I read 27 books in 2 months and have thoughts You don't need to know or care about Warhammer, only to hate empire "the best way to understand Warhammer is as an affirmative exercise in this non-identity against the omni-presence of capitalist rationality" www.patreon.com/posts/warham...

I read 27 books in 2 months and have thoughts You don't need to know or care about Warhammer, only to hate empire "the best way to understand Warhammer is as an affirmative exercise in this non-identity against the omni-presence of capitalist rationality" www.patreon.com/posts/warham...

Jon is the only one keeping me sane as we both walk this grimmest and darkest of paths. Please give this some love!

New thing! Various smaller ideas, what we’re playing/reading/watching, and the start of The Left Page Book Club! Let’s Prattle! theleftpage.libsyn.com/lets-prattle...

New Episode! What Escapism has Sown What happens when we don't look critically at escapist fantasies? To answer, we paired games that go for a “daily life”, but couldn’t be more different, Stardew Valley (2016) & Citizen Sleeper (2022, 2025) Enjoy! theleftpage.libsyn.com/what-escapis...

Made this public for the gamers ⬇️

New Episode! This Podcast Kills Fascists! We are joined by our amazing comrade and friend @thelitcritguy.bsky.social ! Enjoy! theleftpage.libsyn.com/wolfenstein-...

New Episode! This Podcast Kills Fascists! We are joined by our amazing comrade and friend @thelitcritguy.bsky.social ! Enjoy! theleftpage.libsyn.com/wolfenstein-...

An excellent episode tackling one of the things that's consistently been driving me insane online(and everybody can tell) boring fucking nerds crying about "HISTORICAL ACCURACY" Note: Don't feel bad if I call you boring for this! It's extremely fucking boring!

We were so prepared for this to be bad, and it was a pleasant surprise that these books (so far) are fine? Is this still franchise literature made to sell to largely uncritical nerds? Yes. But it takes itself seriously enough to understands it's own premise, and therefore manages to be meaningful.

Bad news everyone, the people who used to like cinemasins have discovered Wikipedia. Join us as we dissect how you should NOT talk about History, Mythology, or Fantasy. Don't let it all be Greek to you! Listen to the episode before it's too late! theleftpage.libsyn.com/the-left-pag...

New stuff! An Analysis of Adapting History Into Games Pt. 1: Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 Free for everyone on Patreon!! www.patreon.com/posts/analys...

It's our 7 YEAR ANNIVERSARY!! Come celebrate with us as we look back into what has been, how the show and Leon and Frank have changed their view of the podcast, alongside a brief look over what's to come! Happy 7 years of podcasting!! shows.acast.com/the-left-pag...

HAPPY 100th LEFT PAGE!! Ep. 100 - Don Quixote: Jousting with Fiction! In this extra special episode we go into the first proper novel, talking books, reading, knights, and materialism, of course!! Enjoy this super special episode to celebrate 100 episodes!! shows.acast.com/the-left-pag...

Congratulations to The Bad Game Hall of Fame, celebrating 10 years!! A truly wonderful project that is informative, entertaining, and just as importantly, cares about games, their history, and the people who make them! We urge you to check them out!

We keep saying how he has truly nothing interesting/good/well-researched to say!

NEW LEFT PAGE!! Episode 99 - The First Law Standalones Pt. 2: The Heroes Journey! Second part of our look at Abercrombie's standalone novels in this universe, as we go into what a "Hero" is or can be, alongside the dangerous and cruel "march of progress" Enjoy! shows.acast.com/the-left-pag...

NEW LEFT PAGE!! Episode 99 - First Law Standalones Pt. 1: Back With a Revengeance We return to the First Law in a 2 part special, going over revenge, violence, war, power, and material conditions! shows.acast.com/the-left-pag...

NEW HERE BE MEDIA Episode 64 - Hades II: The Pitfalls of Chronic Therapy Big news in this episode! And we're circling our first HBM episode, with its sequel! As we go over the issues of a psychologizing story that sadly misses its existential stakes... Enjoy! shows.acast.com/the-left-pag...

Happy new year everyone!!! Global politics... has been so far better than usual lately, so there's been little to say but feel an unsurprising dread and fury. Still, we trudge on! Starting off the year with a very special recording today that is both significant and tragic for different reasons!

NEW HERE BE MEDIA! Episode 63 - Superman: Fortress of Imperialism w/ @andrekanasiro.bsky.social! Superman had a positive reception, sure, but… yeah, it doesn’t escape from imperial evil and awful liberalism. And so we brought good friend André to go into it! Enjoy! shows.acast.com/the-left-pag...

LAST LEFT PAGE OF 2025!! Episode 98 - The Hobbit: Hobbitual Fantasy! It’s one of the big ones! It’s our first Tolkien episode, surprisingly! And so we go into the very roots of fantasy today and explore some of The Hobbit! Enjoy! shows.acast.com/the-left-pag...

Me saying that this film has "Posadist Aliens", really feels like a crowning achievement for my years of service/podcasting. (It's actually good though, you should listen)

NEW LEFT PAGE!! Episode 97 - Golden Harvest: Abolish the Present State! We’re getting back to Brazilian Literature at last, with a very special recommendation! It’s Jorge Amado’s Golden Harvest, on capitalism, imperialism and exploitation! Enjoy! shows.acast.com/the-left-pag...

