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Episode #5 : Interview with Roberta Taylor (designer of the tabletop game Creature Comforts) - History and Games Lab Podcast

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Interview with Roberta Taylor

In this episode, veteran game designer Roberta Taylor (Octopus’ Garden, Creature Comforts) joins host Eduard Gafton to discuss cozy and historical games alike, the role of history in making games and the compromises made between historical accuracy and game design.

Time Stamps

00:00:00 – Start

00:01:25 – How does a game like Creature Comforts come to be?

00:03:53 – A game shaped around coziness

00:22:39 – How and why Roberta got into game design

00:28:30 – What is the role of history in making games

00:37:31 – Where do you compromise? Historical accuracy or fun?

Mentioned in this Episode

Creature Comforts’ Kickstarter page: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/kidstablebg/creature-comforts-0

Learn more about Creature Comforts: https://www.kidstablebg.com/creature-comforts

Learn more about Octopus’ Garden: https://www.valleygames.ca/archive/our-games/octopus-garden/

Roberta’s Website: https://robertataylor.ca/

Roberta’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/infiniteroberta

Find our Podcasts Elsewhere Too

Podcasts are also now available on our YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPoemU_CP8tkXVpyU240LpbiXlTnBS2Zf. We are also exploring ways to record video as well.

Seminar and Events

A recording of the seminar “All hail the Stormcloaks, the true sons and daughters of Skyrim”: White Nationalism in Neo-Medieval Tropes in Bethesda Games delivered by Thomas Lecaque from Grand View University on 26 March is available on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPoemU_CP8tniXBy6Vj0uiwKHiH5_meqz

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If you have any feedback or would like to get in touch for a potential podcast appearance, our DMs are open on Twitter @HandGLab or you can email us at handglabpodcast@gmail.com and/or at eduardgafton@gmail.com

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Facebook: History and Games Lab: https://www.facebook.com/historygamesedinburgh

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Call to Adventure by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3470-call-to-adventure
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

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Interview with Roberta Taylor

In this episode, veteran game designer Roberta Taylor (Octopus’ Garden, Creature Comforts) joins host Eduard Gafton to discuss cozy and historical games alike, the role of history in making games and the compromises made between historical accuracy and game design.

Time Stamps

00:00:00 – Start

00:01:25 – How does a game like Creature Comforts come to be?

00:03:53 – A game shaped around coziness

00:22:39 – How and why Roberta got into game design

00:28:30 – What is the role of history in making games

00:37:31 – Where do you compromise? Historical accuracy or fun?

Mentioned in this Episode

Creature Comforts’ Kickstarter page: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/kidstablebg/creature-comforts-0

Learn more about Creature Comforts: https://www.kidstablebg.com/creature-comforts

Learn more about Octopus’ Garden: https://www.valleygames.ca/archive/our-games/octopus-garden/

Roberta’s Website: https://robertataylor.ca/

Roberta’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/infiniteroberta

Find our Podcasts Elsewhere Too

Podcasts are also now available on our YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPoemU_CP8tkXVpyU240LpbiXlTnBS2Zf. We are also exploring ways to record video as well.

Seminar and Events

A recording of the seminar “All hail the Stormcloaks, the true sons and daughters of Skyrim”: White Nationalism in Neo-Medieval Tropes in Bethesda Games delivered by Thomas Lecaque from Grand View University on 26 March is available on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPoemU_CP8tniXBy6Vj0uiwKHiH5_meqz

Contact Us

If you have any feedback or would like to get in touch for a potential podcast appearance, our DMs are open on Twitter @HandGLab or you can email us at handglabpodcast@gmail.com and/or at eduardgafton@gmail.com

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/handglab/

Facebook: History and Games Lab: https://www.facebook.com/historygamesedinburgh

Linktree: https://linktr.ee/HistoryandGamesLab

Copyright Disclaimer

Intro/Outro Music:

Call to Adventure by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3470-call-to-adventure
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

  continue reading

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