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Jacob Geller on the Evolution of Video Essays and Games Criticism
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Jacob Geller is a YouTube video-essayist whose work grapples with video games, history, politics, empathy, and more. Recently his criticism has engaged with the politics of climate change and art in the pre-apocalypse as well as media preservation in the digital age.
We talked with him about video essays as an art form and what it means that they are the most popular form of criticism.
Hosted by Phillip Russell and Ben Thorp
You can learn more about Jacob Geller here.
Visit our website: Originstory.show
Follow us on Twitter @originstory_
Do you have feedback or questions for us? Email us [email protected]
Cover art and website design by Melody Hirsch
Origin Story original score by Ryan Hopper
45 episodes
Manage episode 380669683 series 2947742
Jacob Geller is a YouTube video-essayist whose work grapples with video games, history, politics, empathy, and more. Recently his criticism has engaged with the politics of climate change and art in the pre-apocalypse as well as media preservation in the digital age.
We talked with him about video essays as an art form and what it means that they are the most popular form of criticism.
Hosted by Phillip Russell and Ben Thorp
You can learn more about Jacob Geller here.
Visit our website: Originstory.show
Follow us on Twitter @originstory_
Do you have feedback or questions for us? Email us [email protected]
Cover art and website design by Melody Hirsch
Origin Story original score by Ryan Hopper
45 episodes
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