Storymakers

Storymakers is back with stories about computer games. Simon Parkin is a journalist/writer for The New Yorker and The Guardian (among others). I was interested in having him on to discuss how narratives within gaming have changed over the history of computer games. This also leads into interesting territory about how games affect and reflect us socially. Enjoy.

Aesop is a relatively new agency in Soho which uses storytelling at the driver for producing brand, marketing and communication material for its clients. I spoke with Business Development & Marketing Manager Nick Blenkarne about digital storytelling, the Aesop process and how the agency takes its own medicine in order to grow.

Rachel Blackman is an Australian theatremaker, acting/movement coach based in Brighton, UK. In this episode of Storymakers she talks to Rob Grundel about how she discovered her journey into her personal theatre projects. From there there's a big discussion about the role of story in society both as the retelling of narratives and as an active tool.  

In this first episode of Storymakers, Rob Grundel interviews Alasdair Blackwell, Head of Innovation/Cofounder at Decoded. Decoded has the mission of Digital Enlightment and one of its main offerings is Code in a Day: a program which teaches non-developers how to write computer code in a day. What has this got to do with story? Everything.  Ali has a background as a theatremaker and is passionate about education and technology. He talks Edinburgh, starting a new business and how stories are being told in the digital age.  Storymakers is a podcast about people who use stories in their work and their art. It explores how this communication tool/artform/practice that we've been using since forever is still active in the modern age. How are stories told, why are stories told and are will still listening?