Play Dead
Gabby DaRienzoWelcome to Play Dead, the first and only podcast that looks exclusively at death in video games. Hosted by Gabby DaRienzo, Play Dead explores the different ways that death is used in video games and the meanings it has for both players and developers.
| Publishes | Daily | Episodes | 22 | Founded | 6 years ago |
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| Categories | Video GamesLeisure | ||||
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In this episode, Gabby talks with Adam Hines and Bryant Cannon of Night School Studios, the creators of the critically-acclaimed game Oxenfree and the upcoming game Afterparty. They talk about writing for grief, the consequences of changing the past,... more
In this episode, Gabby talks with Dan Salvato, the creator of the critically-acclaimed, romance-slash-horror visual novel game Doki Doki Literature Club. They discuss writing mental health and horror games, subverting the visual novel genre, and how ... more
In the season three premiere, Gabby talks with Ian Dallas, the Creative Director of Giant Sparrow, about the studio’s critically-acclaimed What Remains of Edith Finch. They discuss the development of Edith Finch, the team’s careful approach to the de... more
In this episode, Gabby speaks with Matt Klimas, the Virginia-based graphic designer and game developer behind the graveyard-building card game Grim Acres. They talk about the beauty of graveyards, the challenges of game balance, and the creative proc... more
In this episode, Gabby speaks with Klaus Lyngeled of Zoink! Games about the upcoming games Fe and Flipping Death, the latter of which will be out soon for the Nintendo Switch. The music used in this episode comes from the Flipping Death soundtrack, w... more
In this episode, Gabby speaks with Sam Coster of Butterscotch Shenanigans about developing Crashlands shortly after being diagnosed with cancer and having to face his mortality. They also talk about how death is used in games, and what games affected... more
In this special episode, Gabby speaks with all of Play Dead’s Season 2 guests about their most memorable video game deaths, including Daniel Rosen, Stephanie Harvey, Justin Kuiper, Adam Saltsman, Kim Koronya, Andrew Willans, and Niamh Schönherr (you ... more
In this special VR episode, Gabby speaks with Andrew Willans (EVE: Valkyrie) about the mechanical challenges VR developers face when designing death in their games; and Kim Koronya (Globes VR) about creating empathy using VR, and the ethics that need... more
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Apple Podcasts | #77 |  Hong Kong/Leisure/Video Games |
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