we have a genuinely serious and incisive conversation about orientalism and the casino/fantasy space. also, fingers in his ass. streamed 6/28/23
hi! we're doing a stream and youtube series called Walternate Saga 7: Arcade Apocalypse Ochimonogatari, covering ochimono games (arcade puzzle stackers) released on arcade machines between 1987 and 2004. we'll be playing through 118 games reverse-chronologically every wednesday for the rest of the year (at least)! you can follow along @ https://twitch.tv/bedsores
i was more vocal in the video about my take on this game, so i don't feel the need to qualify or correct my views! i would like to add some reading links that were germane to the conversation about orientalism and Egypt, specifically Scott Lukas' discussion of 'tiki' (https://www.academia.edu/30777117/The_Cultures_of_Tiki) and a case study of a particular online gambling machine that grossly appropriated Māori culture: https://www.hapai.co.nz/content/online-gaming-company-commodifies-m%C4%81ori-culture-gambling-revenue and https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/games/89055982/maori-symbols-being-used-in-an-online-pokie-game-from-the-czech-republic-an-insult.
Cleopatra Fortune combo video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ReuSyPaANE. art of me by Minasheep! (https://twitter.com/lammyheaven, https://twitch.tv/minasheep) next up is № 28: Gyakuten!! Puzzle Bancho (1996, Fuuki). i hope you'll join us!