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Episode 22: The Third-Act Nuke
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Length:
37 minutes
Released:
Apr 27, 2017
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Podcast episode
Description
Ahmed reveals his nerdy side in this special video game themed episode. In Level 1, Ahmed talks to his cousins, siblings Nyle and Basim (of the Kominas!) Usmani, about how video games bring them together and why killing brown folks in Call of Duty makes them feel nauseous. In Level 2, Ahmed calls up Rami Ismail, co-founder of Dutch indie game studio Vlambeer, to get an insider’s take on the cultural insensitivity of first-person shooter games set in the Middle East and how being Muslim affects the way he designs his games. Level 3 is not in the podcast at all — IT’S AN ESSAY. Ahmed writes about playing Call of Duty: Modern Warfare for the first time. Read it at bzfd.it/2pF5ox5. Follow Ahmed at @radbrowndads, Follow Nyle at @RBDTheNZA, Follow Basim at @BasiRoti, Follow Rami Ismail at @tha_rami and find his games at ridiculousfishing.com and nuclearthrone.com. Follow the show: @seesomething and facebook.com/seesomethingpodcast, Subscribe to our newsletter buzzfeed.com/seesomethingsaysomething/newsletter, Read the essay bzfd.it/2pF5ox5 Find more episodes at buzzfeed.com/seesomethingsaysomething, Email us at saysomething@buzzfeed.com. Our music is by The Kominas. Follow them at @TheRealKominas and kominas.bandcamp.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Released:
Apr 27, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode
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