Episode 76: Meredith Gran

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Kritiqal Care

KRITIQAL

98 episodes

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Conversations about games, community, and the reasons we play. Kritiqal Care is a monthly interview show highlighting the breadth of the games community. Nathalie is joined by tabletop writers, video game designers, pixel artists, streamers, YouTube critics, and others from all corners of the medium to explore games as personal, creative, and political. These are rough times, but games can help us feel less alone through it all.

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Episode 76: Meredith Gran

Kritiqal Care

47 minutes 10 seconds

1 year ago

Episode 76: Meredith Gran

Meredith Gran (she/her) is a comics artist and game designer, best known for her webcomic, Octopus Pie and the adventure game Perfect Tides. She sat down with me to talk about her experience coming to games from a comics background, how Perfect Tides’ mechanics where influenced by teenage naivety, and why the 00s are such a rich period for coming of age stories. Finally, we wrap up with a teaser for the upcoming sequel, Perfect Tides: Station to Station.

You can learn more about Meredith’s games and comics on her website.

Meredith’s Cool Things to Share
- Having a VHS collection with Ghost World (Terry Zwigoff, 2001)

Things Discussed
- Perfect tides (Three Bees, 2022)- Octopus Pie (Meredith Gran, 2007-2017)- King's Quest (Sierra, 1984)
- I Like Movies (Chandler Levack, 2022)
- PEN15 (Maya Erskine, Anna Konkle, and Sam Zvibleman, 2019-2021)
- Perfect Tides: Station to Station (Meredith Gran, upcoming)

Kritiqal Care is produced by me, Nathalie, with music by Desired. It's available on Pocket Casts, Apple Podcasts, and wherever else you get podcasts. If you enjoyed the show, consider leaving a review or rating, sharing it with a loved one, and supporting KRITIQAL on Ko-Fi.