Loitering among the gamers with Jeremy Couillard

Jeremy Couillard (he/him) is an artist and professor, whose games JEF (2020) and Fuzz Dungeon (2021) explore the weird, uncomfortable, and inexplicable aspects of life through humor and alien surrealism. In this episode, Jeremy details how he started creating games out of a frustration with animation, the importance of loitering in digital spaces, and finding community in alt games.

You can play Jeremy’s games on itch and Steam, and follow them @jeremycouillard.

Jeremy’s Inspiring Thing to Share
Alt games curators and communities (shout out to Indiepocalypse and Dirigitive)

Things Discussed
JEF
Fuzz Dungeon
Alien Afterlife (Jeremy Couillard, 2017)
Updating to Remain the Same: Habitual New Media (Wendy Hui Kyong Chun, 2016)
The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind (Julian Jayne, 2000)

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