Read/Watch/Play

Welcome to Read/Watch/Play, a biweekly podcast about books, movies, and games. It's a veritable cornucopia of culture. A culture-copia, if you will. For each series of episodes, we'll pick a theme, exemplified by one book, one movie, and one game. We'll spend one episode discussing each piece of media on its own, then swing back to discuss all three in relation to the theme as a whole. Topics are announced a month in advance, if you'd like to read/watch/play along with us. If you'd rather not, that's cool too; the beginning of every episode is totally spoiler-free. It's like a super-relaxed book club, but then also two other clubs, which are about movies and games instead of books. Whether you're in it for the long haul or just sticking around until the spoiler break, we hope you enjoy the show as much as we enjoy making it.

Read/Watch/Play is a games podcast hosted by J2C2 Productions, with 75 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 82. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

J2C2 Productions hosts Read/Watch/Play, a games show with 75 episodes published.

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  The End : Topic

  May 3, 20180 minS0

  <p>The end of The End. In the final episode of both our endings topic and the podcast as a whole, we take a look back at the endings we’ve highlighted and our time recording together. We’ve had a great time making this podcast, and we hope you’ve enjoyed listening. Truly, from the bottoms of our hearts, thank you so much for listening. </p><p><br></p><p>Topics:&nbsp;Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, by Frank Miller, Klaus Janson, and Lynn Varley. Published in 1986 by DC Comics.&nbsp;Labyrinth, directed by Jim Henson. Henson Associates, Inc. Lucasf...

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  The End : Watch - Labyrinth

  Apr 19, 20180 minS0

  <p>Our final watch episode takes us deep into the labyrinth of Jareth the Goblin King, as we navigate our way through childhood's end. It's an episode we've wanted to do since the very beginning of the podcast. This is Jim Henson's 1986 cult classic, Labyrinth.</p><p>Topic: Labyrinth, directed by Jim Henson. Henson Associates, Inc. Lucasfilm Ltd. 1986.</p><p>Intro / Outro Music: "Go Cart" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)&nbsp; Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/</p>

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  The End : Play - Passage

  Apr 5, 2018—S0

  <p>We swapped our Watch and Play episodes this series to accommodate some recording schedule changes, which means this week we’ll be diving into Jason Rohrer’s 2007 game, Passage. One of the early examples of games being held up as art, the game boils a life down to basic elements and expresses them through simple mechanics. We discuss our past experiences with the game, and the worst possible sequels we can imagine.</p><p> </p><p>Topic: Passage, developed and published by Jason Rohrer. Published on Windows and Mac OSX in 2007.</p><p> </p><p>Intro / Outro Music: "Go Cart"...

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  The End : Read - Batman: The Dark Knight Returns

  Mar 22, 20180 minS0

  <p>It’s the beginning of The End. In this episode, we discuss Frank Miller’s 1986 Batman run, The Dark Knight Returns. We talk about our mixed feelings about the run, its distinct visual and narrative styles, and the ways that it inspired the stories that followed it.</p><p> </p><p>Topic: Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, by Frank Miller, Klaus Janson, and Lynn Varley. Published in 1986 by DC Comics.</p><p> </p><p>Intro / Outro Music: "Go Cart" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)&nbsp; Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/</p>

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  Meddling Kids : Topic

  Mar 7, 2018—S0

  <p>Our meddling comes to an end with our topic discussion. Topics include requirements for meddling, personal meddling experience, and the moment you realized magic wasn’t real.</p><p>Topics:&nbsp;Meddling Kids, by Edgar Cantero. Published in 2017 by Doubleday.&nbsp;Stranger Things Season 2, created by the Duffer brothers. Netflix. 2017.&nbsp;Oxenfree, developed and published by Night School Studio. Originally published on the Xbox One, Microsoft Windows, and OS X in 2016.</p><p>Intro / Outro Music: "Go Cart" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)&nbsp; Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/</p>

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