Episode 114: No One Benefits From Exclusion: A Conversation with Lauren Warren (Right click and save as to download, or find us on iTunes, Stitcher, or TuneIn).
This episode, we sat down with Lauren Warren of Black Girl Nerds to talk first-person shooters, transferable skills, and Lauren’s Diversity in Gaming project (here’s a recent one!), and by the time we were done, we were ready to duel BGN for the right to keep her forever. This is a sometimes-raucous, sometimes-serious episode that is not to be missed.
Games We Played (many. we played many games.)
- The Beginner’s Guide
- Undertale
- State of Decay
- Civilization 5
- Halo 5
- GTA V
- Halo Reach
- Dying Light
- LEGO Dimensions
- Portal
- NBA 2K16
- Mario Kart
- Super Smash Bros
- The Last of Us
- Super Mario Maker
- Life is Strange
- Minecraft: Story Mode
- Soda Dungeon (iOS)
- Star Wars Battlefront Beta
- Yo-Kai Watch (demo)
Some Things We Read:
- Blackwater: The Rise of the World’s Most Powerful Mercenary Army, Jeremy Scahill
- The Modern Mercenary: Private Armies and What They Mean for World Order, Sean McFate
- The Meaning and Culture of Grand Theft Auto, Nate Garrelts
- Self-Inflicted Wounds: Heartwarming Tales of Epic Humiliation, Aisha Tyler
- Living Out Loud, Dr. Steven Alvarez
- Library of Souls, Ransom Riggs
- The Island of Dr. Libris, Chris Grabenstein
