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Bonus Episode – Word Games

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July 19, 2022 Scriptnotes

John and Craig welcome Josh Wardle (creator of Wordle) and Aaron Reed (game designer and author of “50 Years of Text Games”) to discuss elegance in game design and the art of working with words.

They cover the concept of S.A.D., a mysterious female collective of designers, the future of AI text based games, and more in this special “wordy-nerdy” episode.

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  • Aaron Reed and on Substack
  • 50 Years of Text Games on Kickstarter
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