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Category Archives: Podcast
Border House Interviews … Elizabeth Shoemaker-Sampat
Interview three in a series of how many as we need! This is the Border House Interviews, and we’re interviewing Elizabeth Shoemaker-Sampat. Elizabeth is a game designer who has a lot of amazing games titles under her belt. She’s got … Continue reading
Posted in General Gaming, Indie Games, Podcast
Tagged Elizabeth Shoemaker-Sampat, podcast, TBH Interviews
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The Border House Interviews … Amanda Valentine
Interview two in a series of how many as we need! This is the Border House Interviews, and we’re interviewing Amanda Valentine. Amanda is an editor, who has been working with such table top game companies like Evil Hat Productions, … Continue reading
The Border House Interviews … Michelle Lyons-McFarland
Hey there folks! There was a lot of talk about talk amongst all the TBH contributors and editors. We had heard that you wanted more interviews where we talk about games with some of the awesome people who make them. … Continue reading
The Border House Podcast – Episode 8: Kickstarter and Crowd Funded Games
We recorded a podcast about Kickstarter/crowd funded games awhile back and I neglected to put it up on the site right away. I apologize to everyone for that oversight. The audio quality of this one isn’t ideal but the enthusiastic … Continue reading
The Border House Podcast – Episode 7: Dragon Age 2
It has been awhile since the last podcast, which will be explained at the start of this new show. We now have a new host and we are definitely coming back despite the delay between episodes. In this latest episode … Continue reading
The Border House Podcast – Episode 6: Safe Spaces
At long last, the latest episode of The Border House Podcast! We’re changing up the format to be a monthly release and hopefully tackle more serious and current topics to make each especially worth it. Anna and Kim join … Continue reading
Posted in General Gaming, Podcast, Site News
Tagged language, Moderdation, podcast, safe spaces
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The Border House Podcast – Episode 5: Our Avatars and Us
This time around, Rawles and I talk about Skyrim, Saints Row 3, and other games that have character creators and how they relate to diversity issues in gaming. Unfortunately, I sound a little weird and there’s a few blips … Continue reading
Posted in Console Games, General Gaming, PC Games, Podcast, Site News
Tagged character creators, featured, Saints Row 3, skyrim
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Let’s Play at The Border House – Left 4 Dead 2
The Border House podcast decided to take a little holiday for those who celebrated Thanksgiving and try out something a little more fun. Instead of waxing poetic at our favorite RPGs we decided to have a change of pace … Continue reading
Posted in General Gaming, Off-Topic, PC Games, Podcast, Site News
Tagged Left 4 Dead 2, Let's Play
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The Border House Podcast: Episode 2 Transcript
Fanart by naiadestricolor. Below is the transcript for episode 2 of The Border House Podcast, Diversity, Cohesion, and the Gaming Community. Huge thank you to the following folks for their help in transcribing this episode: Nymeria815, James Leung, Lucas, ZacMatic, … Continue reading
The Border House Podcast – Episode 4: Diversity in a Strange Land
The new The Border House podcast is up! Rather timely indeed, as we talked about the recent inclusion of progressive material at Kotaku and used the opportunity to talk about the relationship between writer, community, and indenity. Discussion about … Continue reading
Posted in General Gaming, Podcast, Site News, Social Media
Tagged activism, diversity, identity, Kotaku, Writing
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