We crave failure, or at least the chance of it. Why?00:00 - You crave failure01:39 - Citizen Sleeper’s ideas of failure06:46 - We fear failure09:29 - The Paradox of Failure12:19 - The queer art of failure14:48 - CW: Homophobia17:22 - How Citizen Sleeper 2 uses failure22:15 - Who gets to fail?25:33 - The risk of making games30:29 - Failing the contract in Citizen Sleeper 234:18 - Why we crave failureFind links to everything I do online at MattHorton.liveSupport the channel at ko-fi.com/matthorton and get access to the full interview with Gareth Damian Martin!Wishlist Citizen Sleeper 2 - https://store.steampowered.com/app/2442460/Citizen_Sleeper_2_Starward_Vector/Subscribe to the Jump Over the Age substack - https://jumpovertheage.substack.com/Research sources:The Art of Failure, Juul - https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262529952/the-art-of-failure/The Queer Art of Failure, Halberstam - https://www.dukeupress.edu/the-queer-art-of-failureQueer Games Studies, Ruberg and Shaw - https://www.upress.umn.edu/9781517900373/queer-game-studies/No Fun: The Queer Potential of Video Games that Annoy, Anger, Disappoint, Sadden, and Hurt, Ruberg - https://ourglasslake.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Ruberg-No-Fun-QED.pdfMusic:Signalchaser, Citizen Sleeper 2, Amos Roddy - https://youtu.be/M4BhsWWy4F0?si=D-djTl2B_-WJWk0PSuncatchers, Citizen Sleeper 2, Amos Roddy - https://youtu.be/YL5LWm5Nk84?si=0vEwUiNKMRWV5HDIMedia sources:Why do God of War's Characters Keep Spoiling Puzzles?, Game Maker's Toolkit - https://youtu.be/cZgjRcYGkY8?si=ynaXk8O8RP3eHzUbIn Defense of Dark Souls 2, hbomberguy - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRTfcMeqhigInto the Aether's Pokémon Emerald Nuzlocke - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bYvqnTvUCgAnimal Crossing (Gamecube) with Stephen - https://youtu.be/_8e7wd6x9Ow?si=nS0VrrMR8xmnkP4PJesper Juul - Who cares if it's a Game? The uses and misuses of a dangerous word - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1RUiMY2MEsThe Cult of Microsoft by Ed Zitron - https://www.wheresyoured.at/the-cult-of-microsoft/I made the worst ever 1-1 remake in Mario Maker 2 by YTSunny - https://youtu.be/eb60pnjABGg?si=ijyLAhsOxSFHGpcxWhat is Super Mario Bros? by Into the Aether - https://youtu.be/ydoGs2Sflw4?si=cZPLJ3pXDw8rBOOcBo Ruberg: The Queer Games Avant-Garde - https://youtu.be/pc1az37mEvo?si=nUuxI9hQAmigJIE0Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Balloon Battle Gameplay - https://youtu.be/4xZ3TnVk9bQ?si=2hWRrtZfyhLhW9rsMicrosoft Closes Studios Behind Redfall, Hi-Fi Rush, And More To Prioritize 'High-Impact' Games, Kotaku - https://kotaku.com/xbox-closing-arkane-austin-tango-gameworks-1851460685Ubisoft to Shut Down ‘XDefiant,’ Nearly 300 Employees Laid Off as San Francisco and Osaka Game Studios Close, Variety - https://variety.com/2024/gaming/news/xdefiant-canceled-ubisoft-layoffs-1236235023/Aaron Greenberg's tweet praising how well Hi-Fi Rush did across their measurements - https://x.com/aarongreenberg/status/1649431572137779203

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