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 2 – Ramsey Nasser
For our second episode, we talk to Ramsey Nasser, a Lebanese game designer, computer scientist, and educator who lives in NYC. We talk to Ramsey about one of his recent projects, gaza.memorial, as well as some of his political games and other interactive media art.
Logo illustration by Elyce Phillips. New jingle by Meena Shamaly.
Links:
Ramsey’s website
https://nas.sr/about/
gaza.memorial
https://gaza.memorial/
Dialogue 3-D
https://nas.sr/dialogue-3-d/
Handväska!
https://nasser.itch.io/handvaska
The Opposite of Occupied Is Not Vacant
https://occupied.land/
How To Write A Joke That Will Still Be Funny In Two Thousand Years (talk)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmYRHZYktrc
Compassionate Exclusion (escape room)
https://www.compassionatex.net/
EMMA Technology Cooperative
https://emma.coop/
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