Episode 10: Where the Magic Happens
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Ready for action! This episode, "Where the Magic Happens", is all about small sound cues, how our brain processes them, and how a specific genre, and series, makes the most of them. This is the kind of show you can listen to out of order, but I’d recommend listening to the first episode at some point. It explains why this podcast exists, and was a lot of fun to make. And if you end up buying Warcraft 3 because of this episode, be warned: the current remastered version (Reforged) changed the audiovisuals for the worse, but luckily, player feedback got them to add classic graphics and...
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Episode 9: Behind the Closed Door
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A late Halloween special, because I'm not great at time management. In this episode, "Behind the Closed Door", I talk about tools of the trade for horror writers, and we're getting Lovecraftian about it. Some things to look forward to: A house containing a bug of variable size, a completely normal hike through the woods, and me hamming it up the whole time. This is the kind of series you can listen to out of order, but I’d recommend listening to the first episode at some point. It explains why this podcast exists, and was a lot of fun to make.
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Episode 8: Know Your Limits
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Another one! In this episode, "Know Your Limits", I talk about a whole heap of things, but mainly save points. Some things to look forward to this time: A boss fight decades in the making, Link putting on pants, and a conversation between three thinkers who have never met. This is the kind of series you can listen to out of order, but I’d recommend listening to the first episode at some point. It explains why this podcast exists, and was a lot of fun to make. And I got some links for you all, both interviews with Satoshi Nakai, both very different, and both very worthwhile. -...
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Episode 7: The Building Blocks of Life
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The triumphant return of Playing With Form! In this episode, "The Building Blocks of Life", I talk about composition. Some things to look forward to this time: Music written and performed on a Nintendo DS emulator, a suspiciously important 2 years of game design, and multiple literal interpretations of the term "worldbuilding". This is the kind of series you can listen to out of order, but I’d recommend listening to the first episode at some point. It explains why this podcast exists, and was a lot of fun to make.
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Episode 6: To See With Your Ears
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The sixth episode, talking about the practical and philosophical merits of game sound. Some things to look forward to this time: Poetry from inside the womb, a commentated romp through the underworld, and repurposed film theory.
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Episode 5: A Story About A Story About A Tree
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The fifth episode, ruminating on human connection and the mushrooming of ideas. Some things to look forward to this time: Amateur philosophy and virtual film noir, all framed by the world's most boring Let's Play.
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Episode 4: Where to Draw the Line
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The fourth episode, talking about music, and the concept of nonlinear media. Some things to look forward to this time: A Final Fantasy X rant, the merits of virtual radio, and a Russian composer very much out of his element.
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Episode 3: An Ode to Gibberish
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The third episode, exploring voice and identity.
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Episode 2: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Random Number
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The second episode, discussing random number generation.
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Episode 1: To Do is To Be
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The very first episode of Playing With Form, laying out the show's mission statement, and explaining the diegetic world.
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In this episode, "A Story About A Story About A Tree", I talk about games as human connection, unraveling a mystery from the late 90's, and airing my opinions on both Final Fantasy 7, and the entire internet.
Some things to look forward to this time: Amateur philosophy and virtual film noir, all framed by the world's most boring Let's Play.
This is the kind of series you can listen to out of order, but I’d recommend listening to the first episode at some point. It explains why this podcast exists, and was a lot of fun to make.
I either shortened or paraphrased all of the articles I used, so here they are in full, for your reading pleasure:
A Story About A Tree, by Raph Koster (who you will hear from again)
Who Killed Miss Norway?, by Tracy Spaight
Revisiting the Garden of Remembrance, by Raph Koster