Game developer and poet Shonté Daniels joins to discuss Contra III: The Alien Wars (KONAMI 1992) through the lens of poems about failure, loss, and love under tense circumstances.

Theodore Roethke, "My Papa's Waltz"
Elizabeth Bishop, "One Art"

Shonté Daniels

Music copyright by James Chandler Jr

The specialest of thanks to Josh Trevett for editing and assembling the audio on this episode. It would still be in Audio Editing Hell without his efforts. Thanks, Josh!