Game developer and poet Shonté Daniels joins to discuss Contra III: The Alien Wars (KONAMI 1992) through the lens of poems about failure, loss, and love under tense circumstances. Theodore Roethke, "My Papa's Waltz" Elizabeth Bishop, "One Art" Shonté Daniels Music copyright by James Chandler Jr The specialest of thanks to Josh Trevett for editing and assembling the audio on this episode. It would still be in Audio Editing Hell without his efforts. Thanks, Josh!

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Episode 3: Contra III—Hanging on Like Death

Critic Joshua Trevett joins to discuss Bloodborne (FROM Software 2015) through the lens of poems about dreamspace, memory, and the horrors of marriage. Sylvia Plath, "The Applicant" Jorge Luis Borges, "Adrogué" (Harold Morland, trans.) Percy Bysshe Shelley, "The Waning Moon" Trucks Podcast Trucks Episode 57, featuring guest James Howell (apparently!) Joshua Trevett, YouTube. Haywire Magazine Music copyright by James Chandler Jr. NOTE: The Alastair Reid translation of “Adrogué” is unfortunately not available online. However, it can be read in a book.

Episode 2: Bloodborne—Out of Her Chamber, the Moon

Poet William Wright joins to discuss Tokyo Jungle (Sony 2012) in conjunction with two poems about extinction, ecology, and the imagination. James Dickey, "For the Last Wolverine" Mary Oliver, “Wild Geese” James Howell, "Blood Ecology" Music copyright by James Chandler Jr.

Episode 1: Tokyo Jungle—Red in Tooth and Claw

A short introduction to the Deltahead podcast— its host, intentions, and format. The focus is videogames and poetry.

Episode 0: Let Us Go Then, You and I

A podcast exploring the impact of poetic imagination on videogame design and criticism.

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