Player Accounts
Player Accounts is a podcast telling stories of the ways games impact people's lives.
- Update frequency
- every 202 days
- Average duration
- 26 minutes
- Episodes
- 9
- Years Active
- 2013 - 2021
Minisode 2.1: Nicole Leung - In Memoriam
Nicole Leung passed away March 4 of this year, though I only learned so earlier this month. To work through my feelings, I wrote this personal essay about the person she was to me, and included some …
Episode 7: Ships of the Digital Line
In this episode, host Spencer Tordoff reflects on what makes building or modifying a personal computer different from just getting one off the shelf. Cathie Harms, his mom, provides some perspective …
Minisode 7.1: First Builds
Ozi of OzTalksHW and Tim of Green Ham Gaming reflect on their first builds, the computers that got them into PC hardware.
Episode 6: Heroes of Light
In episode 6, Auston Montville of Too DX talks about his lifelong dream of making games, and wonders -- is a life spent as an indie developer worthwhile? The answer will shock you!
No it won't. But it…
Episode 5: Loss in the Fifth Generation
In episode 5, Dylan McCarthy talks about a childhood spent gaming, and how games helped him cope with his father's cancer and eventual death.
Warning: This episode is about coping, and is not particul…
Episode 4: Archnemesis
In Episode 4, Susi Stuart talks about the moral guidance she learned from the Ultima series, and how one rogue lawyer prompted her to change her entire life.
Musical…
Episode 3: Starting Villages
In Episode 3, Kristen Andre and Sandra Gran have stories about how to cope with growing up in small, familiar towns – and how to handle the aftermath of coping.
Musi…
Episode 2: Family
In Episode 2, true stories from Nicole Leung, Alvaro Sarria, and Rebecca Jennings about family, games, and the intersection of the two. There's drama, humor, teen angst — something for everyone!
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Episode 1: LAN Parties
Your host, Spencer Tordoff, looks back on a youth spent at LAN parties -- and reflects on what he gets out of them now, at Emerald City LAN in March, 2013.
Musical s…