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Frank, Utopian Marxist @frankgothic.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

We go for some more sci-fi! Digging into a couple of classics and the strangeness of places where reality operates how we don’t expect… With the might, the awe, and the strangeness of ZONES

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Frank, Utopian Marxist @frankgothic.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

For having discovered most of Arthuriana recently, this was a great time to talk in depth about it and have a great time! A solid episode for talking about stories, and how we can tell them in cool ways!

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Frank, Utopian Marxist @frankgothic.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

I finally bring a portion of my current doctoral research to the pod! With Breht, from RevLeft, we go all in thinking about Empire in Sci-Fi, and what more can we do with this idea and representation! Check it out!

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Hardspace: Shipbreaker @shipbreakergame.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

To celebrate Shipbreaker’s 4th anniversary, we're giving away bundles of exclusive merch including custom Bunny D plushies (bones not included)! Follow us, reshare this post, and reply with your favorite Shipbreaker moment to enter. More details below 👇

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Frank, Utopian Marxist @frankgothic.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

It was a busy month, but we've got a very special episode Leon worked on to prep us for! Considering masculinity, its toxicity, and plenty more, with some familiar starting points. Well worth a listen, no doubt!

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Leòn @laboringleon.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Me and my fellow right thinking imperial citizens enjoying the Emperor's Truth

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Frank, Utopian Marxist @frankgothic.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

“I for one cannot think of a more profound and poetically utopian way to resist capitalism than by embracing a non-identity through interconnection with the most Grim and Darkest dystopia in fiction.” We are set on Warhammer, and it is already bearing fruit, check out Leon’s new text!

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Frank, Utopian Marxist @frankgothic.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

New format! Current reads/games! More discussions! Book club! Lots of great things we’re trying out, give it a listen and let us know here, or on our Discord, what you’re seeing/playing/reading!

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Frank, Utopian Marxist @frankgothic.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

A management game episode was a long time coming! And we made ot work looking harshly at Stardew Valley, and the larger question with the excessive idea of the “cottagecore” Give us a listen!

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Lucile Danilov @locdandloaded.net · 31/03/2026

2026 Localization Discourse

A variant of "Pushing Both Buttons" meme. Left side reads: "Toby Fox: Translation is so hard, better leave it to the fans", right side reads: "Warhorse: Translation is so easy, better leave it to AI"

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Frank, Utopian Marxist @frankgothic.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Wolfenstein is about killing fascists, but is it truly about stopping them? It’s still liberal, so come find out all the ways it’s so. Even as it manages to be an excellent set of games!

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Lauren Ortega @laurenortega.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

An excellent episode tackling one of the things that's consistently been driving me insane online(and everybody can tell) boring fucking nerds crying about "HISTORICAL ACCURACY" Note: Don't feel bad if I call you boring for this! It's extremely fucking boring!

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Frank, Utopian Marxist @frankgothic.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

How should we talk about mythology and history? In what ways is “historical accuracy” truly important? We go into those and many more questions in this new episode! Give it a listen!!!

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Frank, Utopian Marxist @frankgothic.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

We're doing something new! And it's free! Leon put a lot of work into it and you should absolutely check it out! Let us know what you think!

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Frank, Utopian Marxist @frankgothic.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

100 Left Page Episodes! And with truly one of the greats to make it even more special! Check it out and celebrate with us the centennial!!

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The Left Page @theleftpage.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Congratulations to The Bad Game Hall of Fame, celebrating 10 years!! A truly wonderful project that is informative, entertaining, and just as importantly, cares about games, their history, and the people who make them! We urge you to check them out!

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Frank, Utopian Marxist @frankgothic.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

We're back with phenomenal fantasy yet again! Going over the next three books, and we had so much to talk about that we even split it into 2 comprehensive parts! Enjoy the first one as we get back into Abercrombie's fantasy and discuss "Best Served Cold"!

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Frank, Utopian Marxist @frankgothic.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

As we importantly talk about the sequel to our very first HBM we find that... this game sadly falls short of expectations and its own story. Simplifying and weaking much of what was great before Give it a listen! And there's big news of the podcast's future in the first few minutes! Don't miss it!

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Frank, Utopian Marxist @frankgothic.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

We’re closing 2025 in big style, as I finally read The Hobbit and we’re talking about it! Give it a listen!

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tyler @walletcheck.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

this month marks Protean's 8th year. the mag has been wholly reliant on many, many hours of our free labor. output is also limited because we pay writers. i just lost my main day-job income (to AI, no less). unfortunately, without more support, it's just not viable to keep going like this forever.

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Frank, Utopian Marxist @frankgothic.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Check out our most Communist episode yet! And with Brazilian Literature, no less!

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Frank, Utopian Marxist @frankgothic.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

We talk about an actual *good* sci-fi film! Imagine that! Jokes aside, we go into the question of how Language, communication, time, and breaking these limits apart can be so utterly radical And indeed, can help us build ways to confront capital! Give it a listen!

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Frank, Utopian Marxist @frankgothic.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Happy Halloween! Enjoy our last October treat with this phenomenal episode with our good friend Jay!!

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Frank, Utopian Marxist @frankgothic.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

Hell yeah!!! Can’t wait to have it on hand!!

