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Say It Like You Play It

Say It Like You Play It

De : Ibi Baxter-Webb & Joe Baxter-Webb
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The podcast about games, language and culture. With hosts Dr. Ibi and Dr. Joe. Dr. Ibi has a Ph.D. in Linguistics and likes to play games. Dr. Joe has a Ph.D. in Media & Cultural studies, and designs games for a living.


📜 If you would like more Say It Like You Play It content, you can find our BLOG here: https://ibibaxterwebb.wordpress.com/blog-podcast/


☕ If you would like to support us, you can buy us a coffee here: buymeacoffee.com/sayitlikeyouplayit


📺 We're also on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SayItLikeYouPlayIt

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    • Blue Prince: puzzles, puns, and politics
      Aug 29 2025

      In this episode we discuss the puzzle adventure game Blue Prince by Dogubomb. Hosts Dr. Ibi and Dr. Joe cover topics including:


      • The game's world & lore
      • Word play in puzzles, as clues, & for fun
      • Colour semiotics
      • Sign versus noise ratio
      • The (un)translatability of the game


      Songs that are low-key about playing Blue Prince: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6DbDTBrBK23NIV4u077vcx?si=d8ed31681e964979


      Contains some strong (and other types of) language.


      ☕ If you would like to support us, you can buy us a coffee here: buymeacoffee.com/sayitlikeyouplayit


      📺 We're also on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SayItLikeYouPlayIt

      Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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      1 h et 10 min
    • Semiotics and (video) games
      Jun 30 2025

      In this episode we discuss a concept which has been important – but implicit – in many previous episodes: semiotics, or meaning-making through signs. Hosts Dr. Ibi and Dr. Joe cover topics including:


      • The linguistic foundations and broad applications of semiotics;
      • Definitions and different types of signs;
      • Multi-modal semiotics in (video) games;
      • Genre-specific and genre-independent semiotics;
      • The relationship between signs and ludemes;
      • Examples such as UI, rarity colours, and controls;



      Contains some strong (and other types of) language.


      ☕ If you would like to support us, you can buy us a coffee here: buymeacoffee.com/sayitlikeyouplayit


      📺 We're also on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SayItLikeYouPlayIt


      Resources:


      Blomberg, J. 2018. 'The Semiotics of the Game Controller', Game Studies, 18(2). https://gamestudies.org/1802/articles/blomberg


      Chandler, D. 'Semiotics for Beginners'. https://www.cs.princeton.edu/~chazelle/courses/BIB/semio2.htm


      Hawreliak, J. (2018). Multimodal Semiotics and Rhetoric in Videogames. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315159492

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      57 min
    • Chants of Sennaar & Sethian reactions: what makes a good language puzzle game?
      Jun 4 2025

      In this episode we talk about our experience playing two language puzzle games, 'Chants of Sennaar' by Rundisc and 'Sethian' by Duang! Games, LLC . Hosts Dr. Ibi and Dr. Joe cover topics including:


      • language puzzle and translation mechanics
      • embedding conlangs in game worlds
      • player versus player-character knowledge of conlangs
      • complexity of conlangs and how to make them decipherable



      Contains some strong (and other types of) language.


      ☕ If you would like to support us, you can buy us a coffee here: buymeacoffee.com/sayitlikeyouplayit


      📺 We're also on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SayItLikeYouPlayIt

      Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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      50 min
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