YOU ME AND THE INDUSTRY EPISODE 18: Dave Mervik
YOU ME AND THE INDUSTRY
English - May 18, 2021 10:14 - 1 hour - 87.8 MBVideo Games Leisure Games Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Welcome to the sequel interview called 'The Davination'
This episode I am, once again, joined by Dave Mervik, the senior narrative director from Tarsier Studios. In this follow-up interview we get to discuss the changing nature of horror, his work on Little Nightmares II, how to engage with art and moving on to different projects. We also discuss terrible sequel names, things we talked about on the episode from 2020, never before released information on Little Nightmares II as well as Statik and we close off the show by collaborating in a very special way.
Time – Topic Discussed:
0:00 - Intro
3:10 - Momo
6:46 - How do people experience media
11:40 - The Exorcist III
17:29 - Frank
21:40 - The Fountain
24:53 - Guest topic: The Emigrants by Vilhelm Moberg
29:00 - It Takes Two
32:28 - Modern horror in games and movies
36:14 - Creating endings
39:03 - Three act structure
41:28 - Genius planner vs. random pretender
45:47 - Going back to older work
48:48 - Naming the podcast episode
52:15 - When is something good enough?
56:22 - Little Nightmares II
58:40 - Re-naming Little Nightmares II
01:00:05 - Moving on to different projects
01:02:35 - Weirdest piece of media that made it into a game
01:05:58 - Plugs and Outro
Things mentioned on the show:
I, Partridge: We Need to Talk about Alan by Alan Partridge
Dolly Parton - Jolene (33rpm slowed down digital version)
The Exorcist III by William Peter Blatty
The Fountain by Darren Aronofsky
The Emigrants by Vilhelm Moberg
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
Garth Brooks Greatest Hits (Full Album) Best Songs of Garth Brooks
It Could Happen to You by Andrew Bergman
Statik PSVR - I solved a 3 year old secret message hidden in plain sight!
Peter Cook and Chris Morris interview
Social Media:
Tarsier Studios
Tarsier Studios Homepage
Tarsier Studios on Instagram (@tarsierstudios)
Tarsier Studios on Twitter (@TarsierStudios)
Tarsier Studios on Facebook (@TarsierStudios)
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Dorian on Twitter (@DorianChou)
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Intro/Outro by FreshMcZone
Artwork by Thomas Martin (Instagram: @thomas.martin.martin)