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Jason Bean @comradedantes.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

The perfect Halloween treat: two great podcasts teaming up to talk about Berserk😁🔥 👇👇👇

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Frank, Utopian Marxist @frankgothic.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

It’s been a long time coming! And we’re finally *starting* this incomparable manga! Check it out!

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The Left Page @theleftpage.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

Despite the serious tone of this episode the game isn't (exclusively) gloomy though!

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The Left Page @theleftpage.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

NEW HERE BE MEDIA Episode 60 - El Paso: Elsewhere: Facing All That’s Abyssal We’re talking about Vampires! Looking at the voids and holes created by harm and abuse, into these abysses we teased, we’ll find ways to face these scars, and try to heal them Enjoy! shows.acast.com/the-left-pag...

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Frank, Utopian Marxist @frankgothic.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

We’re talking about vampires! And how this smaller indie game can do a far better job at a truly messy and difficult relationship! (Far better than other vampires we’ve spoken of in the pod’s history!)

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Frank, Utopian Marxist @frankgothic.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

And it’s most definitely not what you could expect!

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Frank, Utopian Marxist @frankgothic.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

Once more into the land of cyberpunk! And a phenomenal one at that! Gender, gender everywhere! And it’s wonderful!

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Frank, Utopian Marxist @frankgothic.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

We conclude The Expanse!! What a phenomenal suggestion from Leon, and what a bountiful series of ideas, and even research I did from it! And so we wrap up on this series, while still being critical on it Check it out!!

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Frank, Utopian Marxist @frankgothic.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

Thank you to Leon for both proposing and executing not just a great idea, but a different new idea! On video, no less! And it was a great time talking about music, historical representations, recreations, and plenty more! Try it out and let us know what you think!!!

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Frank, Utopian Marxist @frankgothic.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

It's the French game! It's good! And bad! So we had to spend some time thinking over its mechanical success... and serious pitfalls in colonialist practices and psychologically-obsessed storytelling Give it a listen!

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Frank, Utopian Marxist @frankgothic.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

We’re at sea with our great friend Jon! Enjoying how important community and working together can be. Oh, and how glorious are whales! If only we could break away from the oppression and hyper individualism of the captain… if only!

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🥭MANGO - Comms Closed @mgosketches.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

Reminder that AI doesn't just screw artists, it screws the whole working class 🤝

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Matt B @mattbernico.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

Folks, Dean and I have been working on our book on degrowth and liberation theology for a long time. But it's done and sent in to the editor! You can read it next year. I am giving a very public 🫡 to @deandettloff.bsky.social for getting it over the finish line this past week.

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Cassidy @connoisseurcass.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

the number of losers showing up in the replies to be like "wow..... i guess some people just hate fun" when the issue here is how regressive nostalgia can be -- how the tendency of folk to want to exist in the past blinds them to reality (both of the era and contemporaneously)

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Cassidy @connoisseurcass.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

bsky.app/profile/migh... everyone making fun of this post / poster is correct, actually: this shit is fucking Lame with a capital L

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PSX Bunlith 🪄🏳️‍⚧️ E2 OCT 16TH!!!! 🐰🌱 BLM ACAB 🇵🇸 @b0tster.yeag.gay · 24/07/2025

it can be in a week, months, or a decade or two when this entire system finally falls. but it will fall. it always does. and saying it wont denies the mountains of evidence that is our human history. and we'll be there to pick up the pieces and build a better tomorrow together ♥️🖤

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Matthew Leggatt @matthewleggatt.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Sorry to those who said C was best. Stuck to my instinct and went with B which was also a popular choice. Play in Utopian and Dystopian Fiction also now has a webpage. Due for publication in September! www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/book/10....

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Frank, Utopian Marxist @frankgothic.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

This was a great film to watch and talk about! And although a horror film (pretty much), one I could watch and enjoy regardless!! With lots to talk about as well! Give it a listen!!

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Frank, Utopian Marxist @frankgothic.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

What a momentous time it is, to have finally wrapped up one of our ever first series!! The Witcher is truly an incredible fantasy series, an absolute must, and one I am very happy to have read, and can't recommend enough! And now you can listen to us talking about it!

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Ian Carrillo @iansociologo.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

Yesterday I used this "AI -Free Statement" in a conference talk for the first time. Still trying to figure out the exact language. Feel free to borrow, modify, etc.

At no point in this study did I use AI. This includes the literature review, logical organization, writing, analysis, and proofreading. I do not cite any studies that use AI, to the extent that it is possible to know.

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Frank, Utopian Marxist @frankgothic.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

Time to talk about more Andor! As we go into the good, the bad, and the great! Never forgetting to posit how, at any point… popular culture can just be good! Imagine that!

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Frank, Utopian Marxist @frankgothic.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

We made a new thing! Again! This time I talk about a game I really really wanted to like! Shame it uhhhh… didn’t get to a good place… But still made for a good chat!

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Frank, Utopian Marxist @frankgothic.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

I’ve finally read all the Witcher Saga books! So let’s talk about them! For this first part we went into some of the various relationships, the broad dimension of war and politics in the story, and how it’s just so damn good!

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