https://www.originstory.show/episodes daily 0.75 2023-10-24 https://www.originstory.show/episodes/jacob-geller monthly 0.5 2023-10-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60884fef824a7a2837429095/f0a119ab-dc0e-424d-b2f2-61d949e77377/PzvuQ_LJ_400x400.jpg Episodes - Jacob Geller on the Evolution of Video Essays and Games Criticism - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.originstory.show/episodes/christine-lai monthly 0.5 2023-10-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60884fef824a7a2837429095/31ea4495-f043-4267-843a-707991a6073a/Christine-Lai-Photo-for-Interview-Magazine.jpg Episodes - Christine Lai on How Art Endures Even After Apocalypse - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.originstory.show/episodes/jamel-brinkley monthly 0.5 2023-10-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60884fef824a7a2837429095/455afa87-3eb4-4560-a347-c63cf976893c/jamel.jpg Episodes - Jamel Brinkley (Witness) on Bearing Witness and How to Write a Good Ending - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.originstory.show/episodes/hannah-nicklin monthly 0.5 2023-07-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60884fef824a7a2837429095/a765abb3-c0a5-4305-94da-084098b51456/hannah.jpg Episodes - Hannah Nicklin (Salt Sea Chronicles) on Ensemble Storytelling and Building Equitable Workplaces - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.originstory.show/episodes/victor-lavalle monthly 0.5 2023-06-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60884fef824a7a2837429095/eb59b30f-de10-4088-8d34-4113af084303/victor.jpg Episodes - Victor LaValle (Lone Women) on the Power of Monsters, and Writing a Different Historical Fiction Novel - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.originstory.show/episodes/josh-sawyer monthly 0.5 2023-06-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60884fef824a7a2837429095/32673d08-3e37-48ee-9aac-a5850b09ac45/JoshSawyer2.jpg Episodes - Josh Sawyer (Pentiment) on Art, History and What Will Be Remembered - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.originstory.show/episodes/austin-walker monthly 0.5 2023-05-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60884fef824a7a2837429095/30b559fd-a2be-4d32-8053-9e6e5f7ae6c1/austin.png Episodes - Austin Walker (Possibility Space) On What Makes Good Criticism - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.originstory.show/episodes/natalie-watson monthly 0.5 2023-06-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60884fef824a7a2837429095/1acb9085-2962-4a18-a378-e4ff7f89cb2e/Natalie_Watson_Headshot.png Episodes - Natalie Watson (Immortality) on the State of Games Criticism and Transitioning into Games Development - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.originstory.show/episodes/xalavier monthly 0.5 2023-03-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60884fef824a7a2837429095/b97bb113-2217-4456-ac5f-d218417a9012/Xalavier-Nelson-Jr-696x442.jpg Episodes - Xalavier Nelson Jr. (Strange Scaffold) on Creating a More Sustainable Games Industry - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.originstory.show/episodes/sam-barlow monthly 0.5 2023-02-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60884fef824a7a2837429095/d168ba9d-63d6-4474-af35-ce4148ec7ae0/Sam-Barlow-feature-image.jpg Episodes - Sam Barlow (Immortality) On Games As Imperfect Immortality Machines - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.originstory.show/episodes/before-your-eyes monthly 0.5 2022-10-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60884fef824a7a2837429095/e926f065-9c93-4d60-8965-f02d78ba73cd/Screen+Shot+2022-09-20+at+7.39.57+PM.png Episodes - Graham Parkes (Before Your Eyes) On Turning Blinks into a Game Mechanic - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.originstory.show/episodes/citizen-sleeper monthly 0.5 2022-12-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60884fef824a7a2837429095/9acbe740-8f97-4dfb-bedd-535a6a0e66ae/maxresdefault.jpg Episodes - Gareth Damian Martin (Citizen Sleeper) On Creating More Meaningful Choices in RPGs - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.originstory.show/episodes/neil-jones-2 monthly 0.5 2022-09-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60884fef824a7a2837429095/bd1fb72b-0e9c-47e3-aeba-589eee4c5a71/neil+jones.jpg Episodes - Neil Jones (Never Yield) on Listening to Fan Feedback and the State of Indie Game Development - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.originstory.show/episodes/study-hall monthly 0.5 2023-06-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60884fef824a7a2837429095/1660780069706-MAT6PJWUDQE6PEQHZFVT/Origin_Story_-_Books%281%29.png Episodes - Study Hall Library - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.originstory.show/episodes/two-dollar-radio monthly 0.5 2022-09-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60884fef824a7a2837429095/be278dc3-397d-495e-b4d7-f806c7c34c92/Screen+Shot+2022-04-23+at+11.18.57+AM.png Episodes - Eric