{"id":2267,"date":"2014-09-20T10:58:14","date_gmt":"2014-09-20T10:58:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.payneful.co.uk\/blogsplosion\/?p=2267"},"modified":"2016-03-16T12:54:44","modified_gmt":"2016-03-16T12:54:44","slug":"the-payneful-podsplosion-05-a-tale-of-two-controversies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.payneful.co.uk\/blogsplosion\/2014\/09\/20\/the-payneful-podsplosion-05-a-tale-of-two-controversies\/","title":{"rendered":"The PAYNEful PodSPLOSION #05 &#8211; A Tale of Two Controversies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-2268 size-medium\" title=\"PAYNEful Podcast 05\" src=\"http:\/\/www.payneful.co.uk\/blogsplosion\/wp-content\/uploads\/PAYNEful_Podcast_Art_05-300x297.png\" alt=\"PAYNEful Podcast 05\" width=\"300\" height=\"297\" data-wp-pid=\"2268\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.payneful.co.uk\/blogsplosion\/wp-content\/uploads\/PAYNEful_Podcast_Art_05-300x297.png 300w, https:\/\/www.payneful.co.uk\/blogsplosion\/wp-content\/uploads\/PAYNEful_Podcast_Art_05-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.payneful.co.uk\/blogsplosion\/wp-content\/uploads\/PAYNEful_Podcast_Art_05-800x793.png 800w, https:\/\/www.payneful.co.uk\/blogsplosion\/wp-content\/uploads\/PAYNEful_Podcast_Art_05.png 821w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>It&#8217;s been a while since we last rambled into a microphone, and since we last did that the video game community collectively shat itself inside-out via Twitter. This time we discuss #GamerGate (obligatory hashtag included) while firmly rooted to our fence, and if I see one more person write &#8220;you just don&#8217;t get it&#8221; while rolling their eyes I&#8217;m going to vomit so hard that spittle oozes from my eye sockets. Nobody gets it, as far as I can tell.<\/p>\n<p>We also touch briefly upon gamer entitlement, John Constantine the <em>Hellblazer<\/em>, Peter Capaldi as the eponymous Doctor in <em>Doctor Who<\/em> and Batman&#8217;s rogues gallery collectively stripping on Bruce Wayne&#8217;s lawn (I&#8217;m still not entirely sure how that last one came about).<\/p>\n<p>The podcast is available to download, can be played via the native html5 player below or watched on YouTube. The video providing the background for this podcast is a random grab-bag of console footage, beginning with me sucking horribly at <em>MGSV: Ground Zeroes<\/em> and then concluding with lots of really old footage of <em>Uncharted 3<\/em>&#8216;s multiplayer mode that I&#8217;ve has squatting on my PS3&#8217;s harddrive for yonks.<\/p>\n<p>P.S. in case you&#8217;re wondering what the two controversies are (as we never explicitly state this in the podcast), they are impartial games journalism and feminism in video games.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related links for things mentioned in the podcast:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"DragonCon Was More Fun Than Video Games\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mLNZFWR0Q8M\" target=\"_blank\">SuperBunnyhop&#8217;s video on GamerGate<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"On Game Journalism Corruption\" href=\"http:\/\/www.escapistmagazine.com\/videos\/view\/jimquisition\/9711-On-Game-Journalism-Corruption\" target=\"_blank\">Jim Sterling&#8217;s video response to GamerGate<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Download Link:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Download the podcast!\" href=\"http:\/\/payneful.co.uk\/podsplosion\/PAYNEful_podSPLOSION_05.mp3\">Click here (right click, save as)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Native HTML5 Player:<\/strong><\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2267-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.payneful.co.uk\/podsplosion\/PAYNEful_podSPLOSION_05.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.payneful.co.uk\/podsplosion\/PAYNEful_podSPLOSION_05.mp3\">http:\/\/www.payneful.co.uk\/podsplosion\/PAYNEful_podSPLOSION_05.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p><strong>YouTube:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/__grUqhELTA?rel=0\" width=\"679\" height=\"382\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been a while since we last rambled into a microphone, and since we last did that the video game community collectively shat itself inside-out via Twitter. 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