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	Podcast:		Writers and Company from CBC Radio
	Episode:		Video games are radical. Not in the way you think
	Category:		Arts
	Duration:		00:30:53
	Publish Date:		2025-12-10 10:10:00
	Description:		Video games make you violent. Video games corrupt the youth. Video games rot your brain! You’ve probably heard that narrative before … but Kawika Guillermo offers a fresh take in their new essay collection, Of Floating Isles: On Growing Pains and Video Games. The book is part memoir, part cultural analysis about the roles that video games play in our lives. For Kawika, games aren’t just a mindless escape — they’re thoughtful works of art that help us understand our identities and the world we live in. Kawika joins Mattea to talk about gaming as a catalyst for social change, rethinking shooting games and how video games helped them grapple with grief. Liked this conversation? Keep listening: Why this Pulitzer Prize winner is done with writing books Weightlifting made Casey Johnston stronger — in muscle and mind
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