{"id":1501,"date":"2018-07-02T17:48:17","date_gmt":"2018-07-03T00:48:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/josephaleo.com\/blog\/?p=1501"},"modified":"2019-02-25T21:12:16","modified_gmt":"2019-02-26T05:12:16","slug":"mage-the-ascension-refuge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/josephaleo.com\/blog\/mage-the-ascension-refuge\/","title":{"rendered":"Mage the Ascension: Refuge"},"content":{"rendered":"

On today\u2019s show author Karin Tidbeck<\/a> joins us to talk about Mage the Ascension: Refuge<\/a>,<\/em> a text-based interactive game for iOS and Android with a rich scenario full of plot twists, and the action takes place in a world at the dawn of a political revolution. We discuss how the game was developed; how she got involved with role playing games; Mutant<\/a>;<\/em> Lone Wolf<\/a>;<\/em> the challenges of writing a Choose Your Own Adventure<\/a><\/em>-type of game; Twine<\/a>; the difficulties of writing a game based on an intellectual property; Syrian refugees in Norway<\/a>; accusations of political correctness; pan sexuality and polyamory; the sex magick controversy; LARPs; her books Amatka<\/em><\/a> and Jagganath<\/a><\/em>; the audio featured in Mage the Ascension: Refuge<\/em>; what she found appealing in Mage: the Ascension<\/em>; the difficulty of striking a balance in exploring dark themes in the game; freedom of speech versus safety is more important; why she chosen to portray the Technocracy agents holding anti-immigrant beliefs; her views of exploring yourself through role playing games; capturing dialogue; other intellectual properties she would like to write for; her latest novel, which has been acquired by Pantheon<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Join us next week when Adam Simpson returns to talk about Paradox.<\/p>\n