Video Game Writing, Helldivers 2, & Ledgerbound with Russ Nickel

About this episode

Russ Nickel joins the hosts to discuss the intricacies of writing for video games, focusing on his work with Helldivers 2 and Ledgerbound.

Writer of Helldivers 2 and Game Director of Ledgerbound ( out now! ) Russ Nickel joins Heather, Nick and Matt to talk about writing video games! Check out our merch at kinshipgoods.com/getplayed Follow us on social media @getplayedpod Music by Ben Prunty benpruntymusic.com Art by Duck Brigade duckbrigade.com For our exclusive show Get Played DLC, ad-free main feed episodes, our complete back catalogue including How Did This Get Played? episodes go to patreon.com/getplayed Join us on our Discord server here: https://discord.gg/getplayed Wanna leave us a voicemail? Call 616-2-PLAYED (616-275-2933) or write us an email at [email protected] Advertise on Get Played via Gumball.fm All of our links can be found at linktree.com/getplayedpod See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

People in this episode

Hosts: Heather, Nick, Matt

Guest: Russ Nickel

Topics covered

• video game writing
• game development
• Helldivers 2
• Ledgerbound
• game design

Keywords

• video games
• game writing
• Helldivers 2
• Ledgerbound
• game director
• game design
• podcast

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Headgum

Products: Helldivers 2, Ledgerbound

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