podcast Episode 44

YouTube Game Analysis

Giuseppe Femia, Sabrina Sgandurra, Alex Chalk, and Patrick Dolan

Welcome to the 44th episode of First-Person Podcast. This is part two of our three-part series that we are doing to examine how games are introduced to us and played with on YouTube. For part two, we are going to be looking at the Lore Analysis videos that get worked into the mainstream YouTube feed every so often. And, yes this was my way of working in a reason to talk about Dark Souls. Continue Reading →

First Person Podcast Episode 43

Parasocial Play on YouTube

Giuseppe Femia, Sabrina Sgandurra, Alex Chalk, and Patrick Dolan

To commemorate our transition to YouTube, this is part one of a three-part series that we will be doing to examine how games are introduced to us and played with on YouTube. For part one, we are going to be looking at the Parasocial play involved with a lot of retro and modern YouTube content. From Walkthroughs to Let’s Plays, this is the foundation of our YouTube gaming experience. Continue Reading →