John Harper (Blades in the Dark, AGON) Interview: ep. 192

John Harper (Blades in the Dark, AGON) Interview: ep. 192

Author: Craig Shipman February 28, 2023 Duration: 3:42:14

I sat with John Harper to discuss his favorite movies, shows, music, and games. It became the two of us talking about great media for over three hours. I ask guests what they watch and play because it gives us insight into how they create. You'll find that here. This comes to you ad-free because of your support on Patreon.

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John's list:

Movies
- Destroyer (2018, Karyn Kusama [Jennifer's Body, The Invitation])
- The Rover (2014, David Michod)
- Blue Ruin

- Mystery Road & Goldstone
- The Batman
- Barbarian
- Miller's Crossing

- Fish Tank

- The Ritual

- It Follows

Episodic TV
- Andor
- Strange New Worlds
- For All Mankind
- Yellowjackets

- Collateral

- The Wire, Deadwood, Sopranos, Breaking Bad

- Counterpart

- Peaky Blinders

- Narcos

- Dead to Me

- Marcella

- GLOW

- Bodyguard

- The Favourite, Dogtooth, The Lobster

Music
- Marcus King
- Black Pumas
- Leon Bridges
- The Olympians
- Monophonics
- Chris Stapleton
- Teskey Brothers
- The XX

- Tom Waits

- Neko Case

- Ani DiFranco

- Reggie Watts, Maktub

- Taylor Swift

- Harry Styles
- Caravan Palace
- Toto, Journey, Roxy Music, Eurythmics

- Survivor

- Journey
- Hall & Oates

- Heart

- Brazilian samba / jazz: João Gilberto, Walter Wanderley, Sergio Mendes

- Philadelphia International Records

- Trucker Songs

Board games
- Dune Imperium

- Heat: Pedal to the Metal
- Akrotiri
- Fast & Furious Highway Heist
- Top Gun
- HMS Dolores

RPGs
- Slugblaster (Mikey Hamm)
- As the Sun Forever Sets (Riley Daniels)
- Crescent Moon (Emma Acosta)
- CBR+PNK (Emanoel Melo)
- Crash Cart (Galen Pejeau)
- Girl by Moonlight (Andrew Gillis)
- Copperhead County (Jason Eley)
- Fight with Spirit (Storybrewers - Vee Hendro and Hayley Gordon)
- Zine trio by Diogo Nogueira - Running out of Time, Screams Amongst the Stars, The Dead are Coming
- The Dagger Isles (Pam Punzalan)
- Deathmatch Island (Time Denee)
- Gentleman Bandit / Gentleman Pirate
- Errant (Ava Islam)
- The Barbarian's Bloody Quest, The Thief & The Necromancer, etc.
- AW: Burned Over
- Viking Death Squad (Runehammer)



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