Are all video game podcasts, reviews, and essays basically the same? This week we ask why games coverage keeps repeating itself and what it would take to say something new.
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00:00 Every Game Podcast Ever
00:35 Is All Video Game Coverage the Same?
02:47 Overviews as Analysis
07:00 The Intentional Fallacy
10:57 Ocarina of Time and the Remake Discourse
13:55 The Problem With Video Game Essays
18:50 Why Are All Gaming Podcasts the Same?
22:47 A Podcast Should Be More Than Its Hosts
24:35 Going Independent Just to Make the Same Thing
28:57 Is Games Media Becoming Irrelevant?
32:31 Games Media Hasn't Adapted to the Internet
33:29 What Is a Video Game Critic Actually For?
35:24 The Problem With Games News Podcasts
37:59 Being Sad About Layoffs Is Not a Position
40:22 Cruel Optimism and the Games Industry
44:09 Longer Doesn't Mean Deeper
45:41 What Does It Mean to Closely Read a Game?
47:52 How Much Plot Summary Is Too Much?
52:37 The Worst Video Essay Writing Trend
55:36 Critical Error Royalty
56:31 Peter's Prepared Segment
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