Jay Springett leads award-winning narrative designer, and writer Meghna Jayanth through a series of imaginative exercises.

Then they discuss:

* Imagination in narrative design

* Agency and identity in video games

* Digital spaces and online communities

* Online harassment and its effects

* Balancing plot and player freedom

QUOTES

“Games are a medium of agency.”

"I stop playing at essentially the moment I’m about to be nuked by the other civilisation."

"I think the screen does have a constant pull towards it, you have to resist."

"A huge part of game narrative is defining and describing agency and imagining yourself inside the ego of the player."

ABOUT THE GUEST

MEGHNA JAYANTH is an award-winning narrative designer, writer and speaker. Her work is focused on subverting the capitalist-colonialist fantasies, pleasures and designs that dominate the imaginaries of video games, and rethinking protagonism. Her work includes Thirsty Suitors, 80 Days, Sable, Horizon: Zero Dawn, Boyfriend Dungeon, This War of Mine and Sunless Sea. She is currently working on All Rise, an inappropriately joyous game about climate crisis and corporate criminals.

IN YOUR MIND

Has this interview sparked any thoughts or questions about your own mind's eye, creative process, or inner experience? I'd love to hear your insights! Share your reflections in the comments below or on social media!

LINKS

* Meghna’s Website

* Follow Meghna on Twitter

* Thirsty Suitors

* 80 Days

* Boyfriend Dungeon

* Read more about Meghna on Wikipedia

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ABOUT THE SHOW

In 2022 writer and host Jay Springett discovered he had aphantasia - the inability to voluntarily create mental images in one's mind. For 36 years he thought 'picture this' was a metaphor.

Experience.Computer is slow radio about high tech. An interview show exploring perception, experience and expression. The show examines how people perceive the world, and how they work with the creative tools they use to make their work with.

ABOUT THE HOST

Jay Springett is a strategist and writer. His work focuses on the design, administration and flourishing of worlds of all kinds He has hosted the 301 second long essay podcast Permanently Moved since 2018, and Experience.Computer since 2023. Jay is currently working on his first book ‘The Web Was a Side Quest‘ and writes online at thejaymo.net

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