After crash landing back on earth Strider gets into a tight space with psycho-historian Henri Ebel, examining Medal of Honor in a bid to see if the claustrophobic ‘wall of criticism’ surrounding Germany at the end of WWI has found its way into gaming.
After fleeing the law in Liberty City, Strider escapes to a galaxy far far away. With his resilient Ratchet (Clinical Psychologist Avner Faulk) and his trusty Clank (Marconi) Digital Wanderlust boldly goes where no one has gone before in a bid to see whether it is possible to truly escape mother earth.
With our feet back on terra firma, Strider and French Marxist theorist Guy Debord take us on a drift through Liberty City “The Worst Place in America”, to find its places of interest. Is it possible to play Grand Theft Auto 3 without breaking the law? Find out in the latest episode of Digital Wanderlust.
I can see the pub from ‘ere! From walking along the mosquito biting plains of Bolivia, Strider now teams up with French sociologist Michel de Certeau in the second of a series of podcasts, this time examining the digital city from the omnipresent views of the sky above our heads, as he takes Sim City into his care. What could psycho-geography say about this one? Avoid listening if scared of heights…
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Why do we explore? Strider puts Tomb Raider on the psychoanalyst’s couch in the first of a series of walks that attempts to answer this question. Featuring music from ‘A Fine Day For Sailing’.
