Episode 10 - The Fate of the World - The Anthropocene and Ecocriticism

Ted Dawson joins Derek, Kyle and Terrell to talk about what "The Anthropocene" and "ecocriticism" are, why they matter, and what we need to do to save the world. Well, at least in "The Fate of the World."

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Objects Discussed

Texts:
- "The Climate of History: Four Theses" (Dipesh Chakrabarty, 2009)
- "Greenshifting Game Studies" (Hans-Joachim Backe, 2014)
- "Live in Your World, Play in Ours”: Video Games, Critical
Play, and the Environmental Humanities (Megan Condis, 2015)
- "What's the Fate of the World?" (Graham Smith, 2010)

Games:
- Fate of the World (Red Redemption, 2011)
- Thunderbird Strike (Dr. Elizabeth LaPensée, 2017)
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Hosts

Derek Price - twitter.com/digital_derek
Terrell Taylor - twitter.com/BlackSocrates
Kyle Romero - twitter.com/E_Kyle_Romero
Ted Dawson - twitter.com/germanisted
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