Episode 107: A Conversation with Dr. Kishonna Gray (Right click and save as to download, or find us on iTunes or Stitcher).
We don’t always get to sit down with other academics who care as much about games as we do, but when we do, we talk for hours… and that’s what happened when Dr. Kishonna Gray stopped by the podcast. Gray, Assistant Professor in the School of Justice Studies at Eastern Kentucky and the author of Race, Gender, and Deviance in Xbox Live, talked with us about online spaces, activism, the importance of training designers in analysis and critique, among other things, and somehow we managed to have a good time. Seems impossible while navigating such heavy subjects, but Dr. Gray is a treasure. We hope she’ll come back!
Games We Played
- Batman: Arkham Asylum
- Smite
- Battlefield: Hardline
- Alphabea
- DA: Inquisition
- Don’t Starve Together
- The Fall
- Dwarf Fortress
- Mighty Switch Force! 3DS
- Jotun
- Monument Valley
- The Last of Us Remastered
Books We Read
- Race, Gender, and Deviance in Xbox Live: Theoretical Perspectives from the Virtual Margins by Kishonna Gray
- The Sweet Hereafter by Russell Banks
- Smoke Gets In Your Eyes by Caitlin Doughty
- Stiff: Curious Life of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach
