Ain't No Place for a Hero: Borderlands
Kaitlin Tremblay
A deep dive into the groundbreaking and bestselling video game series The critically acclaimed first-person shooter franchise Borderlands knows it’s ridiculous. It’s a badge of pride. After all, Borderlands 2 was promoted with the tagline “87 bazillion guns just got bazillionder.” These space-western games encourage you to shoot a lot of enemies and monsters, loot their corpses, and have a few chuckles while chasing down those bazillion guns.
As Kaitlin Tremblay explores in Ain’t No Place for a Hero, the Borderlands video game series satirizes its own genre, exposing and addressing the ways first-person shooter video games have tended to exclude women, queer people, and people of colour, as well as contribute to a hostile playing environment. Tremblay also digs in to the way the Borderlands game franchise ― which has sold more than 26 million copies ― disrupts traditional notions of heroism, creating nuanced and compelling storytelling that highlights the strengths and possibilities of this relatively new narrative medium.
The latest entry in the acclaimed Pop Classics series, Ain’t No Place for a Hero is a fascinating read for Borderlands devotees as well as the uninitiated.
Duration - 3h 23m.
Author - Kaitlin Tremblay.
Narrator - Krys Janae.
Published Date - Thursday, 18 January 2024.
Copyright - © 2017 Kaitlin Tremblay ©.
Location:
United States
Networks:
Kaitlin Tremblay
Krys Janae
Pop Classics
Spotify Audiobooks
English Audiobooks
Findaway Audiobooks
Description:
A deep dive into the groundbreaking and bestselling video game series The critically acclaimed first-person shooter franchise Borderlands knows it’s ridiculous. It’s a badge of pride. After all, Borderlands 2 was promoted with the tagline “87 bazillion guns just got bazillionder.” These space-western games encourage you to shoot a lot of enemies and monsters, loot their corpses, and have a few chuckles while chasing down those bazillion guns. As Kaitlin Tremblay explores in Ain’t No Place for a Hero, the Borderlands video game series satirizes its own genre, exposing and addressing the ways first-person shooter video games have tended to exclude women, queer people, and people of colour, as well as contribute to a hostile playing environment. Tremblay also digs in to the way the Borderlands game franchise ― which has sold more than 26 million copies ― disrupts traditional notions of heroism, creating nuanced and compelling storytelling that highlights the strengths and possibilities of this relatively new narrative medium. The latest entry in the acclaimed Pop Classics series, Ain’t No Place for a Hero is a fascinating read for Borderlands devotees as well as the uninitiated. Duration - 3h 23m. Author - Kaitlin Tremblay. Narrator - Krys Janae. Published Date - Thursday, 18 January 2024. Copyright - © 2017 Kaitlin Tremblay ©.
Language:
English
Opening Credits
Duration:00:00:15
Dedication
Duration:00:00:12
Introduction: No Rest for the Wicked
Duration:00:13:10
Chapter 1- The Lay of the Land
Duration:00:12:42
Chapter 2- Making History of Myths
Duration:00:13:06
Chapter 3-“I Fart Rainbows”: The Humor
Duration:00:14:54
Chapter 4-“A Day without Slaughter Is Like a Day without Sunshine”:Megacorporations and Violence
Duration:00:17:50
Chapter 5- "Something Something Hero Stuff”: Killing Your Heroes
Duration:00:26:54
Chapter 6- Fictional Worlds, Real People
Duration:00:29:10
Chapter 7- Sirens: “Fear Me, Bitches”
Duration:00:13:30
Chapter 8- Like Mother, Like Daughter: Moxxi and Ellie
Duration:00:13:53
Chapter 9-“Called Me Mad, They Did”: Madness, Survival, and Psychos"
Duration:00:13:59
Chapter 10- Forgiveness, Death, and Mourning
Duration:00:09:16
Chapter 11- “My Siren’s Name Is Brick, and She Is the Prettiest”: Toxic Masculinity"
Duration:00:17:59
Conclusion: Come at Me, Bro
Duration:00:06:24
Closing Credits
Duration:00:00:32