The games industry is an ouroboros, telling the same stories, catering to the same people, and focusing on the same motivations, experiences and mechanics. What are we, as an industry and a community, missing?

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Introduction (0:00:00)
Part 1: The Demographic Ouroboros (0:01:29)
Part 2: Sorry, You Don’t Exist (0:11:52)
Part 3: What If You Had a Gun? (0:25:45)
Part 4: I Will Not Make Any More Boring Art (0:34:15)
Part 5: This is Not Game Maker’s Toolkit (0:40:11)
Conclusion (0:49:23)

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People who lent their voices
Tracy Oliver voiced by Visionpoint on Fiverr
The Washington Post voiced by Like Stories of Old
Gamer Motivation Profile results voiced by Super Eyepatch Wolf
Tevis Thompson voiced by Jacob Geller
Martin Scorsese voiced by Adam Millard
i am error, hotcyder and SocraTetris voiced by themselves
Rose Brie Code voiced by herself
Teoh et al. voiced by kikikrazed
“Where are the mom games” compilation voices by: Darkfry, hotcyder, I am error, Aranock, Kai After Kai, Intercactus, Kevin from PixelLit, Questing Refuge, Secret Unlockable Goose, That 5th Puddle, kikikrazed, Chariot Rider, The Zapppfish Show

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General
Art is Everything | Is Art Still Relevant? | Art is Everything - YouTube
Aranock | Queer Relativity
Ladyknightthebrave | Remembering With A Twist - A Jojo Rabbit & The Book Thief Video Essay
Razbuten | I Hope This Video Doesn't Suck
Jacob Geller | Who’s Afraid of Modern Art: Vandalism, Video Games, and Fascism
hotcyder | Another Minute Remaining
The Essay Library | The Exquisite Relay: An Essay Library Co-Construction
Solar Sands | Everything is Television
Games
Lambhoot | Why I haven't played Hades
Static Canvas | The Cost of Horizons | Static Canvas
Socratetris | Behind This Waterfall? - Secrets
Afterthoughts | World of Warcraft and the Joy of Doing Nothing
GST Channel | isn't it weird how newer games manage to look more realistic than older ones?
GC Vazquez | Representing Latines and Hispanics In Games
Electron Dance | The Five Stages of Starseed Pilgrim
John Battle | The Last of Us 2: The Story of a House
Leadhead | The Game That Defined Me
Samantha Close | Play, Failure, Affect, Sadism

People whose work I used:
Ouroboros picture by Gustavorezende on Pixabay
Gamer photo by Pavel Danilyuk on Pexels
Corporate presentation photo by Kampus Production on Pexels
Photos of scientists by Edward Jenner on Pexels, and Hernandez & Sorokina on Stocksy

Music used in this episode:
A Glow - Joe & Bob Johnson
Thorofare Hike - Chris Remo
Lovely Arps - James Primate
Seeds of the Crown – Disasterpeace
The Machinist – Amos Roddy
Maneuvers – Simon Chylinski
Petrichor V – Chris Christodoulou

Games mentioned at 29:41-30:03 - Signs of the Sojourner, Wilmot's Warehouse, Umurangi Generation, Overcooked!, Unpacking, Gone Home, Jusant, Subnautica, AER, Little Inferno, Moonlighter, Before Your Eyes, Heaven's Vault, Wandersong, VA-11 HALL-A, A Mortician's Tale, Untitled Goose Game