Guest: Joshua AC Newman - game designer of Human Contact and Shock

Five Fabulous Questions

• Joshua's favorite candy is honey jelly beans
• Joshua's favorite superhero was Green Lantern
• Joshua's handle would be Rosco P. Coltrane
• Joshua would cast Jake Gyllenhaal as himself
• Google Joshua and find his game stuff!

Announcements

• This is a two part episode. Check back later this week for the second part!

Human Contact

• Expanding Shock to Human Contact
• A response to Star Trek
• Researching lingusitics and science fiction
• Developing Human Contact compared to Shock
• What is the objective of paying Human Contact as a character and player
• What is rule zero
• How was the Academy created
• How is the dynamic changed since the academy is defined
• How do the mechanics work together
• Language mechanics
• Group collaboration of the coloney
• What is Joshua's most fascinating part of the game
• The artwork in the book
• Color contrast in the art
• Keep your eyes peeled for new Shock games coming out in the future