What if the last thing you remember before a near-death accident was a video game — and the game somehow got you through it?
This week on Last Save Lounge, the cozy gaming podcast about the games that saved our progress (and a little bit of us), we're joined by David Mann, a 3D character artist who's spent his career designing and directing character art for major game and interactive projects, to talk about why Double Fine's Psychonauts is his favorite game of all time.
David tells the almost unbelievable story of getting hit by a truck while biking to class in San Francisco — and spending the entire ambulance ride and hospital stay convinced he was living inside Psychonauts, dreaming he had psychokinetic powers and was setting birds on fire with his mind, right up until he woke up on a gurney heading in for his fourth MRI of the night. We also dig into what drew him to character art in the first place, how Psychonauts' design and world-building shaped his own career, and the ten-plus-year friendship with host Aaron that started with a conversation about Mirror's Edge.
In this cozy gaming podcast episode, we explore:
If you love Double Fine games, Psychonauts, indie platformers, cozy gaming podcasts, gaming memories, or stories about games that show up for us in unexpected ways, this episode is for you.
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