14. Alanna Okun (Writer, Programmer)

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Kyle Starr

16 episodes

6 months ago

Interviews with video game creators, enthusiasts, journalists, and media personalities about their origins with video games, what keeps them so interested in the medium, and what excites them about the future.

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14. Alanna Okun (Writer, Programmer)

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1 hour 25 minutes

1 year ago

14. Alanna Okun (Writer, Programmer)

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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Links

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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