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Deltahead
by James HowellA podcast exploring the impact of poetic imagination on videogame design and criticism.
Copyright: 2019
Episodes
Episode 5: Stardew Valley & Animal Crossing—With Sheepherder's Hands
1h 26m · PublishedCookie Hiponia — author, poet, and former lead editor of Destiny 2 and Mass Effect — joins to discuss the social simulation games Stardew Valley & Animal Crossing through the lens of poems about making and giving.
Barbara Jane Reyes, "Track: 'Dahil Sa Iyo,' Pinay (1998)"
Pablo Neruda, "Ode to My Socks"
Cookie Hiponia
We Belong at Penguin Random House
Third Place Books and Elliot Bay Book Company
Music copyright by James Chandler Jr.
Episode 4: Gone Home—Descending to the Traveller
1h 51m · PublishedGame critic and narrative designer Michael Lutz joins to discuss Gone Home (Fullbright Games 2013) through the lens of poems about dilapidated homes and their mystique.
Walter de la Mare, "The Listeners"
Æmilia Lanyer, "The Description of Cooke-ham"
Downloadable PDF
Michael Lutz
Ranged Touch Twitter & Patreon
Michael's 2013 Blog about Gone Home
Camouflaj Radio #39 (feat. Fullbright & James Howell)
Music copyright by James Chandler Jr.
Episode 3: Contra III—Hanging on Like Death
2h 5m · PublishedGame developer and poet Shonté Daniels joins to discuss Contra III: The Alien Wars (KONAMI 1992) through the lens of poems about failure, loss, and love under tense circumstances.
Theodore Roethke, "My Papa's Waltz"
Elizabeth Bishop, "One Art"
Shonté Daniels
Music copyright byJames Chandler Jr
The specialest of thanks to Josh Trevett for editing and assembling the audio on this episode. It would still be in Audio Editing Hell without his efforts. Thanks, Josh!
Episode 2: Bloodborne—Out of Her Chamber, the Moon
1h 19m · PublishedCritic Joshua Trevett joins to discuss Bloodborne (FROM Software 2015) through the lens of poems about dreamspace, memory, and the horrors of marriage.
Sylvia Plath, "The Applicant"
Jorge Luis Borges, "Adrogué" (Harold Morland, trans.)
Percy Bysshe Shelley, "The Waning Moon"
Trucks Podcast
Trucks Episode 57, featuring guest James Howell (apparently!)
Joshua Trevett, YouTube.
Haywire Magazine
Music copyright byJames Chandler Jr.
NOTE: The Alastair Reid translation of“Adrogué”is unfortunately not available online.However, it can be read in a book.
Episode 1: Tokyo Jungle—Red in Tooth and Claw
1h 5m · PublishedPoet William Wright joins to discuss Tokyo Jungle (Sony 2012) in conjunction with two poems about extinction, ecology, and the imagination.
James Dickey, "For the Last Wolverine"
Mary Oliver, “Wild Geese”
William Wright on Amazon
James Howell, "Blood Ecology"
Music copyright by James Chandler Jr.
Episode 0: Let Us Go Then, You and I
9m · PublishedA short introduction to the Deltahead podcast— its host, intentions, and format. The focus is videogames and poetry.
Deltahead has 6 episodes in total of non- explicit content. Total playtime is 7:58:18. The language of the podcast is English. This podcast has been added on August 4th 2022. It might contain more episodes than the ones shown here. It was last updated on February 24th, 2024 13:42.