Studying Pixels combines game studies and a joyful engagement with video game culture. Every Sunday, game studies scholar Stefan Heinrich Simond and Japanese scholar Dan Hughes cover anything from reviews of contemporary games to news stories and from academic deep-dives to controversial discussions—all wrapped up in a sincere appreciation of everything geeky. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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episode 4: Squid Game
Everyone is talking about it and so are we: the South Korean survival drama Squid Game. Its astounding popularity aside, we are especially curious about what the show tells us about games, play, and their relation to very real class disparity. (Our main story is spoiler free, so no to worry. We've got a separate and clearly coded spoiler part at the very end of the episode.)
In our side quests, we discuss the pricing of the Nintendo Switch Online Extension Pack, the legitimacy of pirating newly released games, and Kena: Bridge of Spirits.
Shownotes
00:09:44 Squid Game
- Squid Game Is Netflix's Most Popular Series Launch Ever (Eddie Makuch)
- S.Korea broadband firm sues Netflix after traffic surge from 'Squid Game' (Joyce Lee)
- Economic inequality in South Korea (wikipedia)
00:40:07 Announcing Nintendo Switch Online Extension Pack (Nintendo)
00:44:42 Stop Defending Corporations From Piracy You Freaks (Kaile Hultner)
00:55:26 Kena: Bridge of Spirits
01:06:00 Squid Game Spoiler Part
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