Sun, 3 February 2008  In this interview, I spoke to Meguey Baker of Night Sky Games on about her game 1001 Nights ( http://www.nightskygames.com/ ).
Some background, in case you didn't know: The Arabian Nights ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Book_of_One_Thousand_and_One_Nights ). I'm trying a new time-stamped show notes thing. I don't know how long my patience will hold out for this, but it's worth a shot I figger. This show is 1:02:11 long and 56.9 MB big. 00:58 -- About the game, 03:25 -- Priorities and the "fake" character 08:03 -- Genesis of the game 08:25 -- Ralph Mazza's Universalis: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/ramshead/ 09:15 -- The requisite Primetime Adventures mention: http://www.dog-eared-designs.com/games.html 10:36 -- 1KN & Iraq & Afghanistan 11:10 -- Setting drifting 13:12 -- Games that came from this game? 15:15 -- Joshua A.C. Newman ( http://glyphpress.com/talk/ ) and Ben Lehman ( http://www.tao-games.com/ ) 16:07 -- A ruleset you can memorize 17:41 -- Who did you steal from most? 17:48 -- H.J. Ford ( http://www.victorianweb.org/art/illustration/ford/index.html ) 18:16 -- Otherkind ( http://web.archive.org/web/20041209151419/http://www.septemberquestion.org/lumpley/other.html ) 18:53 -- What got left behind 20:17 -- Sinbad movies ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_7th_Voyage_of_Sinbad ) 20:55 -- Playtesting 21:30 -- Emily Care Boss ( http://www.blackgreengames.com/ ) 21:12 -- Writing what you're actually doing 22:27 -- Judd Karlman ( http://judd-sonofbert.livejournal.com/ ) 23:59 -- The hardest thing to fix 24:46 -- Rules drifting 29:12 -- How art is used in the book 29:19 -- Coloured Fairy Books ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Lang%27s_Fairy_Books ) 31:43 -- Primitive by Kevin Allen Jr. ( http://www.indiepressrevolution.com/xcart/product.php?productid=16198&cat=0&page=1 ) 31:54 -- Poison'd ( http://goplaynow.org/?p=14 ) 32:11 -- Choosing a shape for the book 34:20 -- "The Wrong Heads on the Wrong Bodies" ( http://books.google.com/books?id=2c2ujuioL38C&pg=PA250&lpg=PA250&dq=%22the+wrong+heads+on+the+wrong+bodies%22+fairy&source=web&ots=Ta1POA-NCk&sig=BpN7c6hc8lTYBn_shEiYUHggniY#PPA251,M1 ) 36:44 -- Marketing the game 37:10 -- My Life With Master by Paul Czege ( http://www.halfmeme.com/master.html ) 37:44 -- The Forge ( http://indie-rpgs.com/ ) 38:26 -- What is success for 1001 Nights? 39:00 -- Nathan Paoletta's Carry: A Game About War ( http://www.hamsterprophetproductions.com/wordpress/?page_id=25 ) 41:03 -- Shreyas Sampat ( http://swingpad.com/shreyas/blog/ ) 43:18 -- Choosing a printer, Collective Copies ( http://www.collectivecopies.com/cchome.html ) 44:20 -- Fred Hicks on different ways to get your game printed ( http://drivingblind.livejournal.com/315530.html ) 46:57 -- Three other games? 47:39 -- #1: Twist 49:32 -- #2: Miss Schiffer's School for Young Ladies of Quality 49:48 -- Reverse Engineer Challenge ( http://www.kevinallenjr.com/reverseengineer/reversed.html ) 50:24 -- Gibson Girls ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gibson_girl ) 52:42 -- Committee For the Exploration of Mysteries ( http://ericjboyddesigns.com/The_Committee.aspx ) 53:36 -- #3: Intertwined ( scary and hawt! ) 54:24 -- Jeepform ( http://jeepen.org/ ) 54:54 -- The Fountain ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fountain_%28film%29 ) Darren Aronofsky ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darren_Aronofsky ) 55:30 -- The Time Traveler's Wife ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Time_Traveler%27s_Wife ) 56:25 -- Frotteurism ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frotteurism ) Music by The Hub City Stompers: http://www.hubcitystompers.com/ Logo courtesy of Daniel Solis: http://danielsolis.com/ Comments[0] |
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