ITU Playcast

Steam is unique among the online stores and platforms where players buy and play digital games. In this episode we discuss the unique features of Steam that have enabled the phenomenon of Banana—a super successful game that has no apparent game play or other features usually associated with video games. So, what is Banana and how did it become the second most popular ‘game’ o

The Hero's Journey has been overused and abused in videogame writing for decades. We discuss Stephanie C. Jennings' tracing of the authoritarian heart of the monomyth from a reading of Horizon Zero Dawn to GamerGate. We also talk about one of the most hyped games of the last few months, the cyberpunk cat game Stray. Hosted by Dom Ford and Paweł Grabarczyk. This is the sixth episod

We see how the early stages of the UK (and international) videogames industry came to be by following Alex Wade's account of eccentric media mogul and fraudster Robert Maxwell, and talk about the weird and wonderful hit game, Inscryption. (This episode may sound different and be a little quieter than others - this is due to technical problems. Apologies.) Hosted by Dom Ford and Paw

Ever wondered what's going on with doors? We try to collect all the different doors in Stefano Gualeni's recent playable essay, and talk about the sedentary VR escape-the-room spy game I Expect You To Die 2. Hosted by Dom Ford and Paweł Grabarczyk. This is the fourth episode of ITU Playcast, a podcast by the Center for Computer Games Research at the IT University of Copenhagen. Ea

When is a bunch of pixels an object rather than a picture of an object? Can I unpack these digital objects into a series of homes and apartments? Find out now, as we discuss Jesper Juul's latest playable essay on videogame objects, and Witch Beam's charming new game Unpacking. Hosted by Dom Ford and Paweł Grabarczyk. This is the third episode of ITU Playcast, a podcast by the

We discuss creepypastas in, about and as games, and what empathy means, how it relates to and works within games, and why it's important to think about. Hosted by Dom Ford, who is joined by Nina Patricia Houe and Miruna Vozaru. This is the second episode of ITU Playcast, a podcast by the Center for Computer Games Research at the IT University of Copenhagen.  Each episode, a fe

We discuss whether this is (or should be) the last generation of consoles, what the meaning and role of difficulty and adaptive difficulty is in games, and why Soma (Frictional Games, 2015) is such an intriguing game from a philosophy of mind perspective. Hosted by Dom Ford, who is joined by Paweł Grabarczyk and Miguel González Duque. This is the pilot episode for ITU Playcast, a