Obenauf and Eliza Wood-Obenauf (Two Dollar Radio) on Defining the Voice of an Indie Press - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.originstory.show/episodes/maneka monthly 0.5 2022-07-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60884fef824a7a2837429095/a0c0bb8a-4d31-4e69-afcc-0f3ce679fda2/maneka-web-1.jpg Episodes - Devin McKnight (Maneka) on Creating More Than Just "Sad Boy" Music - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.originstory.show/episodes/venba monthly 0.5 2022-07-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60884fef824a7a2837429095/ab03f159-4c98-4c9d-b379-823cc5b27cff/venba+alt.jpg Episodes - Abhi (Venba) on How Food Brings Family Together and Going All in On Game Development - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.originstory.show/episodes/chandana-ekanayake monthly 0.5 2022-07-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60884fef824a7a2837429095/70220abb-3df1-4f48-a188-ff810be1174d/eka_headshot_small.jpg Episodes - Chandana Ekanayake (Falcon Age) on Creating a More Diverse and Inclusive Games Studio and Industry - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.originstory.show/episodes/john-elizabeth-stintzi monthly 0.5 2022-07-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60884fef824a7a2837429095/56620250-0b66-4e04-aadb-976e22ce9257/jes.jpeg Episodes - John Elizabeth Stintzi (My Volcano) On Writing A Doomscroll Novel And Finding Humanity In The Absurd - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.originstory.show/episodes/allegra-hyde monthly 0.5 2022-07-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60884fef824a7a2837429095/cd15a709-8ec1-4979-b8e4-31dbe6d3e896/Hyde-_Courtesy-of-Tanya-Rosen-Jones--900x600.jpg Episodes - Allegra Hyde (Eleutheria) On Writing a Different Kind of Climate Change Novel and the Power of Utopian Thinking - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.originstory.show/episodes/matthew-milia monthly 0.5 2022-07-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60884fef824a7a2837429095/729d6023-4b94-418d-9d0f-103fbd98f5eb/milia.jpg Episodes - Matthew Milia (Frontier Ruckus) On Calibrating His Music and Creativity Through New Phases of Life - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.originstory.show/episodes/cautious-clay monthly 0.5 2022-07-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60884fef824a7a2837429095/1633577459452-EO3DNEO3XFNDJRAEGCJW/cautious.jpg Episodes - Cautious Clay (Deadpan Love) On Having A Public Identity And Staying Authentic - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.originstory.show/episodes/lydia-millet monthly 0.5 2022-07-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60884fef824a7a2837429095/1632677914801-Y31YAPCBA7CAWM7XQ67D/lydiabynolaprofile.jpg Episodes - Lydia Millet (A Children's Bible) On Facing Down The Creative Process And The Climate Apocalypse - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.originstory.show/episodes/greg-lobanov-and-alexis-dean-jones monthly 0.5 2022-07-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60884fef824a7a2837429095/1632414584714-9DL0RAN43SOR7H8OJO8M/Screen+Shot+2021-09-23+at+9.29.27+AM.png Episodes - Greg Lobanov and Alexis Dean-Jones (Chicory) On The Anxieties Of Making Art and the Importance of Finishing Things - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60884fef824a7a2837429095/1632414509739-M3DU32DHKUI8LTNXESGR/Screen+Shot+2021-09-23+at+9.28.12+AM.png Episodes - Greg Lobanov and Alexis Dean-Jones (Chicory) On The Anxieties Of Making Art and the Importance of Finishing Things - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.originstory.show/episodes/jeff-pianki monthly 0.5 2022-07-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60884fef824a7a2837429095/1628803436594-Y6JZC8DW0C6JT72S9E49/ab6761610000e5eb6dd244e1978f8c98ccba4c02.jpg Episodes - Jeff Pianki (Remember It Now) on Being Present and Living a More Intentional Creative Life - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.originstory.show/episodes/steve-aguilar monthly 0.5 2022-07-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60884fef824a7a2837429095/1627857872465-97DPCWEPAUFLYM0N68FX/Heatmaps+color.jpg Episodes - Steven James Aguilar (Heatmaps) on The Power Of Brevity In Music - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.originstory.show/episodes/naptali-faulkner monthly 0.5 2023-06-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60884fef824a7a2837429095/1628803953057-C63P59Q6DYHSWIXV3550/230597-naphtalifaulkner-3418.png Episodes - Naphtali Faulkner (Umurangi Generation) on Politics, Game Design, And The End Of The World - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.originstory.show/episodes/neil-jones monthly 0.5 2022-07-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60884fef824a7a2837429095/1628803024243-K3B4X2R3X61Z5V80DT76/neil+jones+color.jpg Episodes - Neil Jones (Never Yield) on His Fight to Stay in Gaming - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.originstory.show/episodes/brooke-maggs