One Cool Thing

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One Cool Thing

One Cool Thing is a podcast speaking with people in and around videogames about One Cool Thing not from games which is really fascinating them at the moment. One of the founding principles of Die Gute Fabrik is interdisciplinarity - collaborating with people from other art forms to bring fresh ideas to video games. And that’s also what’s at the heart of this podcast series: what not from games is shaping how people think about making games right now?As host, each week DGF Studio Lead Hannah Nicklin will introduce the exciting guest and their practice to you before getting into a deep dive into what their One Cool Thing is, how it’s shaping their thoughts at the moment and what they hope it could offer others. This a chance to hear more about the practices of cool folks working in games, and hopefully somewhere where we can all reflect on how we think about how we make things together.One Cool Thing Production Credits: One Cool Thing is hosted by Die Gute Fabrik's Studio Lead Hannah Nicklin and is produced, edited and sound designed by Tom Whalley. Additional production and research by Úna-Minh Kavanagh and our theme music by Nick Ellis who can be found on Bandcamp as tenby.

  1. 29/11/2023

    Jill Murray on Skating

    On this episode, we meet Jill Murray who chats to Hannah Nicklin about skating.Jill Murray is a Canadian creative director, coming fresh from the launch of Invincible Presents: Atom Eve. She is a writer for indie and AAA games, best known for her work as Lead Writer on Shadow of the Tomb Raider, and a bunch of the Assassin's Creed games but other highlights of her credits include Moon Hunters, été, and Subnautica: Below Zero. After starting out by studying theatre, she’s also worked in w...

    49 min

  2. 12/09/2023

    Wren Brier on Eki Stamps & Goshuin

    On this episode we meet Wren Brier who chats to Hannah Nicklin about Eki Stamps & Goshuin.Wren is a Brisbane-based game artist and creative director with a particular talent for and interest in pixel art. She’s curated a whole pixel art exhibit with the Brisbane Powerhouse as well as running workshops alongside other outreach work with Women in Games Brisbane. Wren has been working in games for about a decade as a freelance and in-house artist before most recently undertaking a major coll...

    53 min

  3. 05/09/2023

    Char Putney on "Negative Space" by BR Yeager

    On episode 20 we meet Char Putney who chats to Hannah Nicklin about "Negative Space" by BR Yeager.Char Putney is a multiple award-winning Irish writer from Dublin who currently lives in Copenhagen. She’s been a lot of things in her rich and varied life so far, from a yoga teacher to working production and management positions at Google and Facebook, writing for games such as Divinity Original Sin, Baldur’s Gate, NUTS and Char was also the story lead on our recently announced brand new story-d...

    56 min

  4. 29/08/2023

    Goldie Bartlett on wimmelbilder

    On this episode, we meet Goldie Bartlett who chats to Hannah Nicklin about wimmelbilder.Goldie Bartlett is an illustrator and artist based out of Melbourne Australia. She works in paint, pencil, digital media and videogames. Recent games which feature her work include Florence and Movement Study 1, and most recently launched Wayward Strand as part of the core team of Ghost Pattern Games. Wayward Strand is described on their website as a heartfelt interactive story, told in a curious way. ...

    1 h 2 min

  5. 22/08/2023

    Terry Burdack on Natural Philosophy

    On this episode, we meet Terry Burdack who chats to Hannah Nicklin about natural philosophy.Terry Burdak is a game developer based out of Melbourne Australia. The company he co-runs is called Paper House, and they make games and other creative things inspired by the world around them - that’s everything from a wonderful short story game where you play as a wombat in the heat of an Australian Summer available, to their upcoming single-player god game set in a tiny wooden toy version of Melbour...

    51 min

  6. 15/08/2023

    Sharna Jackson on Barges

    On this episode, we meet Sharna Jackson who chats to Hannah Nicklin about barges.Sharna Jackson is a British game writer, artistic director and author. Before writing full time she was artistic director at Site Gallery in Sheffield, on the board of Sheffield Doc/Fest - a film festival that focuses on documentaries - and an advisor on several projects centering on children. Her award-winning books for children - around tween age, 10+ - as well as being great fun, are also interested in lifting...

    43 min

  7. 08/08/2023

    Des Gayle on The Matrix

    On episode 16 we meet Des Gayle who chats to Hannah Nicklin about The Matrix.Des Gayle is a prolific British producer who has over 20 years of experience in the field of games. From working on the launch of the original Xbox at Microsoft, to being the original producer for the Square Enix Collective, and work on the first Life is Strange series. As well as being on BAFTA-winning teams, Des is a deputy chair for the BAFTA games committee, a key member of the POC in Play team, and currently div...

    57 min

  8. 01/08/2023

    Lisy Kane on Being in a Band

    In this episode, we meet Lisy Kane who chats to Hannah about being in a band.Lisy Kane is a Melbourne-based videogame producer and co-founder of Girl Geek Academy, a social enterprise set up to achieve (trans and nb inclusive) gender equality in the tech industry. As a producer, Lisy made a huge impact as a Production Director at League of Geeks (who mostly recently released Armello in 2019, and recently announced Jumplight Odyssey). She has since moved to running production initiatives for K...

    59 min
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One Cool Thing is a podcast speaking with people in and around videogames about One Cool Thing not from games which is really fascinating them at the moment. One of the founding principles of Die Gute Fabrik is interdisciplinarity - collaborating with people from other art forms to bring fresh ideas to video games. And that’s also what’s at the heart of this podcast series: what not from games is shaping how people think about making games right now?As host, each week DGF Studio Lead Hannah Nicklin will introduce the exciting guest and their practice to you before getting into a deep dive into what their One Cool Thing is, how it’s shaping their thoughts at the moment and what they hope it could offer others. This a chance to hear more about the practices of cool folks working in games, and hopefully somewhere where we can all reflect on how we think about how we make things together.One Cool Thing Production Credits: One Cool Thing is hosted by Die Gute Fabrik's Studio Lead Hannah Nicklin and is produced, edited and sound designed by Tom Whalley. Additional production and research by Úna-Minh Kavanagh and our theme music by Nick Ellis who can be found on Bandcamp as tenby.

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