Games & Resistance
Games & Resistance
Podcast Description
Games & Resistance is a podcast miniseries interviewing Palestinian, Lebanese, and other artists making games amid and about genocide and occupation. The interviews are co-hosted by Douglas Wilson and Chad Toprak.
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Content Themes
The podcast focuses on themes including the political environment in Palestine and Lebanon, the role of art in resistance, and the impact of video games on social narratives, with specific episodes like the discussion with Rasheed Abueideh centered around his game Liyla and The Shadows of War and his current project Dreams on a Pillow exploring the Nakba.
Games & Resistance is a podcast miniseries interviewing Palestinian, Lebanese, and other artists making games amid and about genocide and occupation. The interviews are co-hosted by Douglas Wilson and Chad Toprak.
Episode 01 – Rasheed Abueideh
For our first episode, we talk to Rasheed Abueideh, a Palestinian software engineer and game designer who lives in the West Bank. We talk to Rasheed about his award-winning 2016 game, Liyla and The Shadows of War, as well as his current project, Dreams on a Pillow, a videogame experience about the 1948 Nakba. Rasheed is currently crowdfunding Dreams on a Pillow on LaunchGood (ending on January 13).
Logo illustration by Elyce Phillips. Jingle by David Kanaga.
Links:
Dreams on a Pillow (LaunchGood campaign)
https://www.launchgood.com/v4/campaign/dreams_on_a_pillow
Liyla and The Shadows of War (2016)
https://rasheedabueideh.itch.io/liyla-and-the-shadows-of-war
Rasheed’s 2017 GDC talk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVSY4My1JIY
The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine by Ilan Pappe
https://oneworld-publications.com/work/the-ethnic-cleansing-of-palestine/
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