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14. Alanna Okun (Writer, Programmer)

14. Alanna Okun (Writer, Programmer)

Update: 2024-09-10

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Writer and programmer Alanna Okun shares how video games influenced the recent decision to leave her tenured career in journalism for an education in interactive technology — a conversation through the boom and bust of the 2010s media landscape to a revelation of control and expression found in making video games.

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bitsy (website)

Knit a Hat: A Beginner's Guide to Knitting (Microcosm Publishing)

NYU Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP) (website)

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Guest: Alanna Okun
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Host: Kyle Starr
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14. Alanna Okun (Writer, Programmer)

14. Alanna Okun (Writer, Programmer)

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