{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/5d26e496b9ed80ab57e7f4af/62869059d33eef0012a76ccd?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Ep. 106 - Mary Kenney tells us about writing video games and playing the sandbox worlds of The Walking Dead and Spider-Man","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/5d26e496b9ed80ab57e7f4af/1646909684513-1d45e6ab25ff65ecd91dc0741fca54d8.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Mary Kenney is a brilliant writer of video games and comic books from <em>The Walking Dead</em> to the recent smash hit PS5 game, <em>Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales</em>. She is currently working on a new <em>Wolverine</em> game for Marvel and Sony. She also has <em>Gamer Girls</em>, a YA non-fiction novel about the women who built the video games industry, coming out in July 2022.</p><p><br></p><p>We loved chatting with Mary, hearing how she broke into writing for video games, talking about the unique opportunities and challenges that writing in that field covers, hearing about what it’s like writing such iconic characters - and also getting some fun and interesting insight into the steps needed for all that voice-acting you hear in your favourite games!</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Links:</strong></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.amazon.co.uk/Gamer-Girls-Women-Built-Industry/dp/0762474564\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Pre-order Gamer Girls now!</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.amazon.co.uk/Marvels-Spider-Man-Morales-Ultimate-PlayStation/dp/B089X8KRKV\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Buy Spider-Man: Miles Morales</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.marykgames.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Visit Mary's website</a></p><p><a href=\"https://twitter.com/maryknews\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Follow Mary on Twitter</a></p><p><br></p><p>We're recording a live show with the brilliant Adrian Tchiakovsky at Cymera Festival on 4 June 2022! It's free but you need a ticket, which you can grab here: <a href=\"https://www.cymerafestival.co.uk/cymera2022-events/2022/5/16/page-one\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.cymerafestival.co.uk/cymera2022-events/2022/5/16/page-one</a>.</p><p><br></p><p>Page One - The Writer's Podcast is brought to you by Write Gear, creators of Page One - the Writer's Notebook. Learn more and order yours now:&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.writegear.co.uk/page-one\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.writegear.co.uk/page-one</a></p><p><br></p><p>Follow us on Twitter:&nbsp;<a href=\"https://twitter.com/ukPageOne\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">@ukPageOne</a></p><p>Follow us on Facebook:&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/ukPageOne\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">www.facebook.com/ukPageOne</a></p><p>Follow us on Instagram:&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/ukpageone/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">@ukPageOne</a></p>","author_name":"STET Podcasts"}