22 March 2014
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WOW! 150 episodes. To celebrate, Kevin and I have some mildly crazy ideas to share with you about the future of the show.
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Andrew Looney, AV Club, Bruce Sterling, Cartoon Network, CRUD, databases, Fluxx, game theory, games, Kevin, programming, Reddit, rules, Stephen, Stephen Wolfram, structure
07 April 2013
By StephenTorrence
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Old friend Greg Briley joins Kevin and Stephen to discuss ancient Soviet gamification and the core concepts of Marxism. Also, puppies full of candy.
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achievements, Action Philosophers, Bastion, Braid, bronies, Charlie Chaplin, China, communism, Communist Manifesto, FarCry, Foxconn, Fred Van Lente, games, gamification, Greg, Guns Germs and Steel, John Ratzenberger, Kevin, late stage consumer capitalism, Mark Nelson, Marxism, materialism, McDonald's, minimum wage, Modern Times, progress, RadioShack, Raisin Canes, Roman Empire, Russia, Ryan Dunlavey, socialism, Stephen, Super Hexagon
06 May 2012
By StephenTorrence
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Kevin and Stephen attempt to construct a solid introduction to post-structuralism and deconstruction… in STEREO.
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C. S. Lewis, class, consequentialism, deconstruction, deontology, Derrida, epistemology, games, gender, government, hope, identity, Imperialism, Judith Butler, Kevin, Lacan, Marxism, mathematics, meaning, metaphysics, Plato, postmodernism, poststructuralism, power, race, Saussure, science, society, soul, spiritualism, Stephen, structuralism, subjectivism, value, Wittgenstein
22 February 2012
By StephenTorrence
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The Bad Philosophers tackle education once again. Can Ken Robinson, Montessori schools, and John Dortmunder save the day?
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beer, Columbia, Columbus Day, Dan Brown, dinosaurs, Double Fine, education, enlightenment, games, high school, Horace Greeley, Horace Mann, Jon Dortmunder, Jon Stewart, Jonathan Larson, Kevin, kindergarten, Liam Neeson, Merrells, Montessori, Museum of Computer Culture, NPR, Patrick Stewart, Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed, Planet Money, Rent, RSA Animate, Shawn, Shiner Dortmunder, Sir Ken Robinson, Slings and Arrows, Sloyd, spoiler wars, standardized testing, Stephen, Stephen Pinker, synesthesia, Texas Education Agency, This American Life, United States, Wikipedia
30 December 2011
By StephenTorrence
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One of BF’s largest panels ever dives into the moral choices in contemporary video games like The Old Republic and Skyrim.
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2012 Election, 2012 Olympics, Aaron Sorkin, Arrested Development, beer pong, Beyond Good and Evil, Blackberry, Britton, consequentialism, darts, debate, deontology, dreidel, ethics, Fatal Frame, GameBoy, games, golf, Humble Bundle, Jedi, Joss Whedon, Kevin, Kiki, Kindle, Knights of the Old Republic, KOTOR, Laughing Squid, law, Major League Dreidel, masturbation, Microsoft, Mists of Pandaria, MMORPG, morality, Pokemon, Pokemon Snap, Quidditch, racism, Runescape, Simon, Sith, Skyrim, soccer, sports, Sports Night, Star Wars, Star Wars: The Old Republic, Stephen, storytelling, video games, witches, World of Warcraft, WoW