Ep 376 - The Player of Games, by Iain M. Banks (w/ Jillian Getting)

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Craig Getting, Arts, Books, Podcasts, Literature, Comedy, Andrew Cunningham

4.6 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 9 September 2019

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

It's time to play some games! Craig's sister Jillian read Iain M. Banks' The Player of Games, one of several entries in his Culture series that explores a hegemonic utopia influencing as much of outer space as it can. Banks' ideas gameplay may be primarily analog, but he still manages to represent cultures and worlds with digital creativity.

Andrew may be away, but we still find time to joke about names, make some Gatsby references, and chat about Starcraft.

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0:00.0	This is a headgun podcast.
0:06.0	While Andrew and Craig believe the joy of discovery is crucial to enjoying any well-told
0:10.3	tale, they will not shy away from spoiling specific story beats when necessary.
0:16.5	Plus these are books you should have read by now.
0:30.0	Hey everybody, welcome to Overdoose, a podcast about the books you've been meaning
0:46.2	to read.
0:47.2	My name is Craig.
0:48.2	I'm Jillian Getting Craig's sister.
0:50.6	Woo!
0:51.6	Surprise!
0:52.6	Surprise!
0:53.6	No Andrew this week.
0:55.6	Nope.
0:56.6	My turn.
0:57.6	It's Jillian's turn.
0:58.6	Oh, I'm going to have to...
1:00.1	Jillian is here.
1:01.1	What is that?
1:03.1	Jillian is here.
1:05.1	I don't often use your full name, but I'm going to be diligent about it.
1:08.1	No, you can call me, do you want to talk about this?
1:10.1	Let's talk about this.
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