Fran and Chris are joined by guest Anthony, in the second episode of our classy video game book club series. We discuss a well-regarded but somewhat overlooked shooter, “Titanfall 2”.
(Originally recorded March 23, 2017)
The Pensive Podcast #1 – Helen Wang, and Vocation
In this first episode of our new mindfulness podcast, Chris speaks to mentor and CMU Director of Residential Education Helen Wang. We answer questions sent in about the topic of vocation – how do we know what we want to do as a career?
Iron Fist Didn’t Have to Be Asian, But I Sure Did Want Him to Be
While I am the son of Filipino immigrants, growing up in a mostly white suburban area created a distance between myself and my racial identity. I wasn’t in touch with my roots, and for the longest time, my own perspective of identity politics was quite limited – a result of both apathy and even ignorance to the state of things.
But leaving that bubble helped to open up my mind and look at my identity from a different viewpoint. But what has driven me even more to embrace my Asian-American label is looking at the lack of representation of Asians in the media – I am motivated to not only promote this issue, but to help fill that void as an artist. With the recent release of Marvel and Netflix’s Iron Fist generating discussions on this topic, I’d like to share how my personal experiences have led me to where I am now.
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Sam’s Excellent GDC Adventure
Sam went GDC earlier this month! In this special one-off podcast, Chris and Fran talk to them about their taste of the video game developer community.
Fireside Game Chat – Episode 1
Pour yourself a glass of wine and listen to the inaugural episode of our classy video game book club series, where we kick things off by talking about overlooked indie darling “Overwatch”.
The Movies of 2016: Hidden Figures
This is a film that makes its mission very obvious from its title. When we think of the great accomplishments we’ve made in human history, often there are individuals – and groups – whose contributions go unnoticed. In the case of Katherine Goble Johnson (Taraji P. Henson), Dorothy Vaughn (Octavia Spencer), and Mary Jackson (Janelle Monaé), these women faced both sexism and racism while working at NASA, as astronaut John Glenn (Glenn Powell) prepares his historic space flight.
“Hidden Figures” is an important film for a multitude of reasons – not only are stories about women of color rare in mainstream Hollywood, but women and women of color face a number hurdles when going into STEM that men do not have to. This movie is also a reminder of what racism looks like – we often see racism as loud and overt, but implicit racism can be just as ugly and damaging. “Hidden Figures” is a real crowd-pleaser, one that doesn’t need CGI spectacle or witty one-liners, but is instead carried by strong performances and powerful truths.
Devil’s Third Online: The Plight of Onion-Man
In honor of the recently deceased Devil’s Third online servers, we look back at a previously unreleased look at the multiplayer with Sam and Chris.
In its Switch Presentation, Nintendo sends mixed messages
I was amongst the many in the internet who endlessly speculated on what Nintendo’s mysterious NX could be. I ate up every report, every rumor, and every leak (legitimate or not) that was thrown at me, or the good people at /r/NintendoNX, now migrated to /r/NintendoSwitch. Finally, on October 20th, 2016, the loud, obnoxious, and sometimes unreasonable cries of NX theorists and fanatics were answered.
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The Bad Haircast 013 – Simone Does Cool Things
RECORDED: October 30th, 2016
We initially talk about Halloween, Nintendo, and other things, but Simone busts out the autoharp and shows us how boring everyone else’s lives are.
The Bad Haircast 012 – We’re Back(?)
A timely episode indeed! Our first episode since the beginning of the summer, we catch up with our lives, technology, and briefly discuss the future of this multimedia empire.
