Holly Gramazio is a writer, game designer and curator. She founded the experimental games festival Now Play This, wrote the script for the award-winning indie videogame Dicey Dungeons, and her debut novel, The Husbands, is out now in paperback. In today’s episode, Annmarie and Holly talk about attics, games, husbands, online dating apps, and how art can help people to interact with their surroundings in new ways.

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Titles Mentioned in This Episode:

The Husbands, by Holly Gramazio

Dicey Dungeons

Art Deck, created by Sophie Sampson and Holly Gramazio

Greta & Valdin, by Rebecca K. Reilly 

Memento Mori, by Eunice Hong 

Glorious Exploits, by Ferdia Lennon

Follow Holly Gramazio:

Instagram: @holly_gramazio

Bluesky: ‪@hollygramazio.bsky.social‬

hollygramazio.net

Photo credit: Diana Patient

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