Humour and Games Season 3, Episode 14: Rory Summerly on “A Tool of Efficiency and Consumption to Destroy Man”: Irony and Sincerity in Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes.”

On this episode we speak with Rory Summerley about his chapter “A Tool of Efficiency and Consumption to Destroy Man”: Irony and Sincerity in Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes.” We chat about floundering when trying to make jokes during academic conferences, the difference between irony and parody, and the concept of abusive game design.

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Humour and Games Season 3 Episode 15: Caroline Bem on “Humour in Pornographic Browser Games: From Undertale to Uddertale, a Case Study.”

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Humour and Games S3, E13: Samuel Poirier-Poulin on “Mark Matthews Stars in ‘Anatomy is Hard!’: Sexual Humour and Queer Space in Coming Out on Top.”