"Shiny rocks get me every time." Branding & Iconography; The Ethics of Engagement [Nice Replay]

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"Shiny rocks get me every time."

Roundtable

2022.10.28

It's spooky season! Stephen is SO over it, but he can't escape all the scary stuff happening in this week's episode. We start with a lesson on the necromantic arts of branding and iconography, guided by Mark, a master of these dark magics. After the break, Ellen raises a past topic from the dead in order to explore the ethics of manipulating players' brainnnsssss. Also mentioned: candy corn, houseplants, and—you guessed it—Star Trek.

Star Trek: Ascendancy

Branding & Iconography

0:10:10

Mark LaCroix

Marketing

Smash TV

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Wikipedia

Thomas Was Alone

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Bithell Games

The Ethics of Engagement

0:36:22

Ellen Burns-Johnson

Game Design

Egg, Inc.

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Auxbrain, Inc.

Idle Acorns

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Aleros LLC

BeReal social media

A little learning is a dangerous thing

Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring.

This is a line from Alexander Pope's Essay on Criticism (1711). The Pierian spring is a fountain in Pieria, a district round Mount Olympus and the native country of the Muses. You can read the full text for free here on Project Gutenberg.