Humour and Games
Scott Dejong, Marc Lajeunesse & Andrei ZanescuThis podcast explores how we design and experience Humour in Games. Produced and Hosted by Scott Dejong, Marc Lajeunesse and Andrei Zanescu.Sponsored by @TAG_News
| Publishes | Daily | Episodes | 33 | Founded | 4 years ago |
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| Number of Listeners | Categories | GamesLeisure | |||
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On this episode we speak with Sebastian Möring about his chapter “Making Fun of Tetris: Humour in Parodies of a Computer Game Classic.” We talk about paradoxes, processing the strange, and the evocative power of parody in game design.
On this episode we speak with Filip Jankowski on his chapter “Sorry, You Had Won: Satirical French Digital Games Responding to National Sociopolitical Crisis (1984 - 1986). " We talk about the history of French digital games, arcades, and personal co... more
On this episode we speak with Alesha Serada about their chapter “Red Comrades Save the Galaxy: Early Russian Adventure Games and the Tradition of Anecdote.” We look at the history of post-soviet humour, the long lost format of the anecdote, and how t... more
On this episode we speak with Wyatt Moss-Wellington on his article with Paul Martin, titled “Benign Trials, Vexing Violations: Reading Humour in Puzzle Games.” We learn about benign violation theory and the role of psychological distance in creating ... more
Manuel Garin speaks to us about his book chapter “On Nintendo’s Visual Humour: Slapstick Cinema and Comic Theatre in Super Smash Bros.” We chat about sight gags across film and games, slapstick, and consider the relationship between Buster Keaton and... more
On this episode of the podcast we talk with Daniel Hessler about the relationship between puzzles, jokes, and humour’s role in narrative design. Plus you get to learn the answer to the age-old Finnish riddle “One pig, two snouts: what is it?”
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On this episode of the podcast we sit down with Dooley Murphy and discuss humour in VR experiences, and how the cycle of suspense, curiosity, and surprise works across dramatic, action, and comedic gameplay through the concept of the ‘interactive gag... more
On the second episode for this season, we sat down with Nele Van de Mosselaer, and got a chance to hear about their chapter, Comedy and the Dual Position of the Player in Video Games and Comedy (Palgrave Macmillan, 2022).
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