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While the podcast has gone through a period of hibernation, the game ‘industry’ has, well, shat the bed. In this first episode of a new season and format, Chantal and Jörg look past the doom and gloom and towards a more sustainable and beautiful future. The waves are crashing down - so let’s surf!

Notes:

C-Smash VRS on Meta Quest: https://www.meta.com/en-gb/experiences/7255247917854212/

darkwebSTREAMER: https://www.darkwebstreamer.com

Chantal’s tweet: https://x.com/thoughtrise/status/1764535542203683250

Kazimierz Dabrowski’s “Positive Disintegration”: https://www.positivedisintegration.com/

Luc Bernard has built the Holocaust Museum inside Fortnite and put his own money into an acclaimed game about one of the darkest chapters in history. We talk about campaigning for peace and staying human in a world ravaged by politics.




The Altruistic Personality (mentioned by Chan)
Meghna Jayanth's thread on The Golden Joystick Awards

Auteurs can be geniuses, they can be villains, they can get all the credit even on games with big teams. We sit down with Sam Barlow, creator of "Her Story" and "Immortality", to dissect these curious creatures.

Directional was born at Gamescom 2022 - chiefly as a passionate response to gaming's biggest event. A year later, Chantal and Jörg reunite in Cologne and re-examine their relationship to the chaos. Recorded live amidst 320,000 attendees.

While Chantal is flying to Gamescom (where this show began), Jörg talks to videogames' top time-traveller, Digital Foundry's John Linneman, about the need to touch our origins. Look out for an unexpected cameo by Steven Spielberg.

Chantal and Jörg took their games to different game events last week: BitSummit in Kyoto and AVCon in Adelaide. While Jörg was in nerd heaven, Chantal met the dark side of nerddom. Naturally.