GLITCH Interview on Light Grey Art Lab’s Podcast
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By Erin Powers
Glitch’s founders and masterminds, Evva Kraikul and Nicolaas VanMeerten, were recently featured on Light Grey Art Lab’s podcast! They discuss how Glitch connects students with opportunities in the gaming industry, what it takes to run high profile gaming events, and how important it is for educational institutions to recognize gaming culture as a viable candidate for funding. Also: an in-depth discussion of everyone’s favorite games and hints at the future of Glitch!
Listen to the full 70-minute interview on Light Grey’s website.
Some of the highlights:
– The history of Glitch (7:00)
– Welcome Geek- the pun explained! (13:20)
– GameCraft- making a game in 48 hours (16:55)
– Shout-out to Bill, Ryan’s best friend! (21:40)
– GlitchCon- Convention, Conference, or Conversation? (31:05)
– Minnecade- a showcase of local games (34:40)
– Co-Op Talks- A Forum IRL (41:20)
– Chris’s favorite games- why everyone should play Far Cry 2 (47:44)
– The future of Glitch: Our very own Glitch space?! (50:15)
– What our community gives back (58:00)
– Evva’s favorite games- League of Legends, ugly-cute robots, and why Journey makes people cry (61:35)
– Nic’s favorite games- horror games are the best games (65:30)
– Gaming Theater of Doom- Nic screams, Stephen screams, everyone screams! (66:50)
A special thanks to Light Grey Art Lab for the feature, and an extra special thanks to Chris Hajny for interviewing. If you want to meet the mysterious man behind the mic, Chris will be joining us at GlitchCon 2015! Talk video games with him during the Boss Rush evening reception.
