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For me one the big takeaway was that referential media can have implicitly problematic requirements for cultural literacy. Additionally, failing to properly educate while employing these rich cultural reference can be dangerous. The discussion reminds me of some of the talk when Dave Chappelle walked away from his show. I think there are some deep dangers with employing protection from anything considered too culturally rich or referential. We want more depth not less. Additionally, we don't want to be condescending to an audience and only rely on what we assume they can digest. Still, I appreciated hearing some strong sentiments relating to responsibility with works that contain high cultural literacy. Again, it caused me to pause and think about something I often don't.

I thought it was super interesting that there was a conversation about cultural literacy. I also appreciated that there wasn't a debate on the issue. I appreciated hearing a perspective that I don't always think about. Also, Raw specifically helped me realize that Eddie Murphy is the worst. I know it was of its time, but the homophobia is reprehensible. That thought makes me sad and equally makes me giggle a little bit.

Hello, I've been a member of the forums for a few years, but only in the most inactive of ways. It looks like I've stepped into a particularly serious thread to post for the first time. Further, it's been 2-3 days since I listened to the latest cast. I'm sorry if I err in referencing anyone's argument, it is not intentional. I really liked a lot of the prospective Sean offered when talking about games as a medium versus movies. I don't know how I feel on the topic, but I thought it was interesting that Sean talked about Ebert in particular. My mind went back to Ebert when it was later stated/implied that games suffer a unique burden of antiquated review criteria. Specifically, there was talk about how dissociative it was to have a score reflect both the heft of Gone Home and the polygons of Call of Duty. I agree that it is highly problematic to critique such a wide spectrum of games with the same set score range (and general criteria). Again, though, my mind went back to Ebert. One of my favorite Ebert reviews is for the film "Shaolin Soccer" http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/shaolin-soccer-2004 . Ebert actually takes this issue dead on. The review, a 3 star review, is almost entirely concerned about how a critique navigates disparate value-sets using a uniform scoring system. It's a good review- highly recommended. I bring this up not to disagree with Sean on the general point discussed in the cast, just to say that there is a strong argument that games criticism is not unique in this regard. It's still a funky mudhole, even if game reviews share this with movie reviews. Anyway, enjoy the cast. I think it's really been spectacular lately- thanks for what you guys do. demonbox