The Beginner's Guide with Michael Ailshie - Ep.277

About this episode

Conner McCabe and game developer Michael Ailshie discuss the impact of The Beginner's Guide on players and its existential themes.

Let's talk about what makes a game and make that conversation existential! Today game developer Michael Ailshie joins Conner to discuss how The Beginner's Guide (2015) by Davey Wreden hit him like a ton of bricks. Show NotesMichael Ailshie - BlueskyProduced, Edited, and Original music by Jeremy SchmidtCall Me By Your Game – Instagram - Bluesky – YouTube - TikTokSuper NPC Radio – Patreon - Discord - Bluesky – Instagram – Twitch Episode Citations VICE Article about the Beginner's Guide

People in this episode

Guest: Michael Ailshie

Topics covered

• The Beginner's Guide
• existentialism
• game development

Keywords

• Davey Wreden
• game design
• narrative

Mentioned in this episode

Products: The Beginner's Guide

Books & works: The Beginner's Guide

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