Play Dead

In this week’s episode, Gabby is joined by Kara Stone, the independent game developer and artist behind Sext Adventure, Medication Meditation, and Techno Tarot. They talk about Kara’s upcoming game Ritual of the Moon and discuss the way subjects like suicide and self-harm are treated in game development.

Content Warning: This episode features discussion of suicide and self-harm in video games, as well as explicit language.

In the first episode of Play Dead, Gabby is joined by Augusto ‘Cuxo’ Quijano, the Concept Lead at DrinkBox Studios in Toronto. Together they discuss the significance of death in Mexican culture and in DrinkBox’s Guacamelee!, as well as death anxiety, the lighter aspects of funerals, and DrinkBox’s upcoming project Severed.