The RE:BIND.io Podcast

Will Smith joins us as our weekly guest to talk about The Foo Show, Adult Swim, VR Puppetry, Whiskey Media & Giantbomb, The heyday of online video media production, and a whole lot about Coffee!

Nina Freeman joins us to talk about narrative driven games & the performance arts, her career, poetry, cult of personality, and the language of indie games.

For a very special episode, we're joined by guest Cameron Kunzelman, former writer of Postscript column for VICE and Co-host Matthew Seiji Burns of Zachtronics, writer behind their recent release Eliza

We deep dive on the Apocalypse in fiction, why it's so prevalent, and what makes it work or in many cases not work.

Topics:

Post-Apocalyptic narratives

The Subtext of Apocalypse

Narrative design and Agency

Long running time and the creation of intimacy

Creating believeable characters and relationships

Knock-on effect, using franchises and built worlds as frameworks for intimacy

Why Indie sequels are rare

Future and flaws of the walking sim identity/genre

Gentrification, Forever Colonialism, Tech startups

On this episode, we sit down with Kyle Kukshtel, developer of Cantata and host over at the SuperCulture network. We talk about what they've been up to, their pivot into game dev, time spent at Killscreen, the state of Games Journalism, and the language we use to critique work. We also talk about the legacy of film critique on games through the lens of Cahiers Du Cinema, Critical Code Studies, Goose Game, and Disco Elysium.

Twitter - https://twitter.com/kkukshtel

Afterschool studio - https://twitter.com/afterschoolvg

Cantata - https://twitter.com/cantatagame

The Beach - https://twitter.com/thebeachgame

BAD END Podcast - https://twitter.com/badendpodcast

BAD End Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/badend

Superculture Network - https://twitter.com/SupercultureNet

Bullet Points Monthly - https://twitter.com/bulletpointsvg

Savoir Faire: A Disco Elysium Podcast - https://twitter.com/SupercultureRev

We sit down with Mark Fillon of General Interactive to talk about their new game, Chinatown Detective Agency, Wine Tycoon management sim Terroir, the southeast asia indie game scene, the evolution of Dubai, and working in a global market.

Jacob Geller joins us to talk about the sustainability of AAA, Prestige Graphics, the indulgent nature of "apolitical" war games, The toxic effects of Youtube algorithms, and Cosmo D.

We sit down with Melissa Brinks of Sidequest.zone to talk about the Untitled Goose that laid a golden egg, Medea's ignition of the Goose Game Discourse, what it's like to be fledgling indie press, and how we can improve the industry.

Yutsi comes on to the show to talk about their upcoming game, Norco: Faraway Lights, the gentrification of New Orleans, hauntology, and how the commodification of nostalgia is proving to be most subsumptive force known.

Fast Paced Action, Ice Cold Brewskis: We go head-to-head with New Blood's Dave Oshry to talk DUSK, his career, and more!

We sit with Liz Ryerson to examine how the industry leaves behind the minority & queer artists who inspire our favorite works.