Once more into the land of cyberpunk! And a phenomenal one at that! Gender, gender everywhere! And it’s wonderful!

We conclude The Expanse!! What a phenomenal suggestion from Leon, and what a bountiful series of ideas, and even research I did from it! And so we wrap up on this series, while still being critical on it Check it out!!

Thank you to Leon for both proposing and executing not just a great idea, but a different new idea! On video, no less! And it was a great time talking about music, historical representations, recreations, and plenty more! Try it out and let us know what you think!!!

It's the French game! It's good! And bad! So we had to spend some time thinking over its mechanical success... and serious pitfalls in colonialist practices and psychologically-obsessed storytelling Give it a listen!

We’re at sea with our great friend Jon! Enjoying how important community and working together can be. Oh, and how glorious are whales! If only we could break away from the oppression and hyper individualism of the captain… if only!

Reminder that AI doesn't just screw artists, it screws the whole working class 🤝

Folks, Dean and I have been working on our book on degrowth and liberation theology for a long time. But it's done and sent in to the editor! You can read it next year. I am giving a very public 🫡 to @deandettloff.bsky.social for getting it over the finish line this past week.

the number of losers showing up in the replies to be like "wow..... i guess some people just hate fun" when the issue here is how regressive nostalgia can be -- how the tendency of folk to want to exist in the past blinds them to reality (both of the era and contemporaneously)

bsky.app/profile/migh... everyone making fun of this post / poster is correct, actually: this shit is fucking Lame with a capital L

it can be in a week, months, or a decade or two when this entire system finally falls. but it will fall. it always does. and saying it wont denies the mountains of evidence that is our human history. and we'll be there to pick up the pieces and build a better tomorrow together ♥️🖤

Sorry to those who said C was best. Stuck to my instinct and went with B which was also a popular choice. Play in Utopian and Dystopian Fiction also now has a webpage. Due for publication in September! www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/book/10....

This was a great film to watch and talk about! And although a horror film (pretty much), one I could watch and enjoy regardless!! With lots to talk about as well! Give it a listen!!

What a momentous time it is, to have finally wrapped up one of our ever first series!! The Witcher is truly an incredible fantasy series, an absolute must, and one I am very happy to have read, and can't recommend enough! And now you can listen to us talking about it!

Yesterday I used this "AI -Free Statement" in a conference talk for the first time. Still trying to figure out the exact language. Feel free to borrow, modify, etc.

Time to talk about more Andor! As we go into the good, the bad, and the great! Never forgetting to posit how, at any point… popular culture can just be good! Imagine that!

We made a new thing! Again! This time I talk about a game I really really wanted to like! Shame it uhhhh… didn’t get to a good place… But still made for a good chat!

I’ve finally read all the Witcher Saga books! So let’s talk about them! For this first part we went into some of the various relationships, the broad dimension of war and politics in the story, and how it’s just so damn good!

A spectacular episode on an equally amazing show, with just as phenomenal a guest! This was a wonderful and important time! Check it out!

Coming to the Left Page this Summer 👀

Our first long-term videogame series comes to an end! And what a tragic wrap up it is, but one that had to be done, to understand what changed, and what was lost. So give it a listen, as we go over what Dragon Age as a series has become, and what we wanted it to be and have been

This was a strange read, if useful preparation for May’s episode! Here we turn to what has been taken over by contemporary self-help and the horror that is men. A great chat, and some excellent insights! (But I warn you. The worst is yet to come.)

RPG time! We're thinking about what makes a meaningful RPG and how we can talk about them! And do tell us some of your favourite RPGs and why you like them, too!

We can’t explain it. But you should listen to it.

Our latest episode is a bit of a strange one! But a very good approach of opera! Yet another medium worth of analysis and thought! Check it out!

Latest episode is now out! Religion! Politics! Institutional chaos! And plenty more! Check it out!

Please if capable consider donating to our friends over at LibraryPunk. They do important work!

I’m still shocked it’s been 6 years doing this show! Thank you everyone for being around for this long! I hope you enjoy this episode and the next few things we’re cooking for you! And do check out and support our Patreon if you can! www.patreon.com/leftpage

We keep making episodes on things that frutrate us! A painful, if necessary endeavour, though we do manage to have a good time. Check out our latest, on what could’ve been a decent show, even if still a gorgeous animation: Arcane!

We kick off 2025 with the pod in continually magnificent fashion! One of Leon’s favourite series of books, for good reason, that we’re finally talking about! *And my good God is it incredible* Do listen to us, and then please, read them, read them!

We kick off 2025 proper in style, good friends, and a great episode to boot! Check it out!

The end of Dunecember and our last show of 2024, with a great friend, is now live! Thank you so much for a wonderful year, and here’s to lots more in 2025!

Last week we began Dunecember! Lots of Dune in here, and quite a bit more to come! Give it a listen!

Help me grow our little utopian studies community on bsky! Which other utopian scholars do you know? Who else should I add? go.bsky.app/G8j8ZNQ

We’ve released our latest episode! As we resist the looming end of the year, we chat spooky stories, building mysteries, and compelling engagements with the now and the future! Check it out!

We've just opened up another Here Be Extra to all free members! Ever-so-slightly outdated, but still significant! If you're interested in what we continue to do alongside podcasting, check out our Patreon! www.patreon.com/c/leftpage

We're gonna be keeping the stream announcements to a minimum on here for the time being, so that we don't immediately alienate folk who might just be looking to follow us for Bad Game Birthdays and the like. But please to consider following us on Twitch anyway! www.twitch.tv/badgamehallo...

Welp: Here we go again, gambling on another social media site. ("Bad Game Birthday" posts will begin on here soon -- just as soon as there's a bad game birthday worth celebrating.)

This was such a good time! And hopefully offer a specific space for us to both pursue smaller ideas or games with occasional interesting aspects, and allow us to make better HBM and LP episodes as well! It'll go public eventually, but worth checking out (and being a Patron, hehe) already!

So manu thoughts on this! Interweaving fandom, canon, and so, so much more. It’s a great episode as we dig deep into how canon works and is a terrible thing. Check it out!!

We are once again talking about China Miéville, comboing with detective fiction!! It’s a great time all round!

ICYMI: Our Left Page for May went over this incredible fantasy book, diving into some of the analogies, the ““worldbuilding”” and Hybridity as a fascinating way to create characters, stories and write fiction!

We have a new episode out with the excellent Nate! A great friend and who's made some solid episode recommendations lately! And so we talked about this fantastic show, how it builds and presents its characters, its environments, and lots more! Check it out!!

Thanks again to @natedub.bsky.social for another fantastic suggestion!! This was a crucial and incredibly fun episode!! What more is there to say than fuck fascism? Plenty, it turns out! And oh boy do we say it! Check it out!

I wrote a thing! A thing very important and serious to me, that constitutes the podcast, how I think about it and my practices and attitudes as a scholar! Give it a read!

Nadjah returns! And for a wonderful chat about an equally fantastic book and show! Chatting art, canon, exploitation, imperialism and more, it’s a fantastic way to round out April! Give it a listen!

For our second HBM episode of the month, we dive into this fantastic film, thinking about how we can understand Liberation, and the difficult paths towards it. While also diving into how this is a special film to us and its approaches to faith and history! Check it out!

With the #Fallout show making waves, we take some time to talk about Bethesda and their main series! A very good conversation on narrative, engaging worlds, and more! Check it out!