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The first season of the Weird Economies podcast is called, "Exploits of Play" hosted by Max Haiven and produced by Halle Frost. Over ten episodes, Max, Halle and guests explore how games and gamification have moved from the margin to the centre of the ever weird-ing capitalist economy. From subcultures grown around video games, which has become a major entertainment industry, to the gamification technologies that tech and speculative capital have invested heavily in as a means to gain and hook new users. We examine what play may have lured us into participating in games we cannot win and where on the fringes play is a tool of resistance changing the game itself.
For full transcript and show notes please visit weirdeconomies.com.
Credits:
Founder and organizer of Weird Economies: Bahar Noorizadeh
Host: Max Haiven
Producer: Halle Frost
Sound editor: Faye Harvey
Sponsor: Canada Council for the Arts
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Episode | Date |
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Gaming Authority - Thiago Falcão on exploitation and far-right politics in the games industry
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May 07, 2024 |
The Cheating Other- Gargi Bhattacharyya on how racial capitalism scams us twice
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Apr 22, 2024 |
Frontiers of Play- Mary Flanagan on games, colonialism, and the playful imagination
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Apr 08, 2024 |
All Against All- Tom Boland on our modern gladiators and the real world hunger games
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Mar 25, 2024 |
The Game at War with the World- S.M. Amadae on the powers behind the prisoners' dilemma
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Mar 11, 2024 |
Conspiracy Plays - Hugh Davies on the temptations of alternate reality
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Mar 04, 2024 |