Connecting to Game started with a simple question: How could we produce content about games that is sometimes more academic, and sometimes more accessible? We decided that we could produce content in as many formats as we felt necessary, without the constraints of the daily news cycle, or the release schedule for games and media at large.

Connecting to Game’s main goal is to bring you (the readers, the listeners, and the viewers) longer form articles, podcasts (including produced episodes and interviews with academics and games industry folks), video essays and game streams covering a wide variety of topics.
Starting with our Humour and Games podcast, we’ve tried to approach the meeting point between humour, culture and games from both the academic side, and the industry side where professionals operate day by day.

The plan going forward is to continue approaching games (analog and digital) with that same mindset, while providing you with high quality reflections and analysis.

Welcome, and please get ready, we’re Connecting to Game!

This podcast series explores the relationship between humour and games thinking through questions of design, player reception, and broader cultural implications. Our interviews are presented in a dual-release format. First, as a set of edited episodes featuring interviews with a variety of game industry professionals and academic researchers. Each of these episodes highlights a different aspect of humour (e.g. humour in design, player perspectives, performed humour, community humour etc.). Second, the original interviews are released in full so that listeners can engage more directly with the work of specific folks that they are most interested in. The podcast brings together industry perspectives on designing humour in games with that of academics and independent developers; Practice and theory together.

After Season 1 (2020-2021), we’re currently interviewing more makers and academics for Season 2 (2022), more unique episodes with developers for breaking work (game titles, projects or upcoming campaigns) and also a special focus Season on emerging work in the field. Stay tuned for more news!

The podcast is available to listen on here on the TAG website as they release, or on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and on our standalone website.