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FWR Archives: Racing the Bogost
Ian Bogost The FWR crew was excited to interview with Ian Bogost. Ian is a writer, developer, and professor and joins us for a conversation on his recent book with previous guest Nick Montfort, Racing...
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FWR Archives: Erik Loyer Plays Us Like a Fiddle
Ruben and Lullaby Erik Loyer of Opertoon joined us for a talk in September of 2009. The first Opertoon game, Ruben & Lullaby, was released earlier this year via the iTunes App Store and has...
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FWR Archives: Stephanie Rothenberg on Play as Digital Inquiry
Double Happiness Jeans Installation In June of 2009 we were joined by artist and educator Stephanie Rothenbergfor a conversation on the importance of play. Stephanie runs an online training...
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FWR Archives: Leigh Alexander and the Twitter Army
In May of 2009 we were joined by Leigh Alexander of Gamasutra, Kotaku, and Sexy Videogameland. We were excited to talk with Leigh about the impact of social networking technologies on game development...
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003: Games for Learning
Eco Defenders from Filament Games and The Jason Project In this show: We take an extended look at two sides of Games for Learning: teachers and developers. Marjee Chmiel discusses using games in the...
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005: The National Pinball Museum
In this show: We visit the National Pinball Museum and talk to David Silverman, the creator, curator and executive director. Along the way we speak with museum visitors Alan, T-Man, and the Dillon...
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006: Developing Expectations
In this episode: Chris Avellone discusses Planescape: Torment, Fallout: New Vegas, and player expectations in RPGs. Find out more about Fallout: New Vegas and Chris’ other projects at...
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On Hiatus – Updated!
Update October 5, 2011: We are very sorry to announce that we are delaying the return of Playable Character for 4 weeks. We are not going away forever, and we are not going to extend our hiatus...
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In the midst of our hiatus, we wanted to give you a little something to remember us by. So here is a music mix from our first season. Check out a sampling of tracks we used in pieces throughout the...
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Bonus 001: The Longevity of Pinball
Mayor LaGuardia Topples a Pinball Machine In this episode: We offer up some extra footage from our visit to the National Pinball Museum. David Silverman discusses the longevity of the pinball...
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