god of war, videogames droincore
DC33 - queering God of War - making hypermasculinity gay again

after another droinhiatus we are back with a banger!
after a brief introduction to toxic masculinity, we're looking at hypermasculinity and hyperviolence in videogames.
in particular - can we do a queer reading of God of War and reconcile our enjoyment of the hacking 'n' the slashing with our queer and our compassionate sensibilities?
&& - can we see games like Metal Gear Solid as camp art, militaristic and yet anti-serious?
how do ideas of pacifism sneak to these videogames at all?

its super interesting, and neither for videogame fans nor videogame haters - it's just yabb dabba interesting, folks.

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podcast bibliography:
youtube.com/watch?v=Gha3kEECqU...CqUk&t=116s
youtube.com/watch?v=JilCqDzyy8s
journal.media-culture.org.au/i...ticle/view/1383
n4g.com/news/1348708/metal-gea...ters-of-liberty
youtube.com/watch?v=mSOWYLJDL_Q
books.google.co.uk/books?id=8j...ity&f=false
tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10...77.2017.1326564