Alright, no matter what we say in this episode you should absolutely NOT Google search "GamerGate." I'm serious.
You should, however, look up this week's guest, Jamal Michel. He's a poet and writer whose writing on games has been published all over the place.
You can read more about Jamal and his work on his website: jamalmichel.com.
THINGS MENTIONED
Jamal's article in the NYT about playing GTA as a kid: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/25/arts/grand-theft-auto-islam.html
Variety reports that a Split Fiction movie is in the works: https://variety.com/2025/film/news/split-fiction-movie-video-game-adaptation-1236344367/
A Forbes explainer on the recent Pokemon Go sale: https://www.forbes.com/sites/paultassi/2025/03/12/niantic-just-sold-off-pokmon-go-so-what-changes-now/
Tori's on bluesky: toridp98
Nathaniel's on twitter:nathanbased
Noah's on Twitter: noah_hurts
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