The RE:BIND.io Podcast – Details, episodes & analysis

Plugs:

Yussef's twitter - https://twitter.com/youmeyou

Bullet Points Monthly - https://bulletpointsmonthly.com/

Unwinnable - https://unwinnable.com/

notes:

Yussef's piece "Cuphead and the Racist Spectre of Fleischer Animation" - https://unwinnable.com/2017/11/10/cuphead-and-the-racist-spectre-of-fleischer-animation/

Yussef's piece "Fortnite's Appropriation Issue Isn't About Copyright Law, It's About Ethics" - https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/a3bkgj/fortnite-fortnight-black-appropriation-dance-emote

Jacob Geller's video essay "Does Call of Duty Believe in Anything?" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtCV421T52s

Bullet Points' Back and Forth on Spiritfarer - https://bulletpointsmonthly.com/2020/09/09/back-and-forth-spiritfarer

Bullet Points' issue on Ghosts of Tsushima - https://bulletpointsmonthly.com/issue/ghost-of-tsushima

The Last Survey

Videogames in the age of climate collapse

Climate activism

Plugs:

Nicholas' twitter - https://twitter.com/__nkO

Personal website - http://doubleunderscore.net/

The Last Survey - https://m3m3x.itch.io/the-last-survey

Notes:

The Trolley - https://m3m3x.itch.io/the-trolley

Ingrid Burrington's work on the materiality of the Internet - http://lifewinning.com/tag/writes/

Babycastles - https://www.babycastles.com/

Gill Scott Heron's Whitey on the Moon - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=goh2x_G0ct4

How Jay got started in games

Project management

Dropsy, marketing, Kickstarter

Adventure game design

Tecnosaudade games

Indie games communities

Collective organizing, making better spaces

Hypnospace Outlaw, whats next

Pitching and getting funding, publishing, business meetings, paperwork

plugas:

Jay's twitter - https://twitter.com/jaytholen

Hypnospace Outlaw - http://www.hypnospace.net/

An Airport for Aliens Currently Run by Dogs - https://store.steampowered.com/app/1246250/An_Airport_for_Aliens_Currently_Run_by_Dogs/

notes:

Jaz Rignall's feature on the early days at Lucasarts - https://www.usgamer.net/articles/i-actually-was-hunting-ewoks-lucasfilm-games-the-early-years

Question's The Magic Circle - https://store.steampowered.com/app/323380/The_Magic_Circle/

Nathalie Lawhead's Everything is going to be OK - https://alienmelon.itch.io/everything-is-going-to-be-ok

Victoria Dominowski's Secret Little Haven - https://ristar.itch.io/secret-little-haven

Nina Freeman's Cibele - https://starmaidgames.itch.io/cibele

Nathalie Lawhead's Tetrageddon Games - https://alienmelon.itch.io/tetrageddon

Parroty Interactive's Microshaft Winblows 98 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microshaft_Winblows_98

Netcafe - https://archive.org/details/netcafe

topics:

tabletop games inspirations

how cara joined, going from journalist to developer

narrative design

humour in the game, silly jokes, himbos

bloodlines 2

representation in bloodlines 2

bloodlines 1 fan questions, lore & worldbuilding

troika, bloodlines 1 development

games journalism

plugs:

Cara Ellison's personal website

Brian Mitsoda's twitter

Dead State

Show notes:

Cara Ellison's Embed with Games

Kiereon Gillen's review of Bloodlines

Kieron Gillen's piece about Heather

Part 1 of Emily's series about Bloodlines on RE:BIND

Part 2 of Emily's series about Bloodlines on RE:BIND

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Plugs:

Aetheric Games' twitter - https://twitter.com/aethericgames

Nick's personal twitter - https://twitter.com/MrBehemo

Temple of Snek - https://store.steampowered.com/app/1208590/Temple_Of_Snek/

Show notes:

Bonbon - https://aethericgames.itch.io/bonbon

Emily's piece on Bonbon - https://www.rebind.io/the-year-of-the-rat-bonbon-4319/

Among the Sleep - https://store.steampowered.com/app/250620/Among_the_Sleep__Enhanced_Edition/

Lost in the Backrooms - https://jan-malitschek.itch.io/lost-in-the-backrooms

Emily's piece on Lost in the Backrooms - https://www.rebind.io/confrontation-of-the-substrate-jan-malitscheks-backrooms-2626/

Puppet Combo's games - https://puppetcombo.com/

She Dreams Elsewhere - https://lorenze.itch.io/she-dreams-elsewhere

Interactivity: The Interactive Experience - https://aethericgames.itch.io/interactivity-the-interactive-experience

Toni's twitter - https://twitter.com/duck_bubbles

Agony of a Dying MMO's itch page - https://toni-hughes.itch.io/agony-of-a-dying-mmo


PAGAN: Autogeny - https://oleandergarden.itch.io/pagan3

No Players Online - https://papercookies.itch.io/no-players-online

Dread Delusion - https://lovelyhellplace.itch.io/dread-delusion

Half Life mods: They Hunger, Afraid of Monsters

Plugs:

Konstantinos' twitter - https://twitter.com/gnomeslair

Konstantinos' website - https://game-cities.com

Konstantinos' book Virtual Cities - https://unbound.com/books/virtual-cities/

Show Notes:

Moshe Linke's games - https://www.moshelinke.de/

Palace of the Soviets - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palace_of_the_Soviets

DUSTNET - http://scrnprnt.ca/DUSTNET.html

Project Xanadu - http://www.xanadu.net/

Jordan's personal twitter - https://twitter.com/Bad_Durandal

Just Add Monsters on Twitter - https://twitter.com/AddMonsters

Just Add Monsters on Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC05y_wEbc-bAM5Fcb5GT3pQ

Just Add Monsters on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/user?u=33342365

notes:

Just Add Monsters' Video Essay on Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leN_o8Gh9ZI

Just Add Monsters' Video Essay on Control - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gbhrWcJT5w

Jack Saint's youtube channel - https://www.youtube.com/user/LackingSaint

Patricia Taxxon's youtube channel - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOjLfFE0TABS9bk05oH-kgw

The Ballad of the Metamorphosis of M. Dolly by David Su - https://usdivad.itch.io/the-ballad-of-the-metamorphosis-of-m-dolly

Maggie Mae Fish's Video Essay on Robocop - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdy1ln1vmv0

Plugs:

Spencer's personal site - https://spncryn.tumblr.com/

Spencer's twitter - https://twitter.com/spncryn/

Show notes:

Nic Reuben's piece on Spencer's Hotline Miami mod - https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2019-08-13-the-messy-story-behind-the-hotline-miami-mod-that-never-was

Sam White's profile on Stardew Valley creator Eric Barone - https://www.gq.com/story/stardew-valley-eric-barone-profile

Errant Signal's video on The Space Between - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GzzcepN2yE

The Legend of Bum-bo

The upsides of indie games community (easier to talk with devs, getting feedback)

game stores, importance of itch.io

James' career

importance of having interests beyond games

Videogames coverage, lack of indie and art angles

Parallels with Maker Community

Dev burnout

potential of VR for indie devs, art house games being a more accessible approach for non gamers

Plugs:

James' twitter: https://twitter.com/jamesid

The Legend of Bum-bo: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1148650/The_Legend_of_BumBo/

Notes:

Hackaday: https://hackaday.com/

Kusogrande: https://twitter.com/kusogrande