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The Intersection of Puzzle and Story (with Ron Gilbert) [Nice Replay]

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The Intersection of Puzzle and Story

Interview

2024.07.05

Narrative designer and pal of the program Beth Korth fills in for Ellen as guest host this week and next!

Your nice hosts welcome famed designer Ron Gilbert (Monkey Island, Thimbleweed Park) into the clubhouse to discuss the virtues of inexperience, friction for its own sake, how it's all about story, and it's puzzles all the way down.

The Intersection of Puzzle and Story

Game Design

Narrative

Production

Return to Monkey Island will have a hint system because the internet exists now

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Joshua Rivera

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Polygon

Verdant Skies

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Steam…

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