Marc sits down with Jason Perez from Shelf Stories to talk about colonialism in board games. Along the way they also touch on social media, moral philosophy, and a couple of tangential rants, as is tradition.
0:30 - Jason's projects
9:25 - Critique of Puerto Rico
25:40 - Endeavor: Age of Sail and the challenge of moral consequences
30:50 - Marc's tangential rant about (and spoiling) The Last Duel
34:39 - Jason gets his own tangential rant in for good measure
38:50 - Recognizing the player's perspectives
41:33 - The way social media distorts our perspective
52:36 - Everyone seems to care more about hypocrisy than the issues
59:16 - What to do as a designer
1:05:16 - Fantasy/Sci-fi colonization games
1:08:24 - Cultivating a better community
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Music: Sailing The Solar Wind by Abstraction
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