Any Austin on the Hermeneutics of Video Games

Hi, this is Jeff, a producer of Conversations with Tyler, and I've got a quick announcement tied to today's guest. Some of you might remember in my 2024 retrospective with Tyler that I mentioned a certain YouTuber whose work had really stuck with me. Well, that person is today's guest who goes by Annie Austin. After the retrospective aired, Annie Austin and I got in touch, leading to the conversation you're about to hear.

Now, I love Austin's work because he has a truly distinctive way of looking at video games and virtual worlds, often focusing on their physical infrastructure, and in doing so, he does something really cool, which is that he helps us see things we might have missed and appreciate things more deeply. than we otherwise would have. It's a characteristic of his that fits perfectly with conversations with Tyler. Before we recorded, I had lunch with Austin and we talked YouTube. That conversation pushed me to make a change I'd been considering for a while, namely giving Conversations with Tyler its own YouTube channel.

It'll make the show easier to find and follow. Old videos will still be on the Merquitas channel for now, but all new ones will be posted to the new channel going forward. So check out youtube.com slash at Cowan Convos and please subscribe. I'm excited for this next chapter of our YouTube journey and it starts with today's episode featuring Annie Austin.

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