S1E15 - Monica Fan (Part 2 of 2) - Jump-scared By Your Own Face

This week, Aaron chats with Monica Fan in the second of a two-part interview. Monica is a game designer currently working at Pipeworks on an unannounced AAA game, but they consider themselves an eccentric creative at heart, having worked in entertainment media including newspaper, radio, theater, and film.  

In this second half of our two-part interview, we went DEEP on just a few topics: The importance of consuming more media to broaden your knowledge (even if it means playing games you don't like), short vs. long-term thinking in life and in your career, and the value of unconventional protagonists in games and how they could contribute to helping people love themselves as they are.

00:00 Introduction

00:59 Hot Take: Consume More Media, Even If You Don't Like It

10:25 Short Vs Long-Term Thinking

17:24 Unconventional Protagonists And Loving Yourself

29:49 Outro