018 Rami Ismail - Games are a Magic Trick – Directional – Podcast

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018 Rami Ismail - Games are a Magic Trick
6 Sep· Directional
Our hosts Chantal and Jörg have been busy making games, but Directional is BACK with a new season and a great guest, indie giant Rami Ismail (Ridiculous Fishing, Luftrausers, Nuclear Throne)! We're talking about the state of the games and media industries, the rise of AI and where we take our magical medium next.
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017 Chantal & Jörg - "Positive Disintegration"
1 Apr· Directional
While the podcast has gone through a period of hibernation, the game ‘industry’ has, well, shat the bed. In this first episode of a new season and format, Chantal and Jörg look past the doom and gloom and towards a more sustainable and beautiful future. The waves are crashing down - so let’s surf!
Notes:
C-Smash VRS on Meta Quest: https://www.meta.com/en-gb/experiences/7255247917854212/
darkwebSTREAMER: https://www.darkwebstreamer.com
Chantal’s tweet: https://x.com/thoughtrise/status/1764535542203683250
Kazimierz Dabrowski’s “Positive Disintegration”: https://www.positivedisintegration.com/
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016 Luc Bernard — "Finding Light in the Dark"
12 Dec 2023· Directional
Luc Bernard has built the Holocaust Museum inside Fortnite and put his own money into an acclaimed game about one of the darkest chapters in history. We talk about campaigning for peace and staying human in a world ravaged by politics.
The Altruistic Personality (mentioned by Chan) Meghna Jayanth's thread on The Golden Joystick Awards
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015 Sam Barlow — "Culture of the Auteur"
8 Dec 2023· Directional
Auteurs can be geniuses, they can be villains, they can get all the credit even on games with big teams. We sit down with Sam Barlow, creator of "Her Story" and "Immortality", to dissect these curious creatures.
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014 Off the Cuff — Gamescom Re-Examined (Reunion Special)
6 Sep 2023· Directional
Directional was born at Gamescom 2022 - chiefly as a passionate response to gaming's biggest event. A year later, Chantal and Jörg reunite in Cologne and re-examine their relationship to the chaos. Recorded live amidst 320,000 attendees.
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013 John Linneman — "Context Is Important"
22 Aug 2023· Directional
While Chantal is flying to Gamescom (where this show began), Jörg talks to videogames' top time-traveller, Digital Foundry's John Linneman, about the need to touch our origins. Look out for an unexpected cameo by Steven Spielberg.
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012 Off the Cuff — "The Joys of Festivals"
28 Jul 2023· Directional
Chantal and Jörg took their games to different game events last week: BitSummit in Kyoto and AVCon in Adelaide. While Jörg was in nerd heaven, Chantal met the dark side of nerddom. Naturally.
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011 Jörg Tittel — "Now We've Arrived, Where Do We Go?"
20 Jul 2023· Directional
Games are the world's leading entertainment medium, our main forum, the ultimate artform. Now let's start acting like it. A provocation and a manifesto for new meaning.
This special video podcast is Jörg's evening Keynote, recorded at Reboot Develop Blue in Dubrovnik, Croatia, in April 2023.
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010 Caroline Marchal — "Empathy, Not Identification"
12 Jul 2023· Directional
Caroline Marchal, Creative Director of independent narrative studio INTERIOR/NIGHT (As Dusk Falls), talks about the power and human endurance behind building multi-threaded, interactive stories.
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009 Aaron Loeb — "Mobilizing Mobile Games"
20 Jun 2023· Directional
In this first Directional Live, Jörg and Chantal took the stage at Reboot Develop Blue 2023 with Aaron Loeb, most recently Chief Business Officer at mobile games giant Scopely. The broken PC and console industry turned him into a mobile gaming pioneer. But could the mobile industry have created new and potentially more damaging problems for society at large?
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008 Off the Cuff — "Summer Sausage Fest"
13 Jun 2023· Directional
The globe is warming, the sun is out, and so the time has come for another Summer of Games—games, which as we all know, are only made by men. Or at least that's what you might think after watching the mega-sponsored trailer streams this week. In this first "off the cuff" Directional, Chantal and Jörg discuss this phenomenon (before talking about dickheads vs. interstellar naturists, naturally).
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007 Andrei Codrescu — "I Hope AI Can Make Mistakes"
6 Jun 2023· Directional
Poet and philosopher Andrei Codrescu discusses AI jiu jitsu and discovers the surprising beauty of generative poetry.
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006 Nitin Sawhney — "Arm Yourself With Knowledge"
30 May 2023· Directional
The renowned composer, songwriter and performer discusses his work, taking a stand and the transformative, universal power of music.
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005 Paris Marx—“Technology is Not Inherently Bad”
23 May 2023· Directional
The host of the "Tech Won’t Save Us" podcast and author of “Road to Nowhere: What Silicon Valley Gets Wrong about the Future of Transportation” on our complicated relationship with tech.
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004 Meghna Jayanth — “Labeling is Deeply Colonial”
16 May 2023· Directional
“Labeling is Deeply Colonial”
Imperialist world building: we talk to Meghna Jayanth, a multiple award-winning narrative designer and writer, on how hard it is to find (or even make) games that don’t perpetuate the status quo.
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003 Martin Rowson — "A Refuge in Hell"
9 May 2023· Directional
"A Refuge in Hell"
We may be predominantly a videogame podcast but that doesn't mean we'll only talk about games. In this ep, we talk to The Guardian's potty mouthed cartoonist about the rebellious power of satire... and of poop. We also uncover Chantal's murderous past.
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002 Leigh Alexander — "Moving the Conversation Forward"
2 May 2023· Directional
"Moving the Conversation Forward"
Leigh Alexander—journalist, author and narrative designer—in conversation about games and how they shape identities.
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001 Andrew Feinstein — "Gaming Warrior Poets"
1 May 2023· Directional
“This is the Start of the Gaming Warrior Poets”
The author of “The Shadow World: Inside the Global Arms Trade” discusses the deep ties between videogames & the Military Entertainment Complex.
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000 — "This is Directional"
22 Apr 2023· Directional
Directional is a podcast about videogames and the creative rebellion, hosted by Jörg Tittel and Chantal Ryan. Here's a quick introduction into why it exists, who we'll be featuring, and just what the 'creative rebellion' is, anyway.
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Episodes

018 Rami Ismail - Games are a Magic Trick

017 Chantal & Jörg - "Positive Disintegration"

016 Luc Bernard — "Finding Light in the Dark"

015 Sam Barlow — "Culture of the Auteur"

014 Off the Cuff — Gamescom Re-Examined (Reunion Special)

013 John Linneman — "Context Is Important"

012 Off the Cuff — "The Joys of Festivals"

011 Jörg Tittel — "Now We've Arrived, Where Do We Go?"

010 Caroline Marchal — "Empathy, Not Identification"

009 Aaron Loeb — "Mobilizing Mobile Games"

008 Off the Cuff — "Summer Sausage Fest"

007 Andrei Codrescu — "I Hope AI Can Make Mistakes"

006 Nitin Sawhney — "Arm Yourself With Knowledge"

005 Paris Marx—“Technology is Not Inherently Bad”

004 Meghna Jayanth — “Labeling is Deeply Colonial”

003 Martin Rowson — "A Refuge in Hell"

002 Leigh Alexander — "Moving the Conversation Forward"

001 Andrew Feinstein — "Gaming Warrior Poets"

000 — "This is Directional"