The Story of the World
The Story of the World
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Length:
25 episodes
Language:
English
Format:
Podcast
Description
"You wake in an unknown place. You don't know where you are or how you got here."
Amnesia and danger. In video games, it's a familiar scene---so familiar that its weirdness has been worn away by repetition. It's a trope! It happens all the time! Characters get amnesia; it's just what they do. They get amnesia, explore their world, pick things up, and fight monsters.
But these tropes become a lot less familiar when they're plopped into the pages of a book, where (in the absence of a player) characters are expected to have motivations that are entirely their own. Why would a character who is lost and scared "go north," "get food," or "attack monster"? How does it feel to "search corpse"? What does someone actually do when instructed to "check inventory"?
To plumb these depths, I made a game. I recruited friends to play the game. Then I adapted that experience into a book. And I made that book into a radio drama.
This is the result. I hope you enjoy it.
Amnesia and danger. In video games, it's a familiar scene---so familiar that its weirdness has been worn away by repetition. It's a trope! It happens all the time! Characters get amnesia; it's just what they do. They get amnesia, explore their world, pick things up, and fight monsters.
But these tropes become a lot less familiar when they're plopped into the pages of a book, where (in the absence of a player) characters are expected to have motivations that are entirely their own. Why would a character who is lost and scared "go north," "get food," or "attack monster"? How does it feel to "search corpse"? What does someone actually do when instructed to "check inventory"?
To plumb these depths, I made a game. I recruited friends to play the game. Then I adapted that experience into a book. And I made that book into a radio drama.
This is the result. I hope you enjoy it.
Language:
English
Format:
Podcast
Episodes1 - 10 of 25 episodes
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13: Only One Way3 minutes | May 15, 2015 | ||
25: Day Two12 minutes | May 15, 2015 | ||
24: A Cold Site6 minutes | May 15, 2015 | ||
23: All the Way Around8 minutes | May 15, 2015 | ||
22: Battleship8 minutes | May 15, 2015 | ||
21: With Borrowed Plans7 minutes | May 15, 2015 | ||
20: Contrails8 minutes | May 15, 2015 | ||
19: The Wilds3 minutes | May 15, 2015 | ||
18: Cruelest Echo2 minutes | May 15, 2015 | ||
17: Perception10 minutes | May 15, 2015 |
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