MGIF S3 E5: Alysia Judge

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09/05/18 • 61 min

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Episode Five is with the spectacular Alysia Judge, a freelance games journalist, presenter and producer.

Bit of a change of the rules with this one as historically I've always spoken to game developers, but I wanted to interview Alysia to get her take on the broader subject of games culture, where it is and where it's going. We chat about Alysia's history, the origin of her love of games and how she got into the industry. Plus there's a LOT of silliness. This is an absolute smasher and I have to thank Alysia for her time. She's a joy to be around and the kind of sharp mind games journalism needs.

We also cover what it's like to be a naturally positive person in a somewhat cynical country and what it means to be genuine. It's basically a Making Games Is Fun full house.

I hope you'll join me in wishing Alysia luck in whatever the freelance life has planned for her.

@alysiajudge

Hit play for the podcast interview below. MGIF is also available on iTunes or with whatever podcast software you use. Just search for "Making Games Is Fun" and hit subscribe.

Episode Five is with the spectacular Alysia Judge, a freelance games journalist, presenter and producer.

We also cover what it's like to be a naturally positive person in a somewhat cynical country and what it means to be genuine. It's basically a Making Games Is Fun full house.

I hope you'll join me in wishing Alysia luck in whatever the freelance life has planned for her.

@alysiajudge

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MGIF S3 E4: Shedworks

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Greg Kythreotis and Dan Fineberg are a duo known as Shedworks - a two man indie company who work out of a small shed in London.

They are currently working on Sable, an open world, combatless title focusing on characters, dialogue and a sense of place.

I sat down with Greg and Dan in their lovely shed and we chatted about Sable, how the game blew up out of nowhere (and how they dealt with the sudden surge of interest in the game) and how they hope to live up to the expectations.

Greg Kythreotis

Dan Fineberg

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MGIF S3 E6: Daisy Fernandez

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After a bit of a break we are back! Episode six of season three is an interview with Daisy Fernandez.

Daisy recently completed an MA in game design and development at the National Film and Television School and is currently working at State of Play, the team behind Luminocity, Inks and the Kami series of games.

We talk about how game dev courses have grown and changed in the past 10-20 years, enthuse about our favourite games past and present and talk about how games can uniquely tell stories in ways other media cannot.

@daisy_fernandez