#162 - Ryan Kaufman Interview (Award Winning Video Game Writer/Narrative Designer)
Episode description
Ryan Kaufman is an award-winning writer that came up working at Lucas Arts on games such as Revenge Of The Sith & Republic Commando before moving onto Telltale where he was one of the main writers.
#telltalegames #thewalkingdead #starwars
SOCIAL MEDIA
TWITTER - @M1sterFox
LINKTREE - https://linktr.ee/w.ryan.kaufman
TIMESTAMPS
00:00 - Intro
00:47 - Ryan’s Dream Game To Make Would Be About Titanic
03:10 - What Should Come First Narrative Or Design
04:30 - Revisions Of A Script/Writers Room
06:00 - Constraints Of Game Of Thrones & Star Wars
06:59 - Being In Charge Of The Expanded Universe Of Star Wars For Lucas Arts
08:50 - Stigma At Lucas Arts For Star Wars Fanboys
10:10 - The Republic Commando Lay-Offs Made Ryan Leave Lucas Arts
12:08 - Not Being Too Attached To An Idea/Game Design
13:20 - The Hardest Part Of Writing/Stressing Over Writing
15:20 - Ryan Doesn’t Like To Play Narrative Based Games/Shadow Of The Colossus
16:35 - Story Vs Gameplay/What Is Story/DOOM
18:55 - Environmental Storytelling
19:50 - Ryan Finds Himself Critiquing Games/Film & Television Narratives All The Time
21:10 - The Good & Bad About Chat GPT
24:40 - Film Narratives Are Terrible These Days/Ryan Critiques Himself All The Time
26:20 - Telltale James Bond Pitch For James Bond To Be Pakistani
29:25 - The Experience Of Working At Telltale
30:50 - Telltale Game Development Had An Intense Schedule/Directing Voice Actors
35:40 - Ryan’s Strengths & Weaknesses As A Writer
38:30 - Reading A Dictionary & Thesaurus/Novel Writing Vs Game Writing
39:36 - Kiwi Reminds Ryan Of His Own Advice Regarding First Person/Third Person Writing
41:30 - Ryan Uses A Whiteboard For Story Beats/Pixar Storybeats
45:00 - Ryan Wanted To Make A Hellboy Telltale Game/Cost Of Redoing Narrative/Voice After Its Already Implemented
48:10 - Lip Syncing/Localisation Troubles With Dialogue
51:20 - Japanese Games Having Terrible English Dialogue/Translations
53:40 - Ryan Would Love To Work On A Rockstar Game
54:40 - Where To Buy Ryan’s Novel “Gawain A Year To Live
56:23 - Where To Follow Ryan