About this episode
Hannah reflects on the closing of Hampshire College and its impact on her journey in game design.
While Evan's away, Hannah reflects on the announcement that Hampshire College, an unconventional school founded in the 1970s, is closing its doors. It was flawed, idealistic, and not always what was promised. But it was a special place that encouraged weirdos to be weird, and paved our own winding path to game design. Hampshire College Workers' Emergency Relief Fund Help Hampshire workers faced with sudden job loss: https://www.helphampshireworkers.com/ https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/donation-form/hampshire-college-workers-emergency-relief-fund Turtlebun Links Turtlebun Discord: https://discord.gg/ajP36nzPb2 Turtlebun on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/turtlebun Turtlebun webstore: https://turtlebun.com/ Credits Design Doc intro/outro theme by ipaghost: https://www.ipaghost.com/ Episodes edited by Rob Abrazado: https://robabrazado.com/ Get in touch Designdocpod (at) gmail (dot) com Instagram: instagram.com/turtleandbun Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/turtlebun.com
People in this episode
Host: Hannah Shaffer
Topics covered
- Hampshire College
- game design
- education
- loss
- reflection
Keywords
- Hampshire College
- game design
- education
- reflection
- closure
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Hampshire College, Hampshire College Workers' Emergency Relief Fund, Turtlebun, ipaghost
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