Pink Acid Boots

A personal essay about adoption, family, fatherhood and what it means to become a parent whilst playing Capcom's sci-fi action game, PRAGMATA.Pink Acid Boots is a podcast about video games and the people who love them.🎧 Follow and listen on all platforms: https://linktr.ee/pinkacidbootspod

Why is Sony moving towards a digital-first future, and what does it mean for PlayStation players, game preservation and owning the games we buy?Sony recently announced it will stop producing physical game discs from January 2028, moving to a digital only release model. In this episode I'm joined by Professor Shakuntala Banaji from the Department of Media and Communications at the London School of Economics and Political Science to discuss the move.What happens when physical media disappears? Do we really own the games we buy anymore? And what does a digital-only future mean for game presesrvation, accessibilitty, collectors, prices and player choice and access?Pink Acid Boots is a podcast about video games and the people who love them.🎧 Follow and listen on all platforms:⁠https://linktr.ee/pinkacidbootspod⁠

This episode is a personal essay about Disco Elysium, Harry Du Bois, the things we lose, and what happens when we find them again.Through one of gaming's most unforgettable protagonists, I explore memory, identity, grief and hope and why Disco Elysium continues to resonate long after the credits roll.Pink Acid Boots is a podcast about video games and the people who love them.🎧 Follow and listen on all platforms:https://linktr.ee/pinkacidbootspod

This week I'm joined by Emma Theresa Jude, artist and geologist who is interested in all things MAPS! We discuss what is are maps and what are they even for and why do we have them in video games anyway?! Join us as we chat about what we love and hate and how games can do maps better!Games Discussed:Silent Hill 1 - 3Red Dead Redemption 2Death Stranding 1 / 2Assassin's Creed ValhallaSkyrimSubnauticaPink Acid Boots is a podcast about video games and the people who love them. Find it on ⁠⁠⁠all platforms here⁠⁠⁠.

Side Quests is a pop up episode of the pod for games currently being played or culture outside of games. In this episode Ben muses on his love for the effervescent excitement of Lena Dunham and her new memoir, FAMESICK and what he hated so much about Richard Gadd's new tv show HALF-MAN and the state of the heterosexual audience.Also discussed are wishes for this week's Summer Games Fest/State of Play as well as the joys of parenting AI children in PRAGMATA and what I'm finding more exciting about ZERO PARADES than I did in Disco Elysium.

This week's episode is about the 2024 tech noir game Hollowbody, developed and published by indie solo dev Headware Games. The episode is mostly spoiler free so you can listen to me talk about the game, class and what I connected with most - even if you haven't played!Pink Acid Boots is a podcast about video games and the people who love them. Find it on ⁠⁠all platforms here⁠⁠.

This week I’m joined by Halima; writer, gamer and horror enthusiast to discuss Bloober Team's 2024 remake of the iconic horror game Silent Hill 2, originally developed by Konami and released for the Playstation 2 in 2001. You can find Halima on Bluesky herePink Acid Boots is a podcast about video games and the people who love them. Find it on ⁠all platforms here⁠.