Tevis Thompson's guest appearances

Tevis Thompson

The 1099

Strategy Can Be Fun?

Feminist Frequency Radio

Carolyn Petit

Kristian Bruun

Tilda Swinton

John Hodgman

Tim Fowers

Soren Johnson

Isaac Shalev

Rob Daviau

Jon Shafer

Elizabeth Hargrave

Ralph Fiennes

Patrick Rothfuss

Caroline Heldman

Jordan Crucchiola

Justin Ma

OwlTail

On this week’s episode, Carolyn and Ebony continue their conversation about Life Is Strange 2, a conversation that started back in episode 63. Today, we’re talking about Episode 3: Wastelands, and we’re joined for our conversation by the writer and critic Tevis Thompson. Our discussion explores the ever-increasing political relevance of the series, the game’s noteworthy sincerity, the unconventional way in which it casts you as the character without the gimmicky powers, the specific impact of Cassidy and other characters, and much more. Also, Carolyn and Tevis talk about their admiration of Fortnite, and Ebony and Carolyn talk about the particular challenges of the past few weeks. SEGMENT TIMESTAMPS: Tevis intro/Fortnite chat: 1:15 Life Is Strange 2, Chapter 3: 9:55 What’s Your FREQ-Out? 45:35 Tevis: Lyrica, a rhythm game available on Nintendo Switch Ebony: The horror and anxiety of this moment Carolyn: The Polygon profile, repercussions in social media, and the widespread denial of white supremacist patriarchy RELEVANT LINKS: Tevis Thompson’s website: http://tevisthompson.com/ Tevis’ current essay, It’s Not Coming Back: http://tevisthompson.com/its-not-coming-back/ More information about Lyrica: https://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/lyrica-switch/ Polygon’s new profile of Anita: https://www.polygon.com/features/2019/6/19/18679678/ FFR Episode 63 on Life Is Strange 2, episode 2: https://feministfrequency.com/video/ffr-63-life-is-strange-2-episode-2/

On this week’s episode, Carolyn and Ebony continue their conversation about Life Is Strange 2, a conversation that started back in episode 63. Today, we’re talking about Episode 3: Wastelands, and we’re joined for our conversation by the writer and critic Tevis Thompson. Our discussion explores the ever-increasing political relevance of the series, the game’s noteworthy sincerity, the unconventional way in which it casts you as the character without the gimmicky powers, the specific impact of Cassidy and other characters, and much more. Also, Carolyn and Tevis talk about their admiration of Fortnite, and Ebony and Carolyn talk about the particular challenges of the past few weeks. SEGMENT TIMESTAMPS: Tevis intro/Fortnite chat: 1:15 Life Is Strange 2, Chapter 3: 9:55 What’s Your FREQ-Out? 45:35 Tevis: Lyrica, a rhythm game available on Nintendo Switch Ebony: The horror and anxiety of this moment Carolyn: The Polygon profile, repercussions in social media, and the widespread denial of white supremacist patriarchy RELEVANT LINKS: Tevis Thompson’s website: <a href="http://tevisthompson.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://tevisthompson.com/</a> Tevis’ current essay, It’s Not Coming Back: <a href="http://tevisthompson.com/its-not-coming-back/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://tevisthompson.com/its-not-coming-back/</a> More information about Lyrica: <a href="https://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/lyrica-switch/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/lyrica-switch/</a> Polygon’s new profile of Anita: <a href="https://www.polygon.com/features/2019/6/19/18679678/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.polygon.com/features/2019/6/19/18679678/</a> FFR Episode 63 on Life Is Strange 2, episode 2: <a href="https://feministfrequency.com/video/ffr-63-life-is-strange-2-episode-2/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://feministfrequency.com/video/ffr-63-life-is-strange-2-episode-2/</a>

83: Life Is Strange 2: Episode 3 - Wastelands with Tevis Thompson

Writer and critic Tevis Thompson has been on my radar a long time as a rare person who talks about games in a way that is markedly less alienating to me than usual. I recently heard him on the 1099 podcast, which I recommend people check out, and I thought we could have a really …  CGD Podcast: Episode 34 – Videogames and Game Culture with Tevis Thompson Read More »

Writer and critic Tevis Thompson has been on my radar a long time as a rare person who talks about games in a way that is markedly less alienating to me than usual. I recently heard him on the 1099 podcast, which I recommend people check out, and I thought we could have a really … <a href="http://keithburgun.net/cgd-podcast-episode-34-videogames-and-game-culture-with-tevis-thompson/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> CGD Podcast: Episode 34 – Videogames and Game Culture with Tevis Thompson Read More »</a>

CGD Podcast: Episode 34 – Videogames and Game Culture with Tevis Thompson