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#224 Scott Nicholson Talks Escape Rooms
#224 Scott Nicholson Talks Escape Rooms
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Length:
64 minutes
Released:
Oct 15, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Dirk and David discuss escape room design with Scott Nicholson, a game designer and professor who has studied escape rooms extensively. Scott talks about the predecessors to escape rooms, the thematic threat of ludonarrative dissonance, and the importance of asking “why?” with every component of a game’s design.
Released:
Oct 15, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode
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