Moving Pixels Podcast

War? Love? What's the difference?   Last week I mistakenly identified the topic for this second part of a six part series on storytelling as concerning love stories in video games. I'm just going to chalk up my confusion to my unmitigated faith in the philosopy of Pat Benatar. Thus, our focus will be on the battlefield this week and not so much on the love.   A focus on combat seems a reasonable enough one in beginning an exploration of the specific types of stories told in games. After all, given gaming's tendency towards competitiveness rather than co-operation, many modern games find the battlefield an apt enough place to tell stories.   Once again, our host will be Rick Dakan, and he will be joined by several PopMatters and Moving Pixels contributors, including G. Christopher Williams, Nick Dinicola, and Thomas Cross, as we consider what kinds of stories are told through players' experiences of warfare.