Game Crimes Episode 4 - Danielle Bunten Berry Game Crimes Podcast

Episode 4 - Heroes of Games: Danielle Bunten Berry

Description: In this episode, we turn our microscope lens to influential transwoman game designer Danielle Bunten Berry. Berry's games laid the foundation for much of what we know about modern multiplayer games and exploring her notes provides us a broader window to discuss queer erasure in video game history.

CONTENT WARNING: Telling Danielle's story requires us to discuss some of the extreme transphobia she encountered in her life.

GAME CRIMES is a history project by Mike Bachmann (Greetings Adventures Podcast, Roll for Streetwise) and Jay Munford (SHU Podcast, Poor Skeleton Games) detailing the black market history of video games. Each podcast covers a single topic, provides some historical context and reviews a few games related to the topic. On the GAME CRIMES interactive streams, Mike and Jay answer questions, give how-to demonstrations and play these games for the first time.

Games Reviewed:
M.U.L.E. (Windows 10) by Turborilla
Seven Cities of Gold (Windows) by Sega

Music:
Theme from M.U.L.E. by Roy Glover & Nick Eastridge (NES)
Theme from Heart of Africa by Roy Glover (C64)
Theme from Robot Rascals by Dave Warhol (C64)
Theme from M.U.L.E. 1996 Clone by Unknown (DOS)
Theme from The Seven Cities of Gold (C64) by Roy Glover
Theme from M.U.L.E. by Roy Glover & Nick Eastridge (C64)

For more info on GAME CRIMES or to contact the podcast, check us out here -

Website: www.gamecrimespod.com/
Twitch: www.twitch.tv/gamecrimes
Twitter: www.twitter.com/gamecrimespod

BIG THANKS to Steph, our (brave & intrepid) editor. You can find her at @StephOKingston

0:36
Theme from M.U.L.E. by Roy Glover & Nick Eastridge (NES)

0:30
Introduction!

3:55
Theme from Heart of Africa by Roy Glover (C64)

4:22
Danielle's Biography

22:08
Theme from M.U.L.E. by Roy Glover & Nick Eastridge (NES)

12:18
The Influence of M.U.L.E.

21:01
Theme from Robot Rascals by Dave Warhol (C64)

21:34
Queer Erasure in History (Jay Monologue)

26:30
Theme from M.U.L.E. (1996 Clone) by Unknown (DOS)

26:55
Danielle's Game Design Philosophy

41:24
Theme from The Seven Cities of Gold (C64) by Roy Glover

41:55
Reading Danielle's Games in Light of Her Personal History

50:12
Theme from The Seven Cities of Gold (C64) by Roy Glover

50:37
REVIEW: M.U.L.E. (Windows 10) by Turborilla

56:26
REVIEW: Seven Cities of Gold (Windows) by Sega

1:05:22
Signoff

1:07:00
Theme from M.U.L.E. by Roy Glover & Nick Eastridge (C64)