014 Off the Cuff
Gamescom Re-Examined (Reunion Special) Directional was born at Gamescom 2022 - chiefly as a passionate response to gaming's biggest...
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D RECTIONAL
A podcast about Videogames and the Creative Rebellion
Episodes
paulbennun1
- Aug 22
- 1 min
013 John Linneman
Context is Important While Chantal is flying to Gamescom (where this show began), Jörg talks to videogames' top time traveller, Digital...
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paulbennun1
- Jul 29
- 1 min
012 The Joys of Festivals
Off the Cuff Chantal and Jörg took their games to different game events last week: BitSummit in Kyoto and AVCon in Adelaide. While Jörg...
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paulbennun1
- Jul 20
- 1 min
011 Jörg Tittel
"Now we've arrived, where do we go?" Games are the world's leading entertainment medium, our main forum, the ultimate artform. Now let's...
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paulbennun1
- Jul 11
- 1 min
010 Caroline Marchal
"Empathy, Not Identification" Caroline Marchal, Creative Director of independent narrative studio INTERIOR/NIGHT (As Dusk Falls), talks...
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paulbennun1
- Jun 20
- 1 min
009 Aaron Loeb
Mobilizing Mobile Games In this first Directional Live, Chantal and Jörg took the stage at Reboot Develop Blue 2023 with Aaron Loeb, most...
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paulbennun1
- Jun 13
- 1 min
008 Off the Cuff
Summer Sausage FEST The globe is warming, the sun is out, and so the time has come for another Summer of Games—games, which we all know,...
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paulbennun1
- Jun 6
- 1 min
007 Andrei Codrescu
i hope ai can make mistakes Poet and philosopher Andrei Codrescu discusses AI jiu jitsu and discovers the surprising beauty of generative...
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paulbennun1
- May 30
- 1 min
006 Nitin Sawhney
“Arm Yourself with Knowledge” The renowned composer, songwriter and performer discusses his work, taking a stand and the transformative,...
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paulbennun1
- May 23
- 1 min
005 Paris Marx
"Technology isn't inherently bad" The host of the "Tech Won’t Save Us" podcast and author of “Road to Nowhere: What Silicon Valley Gets...
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paulbennun1
- May 16
- 1 min
004 Meghna Jayanth
“Labeling is Deeply Colonial” Imperialist world building: we talk to the multiple award-winning narrative designer and writer on how hard...
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paulbennun1
- May 9
- 1 min
003 Martin Rowson
A Refuge in Hell We may be prodiminantly a videogame podcast but that doesn't mean we'll only talk about games. In this ep, we talk to...
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paulbennun1
- May 2
- 1 min
002 Leigh Alexander
Moving the Conversation Forward Leigh — journalist, author and narrative designer — in conversation about games and how they shape...
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paulbennun1
- Apr 26
- 1 min
001 Andrew Feinstein
The Gaming Warrior Poets The author of “The Shadow World: Inside the Global Arms Trade” discusses the deep ties between videogames and...
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paulbennun1
- Feb 7
- 1 min
000 This is Directional
Welcome to Directional! The show about videogames and the creative rebellion.
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