Game Studies Study Buddies

42 – Saler – As If

Dec 31, 2021

02:16:21

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Episode notes

Introduction

2min

How to Develop a VR Experience

2min

The Prehistory of the Post History of Reading Simulation Games

2min

The Discipline of History

5min

The Rationalism of the Marvel Universe

5min

The Emergence of Genre Literature

3min

The Virtual World for Sailors

2min

The Importance of Animistic Reason in Science Fiction

6min

Double Consciousness

5min

10.

The Role of Rationalism in the Creation of Virtual Worlds

5min

11.

The Rise and Fall of Lovecraft

3min

12.

The Rise of Fictionalism

4min

13.

The Rise of Fictionalism

2min

14.

The Ironic Imagination in Sailor

5min

15.

The Importance of Judgment in the Enlightenment

4min

16.

The Ironic Imagination and the Enlightenment

2min

17.

How to Be a Better Writer With Minimal Effort

3min

18.

Alistair Crowley and the Sephiroth

3min

19.

The Boar's Story

2min

20.

The New Romance and the Public Sphères

4min

21.

The Nightmail by Rudyard Kipling

4min

22.

The Hoaxes of Doyle

5min

23.

The History of Pluralism

4min

24.

The Importance of Openness in Negotiations

2min

25.

Sherlock Holmes: A History of Virtual Worlds

2min

26.

The Rise and Fall of Sherlock Holmes

2min

27.

Sherlock Holmes and the Fairies Thing

2min

28.

The Ironic Reader in Sherlock Holmes

2min

29.

Sherlock Holmes and the Ironic Imagination

3min

30.

The Rise and Fall of Lovecraft

5min

31.

The Origins of Horror Fiction

4min

32.

The Racism of Lovecraft

3min

33.

The Insufficiency of Lovecraft

4min

34.

Lovecraft's Life Experience in Providence

3min

35.

The Middle Positions of Middle Earth

3min

36.

The Importance of Religion in America

2min

37.

The Evolution of Religion in the 20th Century

3min

38.

The Neo Nazis' Disavowing the Lord of the Rings

6min

39.

The Liberatory Power of the Virtual World

2min

40.

The Envoy in the Poem

3min

41.

Homestuck Cameron: A Review

2min

42.

The Hobbit Habit

2min

We discuss Michael Saler’s As If: Modern Enchantment and the Literary Prehistory of Virtual Reality.

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