Origin Story
Phillip Russell, Ben Thorp
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Origin Story XV Remix (A Momentary Interlude)
Origin Story
12/30/21 • 30 min
Podcastings most handsome duo is back to try and convince you that they're still relevant and have good things to say. But do they? Find out on this, our intermission episode.
Hosted by Phillip Russell and Ben Thorp
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Cover art and website design by Melody Hirsch
Origin Story original score by Ryan Hopper
09/23/21 • 93 min
Greg Lobanov is a game designer from Philadelphia currently living in Canada. He is the director of Chicory: A Colorful Tale and has previously created Wandersong, and Coin Crypt, and a number of other projects.
Alexis Dean-Jones Storyboarder, illustrator, animator, and character designer originally from Brisbane, Australia, and currently based in Canada. She’s worked on projects for the Australia Post, as well as Slap Happy Cartoons where she worked on Tom & Jerry and the Hollow. Most recently she’s worked as the character animator and designer for Chicory: A Colorful Tale.
We talk to them about how Chicory helped them explore the anxieties and pressures around creating art and trying to build player creativity into a game.
Hosted by Phillip Russell and Ben Thorp
You can follow Greg here and Alexis here.
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Cover art and website design by Melody Hirsch
Origin Story original score by Ryan Hopper
08/26/21 • 72 min
Neil Jones is a game artist currently working out of Detroit, MI. Jones is an artist and game designer who worked on indie titles like Clique and Aerial Knight’s Never Yield.
Neil garnered a lot of attention after his game was featured as part of Nintendo's 2021 indie world showcase. We talk with him about how Never Yield was his last-ditch effort to see if he could stay in an industry that is unwelcoming to black creators and his complicated feelings around the attention the showcase gave him.
Hosted by Phillip Russell and Ben Thorp
You can follow Neil Jones here.
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Cover art and website design by Melody Hirsch
Origin Story original score by Ryan Hopper
07/22/21 • 68 min
Gina Nutt is the author of the essay collection Night Rooms (Two Dollar Radio) and the poetry collection Wilderness Champion (Gold Wake Press). She earned her MFA from Syracuse University. Her writing has appeared in Cosmonauts Avenue, Joyland, Ninth Letter, and other publications.
We talk about her relationship to horror movies and how that's informed her approach to writing. Gina's writing is constantly finding a way to make real what goes unsaid - and to make essays that, not unlike a horror movie, revolve around a thing that may never appear onscreen.
Hosted by Phillip Russell and Ben Thorp
Buy Night Rooms by Gina Nutt here.
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Cover art and website design by Melody Hirsch
Origin Story original score by Ryan Hopper
Study Hall 4: Some of us are very happy now
Origin Story
01/26/23 • 37 min
It's a new year and Phil has a new job and a new lease on life. We give a general life update and see whether the new job offers any new insights into game dev. Plus a look back on some of our fave things of 2022 and one of the games we're both enjoying right now: Chained Echoes. Come listen.
Hosted by Phillip Russell and Ben Thorp
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Cover art and website design by Melody Hirsch
Original Study Hall Art by J. Dylan Denison
Origin Story original score by Ryan Hopper
10/24/23 • 77 min
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.
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Cover art and website design by Melody Hirsch
Origin Story original score by Ryan Hopper
Our Origin Story
Origin Story
07/06/21 • 12 min
What is the origin story of Origin Story? In this brief intro episode we break down who we are and the basic concept of the show. We'll be talking to artists across music, games, novels, and TV about how they got involved with their different craft and makes stories meaningful to them.
Hosted by Phillip Russell and Ben Thorp
Visit our website: Originstory.show
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Cover art and website design by Melody Hirsch
Origin Story original score by Ryan Hopper
10/11/22 • 86 min
Sam Barlow is the writer and director of Immortality, Telling Lies, and Her Story and the founder of the Half Mermaid production company. His most recent games are interactive fiction experiences that allow players to search through archives of footage such as police interrogations and video calls. Sam’s latest game, Immortality, asks players to comb through footage from three unreleased movies to uncover what happened to actress named Marissa Marcel.
We spoke with Sam about the untapped possibilities in video games and how his stories work to expand what games can do. We also talk about the interesting nature of the archive game. Plus: what's the point of making art, anyway?
Hosted by Phillip Russell and Ben Thorp
Episode Notes
You can follow Sam Barlow here.
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Cover art and website design by Melody Hirsch
Origin Story original score by Ryan Hopper
Jeff Pianki (Remember It Now) on Being Present and Living a More Intentional Creative Life
Origin Story
09/16/21 • 78 min
Jeff Pianki is a singer-songwriter based in LA. He's released two full-length albums, Paper Window, and most recently, Remember It Now, after a 10-year hiatus from releasing music.
We sat down with Jeff to talk about what he's been up to for all these years, the creation of his new album Remember It Now, and his new determination for forging a path in music as his full-time profession.
Hosted by Phillip Russell and Ben Thorp
You can listen to Remember It Now here.
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Cover art and website design by Melody Hirsch
Origin Story original score by Ryan Hopper
John Elizabeth Stintzi (My Volcano) On Writing A Doomscroll Novel And Finding Humanity In The Absurd
Origin Story
06/14/22 • 78 min
JES (John Elizabeth Stintz)i is a non-binary and trans writer, educator, and visual artist who grew up on a cattle farm in northwestern Ontario. Their work has been awarded the 2019 RBC Bronwen Wallace Award for Emerging Writers, and The Malahat Review’s 2019 Long Poem Prize. Their writing has appeared in Ploughshares, Kenyon Review, Fiddlehead, The Malahat Review, Best Canadian Poetry, and many others. JES is the author of the novels My Volcano and Vanishing Monuments, as well as the poetry collection Junebat. They live with their wife in the United States.
We talked with them about how they captured the feeling of doomscrolling in a novel form, and how they found ways to ground the absurd in the deeply human.
Hosted by Phillip Russell and Ben Thorp
You can follow JES 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
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FAQ
How many episodes does Origin Story have?
Origin Story currently has 45 episodes available.
What topics does Origin Story cover?
The podcast is about Society & Culture, Film, Games, Conversations, Music, Longform, Gaming, Documentary, Podcasts, Books, Technology, Video Games, Tv and Interviews.
What is the most popular episode on Origin Story?
The episode title 'Chandana Ekanayake (Falcon Age) on Creating a More Diverse and Inclusive Games Studio and Industry' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on Origin Story?
The average episode length on Origin Story is 71 minutes.
How often are episodes of Origin Story released?
Episodes of Origin Story are typically released every 13 days.
When was the first episode of Origin Story?
The first episode of Origin Story was released on Jul 6, 2021.
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