monthly 0.5 2022-07-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60884fef824a7a2837429095/1628802781336-V3NJTA38Q4U2ACXY5MAS/Brooke_Headshot+%281%29.jpg Episodes - Brooke Maggs (Control) on New Kinds of Story in Video Games - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.originstory.show/episodes/steve-pardo monthly 0.5 2022-07-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60884fef824a7a2837429095/1619570227389-2ZZMP94IZSBJQ9ZA86RK/Steve.jpg Episodes - Steve Pardo (Signs of the Sojourner) on the Sounds of Home - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.originstory.show/episodes/matthew-seiji-burns monthly 0.5 2022-07-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60884fef824a7a2837429095/1625514493191-2JA0BFDSQ6M29KY5EGBI/MSB+photo.jpg Episodes - Matthew Seiji Burns (Eliza) on Our Connection to Technolgy and the Allure of Interactive Fiction - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.originstory.show/episodes/owen-dennis monthly 0.5 2022-07-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60884fef824a7a2837429095/1625447361136-T3CXEOVK6ECP4PV5LU3J/owne+dennis+color.jpg Episodes - Owen Dennis (Infinity Train) on Making Cartoons for Everyone - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.originstory.show/episodes/gina-nutt monthly 0.5 2022-07-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60884fef824a7a2837429095/1625443364948-S50CBH241ZZ9S0XEK2EM/Gina+Nutt+Color.jpg Episodes - Gina Nutt (Night Rooms) on Horror and the Power of What Goes Unsaid - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.originstory.show/episodes/greg-kasavin monthly 0.5 2022-07-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60884fef824a7a2837429095/1625443560078-2RDMQOEF7R3KYJGQE16M/Greg+Kasavin+color.jpg Episodes - Greg Kasavin (Hades) on Writing as a Form of Exorcism and the Role of Narrative in Games - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.originstory.show/episodes/nick-guerin monthly 0.5 2022-07-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60884fef824a7a2837429095/1625443775547-FIKPT7RDTOQ16NVSN30Z/Nick+Guerin+color.jpg Episodes - Nick Guérin (Spiritfarer) on Death Positivity and Making Care into a Game Mechanic - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.originstory.show/episodes/introduction monthly 0.5 2022-07-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60884fef824a7a2837429095/1625515750364-O9LTDIE1MQFP04THC6T4/Origin__Story_cover_bigger_3000%281%29.jpg Episodes - Our Origin Story - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.originstory.show/episodes/category/Travel monthly 0.5 https://www.originstory.show/episodes/category/Relationships monthly 0.5 https://www.originstory.show/episodes/category/Health monthly 0.5 https://www.originstory.show/episodes/category/Culture monthly 0.5 https://www.originstory.show/episodes/category/Sports monthly 0.5 https://www.originstory.show/about daily 0.75 2023-03-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60884fef824a7a2837429095/1622760830675-E0ZVGFSWLHPD08L5RHN0/Image+from+iOS.jpg About - Phillip Russell is a Black writer, Narrative Designer, and podcast producer. His writing explores the intersections between pop culture, Blackness, and our connection to land and identity. He holds an MFA in Prose Writing from the University of Washington and an MA in Nonfiction Writing from Ohio University. He is actively accepting all recipes that utilize chili crisp. Portfolio The LoonCast podcast “Eyeing Elsewhere” Monthly Column Twitter https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60884fef824a7a2837429095/1621276136290-N3JYT3PMMXUV2M51VSLT/Image+from+iOS+%281%29.jpg About - Ben Thorp needs to get out more. He's started to drink bean soup directly from the tin can, despite everyone asking him not to. You can find him podcasting, writing, and occasionally reporting for respectable institutions like NPR. His most meaningful accomplishment in life is beating Sekiro. Take that, Greg Kasavin! Escatology podcast The LoonCast podcast Twitter https://www.originstory.show/home daily 1.0 2024-09-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60884fef824a7a2837429095/1622689157447-3DIBPEBDTO9DV2THEB4M/Origin__Story.png Home - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60884fef824a7a2837429095/1623008443937-YF6HN7UW2RZV9N9QY50C/1%281%29.JPG Home - Phillip Russell is a Black writer and Narrative Designer at Outerloop Games. He also co-created The LoonCast and has published work for Entropy Magazine, Atwood Magazine, Unwinnable Monthly, the Henry Art Gallery, Brevity, and more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60884fef824a7a2837429095/1d95dcaa-091d-44df-b2fa-04b377d9757c/IMG_0844.jpg Home - Ben Thorp is a journalist, writer, and podcast producer who works for NPR affiliate station WBAA from Purdue and co-created the podcast The LoonCast and, currently, the podcast Eschatology, on top of publishing nonfiction pieces in literary journals like The Rumpus.