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Selection of articles written between 2005 and today.
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Choices Credits
Choices was created by Dead Medium Productions for Dublin City FM, and funded by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland with the Television Licence Fee. The programme was written and directed by Gareth Stack, and produced by Heather McLeod. The program starred Kieran Roche, Dylan Jones, Aishlinn O’Byrne, Terri Fitzgerald and Katie McCann. Music was by… Read more
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Men Becoming Animals – Episode 4 – The Gareth Stack Show Live
Your monthly dose of lowbrow comedy and middlebrow culture with Gareth Stack, hosted by Andrew Booth. May’s guests are three of the most flabbergasting Irish musicians at work today. Myles Manley has been described variously as Mick Jagger meets Alan Partridge, and as ‘whitesploitation’. Chanteur Dr David Turpin is an expert in mid-twentieth century American… Read more
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Threat Detection – Episode 15 – Privilege
Download: Threat Detection – Episode 15 1) Super Bunny Hop reports VAC bans affecting Dark Souls 2 – vac bans for using graphics enhancing hook file 2) Onion AV club running a series of articles on empty spaces in games World of Warcraft Myst and Riven 3) More privilege theory applied to gaming Read more
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Threat Detection – Episode 14
Download: Episode 14 We discuss… 1) Ars reveals the very short tail of steam game ownership 2) The importance of verbs – hilarious Day Z torture video demonstrates the bizarre social mechanics that can develop from relatively simply interaction mechanics. We need more of these! Day Z has bandage, steal, tie up, force feed, take… Read more
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Threat Detection – Episode 12 – Sex & Sexuality
Download: Episode 12 We discuss… 1) Guilt of the video game millionaires 2) Interesting article by Samantha Allen about joining the fringe medium of ‘queer’ games with the mainstream gaming audience. It highlights the veritable renaissance of sexual politics video games. 3) What we’ve been playing – GTA 5, Brothers a tale of two sons Read more
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