Steve Posted May 15, 2018 Tone Control 26: Robert Yang Robert Yang is awesome. Educator, advocate, and subversive game developer all in one, his work focuses on issues of gay culture, sex and sexual politics, consent, surveillance, and the absurdity of digital eroticism. He also does great talks at conferences like GDC, where I caught up with him this year to chat about his work and outlook on what games can be. Games Discussed: Counter-Strike, Half-Life 2, the Radiator mods, Hurt Me Plenty, Succulent, Cobra Club, Stick Shift, The Tearoom Listen on the Episode Page Listen on Soundcloud Listen in iTunes Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Roderick Posted May 17, 2018 After listening to this [excellent] recording, I youtube'd Succulent and Stick Shift. It did not disappoint. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
osmosisch Posted May 18, 2018 I loved this. Especially fun was hearing Steve being made uncomfortable by Robert, and clearly enjoying the discomfort, and Robert enjoying both the discomforting effects and the way in which Steve was enjoying it. Appropriately many levels for a couple of level-designers Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Steve Posted May 18, 2018 4 hours ago, osmosisch said: I loved this. Especially fun was hearing Steve being made uncomfortable by Robert, and clearly enjoying the discomfort, and Robert enjoying both the discomforting effects and the way in which Steve was enjoying it. Appropriately many levels for a couple of level-designers Ha, yeah, I hope it came off OK! I think it can be like that, trying to speak well in someone else's cultural territory without embarrassing yourself... but I hope it was an interesting conversation worth having! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Roderick Posted May 19, 2018 Yes, please find more people to be uncomfortable with. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
osmosisch Posted May 19, 2018 On 5/18/2018 at 5:11 PM, Steve said: Ha, yeah, I hope it came off OK! I think it can be like that, trying to speak well in someone else's cultural territory without embarrassing yourself... but I hope it was an interesting conversation worth having! I'm not in his territory either so I can't speak for that but it seemed fine to me, and extremely interesting. Also seems that the valve/twitch censorship discussion is becoming more tense http://variety.com/2018/gaming/news/valve-sexual-content-1202815629/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
brendonsmall Posted May 20, 2018 This was a really great episode. Shed some new light on the design choices Robert has made in his games so far, which was really interesting! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
