2024-07-09
1 小时 21 分钟This episode is sponsored by Thalamus Digital, publisher of retro and indie video games, including Lumo, Checkanoid and Rogue Aces.
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My guest today is an American game writer and narrative designer.
After graduating from Michigan State University, she worked in publishing, first as editor of the Cryogenic Society of America, then in editorial operations for the satirical current affairs publication the Onion.
In 2012, she started work on a space mystery game titled Outer wilds, published in 2019 by Annapurna Interactive.
Outer Wilds, released to widespread acclaim.
My guest was named a Nebula Award finalist for her writing on the game, which also won the 2020 BAFTA for best video game.
On this very podcast, Ronan Farrow described the storytelling in Outer Wilds as incredible.
Welcome, Kelsey Beacham.
Hi.
Thank you so much for having me.
Thanks for, thanks for coming on, Kelsey.
Your game has been talked about a lot on this podcast, so I'm really excited to talk to you about it.
Yeah.
It's been five years since Outer Wilds launched.
I'm guessing the game sort of changed your life in some ways.
Oh, massively.
Can you talk about that a little bit?
Yeah.
Was it a meteor landing in your trajectory of what you were doing?