topics:tabletop games inspirationshow cara joined, going from journalist to developernarrative designhumour in the game, silly jokes, himbosbloodlines 2representation in bloodlines 2bloodlines 1 fan questions, lore & worldbuildingtroika, bloodlines 1 developmentgames journalism  plugs:<a href="http://caraellison.co.uk" target="_blank">Cara Ellison's personal website</a><a href="https://twitter.com/bmitsoda" target="_blank">Brian Mitsoda's twitter</a><a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/239840/Dead_State_Reanimated/" target="_blank">Dead State</a>  Show notes:<a href="http://caraellison.co.uk/tag/embed-with-games/" target="_blank">Cara Ellison's Embed with Games</a><a href="https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/r_vampirebloodlines_pc" target="_blank">Kiereon Gillen's review of Bloodlines</a><a href="https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2008/04/09/vampire-bloodlines-heather-and-me/" target="_blank">Kieron Gillen's piece about Heather</a><a href="https://www.rebind.io/the-thin-blood-diaries-pt-i-whats-in-a-city-2268/" target="_blank">Part 1 of Emily's series about Bloodlines on RE:BIND</a><a href="https://www.rebind.io/diaries-of-a-thin-blood-pt-2-a-very-indie-gehenna-2277/" target="_blank">Part 2 of Emily's series about Bloodlines on RE:BIND</a> Auto-generated transcript is <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1FpMfBtvgZ-rL21mH3edmKDz6LELsQD3XIsIa5IjrY8k/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">available here</a>

The RE:BIND Podcast Episode 23: Jay Tholen

We're Rebind.io, a critical analysis site that focuses on the overlaps between Video Game culture and the Performance Arts. Each week we have a new guest offering their unique insights as developers, artists, academics, and media personalities.