NEW HERE BE MEDIA!! Episode 62 - Arrival (2016): Posadist Aliens Show Us the End of History Diving into some more science fiction to untangle the importance of language and reframing time and perspective to create ways of breaking free from capitalism Enjoy! shows.acast.com/the-left-pag...

NEW EPISODE OUT!! Conversation #0004: Star Trek, The Original Series - Continuities of Empire The Cold War is happening and thus, we need to dress up the pulpiest boy, which is The Original Series, and we need to work through that, apparently! shows.acast.com/the-left-pag...

New Left Page!! Episode 96 - Berserk (Golden Age): Revitalizing Your Resolve w/ @horrorvanguard.bsky.social!! Our annual Halloween special features one of the greats! Guts, his big sword, and all the emotional turmoil involved! We’re doing Berserk! Enjoy! shows.acast.com/the-left-pag...

Maybe read this instead.

Um privilégio gigantesco entrevistar o Jon. Aproveitem que ficou ó 👌

New Here Be Media! Titane: Liberté, Egalité, Peugeot Coupé! Join us as @wildeatheart.bsky.social and @laboringleon.bsky.social put the trans in transmission, and talk about cars and queer stuff! shows.acast.com/the-left-pag...

Coming to Left Page in the closing days of the spooky month 👻👻

The perfect Halloween treat: two great podcasts teaming up to talk about Berserk😁🔥 👇👇👇

New Left Page!! Episode 96 - Berserk (Golden Age): Revitalizing Your Resolve w/ @horrorvanguard.bsky.social!! Our annual Halloween special features one of the greats! Guts, his big sword, and all the emotional turmoil involved! We’re doing Berserk! Enjoy! shows.acast.com/the-left-pag...

Despite the serious tone of this episode the game isn't (exclusively) gloomy though!

NEW HERE BE MEDIA Episode 60 - El Paso: Elsewhere: Facing All That’s Abyssal We’re talking about Vampires! Looking at the voids and holes created by harm and abuse, into these abysses we teased, we’ll find ways to face these scars, and try to heal them Enjoy! shows.acast.com/the-left-pag...

Live footage of me playing 14 games for the pod only to realize that none of them are worth writing about.

Coming to The Left Page this October!

NEW HERE BE MEDIA Episode 59 - Ghost in the Shell (1995): This whole thing smacks of gender One of the best Sci-fi all time, and they’re right! Join us in discussing identity, more cyberpunk, and a heap of gender! Enjoy! shows.acast.com/the-left-pag...

NEW LEFT PAGE!! Episode 95 - The Expanse 7-9: Ideals for the Dreamless We finalise The Expanse! Thinking of its last 3 books and overall merits in materialism, and the lingering problems in its liberalism. And yet, it’s a must read, and worth talking about Enjoy! shows.acast.com/the-left-pag...

Instead of having meaningless debates with people who only care about violence when a white person dies, you could instead learn something about cultural dynamics! We worked really hard on it! And for an unscripted presentation I think I did quite well lmao

NEW KIND OF EPISODE!! Conversation 3: Videogame OSTs and The Two Pillars of Heracles A video episode! An experimental show for our first video content, about music, "historical accuracy and more! It's interesting! It's new! Check it out for free members! www.patreon.com/posts/conver...

Et je me crée d’un trait de plume Maître du Monde Homme illimité.

NEW HERE BE MEDIA Episode 58 - Clair Obscur: Expedition 33: Ontological Crash Out with André (@andrekanasiro.bsky.social)! The French game is one of the biggest this year, and we had to talk about how it can be so good...and have many many colonial problems. Enjoy! shows.acast.com/the-left-pag...

NEW LEFT PAGE!! Episode 94 - Moby Dick: The White Whale is Everything w/ @thelitcritguy.bsky.social We’re talking about one of the books of all time! It’s all here: capitalist and individualist violence, whales, religion, and of course, the joys of being gay Enjoy! shows.acast.com/the-left-pag...

Been seeing some “Nostalgia” discourse today, and while the obvious notion of escapism and self-absorption is clear here, I (Frank), just want to point something else out. The idea that “(insert your identity-absorbing hobby) was better before” is fucking nonsense

UK: I should do something good for once! Me: yeah, but you're the UK so you should still go about it the worst way possible UK: Got it!

Me when my brand-new pair of brogues, rattle over the bogs, and frightened all the dogs, on the rocky road to Dublin

NEW HERE BE MEDIA! EPISODE 57 - Sinners(2025): Sinnin' till you Saint it We are (v)amping it up yet again! No idea if that makes sense, but the responsible host is away so this is what you get. Enjoy! shows.acast.com/the-left-pag...

NEW LEFT PAGE! Episode 93 - The Witcher Saga pt. 2: Pathologizing the Path! Time to wrap up the Witcher Saga proper!! In this 2nd part we go into History and Myth, more relationships, and how this is some incredible fantasy and well worth reading!! Enjoy! shows.acast.com/the-left-pag...